PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG

What should we expect from a $3000 Sony Alpha 900? Can you imagine that is a 24.6 MP FF DSLR camera comes with some really impressive features and built quality? Just before that only the Canon 1Ds Mark III in the market offering 21MP resolution and asking more than double of the current price for a Sony Alpha 900.

Since Nikon released the D3, we have been focusing in the debates on higher ISO performance and pixel quality in the past year. The release of Sony Alpha 900 sets a new direction in the DSLR development - higher pixels inspiration. There are only very few people would have Sony Alpha 900 hand-on experience, based on some very limited image samples, Sony Alpha 900 is not particularly impressive in terms of image quality comparing with the Canon 1Ds Mark III, well, but it is a very usable camera … full article.

Since the release of D3 and D300, we realized and surprised a new strategy from Nikon. Both Cameras defined a new standard in features & performance, though both come with an effective pixels count of 12 MP, D3 and D300 are sitting a clear position in their own class.

About a year after that, Nikon released another FX body D700 and cropped body D90, and now we have the Nikon’s top DSLR cameras running in unified standard for the pixels count - 12 MP. Obviously, thats not by chance, it should be the Nikon’s schedule to rollout their own rules for the game…. full article.

While most people is expecting the next FF body from Canon as replacement to Canon EOS 5D FF digital camera, Canon announced the 50D a year after the arrival of the EOS 40D. It incorporable the latest technologies and MP that is originally expected to be in the FF replacement body. Now, the new 50D looks like a replacement of the 5D except it is not with a FF sensor. The 50D comes with a new design cropped sensor at 15MP with better performance in higher ISO ranging from 100-3200 and extendable upto 12800 (one-stop better than 5D?), DIGIC 4 image processor, better LCD, Live view and even the Face detection.

Canon’s Top Priority Move
It seems interesting, but I would consider this is a necessary move as response to Nikon’s recent hot cakes. Obviously, the D300 is a killer in the prosumer segment for its value - rich set features and performance. Canon’s top priority is to catch-up and try to retain the share in this market segment.

While I don’t think the 15MP 50D is attractive enough to call switches from existing Nikon users, it will be certainly one of the very first options in new purchasers’ short list … full article.