What in the world is Sony waiting for?

[westwest1]

now there are rumours at Sony forum in DPreview claiming the new 5D replacement will be 10 Mpixels :bigeyes: selling at US$1000 :think:
Wonder how many Mpixel will there allocated for the 7D replacement then :dunno:

oppss..wrong post

 

[eow]

8 more days to go....

 

[smtan24]

8 more days to go....

7 more days now to go.;p

 

[eow]

4 more days to go........

 

[GENO]

4 more days to go........

as is????
:think:

Who wanta get it???:bsmilie:

 

[eow]

the announcement date

 

[satay16]

It shall decide the brand of my first DSLR system.

 

[Eyesthruthelens]

According to Sony Singapore, the new DSLR selling date is around end of July 2006.

 

[dr34mc4st3r]

any sources? u emailed them ah

 

[Eyesthruthelens]

any sources? u emailed them ah

I was at Sony Wisma and I asked them..

 

[smtan24]

Wow so long than they sell.

 

[eow]

ok four more day to go....

 

[satay16]

yawn.....so boring. lets bet on the pixel count and price of their new cameras.
i think 10MP at SGD 3k

 

[zcf]

some more rumour on specification of Alpha 100 from DPReview.
Sony Alpha specs
I thinks it's quite good, esp with 7D view finder.

SONY Alpha 100


10.2 million effective pixels (10 Megapixel) APS-C size CCD Sensor
•Anti-dust protection system
•Super SteadyShot in camera body (switchable)
•Dynamic Range Optimiser
•BIONZ Image Processing Engine
•Maximum sensitivity: 1600 ISO equivalent

•2.5” 230K pixel Clear Photo LCD Plus Screen with AR coating and Clear Processing for image review and function navigation
•Compatibility with Sony α-mount system lenses, including Sony G lens and Carl Zeiss optics
•Bright Optical Viewfinder with Spherical Acute Matte screen, 20mm eye relief, 0.83x magnification, dioptre adjustment and EyeStart Autofocus.
•High-speed Autofocus with 4 focus modes: Single-shot AF; Direct Manual Focus; AF Automatic; AF Continuous
•Ultra wide AF area with 9 local focus points and central cross-hair sensor
•Centre-weighted, Spot and 40-segment honeycomb pattern metering mode
•Depth of Field preview

•Mode Dial for one-touch selection of exposure shooting modes: AUTO; Programme; Aperture Priority; Shutter Priority; Manual; plus 6 Scene Modes (Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Night View, Sunset, Sports / Action)
•White Balance adjustment: AWB and 6 preset WB modes with manual colour correction, Colour temperature manual selection with additional 19-step magenta/green compensation, Custom setting
•High Speed Continuous Advance Shooting up to 3 fps

•Burst shooting: JPEG unlimited, 6 frames RAW, 3 frames RAW+JPEG (dependent on memory card speed)
•Advanced flash modes as high synchronization speed, rear flash, wireless functions and slow synch direct button access on camera
•Ambiance and flash separate exposure compensation scales

•1600 mAh Lithium ion battery with STAMINA technology for up to 750 shots from single charge (CIPA measurement, 50% usage of built-in flash)
•Built-in Flash plus support for multiple flash modes (Wireless, Slow Synchro, Rear Synchro)
•Dimensions: 94.7 x 133.1 x 71.3 mm (L x W x D)
•Weight: 545g (without battery)

•CF media slot compatible with Type I/II (MicroDrive) media; supplied MemoryStick DUO adapter
•Supplied image editing software: (1) Image Data Converter SR Ver.1.1 (2) Picture Motion Browser

 

[GENO]

some more rumour on specification of Alpha 100 from DPReview.
Sony Alpha specs
I thinks it's quite good, esp with 7D view finder.

Sony G lens???
:think: :bsmilie:

 

[Agetan]

Sony G lens and Carl Zeiss Optic????

Hart

 

[wind30]

wow, wonder if the price is below S$2k like what is rumored. Then REALLY competitive, as the D200 using similar 10MP sony sensor but without anit-dust and anti-shake selling for $2.6k...

hope it will sell for like the R1 price. $1.6k. which is possible as the A100 don't have lens so they can save on lens

 

[pai]

probably street price will drop to $1.5k to $1.7k including kit lens? more than the 5D less than the 7D

this is an entry level camera, so you can't compare it to the d200 even if the sensor is the same. things like build quality and materials, metering and AF speed, buffer size, FPS, weather sealing etc

 

[Zenten]

AF speed ......... very important!!

 

[wind30]

mmm... but I read the nikon forums and they say the D200 is not much faster than the entry D70.

3fps is pretty fast what, with the buffer at 6 RAW files, unlimited Jpegs...

The only significant advantage is "built quality" which is hard to quantify. I mean you don't see the entry level DSLRs (D70) breaking down that often either. So is "built quality" worth the anti-shake and anti-dust?