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LOL @ dpreview.

Also ITT bitching about Sony's new camera.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
someone find a pic of the 7D to see how this looks next to it.
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fucking flood detection
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>>74446

OH SNAP
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>>74453
There's a ton of similarities, but that's as expected - no one likes changing the ergonomics a lot (the only exception are the Four Thirds guys). I only wonder why did it take so long to make a successor to the 7D.
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1) Purchase Minolta IP
2) Change Logo + CCD
3) ???
4) Profit.
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Lol @ Sony execs saying that live view in its current state is fail and they don't need it.

Come on Sony, it's not 2005 anymore. Just admit you were lazy.
>> Anonymous
Honestly, though, it looks like Sony may just have stopped failing.

>The large, bright, viewfinder uses a precision-ground optical glass pentaprism and a high refractive index eyepiece lens to provide 0.9x viewfinder magnification and 95 percent frame coverage. Manual focusing is aided by an interchangeable spherical acute matte focusing screen.

And depending on how well it works, this sounds very interesting:

> The camera’s new 12.2-megapixel Exmor™ CMOS sensor conducts analog-to-digital (A/D) signal conversion and dual noise reduction right on the sensor itself. Noise reduction is applied to analog signals before A/D conversion and the resulting digital signals are then subject to a second round of noise reduction.

>According to Lubell, “These digital signals are virtually immune to external noise and interference.”

>Clean, noise-free digital signals are then sent to the newly developed BIONZ™ processing engine. Lubell said this engine has been optimized to process data-rich picture information at high speeds, and to reduce picture noise in the RAW data stage before final image compression and encoding. The results are high-resolution, detailed images with rich tonal reproduction.
>> Anonymous
>>74469
A700 is essentially a Minolta 7D with a new sensor and screen. The 7D was an awesome (if overpriced) camera, but that was three years ago; we'll see how A700 fares given its lack of trendy features.
>> Anonymous
>>74471
Trendy features are silly. Live view is a nice idea, but holding a big, heavy DSLR in front of your face is very different than a light little point and shoot. With a swivel screen like Panasonic's new one, fine and good. Otherwise, it's only useful for people who always use a tripod.

The DPReview review of it said that all of the internal components are new. So this isn't just a "Maxxum with a new sensor and viewfinder." It seems to be a very different camera that just shares a mount and a basic body design.
>> Anonymous
>>74474
I have some doubts about the viewfinder assembly and anti-shake unit being significantly different from the 7D. As for the chips, who cares if the processor is new and named BIONZ or BRATZ or whatever - the processing algorithms matter much more (just look at the epic fail at default settings in the latest cameras from Olympus)
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>74475
sony are world leaders at ccd shake reduction in camcorders the stuff they are using in the slrs is from that, not minoltas stuff.
Also the processing in the A100 is pretty decent for its class, so I hope the A700 will be even better, this isnt their first you know.

>>74474
Truth

Also is the A100 getting renamed to the A500 because thats what it is.
>> Anonymous
>>74476
Sony's "SteadyShot" camcorders use lens-based IS; sensor-based IS in SLRs was inherited from Minolta. They just use the same name for both technologies.

And the processing in A100 wasn't too good IMO. Nikon D40X and D80 supposedly share the same sensor, but they're noticeably less noisy at high ISOs.