Sony's Alpha A700 DSLR now official, already previewed
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Sep 6th 2007 2:04AM
posted Sep 6th 2007 2:04AM
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That high-res LCD is sweet, but rotating it with the orientation of the camera is absolutely useless. Useful for things like the iphone, not for a dlsr. Especially one without live-view. I also wonder about only one of 11 AF points being cross-type.
It looks like a nice camera, but I'm curious to see where it'll end up since Canon's 40D is cheaper and Canon is the gorilla with a good rep and a world of lenses and accessories. And Nikon's 300D is a little more expensive, but offers much, much more. Sony is trying to gain market share, but I don't see much outstanding about the camera to help them do it.
Maybe Sony could throw in their influence and release the thing in a range of colors??
Since the camera uses its LCD to display all its status info (other DSLRs may have a dedicated status LCD), having it rotate its orientation in relation to the camera's orientation is useful, IMO.
If the camera's "Exmor" CMOS sensor with integrated A/D conversion and noise reduction circuitry improve low light/high ISO performance in comparison to the competition, the A700 will have its share of adopters.
It will be interesting to see how this stacks up to a D300 and a 40D when actual production models show up (for all the mentioned models). At least Konica Minolta lens owners now have something to look forward to upgrading to.
What about in body stabilization, CaNikon don't have this. Mix this with high usable ISO and you've got a winner.
Dude, you're talking about lenses and COLORS in the same post? If the lenses available to a camera matter to you, why would you even begin to care about the color?
That said, this camera uses the same sensor that Sony is selling to Nikon. As for lenses, the entire world of Minolta-Mount lenses is open to this body, and the in-body image-stabilization makes all of them stabilized.
Me encantan estos cacharros, ahora tengo una nikon d40
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"all-new version of its Bionz image processor"
Is it just me or does "Bionz" sound like leetspeak for something really dirty? I don't even know what, but... something.
It's just you. And don't let that Abercrombie ride up your Fitch.
The specs on this are very very good. AF points aside. I have a 30D so the 40D doesn't interest me much but the competition are definatley circling Canon right now and if the image quality of this is on a par they will steal sales for sure.
Sounds good but I'll be getting the 40D, its the same price but has better features.
Sony/Minolta Lenses < Canon lenses
In digital the "box" matters more, but the glass is the reason I buy a camera and Canon still rules the roost IMHO.
Specs are good (fantastic even), but I hope the image quality from the A700 are better than what the images from Sony's official A700 page and Fotopolis.pl suggest - details at http://www.dpnotes.com/sony-a700-reviews-and-samples/
Yucky grammar "... is better ...", not "... are better ..."
i guess they ditched the cheap pricing for the A100. That sucks i didn't think it would be that much.
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