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Old 09-04-2008, 12:31 PM   #1
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Sony A900 FF..

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haven't read a thing about it and now all of a sudden ads pop up and a release date of sept 10th. Looks interesting. Hmm, if sony has a FF camera, sensor, is pentax going to use the same sensor?
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Old 09-04-2008, 04:02 PM   #2
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I think the Sony FF model has been expected for a while. They even released an updated Zeiss 24-70 f/2.8 at the end of last year.

I don't think we can make any inference that Pentax FF is on the way, and the Sony sensor connection desn't indicate much either--for one thing, latest 14mp Pentax sensors were Samsung-sourced, rather than Sony. Nikon's full-frame sensors also may be different than what Sony will include in the A900.
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Given Sonys relationship with Nikon,and the reason that Pentax needed Samsung to make their K20 chip, and Sony's rivalry with Samsung ... I doubt that we'll soon see a Pentax-Sony strategic partnership. There'd have to be something potentially very lucrative to make that happen. Certainly the niche 3rd player FF market isn't it.

I wouldn't rule it out - it just seems unlikely to me.
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OMFG!!! i love the roof prism shape! thats what a real camera looks like!!!!!!!!!!

its pretty much the only reason i was so hesitant when i was upgrading from my pentax MX to the k20d.
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http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sonydslra900/page1.asp

holy crap sony has dropped the gauntlet
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