It's sorta like a hologram but not requiring coherent light. With all the resolution issues, no doubt.

I agree with the consensus that this is a toy for the Japanese market - camera fetishists who want a little bling! Totally ridiculous at $800-900 and under-performing with a minuscule sensor. This doesn't answer the needs of the point'n'shoot user who wants better quality, nor the hobbyists who for some reason are dis-satisfied with MFT.

It does however maintain the Hoya line in overpricing their goods to maximise margin.

Sure. It's called HSS.

If you are hiking up and down Bryce etc. you will want to be as light as possible. It's not just a lot of exertion, it can be quite tricky, not to say dangerous. YMMV but I would make do with two lenses, the DA 12-24 and a 100mm macro. The former for scenery in tight places and the latter for everything else. Lots of lovely little plants and rock details so macro is useful.

Try to visit Moab if only for the Brewery. Fantastic drink!

Unfortunately this is their standard. Someone should really get on the ball at Hoya and realise the importance of explicit documentation and timely firmware releases. Each one is the occasion for promoting the product line, but they prefer to sneak them out the back door! Bizarre behaviour.

I agree with the FA77 having one Achilles' heel, the purple fringing. This is generally correctable in PP, of course irrelevant in B&W but in the remaining rare cases a possible annoyance.

I find FOV of FA43 to be quite perfect for some of my use cases: portraits where there is no room to use the FA77, dancers on stage, etc.

If you have a long exposure you get blur from a subject in motion. If you also fire the flash it activates at the beginning of the exposure. The result is a clearly illuminated subject with motion leading out of this point in time. That looks odd.

Rear Curtain Sync fires the flash at the end of the shutter interval. The result is a nice motion trail behind the subject, which looks more pleasing to our eye.

Use Rear Curtain Sync when all of the following are true:
* your subject is moving
* your shutter speed is relatively slow
* you are using a tripod (needed for long exposures in any case)

I think they are all similar in colour tonality.

As for favourites I think the FA43 has the edge on 3D rendering but the FA77 is too wonderful for portraits. The FA31 has lovely bokeh considering its wider focal length. Have never found the money for it, however.

And activated the remainder of the 36x24mm sensor.

Ah cool. Was only suggesting an embedded photo as this enhances sales.

Everyone deserves a fast fifty! Hope the buyer has fun.