Alpha 500
- 12 Mp EXMOR R CMOS sensor
- New Quick AF Live View
- 5 Fps
Alpha 550
- 15 Mp EXMOR R CMOS sensor
- New Quick AF Live View
- 5 Fps
Vertical Control Grip / Sony VG-C50AM for the Alpha 500 and 550
Alpha 850
- 24.6 Mp Full Frame EXMOR CMOS Sensor
- 98 % Viewfinder
- 3 Fps
Lenses:
- SAL 28-75 mm f/2.8 SAM
- SAL 30 mm f/2.8 Macro SAM
- SAL 500 mm f/4.0 G SSM
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So the biggest mystery left is the price of the a850? I guess “affordable” full frame isn’t gonna happen this year is it
in an earlier post, it definitely said below 2000 euros
is that affordable enough?
600$CAN cheaper then the A900 (2899.99$CAN)
so 2299.99.
here is a photo took with the new 30mm f2.8 macro and the new A550
http://yfrog.com/0vdsc0042dj
Nice lens cup… but where’s the photo you are talking about?
I took a picture of the lens cap of the 30mm f2.8 macro from sony and the new A550.
Having read a few Sony dSLR reviews, what this means to me is the Nikon D4 is that much closer.
but the Nikon D400 might be – with a tweaked (I mean better) Exmor R type of sensor for low light shooting…
I’m not sure I understand your point; but, reading what I wrote, I’m not sure I understand my point.
I expect we’ll see one or more of these sensors in Nikon products – likely the D3 and D300s successors. Although I think I could make the Sony lens line work for me, having read some of the reviews of the Sony bodies, I’ll be content to wait it out for Nikon’s offerings.
yup, but I bet we will only see that happen for another 2 years perhaps?
Seems like Sony is a bit protective of their camcorder market. Where’s the video?
that’s not it. The problem is the current implementation of Sony live view is causing the problem.
There’s no problem with LV – A500 shows that Sony can make DSLR with LV like in Caikon without a problem
The thing is that sony wants to make GOOD video, not crap like in Caikon who just recently learn that something else than MotionJPEG exists, lol
I agree, whenever there will be a video DSLR form Sony, it will be a killer. And my bet is that they have it straight before C/N.
The A550 sounds nice, IM JUST WORRIED ABOUT HOW THE BODY DESIGN IS GOING TO BE ! I do not want it to be ugly like the A900′s is,….. EW…. If the body designs were real as pictures in the blog the admin posted about 2 days ago, IM GETTING A D90 !
how long will you keep saying this?
lol
loooool… man…. on what world you live?
The new 500/4 sounds good, just wonder what’s gonna be the price of it, apart from that it’s one more point for sony, and one less thing to keep me with Nikon.
Sigma 500 f/4.5 is $6400 so Sony will be more expensive, but about this price-level.
Sony’s gonna be sunk without video features. Lots of my people making their purchasing decision based on video implementation – going with Canon and their next release of the 7D/1D.
me either, no sony!!!
7D probably or D700x
if you are buying a dslr for video than you are not a photographer, you are a poser.
You obviously have NO idea what you are talking about.
…
seriously – a700 is right.
Whether I’m a “pure” photographer or poser is irrelevent. Most amateurs I know and a lot of pro press photographers want the ability to shoot good video. Amateurs, especially for Sony, is where they make their money. Canon and Nikon aren’t stupidly putting video into their cameras for no reason.
Just received email from Japan Map Camera that A900 dropped price to 219,800 yen. So A850 is expected much cheaper… 2000 euro is just TOO EXPENSIVE
waow !!!
2000$ for a sony?
and 3000 for the samsung?
Maybe you would like to know this:
http://www.fotoactualidad.com/2009/08/sony-28-75mm-f28-especificaciones.html
Sony 28-75 f/2.8 specs
already online, thanks
Sony new body production are quicker update than canon… hahaha But not much changes..
Agreed… as far as A500 seems to be very decent upgrade – we don’t get much of new things lately. Only downgrades… A230/A330/A380, now A850… duh…. that’s sad.
But let’s look on the brighter side – we got A900 – what was AMAZING and now we are going to have first DSLR with back-lighted sensor, uber-high iso and most likely very good picture quality at high iso’s (I guess that up to 3200 it’ll be fully usable – and that’s already far more than I need 99,999% of my time).
##if you are buying a dslr for video than you are not a photographer, you are a poser.##
“if your Kid is buying a Happy Meal for the Toy, he’s not your Kid, just an alien…”
“If you are still shooting medium format film & making at the same time some cool videos with cool DOF, then you are nothing… NOTHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING !!! GO OUT NOW
:):) “