The wait is over
And so the A900 is out (the last part of video reminds me so much of Heroes intro) but I'm not one who would be booking for it after reading test reviews. However for its price (estimated price of sgd3500) and image comparison with Canon 1Ds MKIII, it's really a great buy. But with each file to be about 18mb, I think I will need lots and lots of harddisk space. As of now, 2days of wedding photography already takes up at least 5gb of my space.
If you want the most pixels in a small package, the Sony A900 is where you'll find it. It's bulky, but less so than the more expensive 1Ds Mark III, and that makes it easier to bring along. I enjoyed shooting with the 24-70mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss so much that I recommend it if you can afford it. I recently attached the 18-70mm kit lens that comes with the A200, and the A900 felt quite a bit more bearable, though I can only imagine that high-res sensor would reveal all the flaws in that less-expensive lens.
I'm assuming that the older Minolta lenses won't be able to fully utilise the A900 sensor. I would rather buy a less expensive body with a couple of good lenses. I wouldn't want to sell the gems I have in my drybox.
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