[OM] FF Sony

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Mar 22, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Cotty wrote:
> On 23/3/08, Sandy Harris, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>> News is out about the FF Sony A900 with 25MP. Competitively brilliant
>> by making a smaller camera with an add on vertical grip. Looks like
>> Sony is quite serious about being the third major player in digital
>> photography.
>
>
> <http://masterchong.com/v2/sony-alpha/pie02008-sony-showcased-sony- 
> alpha-
> dslr-a900.html>
>
>
> That's a very big camera. But well-featured and full-frame. Sony make
> first rate broadcast TV cameras - I wouldn't buy anything else -  but
> breaking into the pro stills market will be very difficult. Based  
> on my
> experience, and if I was shooting pro stills, I'd give it a punt - but
> the lens choice would be the show-stopper. If they made it in Nikon,
> Canon, or even Pentax mount, well - that's different.

Tis indeed a big thing. There are plenty of good Konica-Minolta AF  
lenses, and the line of CZ lenses that are coming out for the Sony  
cameras are likely to be excellent.

Still too early to tell how they're going to do in the long run, but  
given Sony I think the camera will be competitive on features and  
functions.

Godfrey