At the moment, it would appear that Sony is actually putting great price pressure on the competition regarding fundamental still camera features in the FF segment of the market. Hard to imagine that somehow they will increase this price 10 fold! Beyond the batteries(and Canon is going with proprietary batteries as well), you can still use industry standard CF cards. Sony tried shackling people to just their memory sticks early on in some of their lower end digital cameras and they quickly found out that the market would not have it. Had the Sony not came out with its apparently much better body and huge 100% viewfinder, then yes, a 21MP 5DII would have been impressive. Competition is a great thing!
tonyakins wrote:
This sounds like a Sony Blog, I cannot believe what I am hearing. Everyone was waiting for Canon to release the 5D Mark II, now they have, with better features than any of us could have imagined. If someone would have told you that you would be getting all of the features in the 5D Mark II for $2699.93, no one would have believed it. Why can\'t we just wait and see for ourselves, how the mid range camera\'s perform. I read the articles, but the reviewer is going to lean the way that best suits his situation. I have Canon DSLR gear, but I own three Sony HDTV, a pair of wireless Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround headphones with a gyro for head tracking, I own Sony HD Camcorder, Etc. So I am not a Sony hater; However if Sony ever gets to the top in DSLR\'s watch the prices jump 10 fold. Sony will also make there cameras, use only Sony products. A few years ago Sony only offered 90 Day warranties on there camera\'s. I do not believe that you can have to many features. If you do not like the HD Video, don\'t use it. I wonder out of this group how many people make over $100,000 with there camera\'s each year. When you start making more from photography, then the company you work for will decide what camera you use. All I am saying guys is lets be fair and wait to see. Also there is an external Stereo microphone that you can purchase to get great auto using the hot shoe.
Sep 18, 2008 at 08:05 AM
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