24.8 megapixels and full frame
Gee, I go to NYC for a couple of days and all hell breaks loose. It seems like only a couple of days ago I said something about how the Sony sensor announcement might anticipate an A900 announcement at PMA, and lo and behold what do I come home to find?
As it turns out Sony says the A900 (technically not named the A900 just yet) is coming, albeit later this year, which I’ll assume means Photokina. It will be using the sensor announced just recently which will be called “Exmor”, which was checking in at 24.8 megapixels with full frame. In addition the camera will obviously be featuring Super Steady Shot, and appears to be sporting a 3 inch LCD, although it seems unclear as to whether it will have Live View (the prototype on display at PMA doesn’t look like it has the flip out LCD found on the A300 and A350), but I’d say it’s a very safe bet that it will.
No question, this is a big camera. Getting that monster sensor in there with SSS and presumably live view pretty much demanded it. It has a removable grip, so haters of the included grip found on canikons will be pleased. From what I can tell it has a programmable mode dial, and a fat top plate LCD which is, well a necessity on a flagship level camera.
There’s still a lot of questions that need to be answered, but at least we’re getting a lot closer to camera that is really going to put alot of pressure on the Canon 5d successor, which is where I think Sony intends to position the A900 in the camera market. Also as I said before, watch for the Nikon D3x announcement featuring the same sensor…I’ll bet we something before Photokina.
Later we’ll get up to date on some other exciting things, like who in their right mind is going to buy an A300 when you could get the A350? Also, we’re excited about the Sigma DP1 (please let the reviews be good!)
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