Well seeing as Im struggling with the Hungarian language I have not bothered to learn german.
I think I remember the same type of comments from when the first official photo of the A100 was leaked last spring - only a month or two before the official launch.
like this thread you mean: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1037&message=18398553 ?
Maybe it is a final pic (below) but the lens looks very bare and the buttons on the right hand top of the camera are very widely spaced without either dial or top lcd - seems like a waste of space there.
This lens isn't new ... it just looks this way in its new Sony clothing.
Well its hard to know. But without going on too much..I agree with Dan..in that the semi has a load of wasted space on the top plate.
Excactly, Dan.
Incidentally I happen to know how the story of how this picture was
first leaked last spring by a Minolta employee to a retired
American photo journalist. He shared it with some friends in a
small webforum ... and then in a very few days the pic came to
emerge everywhere.
Back a that time, there were dozens and dozens of posts here at
dpreview and elsewhere saying that this picture was
and so on. A few months later the pic appeared to be just one of
- an obvious fake
- very, very unlikely
- clearly manipulated
the downloads along with the Alpha 100 press release.
I have seen the same tendency to deny some news that people may or
may not like to have. Some times, even the messenger is being
killed (like the Nikon Rockwell guy).
Must be something psychological --- ?
I was going to type the same thing. The whole top plate needs a serious look into. Buttons & knob look complete out of place.
Yeah, this time, we should hope that it's not final design. Or should I say Sony playing it dumb this time as they told the whole world few months ahead what they were "planning" to do.
Just hoping, it's not nightmare of Sony 'klan'
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Clint is on holiday! Soon to return! ;-)
The studio shots of the semi-pro and flagship models are in the same style as the leaked ones for the A-100. I don't really know why they'd bother doing such detailed product shots (for press packs etc) of totally unrelated prototypes. I think the design cues are going to be quite indicative of the production models. Leaks happen.
There'll be pull from both directions. Let's hope that Marketing don't compromise the execution of the camera, and that Engineering don't delay it uneccessarily due to perfectionism
.I don't understand the delaer's rationale. The Zeiss 135mm/1.8 covers (at least) a 43.3mm image circle. The only reason not to buy one (other than not being able to afford one
is if Sony were bringing out a camera with an even larger sensor. So the implication of the dealer is that Sony will now be entering the medium format market and we should wait for lenses which have an image circle cover 56mm by 56mm???? 
In what way did that mean for you to wait with the Zeiss 135?
