Sony Alpha A900 first look hands on

[Xyb3rTeCh]

the buttons on the battery grip might be confusing but its convinient

[xmeda]

stabilised FF, huge resolution, zeiss lenses, BIG viewfinder......

successor with live-view and video will be canikon killer for sure :)

[ferraripanama]

wtf!! this cameras is the monster

rip canon

[AIDSbanana]

umm no...this camera has horrible high iso noise compared to canon's offerings (i.e. 5d mk II) and this camera also doesn't offer the range of canon's L series of lenses, among other things.

[sbs260]

true. it does not offer as much range as canon BUT

it still has the greatest lens ever *zeiss*

and im sure theirs more to come! *the legendary minolta lenses are compatible as well*

also its not like sony was in the camera business for like 30 years or something.

sony only been here for 4 years. 4 YEARS!!!

Thats pretty damn good for one of the highest megapix camera. and they did it in less than 4 years.

canon could have never achieved that in 4 years

you gotta give sony some credit

[mahamza86]

I like it retro styling

[kezamizogabi]

is magnesium not flammable?

[PD2JK]

Yes, so you better not smoke when taking pictures. ;)

[HologramJones]

Well, if you wanna call a magnesium weather sealed body weighing 850g, plasticky, you have some issues with gravity. And I think it was the right decision not to have an integrated body grip as some people who want a pro body actually feel the D3 is too big for them. So Sony gives them the option to chose.

[dombower]

optional battery grip? for a camera that size i would want it to be an intigrated battery grip like the d3

still looks plasticy and cheap

[flakeu]

I agree with you dombower, a nice monoblock will look nice! but the A900 is competing against the nikon d700 and canon 5d MkII that had a separate battery grip.

[dombower]

really? i thought with that number of pixles it is competing against the canon 1ds mk3? no?

[flakeu]

Mmm, the A900 have some professionals futures (megapix,huge viewfinder,FF sensor...) but it price tag (3000$) is about the same than the nikon D700. The 1ds mk3 is 7,999$,at this price, I don't think it atract the same style of people than the A900.

This is only my opinion, I can be wrong.

[epics7]

No. d700 and canon 5dII. 5dII have 21 mp.

[braaapfuck]

i agree lynseyweatherspoon, i think that sony wanted to see peoples reactions and then fix the firmware in the camera according to the public's reaction,

i cant wait to see the photographs from a full production mule with the newest firmware. . . especially in RAW

[lynseyweatherspoon]

lexpaces: it does look like that.

i'm still waiting on a fully in-depth preview myself. but i'm thinking the reviews we're seeing now are just to tweak some of the problems with the a900

[lexpaces]

looks like he stole the joint (A900) & went into an alley too give it a preview on the exterior, lol, wonder if sony allows for in- depth previews