http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/ Engadget Comments for Sony Alpha ultra-compact concept hands-off: leaves much to the imagination http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
Well, them and women in general. Just like me, they really missed a trick here.]]>Feb 21st 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/what's important is that it takes memory sticks.]]>Feb 21st 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Four_Thirds_system]]>Feb 22nd 2010 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
By "many photographers" I assume you mean "real photographers". :D]]>Feb 21st 2010 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
Yes. :)]]>Feb 21st 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
I wish Canon and Nikon would make an effort to reduce the size of their high-quality SLRs - again, this is partly mandated by the viewfinders (bigger/better viewfinder = larger size), and above the midrange also by the sensors (full-frame), and things like robustness, dust/water protection etc, but I bet they could still cut the size down a bit. If Canon came out with a full-frame camera that's actually smaller than the 40D I'm currently using, I'd be so there.]]>Feb 21st 2010 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Everybody knows "Real" Photographers love Knobs and Buttons]]>Feb 21st 2010 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
Remember freezing it in Liquid Nitrogen wont hurt it.... but other things might...]]>Feb 21st 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/The question is, Will it Blend? (after being frozen in liquid Nitrogen)]]>Feb 21st 2010 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
Form over function.

Since Sony's the Apple of Windows, I am not truly surprised at all.

MFT still takes the cake in the removable-lens-camera-thingmaling.]]>Feb 21st 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 22nd 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
In all seriousness, I hope they improve upon this prototype as much as Olympus did theirs. With a little work this could definitely be a viable competitor to m4/3. And I hope the larger APS-C sensor doesn't make the lenses too much larger. That would somewhat nullify the compact body.]]>Feb 21st 2010 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
Making a new line of lenses is just stupid]]>Feb 21st 2010 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
Sony vs. Pan/Oly vs. Samsung vs. Ricoh... let the fight begin!]]>Feb 21st 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://bit.ly/aYap9g
Which means that alot can happen before the final product release.]]>Feb 21st 2010 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
that is all...]]>Feb 21st 2010 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 22nd 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/The back of the display is a mirror, that's the only way they could shoot the back of the camera. ]]>Feb 21st 2010 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
]]>Feb 21st 2010 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/However, if these formats all do well enough, we'll probably have optics companies like Sigma making lenses for them as well.]]>Feb 21st 2010 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 22nd 2010 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
http://43rumors.com/zone-10-canon-vs-olympus-and-future-predictions/

They compare MFT v. Canikon to David v. Goliath.]]>Feb 22nd 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 22nd 2010 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 21st 2010 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
Umm, it means that it's an APS-C sized sensor. You know, just like all the Sony Alphas and crop body Nikons/ Canons. How clueless are you guys when it comes to photography jargon?]]>Feb 21st 2010 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
Canon, Nikon and Sony don't all use the same APS-C sized sensors. It's more of a general guidelines than an actual rule...]]>Feb 22nd 2010 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/Feb 22nd 2010 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-ultra-compact-concept-hands-off-leaves-much-to-the-i/
http://www.engadget.com/photos/sony-alpha-dslr-concept/#2729406

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Personally, I don't get the craze. I find even the smaller DSLRs difficult to use and prefer some heft for the bodies I use. Not to mention things like the excellence of OVFs, the sheer range of lenses available etc. etc.

These things are like new gen rangefinders. Some people would like it, but if you want absolute control, go DSLR.]]>Feb 21st 2010 11:11PM