[QQQQQ-Trek]

Well, this kicks some serious behind...

http://arstechnica.com/journals/hard...4-6-megapixels

The camera offers the world's highest resolution (according to Sony) at 24.6 megapixels. That kind of resolution offers some interesting possibilities that Sony might consider when marketing its new baby—I'm personally a fan of "count the hairs on your mother's upper lip from 50 yards away," as a marketing slogan. The CMOS sensor used in the camera is 35mm full frame unit with new Sony dual BIONZ processing engines. and

The optical viewfinder of the camera offers 100% field of view coverage and 0.74x magnification. The typical viewfinder found on cameras, like the new Nikon D90, only offers around 96% field of view coverage. I am a little surprised at how seriously Sony is going after this market.

[AbraxiaAsus]

And the thing is priced to kill at only about $3000Us.

http://www.guru3d.com/news/sony-intr...egapixel-dslr/

[QiuCIOdO]

No surprise here - Sony has always stated they wanted to be serious; the Canikon crowd just didn't want to believe it.

[P3bWjm1j]

The camera offers the world's highest resolution (according to Sony) at 24.6 megapixels.

Errr....huh what?

Not quite.

http://www.hasselbladusa.com/product.../h3dii-50.aspx

Sony must have Ken Kutaragi working in the camera department now.

[Xodvbooj]

Errr....huh what?

Not quite.

http://www.hasselbladusa.com/product.../h3dii-50.aspx

Sony must have Ken Kutaragi working in the camera department now.

He paraphrased it, and left out the term "35mm camera" - to which it is the highest res of a 35mm format.

[DiBellaBam]

He paraphrased it, and left out the term "35mm camera" - to which it is the highest res of a 35mm format.

Bah! I hate it when people paraphrase.[surrender]

[nabsgood]

Serious entry to be sure. I have read that the viewfinder is simply better than anything that came before.

I haven't used it myself, but I have used a 1Ds Mk II, and the viewfinder on that thing is amazing compared to my 30D and 40D.

Can't wait to read some reviews.

[DianaDrk]

you can see preview & shots taken with it at DPreviews

Alot of people are saying it suffers from noise right down to ISO200 i'll reserve judgment until the A900 released with the updated firmware.

[Adamanta]

you can see preview & shots taken with it at DPreviews

Alot of people are saying it suffers from noise right down to ISO200 i'll reserve judgment until the A900 released with the updated firmware.

Actually, it is the JPGs that are having the issues right now. The RAW files are very nice.

[Tinasblue]

I'm quite impressed with some of those samples at dpreview. Even at 1:1 they look great. Mind you they are using a $1400 lens.

[b3JOkwXL]

Actually, it is the JPGs that are having the issues right now. The RAW files are very nice.

If you notice most of the people that are slagging off the A900 are the Canon users.

[Indinehon]

No need to slag the Canon, Nikon users. I am 30d user and am thoroughly impressed with the A900 so far. For a Canon user with several lenses, it would take a large investment to adopt the Sony. It may be better for me to wait for a response from canon in that price range, however I'm not sure I will. The question is this, can Sony back up the camera with quality, affordable lenses?

[yurawerj]

No need to slag the Canon, Nikon users. I am 30d user and am thoroughly impressed with the A900 so far. For a Canon user with several lenses, it would take a large investment to adopt the Sony. It may be better for me to wait for a response from canon in that price range, however I'm not sure I will. The question is this, can Sony back up the camera with quality, affordable lenses?

Actually, they do have lots of quality affordable lenses. Ignoring the good, second hand market for Minolta glass, most Sony lenses fall very close to the Canikon counterparts (some above, some below).

[TagBahthuff]

Good to hear. Something like my nifty 50? For under $100?

Also, I'm guessing they probably made a Bigma (50-500) as well? Ah they do have a 50/500 http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/len...07&navigator=3
But since its a made for digital lens, i would be stuck with missing edges or 11mp crop? That kinda sucks......

[Oswczrdz]

Good to hear. Something like my nifty 50? For under $100?

Also, I'm guessing they probably made a Bigma (50-500) as well? Ah they do have a 50/500 http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/len...07&navigator=3
But since its a made for digital lens, i would be stuck with missing edges or 11mp crop? That kinda sucks......

The Minolta 50mm f/1.7 sells for $100, and Sony has the 50mm 1.4 for a bit more.

Also - the Bigma is a full frame, but with optical coatings designed for digital sensors (though, it does just fine on film too). So, on the Sony, you would not be cropping anything. [thumbup]. For Sigma, they have two "digital" lenses:

DG - Full frame, digital coatings
DC - APS-C, digital coatings.

[Beragagnu]

If you notice most of the people that are slagging off the A900 are the Canon users.

That's a pretty totalizing statement.

What I want out of a camera is more usable images, not a bigger number (more megapixels) because it sounds better. The samples I've seen from the a900 aren't earth-shattering, but it's not like I'm looking back to the first generation of DSLRs by any means.


I will say, however, that it had better be comfortable in hand because its styling definitely doesn't meet with my approval.

[IamRobot]

The Minolta 50mm f/1.7 sells for $100, and Sony has the 50mm 1.4 for a bit more.

Also - the Bigma is a full frame, but with optical coatings designed for digital sensors (though, it does just fine on film too). So, on the Sony, you would not be cropping anything. [thumbup]. For Sigma, they have two "digital" lenses:

DG - Full frame, digital coatings
DC - APS-C, digital coatings.

Good to know. Thanks. I have the DG Bigma, too bad I couldnt mount it and save some money. This is a great telezoom lense for the price.

That's a pretty totalizing statement.

What I want out of a camera is more usable images, not a bigger number (more megapixels) because it sounds better. The samples I've seen from the a900 aren't earth-shattering, but it's not like I'm looking back to the first generation of DSLRs by any means.


I will say, however, that it had better be comfortable in hand because its styling definitely doesn't meet with my approval.

The guys over a Luminous Landscapes grade it in between the 5d and the 1smk3, which to me sounds excellent considering the price is lower than both. From the test shots it damn close to the 1dsmk3.

Given that this is well under half that of the well regarded Canon 1DsM3, and that the images are very close in quality, then this has to be a great deal. You could buy the body and two top Zeiss lenses for much the same as the Canon. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/re.../a900-nr.shtml