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I'd say $8500-$10000 to be competitive since that is where the competition is (and the competition includes IS) -- Rick http://www.flickr.com/photos/fjbphotos/

Prices from B&H: Canon - $10,500 Nikon - $8,400 Sony - $13,000 (est) None of those are cheap nor do I think anyone expected it to be less than $8,500. The problem is that it costs more...

Let's say it is $13,000 vs $10,000 which would be 30% more. I see a lens *without* stabilization costing 30% more. I sure hope that extra $ is going to provide some advantages over the...

Very few individuals have the luxury of "price is no object". I think we all agree that Sony has a little competition in the camera market (a couple companies come directly to mind). If they are...

If the rumor is accurate they (stupidly) dropped the GPS... -- Rick http://www.flickr.com/photos/fjbphotos/

Congrats. I would take my time since you can always use the A100 and not jump into things. I would evaluate the A77/A65/A55 since you have decent set of lenses. My wife has an SLT (A55) and it...

Does anyone recall the wording Nikon used in the past for the D300 and D3X? Did they claim they were Nikon "developed"? As we know both were based on a Sony sensor and Nikon changed some things...

-- Rick http://www.flickr.com/photos/fjbphotos/

Most of the new cameras - A55, A65 and A77 will meet your needs but you are replacing an A700 so demand an A77. The A55 is a fine camera but it is not built as well as the A700 nor IMO does it...

I completely agree. If there is any camera that would be perfect for tethering it would be the SLTs since they are constant live-view cameras. I really can't understand why Sony would release...

Could you indicate which threads you classify as "doom and gloom"? I just looked at the 1st page and I can only see 2 that I would remotely classify as "doom and gloom". I actually think the...

Here's a couple: http://rawtherapee.com/ http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/index.html -- Rick http://www.flickr.com/photos/fjbphotos/

I had a similar experience in BB. A young couple was telling a salesperson what they wanted in a camera - it pretty much described an A55. The salesperson went on do show them Nikon and Canon...

I agree. I think a little tweaking of the contrast might help them look a little more lifelike. I shot 3-stop mode for most of these Holiday....

The first 2 were Disney's Animal Kingdom and the others were Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida. -- Rick http://www.flickr.com/photos/fjbphotos/

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One of the things I experimented with on our vacation was HDR. I will probably attempt to tweak these a bit but here they are straight from the...

Are you saying there is a mode where I can set the shutter-speed and aperture and the camera will set ISO (i.e. AS mode aka Auto-ISO in M mode)? This would be news to me. My A700 allowed me to...

I'm OK with the EVF but the live-view cameras certainly eat more battery than the traditional designs. I agree that Sony's AF is not as sophisticated as Canon/Nikon cameras of the same level. ...

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