Dapple 101

Video from mobile phone in 'not as good as a dedicated camera with much bigger sensor' shocker.

wetracy - I'd hate to see how irate you get about something meaningful.

wetracy - I dread to think how irate you'd get about something meaningful.

Oh dear, I'm sorry everyone. I was supposed to be looking after dpLarry tonight...and...well I only went out of the room for a moment and when I came back I saw that he'd opened the laptop and had...

Thanks for sharing snow14, now I don't need to waste time reading the full review!

Does no-one ever read the text?

"our first opportunity to get hold of a production-standard camera"

Er...

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sony-alpha-slt-a99/

Remember the episode of the Simpsons where Homer designs a car and it looks like a total dog's dinner?This is the Sony Alpha as designed by Homer Simpson.(Nice to see that 'Bart' likes it though!)

Alan, the only questions I'm asking are:

"Where would we be if, throughout history, people had no ambition to explore their surroundings?"

"Why do people question the price of everything but...

Vitruvius - you're totally missing the point of PureView. The reason it's a 41MP sensor is so that you can allow a 3x zoom and maintain a 5MP image.