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Most consumers won't be able to get their hands on Sony's new 24+ megapixel A900 for at least another week or so, but dpreview has already had its way with one, putting this full-frame body through its paces in a typically exhaustive review. Overall findings are much the same as the site's earlier impressions, with the main knocks being slow (but accurate) focus speed and noticeable noise when shooting at anything greater than ISO 400, making the camera's ISO 6400 mode borderline useless. However, the hefty, 850g magnesium alloy body is "incredibly solid" and its bevy of features, including 5fps burst shooting and HDMI output, make it a solid value, too. Overall the A900 sounds quite good, though far from perfect, so unless you already have a closet full of compatible lenses you might just want to wait a month and see how Canon's EOS 5D Mark II fares when run through the same ringer. If nothing else it'll be $300 cheaper.

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Sony's A900 reviewed: 'Highly recommended' but with caveats originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Been saving all those pennies for something really special? If you're a DSLR aficionado (or just general gadget lover), you've probably glanced in the general direction of Sony's monster Alpha A900 DSLR. At a price-point of $2,999, this isn't for everyone, but if you're in the market for a full frame shooter with a handful of enviable features -- you might want to turn your eyeballs in this direction.

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Sony's A900 now available for pre-order originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony's been showing off the full-frame Alpha A900 DSLR since February, and after popping up in ads and in the wild last week, it's official today, right on cue. Same basic specs you've known forever: 24.6 Exmor CMOS sensor, dual BIONZ image processors, ISO 6400 sensitivity, 3.0-inch LCD, 5fps shooting, and SteadyShot INSIDE in-body optical image stabilization. Sony's also launching a few new Alpha lenses to complement this beast, including a Carl Zeiss 70-400mm f4-5.6 zoom. Early impressions from CNET are that it's a bit slow to autofocus and didn't wow with image quality, but dpreview was impressed overall, so we'll wait for some in-depth reviews to hit before making a final judgment. You're looking at a $3,000 outlay when this thing goes on sale in October -- check out more pics in the gallery, and a quick video after the break.

Read - Sony A900 press release
Read - CNET hands-on
Read - dpreview hands-on

Gallery: Sony A900


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Sony launches the A900 full-frame DSLR originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apparently, not only is Sony's fancy new full-frame DSLR -- the A900 -- showing up in ad leaks all across the interblogs, but it's been caught with its lens cover down in real life. An eagle-eyed forum poster managed to snag shots of what appear to be the camera in action, taken in Belgium this August doing what it does best... snapping pictures. There's not much more to say, but this should thoroughly wet your whistle for the model's forthcoming introduction, which we can only imagine will be happening sometime around the upcoming Photokina.

[Via Digital Photography Review; Thanks, Douglas]

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Sony's A900 DSLR caught in the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's not quite on Sony's schedule, but a new series of not-quite-precisely-timed ads have now revealed the company's new full-frame A900 DSLR, which boasts a mighty 24.6 megapixels. In addition to that desirable spec, it seems you can also expect to get Sony's Dual BIONZ image processing engine, "Intelligent Preview," a 3-inch "Hybrid LCD," 5 fps continuous shooting, and Sony's SteadyShot image stabilization, to name but a few features (head on past the break for the full spec list). Of course, there's no price or release date to be found in any of the ads, but we're guessing Sony will be spilling those little details when it gets official with the camera next week.

[Via Photography Bay, thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Ads reveal Sony's 24.6 megapixel A900 full-frame DSLR originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We already spent some time grappling with Sony's monster full-frame Alpha A900 prototype at PMA, but the company's displaying an updated version at the Photo Imaging Expo in Japan, and reps are apparently now saying that the 24.6 megapixel DSLR will be launched during IFA in August or Photokina in September. Other than that, there's not much we didn't already know -- which means there's really not that much at all -- but there are some more shots of this nifty clear-bodied display unit at the read link for your ocular delight.

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Sony's 25 megapixel Alpha A900 to arrive in August or September originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: Tons more pictures here, for the curious.

[Thanks, Mike]

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Sony A300 and A350 DSLRs with swivel-screen and live view leaked originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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