\"The A900 has worse high-ISO performance than the best crop-sensor cameras\"
That can\'t be true at all...it should be better (or at the very lest not worse) at high ISO than most of the current crops save for something like the 1d mk III / 1d mk IV maybe.
\"can\'t record to both memory cards simultaneously, and doesn\'t have much in the way of in-production lens selection (though there are a few great ones).\"
Until the D300s, only the 1d series cameras in the Canon line and the D1-D3 series were doing that, so it\'s not like the A900 is alone in that area.
Sure, the Sony line is lacking some lenses, but no more so than the competition IMO. The OVERALL zoom line up IMO is the best and rivals Nikon\'s best zooms (16-35 is worse than the 14-24, but 24-70 is as good if not better)... and they offer THE best 70-300 and 70-400 zooms on the market. Canon nor Nikon don\'t have anything as good as the 70-400 / 70-300. And Zeiss 85 and 135 are superior to Nikon\'s and possibly Canon\'s offerings...
\"The D700 is a far more accomplished camera than the others in many ways. Its autofocus is in a different league, it can shoot at 8 fps, it has vastly shorter mirror black-out and shutter-lag times than the other two, it\'s designed with an attention to detail that Canon hasn\'t achieved in decades and that Sony won\'t achieve for years, and it\'s the best low-light camera on the market except for the new D3S.\"
Yes, D700 is better in AF, but it\'s not clearly superior at high ISO to 5d mk 2... and frankly when people say it has noiseless high ISO, that\'s simply not true. I actually wouldn\'t be printing big at high ISO with any of these cameras... For me, I don\'t care about how good the AF / high ISO are with the D700, its lack of detail compared to the other 2 simply takes it out of the competition... I realize some people\'s needs might be different... but as far as poorer AF is concerned, you should still be able to shoot most things with 5d mk 2 / A900. Of course if you absolutely need the best servo AF, D700 it is. To me the best IQ possible + ok AF makes a better camera than best AF possible + OK IQ. Admittedly, the feature set is much better than Canon or Sony... as I miss normal Auto ISO in M mode and spot metering linked to AF point.
\"The A900 has worse high-ISO performance than the best crop-sensor cameras\"
That can\'t be true at all...it should be better (or at the very lest not worse) at high ISO than most of the current crops save for something like the 1d mk III / 1d mk IV maybe.
\"can\'t record to both memory cards simultaneously, and doesn\'t have much in the way of in-production lens selection (though there are a few great ones).\"
Until the D300s, only the 1d series cameras in the Canon line and the D1-D3 series were doing that, so it\'s not like the A900 is alone in that area.
Sure, the Sony line is lacking some lenses, but no more so than the competition IMO. The OVERALL zoom line up IMO is the best and rivals Nikon\'s best zooms (16-35 is worse than the 14-24, but 24-70 is as good if not better)... and they offer THE best 70-300 and 70-400 zooms on the market. Canon nor Nikon don\'t have anything as good as the 70-400 / 70-300. And Zeiss 85 and 135 are superior to Nikon\'s and possibly Canon\'s offerings...
\"The D700 is a far more accomplished camera than the others in many ways. Its autofocus is in a different league, it can shoot at 8 fps, it has vastly shorter mirror black-out and shutter-lag times than the other two, it\'s designed with an attention to detail that Canon hasn\'t achieved in decades and that Sony won\'t achieve for years, and it\'s the best low-light camera on the market except for the new D3S.\"
Yes, D700 is better in AF, but it\'s not clearly superior at high ISO to 5d mk 2... and frankly when people say it has noiseless high ISO, that\'s simply not true. I actually wouldn\'t be printing big at high ISO with any of these cameras... For me, I don\'t care about how good the AF / high ISO are with the D700, its lack of detail compared to the other 2 simply takes it out of the competition... I realize some people\'s needs might be different... but as far as poorer AF is concerned, you should still be able to shoot most things with 5d mk 2 / A900. Of course if you absolutely need the best servo AF, D700 it is. To me the best IQ possible + ok AF mmakes a better camera than best AF possible + OK IQ.
\"The A900 has worse high-ISO performance than the best crop-sensor cameras\"
That can\'t be true at all...it should be better (or at the very lest not worse) at high ISO than most of the current crops save for something like the 1d mk III / 1d mk IV maybe.
\"can\'t record to both memory cards simultaneously, and doesn\'t have much in the way of in-production lens selection (though there are a few great ones).\"
Until the D300s, only the 1d series cameras in the Canon line and the D1-D3 series were doing that, so it\'s not like the A900 is alone in that area.
Sure, the Sony line is lacking some lenses, but no more so than the competition IMO. The OVERALL zoom line up IMO is the best and rivals Nikon\'s best zooms (16-35 is worse than the 14-24, but 24-70 is as good if not better)... and they offer THE best 70-300 and 70-400 zooms on the market. Canon nor Nikon don\'t have anything as good as the 70-400 / 70-300.
\"The D700 is a far more accomplished camera than the others in many ways. Its autofocus is in a different league, it can shoot at 8 fps, it has vastly shorter mirror black-out and shutter-lag times than the other two, it\'s designed with an attention to detail that Canon hasn\'t achieved in decades and that Sony won\'t achieve for years, and it\'s the best low-light camera on the market except for the new D3S.\"
Yes, D700 is better in AF, but it\'s not clearly superior at high ISO to 5d mk 2... and frankly when people say it has noiseless high ISO, that\'s simply not true. I actually wouldn\'t be printing big at high ISO with any of these cameras... For me, I don\'t care about how good the AF / high ISO are with the D700, its lack of detail compared to the other 2 simply takes it out of the competition... I realize some people\'s needs might be different... but as far as poorer AF is concerned, you should still be able to shoot most things with 5d mk 2 / A900. Of course if you absolutely need the best servo AF, D700 it is. To me the best IQ possible + ok AF mmakes a better camera than best AF possible + OK IQ.
\"The A900 has worse high-ISO performance than the best crop-sensor cameras\"
That can\'t be true at all...it should be better (or at the very lest not worse) at high ISO than most of the current crops save for something like the 1d mk III / 1d mk IV maybe.
\"can\'t record to both memory cards simultaneously, and doesn\'t have much in the way of in-production lens selection (though there are a few great ones).\"
Until the D300s, only the 1d series cameras in the Canon line and the D1-D3 series were doing that, so it\'s not like the A900 is alone in that area.
Sure, the Sony line is lacking some lenses, but no more so than the competition IMO. The OVERALL zoom line up IMO is the best and rivals Nikon\'s best zooms (16-35 is worse than the 14-24, but 24-70 is as good if not better)... and they offer THE best 70-300 and 70-400 zooms on the market. Canon nor Nikon don\'t have anything as good as the 70-400 / 70-300.
\"The D700 is a far more accomplished camera than the others in many ways. Its autofocus is in a different league, it can shoot at 8 fps, it has vastly shorter mirror black-out and shutter-lag times than the other two, it\'s designed with an attention to detail that Canon hasn\'t achieved in decades and that Sony won\'t achieve for years, and it\'s the best low-light camera on the market except for the new D3S.\"
Yes, D700 is better in AF, but it\'s not clearly superior at high ISO to 5d mk 2... and frankly when people say it has noiseless high ISO, that\'s simply not true. I actually wouldn\'t be printing big at high ISO with any of these cameras... For me, I don\'t care about how good the AF / high ISO are with the D700, its lack of detail compared to the other 2 simply takes it out of the competition... I realize some people\'s needs might be different... but as far as poorer AF is concerned, you should still be able to shoot most things with 5d mk 2 / A900. Of course if you absolutely need the best servo AF, D700 it is. To me the best IQ possible + ok AF mmakes a better camera than best AF possible + OK IQ.
\"The A900 has worse high-ISO performance than the best crop-sensor cameras\"
That can\'t be true at all...it should be better (or at the very lest not worse) at high ISO than most of the current crops save for something like the 1d mk III / 1d mk IV maybe.
\"can\'t record to both memory cards simultaneously, and doesn\'t have much in the way of in-production lens selection (though there are a few great ones).\"
Until the D300s, only the 1d series cameras in the Canon line and the D1-D3 series were doing that, so it\'s not like the A900 is alone in that area.
Sure, the Sony line is lacking some lenses, but no more so than the competition IMO. The OVERALL zoom line up IMO is the best and rivals Nikon\'s best zooms (16-35 is worse than the 14-24, but 24-70 is as good if not better)... and they offer THE best 70-300 and 70-400 zooms on the market. Canon nor Nikon don\'t have anything as good as the 70-400 / 70-300.
\"The D700 is a far more accomplished camera than the others in many ways. Its autofocus is in a different league, it can shoot at 8 fps, it has vastly shorter mirror black-out and shutter-lag times than the other two, it\'s designed with an attention to detail that Canon hasn\'t achieved in decades and that Sony won\'t achieve for years, and it\'s the best low-light camera on the market except for the new D3S.\"
Yes, D700 is better in AF, but it\'s not clearly superior at high ISO to 5d mk 2... and frankly when people say it has noiseless high ISO, that\'s simply not true. I actually wouldn\'t be printing big at high ISO with any of these cameras... For me, I don\'t care about how good the AF / high ISO are with the D700, its lack of detail compared to the other 2 simply takes it out of the competition... I realize some people\'s needs might be different... but as far as poorer AF is concerned, you should still be able to shoot most things with 5d mk 2 / A900. Of course if you absolutely need the best servo AF, D700 it is.
Nov 16, 2009 at 03:22 PM
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