>>"Alpha" is already the Japanese name of a series of SLRs from Konica/Minolta.
Yeah you are right. Didn't want to knock Engadget but they should have done their research. The "Alpha" brand has been around since 1985, and it's a Minolta brand.
In North America their AF cameras were called the Maxxum, in Europe Dynax, and in Japan the Alpha. Not sure if they are going to keep the three brand names for the different regions, but basically this press release is saying that Sony is going to keep the Minolta brands not make their own.
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Farley @ Apr 20th 2006 10:03AM
>>"Alpha" is already the Japanese name of a series of SLRs from Konica/Minolta.
Yeah you are right. Didn't want to knock Engadget but they should have done their research. The "Alpha" brand has been around since 1985, and it's a Minolta brand.
In North America their AF cameras were called the Maxxum, in Europe Dynax, and in Japan the Alpha. Not sure if they are going to keep the three brand names for the different regions, but basically this press release is saying that Sony is going to keep the Minolta brands not make their own.