Sony has three different new FF prototypes in the works …

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Michaels7 wrote:
moimoi wrote:
unravel wrote:

what sony needs to release is an answer to d600, hell make it cheaper if possible. i believe capitalizing on existing apsc prosumers who want to go FF is where the money would be.. they would really peak my interest at least.. but this is just one man's opinion
By selling the A99 at 2100-200 USD, that would be a very strong competitor to the D600, more importantly, they do share the same sensor.

I think the a99 is overpriced by 600-700 USD, and with the arrival of the Canon 6D (same price tag as the D600), the a99 will have a hard time to compete.
 
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Piginho wrote:

Sony, if you're listening, please make one of the three a full frame 36Mp with OVF (straight from A900 if you like) optimized for stills photography. Don't care if it has video or not.
If a wish list, doing a dual-EVF/OVF would fit perfectly to my need, thanks to Sony

Cheers,
 
moimoi wrote:
Piginho wrote:

Sony, if you're listening, please make one of the three a full frame 36Mp with OVF (straight from A900 if you like) optimized for stills photography. Don't care if it has video or not.
Yup!!! I will go for it.
 
moimoi wrote:
Piginho wrote:

Sony, if you're listening, please make one of the three a full frame 36Mp with OVF (straight from A900 if you like) optimized for stills photography. Don't care if it has video or not.
Yup!!! I will go for it
Same here!
 
Piginho wrote:

Sony, if you're listening, please make one of the three a full frame 36Mp with OVF (straight from A900 if you like) optimized for stills photography. Don't care if it has video or not.
Then you don't need 36 Mp since mirror vibration will destroy fine detail in a wide range of shutter speeds, or you need to work in MLU mode to benefit from the very high resolution sensor. Not my choise.
 
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moimoi wrote:
Michaels7 wrote:
moimoi wrote:
unravel wrote:

what sony needs to release is an answer to d600, hell make it cheaper if possible. i believe capitalizing on existing apsc prosumers who want to go FF is where the money would be.. they would really peak my interest at least.. but this is just one man's opinion
By selling the A99 at 2100-200 USD, that would be a very strong competitor to the D600, more importantly, they do share the same sensor.

I think the a99 is overpriced by 600-700 USD, and with the arrival of the Canon 6D (same price tag as the D600), the a99 will have a hard time to compete.
 
SR is not a really trusted source but I know a Alpha FF with vertical grip has been tested in Africa several times because some Japanese tech sites posted the photo of it (and that rumor photo was sent by Sony internal people).



I think this one is called Alpha 1x or Alpha 1s , either way it will be very interesting camera , a 36mp D800 type of sensor based body yet as fast as the 1Dx or the D4.



but what I am really really eargerly wasiting for from Sony is a FF Alpha with square sensor.



anyway, thanks for your post and you are right CN is too timid to bring out any kind of real serious innovation that might hurt their conservative D-SLRs, this alone makes them as boring as Casio imho, eventually people wake up and see the fact that the OVF is a thing of the past.
 
IMHO one is almost guaranteed to be an NEX model.
 
Hope it's got a built-in flash this time.
 
:-P
 
no rational people want low mp FF camera any more, the D4 is the only one accepted low mp camera but wihtout the religious level of insane Nikon cult people buying it , even the D4 cannot be existed today.

Sony is not Nikon or Leica or even not Canon, this means Sony has no cult people worshipping it , so it is not easy for Sony to go low mp FF direction.

and remember the D800 has much less noise than your A700 or the D3s at image level , you do not want to judge a camera IQ at pixel level but at image level.
 
Sure, "the high-res one" seems like a certainty. And "the cheaper one" seems necessary to compete in a market niche that should dip below $2k soon. But "the faster one" should be where SLT tech really shines.

If the faster one also does 4k video (maybe written onto two cards at once?) then it'll be an interesting option in still shooting: Imagine using 4K video as a kind of 24FPS or 30FPS "burst mode" where you could export 4K stills from any frame you wanted of what you captured.

I hope some of these introduce a full-frame AF array, too.
 
>Did you know that some noise is needed to get smooth tonal and color transitions on monitors and also for prints?



exactly, pixel level noise is not a big issue but lack od details caused by low MP FF sensor like the one in the D3s is.
 
Nikon is no longer a main customer of Sony Sensor company called SSC.

the main customer for Sony Semi corp is now olympus and panasonic.
 
ddi you not know Nikon has decided not to use any more Sony sensors ?

all "current " Nikon DX has non-Sony sensors.

the D5200, the D3200 both use Renasus sensors, the D7000 has the Sony sensor but it is not a current camera , already 2 years olf junk.
 
Sam_Oslo wrote:
johnbee wrote:

One of which is a high MP system due for a 2013 release that is currently being tested it on the field at this time.
Probably a 36MP Alpha will be among the early spring camera shoot out, lets hope it has a 4k video capability too sine the 4k is fast becoming the new standard on Sony TVs.
Have you looked at the prices of Sony's 4K UHDTV? UHDTV is only going to be used for very large screens, as people have been putting in TVs in their homes, and then watching at a distance that they could see the pixels on a 1080P screen.

While Sony will be dropping the prices, UHDTV doesn't make sense for smaller screen sizes.
 
johnbee wrote:

There's an (SR4) headline at the Sony Alpha Rumor stating that Sony has three different new FF prototypes in the works…

And the rumor is, apparently... that Sony has three FF systems based on completely different concepts in the works. One of which is a high MP system due for a 2013 release that is currently being tested it on the field at this time.

That being said, with what we've seen lately, I can see why the Canikon camps would have something to worry about. With the way things are set atm, I'd say Sony is not only moving-in fast on the competition BUT... is the only manufacturer with anything new to deliver as well.
How do you know that Canon/Nikon won't have anything new to deliver? Canon has been very good at keeping new products under wraps until the last moment, unlike Sony, where everyone seems to like to leak their future plans.

The other day, I posted a thread about the VP at Sony Hawaii talking about major announcements upcoming for the Alpha cameras. This was picked up by SAR.
 
Nordstjernen wrote:
Piginho wrote:

Sony, if you're listening, please make one of the three a full frame 36Mp with OVF (straight from A900 if you like) optimized for stills photography. Don't care if it has video or not.
Then you don't need 36 Mp since mirror vibration will destroy fine detail in a wide range of shutter speeds, or you need to work in MLU mode to benefit from the very high resolution sensor. Not my choise.
Is that what Nikon users are doing with their 36 MP DSLRs? Wouldn't they just need to use a shutter speed that is higher than the reciprocity of the focal length to stop the vibration?
 
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As a landscape guy, I would love to see a Sony body with the D800 36MP sensor in it. That is what it would take for me to trade up from my a850.
 
3systermuser wrote:

ddi you not know Nikon has decided not to use any more Sony sensors ?

all "current " Nikon DX has non-Sony sensors.

the D5200, the D3200 both use Renasus sensors, the D7000 has the Sony sensor but it is not a current camera , already 2 years olf junk.
 

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