Picture of the Day

[Marin]

Weevil thats really nice shot

Soulburner if you dont mind having only 6mpix and using old dSLR, even Konica-Minolta 7D is comparable to Canon/Nikon. Sony is bit harder on users, but if used correctly, you can get images similar to D3X from A900/850. And for example Zeiss 24-70 f/2.8 is easily comparable to Canon or Nikon lens (superior to Canon ones). Only build quality should be better (bit too much plastic).

Current Nikon offering consist of "We give you quite good 12mpix in every price range you want."

Current Canon offering is "We will give you nice range of mpix and cameras, which are crippled various ways to not harm our flagships."

Sony attitude is to having two flagships which dont cost leg or arm (and actually have very nice capabilities) and crazy numbers of cloned mid-low range dSLR.

Pentax would be "We will give you best available for that price. And designed with photographers in mind."

Yea and I suggest looking at heads of each company, I wouldnt give a penny to some of them.

Anyway, as long as it works decent in A or M mode and has some decent sensor and ability to use some quality glass, its good.

And moving onto lenses...


Nikon is "Hey, we got you covered for DX and FX. But updates to our non-supertelephoto primes... ehh... we'll get around to it."

Canon is "We got all the niches covered. Oh, you want a L EF-S lens... one word, 'no'."

Sony's hope for gaining more market is "We got AF Zeiss lenses!!!"

Pentax obviously is "What you want without breaking the bank."