Comments on: New Sony Alpha 500 and 550 leaked http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/05/25/new-sony-alpha-500-and-550-leaked/ Search this site - over 170 articles on Alpha system topics! Subscribe to our magazine too! Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:11:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: toughluck http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/05/25/new-sony-alpha-500-and-550-leaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1752 toughluck Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:48:03 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/05/25/new-sony-alpha-500-and-550-leaked/#comment-1752 This 10-24 is likely just a copy of the Tamron, so this isn't really fortunate. However, maybe Sony will cherrypick this stock to serve only the best to Alpha users. A full frame version of the A700 is probably coming, but I doubt it will happen this year. If anything, a full frame A700 is probably going to be called A800. So A730 (or anything in that vein) is probably going to be APS-c with higher resolution and main sensor Live View. As for the leaks, F40AM is a misspell of F20AM. The people updating the website have next to no knowledge of DSLRs. (KM Canada dissolved a year before Sony took over KM DSLRs, key people dispersed and Sony was unable to recruit them.) This 10-24 is likely just a copy of the Tamron, so this isn’t really fortunate. However, maybe Sony will cherrypick this stock to serve only the best to Alpha users.

A full frame version of the A700 is probably coming, but I doubt it will happen this year. If anything, a full frame A700 is probably going to be called A800. So A730 (or anything in that vein) is probably going to be APS-c with higher resolution and main sensor Live View.

As for the leaks, F40AM is a misspell of F20AM. The people updating the website have next to no knowledge of DSLRs. (KM Canada dissolved a year before Sony took over KM DSLRs, key people dispersed and Sony was unable to recruit them.)

]]> By: tfd http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/05/25/new-sony-alpha-500-and-550-leaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1739 tfd Fri, 29 May 2009 02:06:16 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/05/25/new-sony-alpha-500-and-550-leaked/#comment-1739 All I really want is a full-frame upgrade to the A700, maybe with the new back-lit sensor, and even faster auto-focus and burst rate. Don't need 25 MP (files are too big, and I don't make billboards) or video. Basically a Sony competitor/upgrade to the Nikon D700. Any chance of that? All I really want is a full-frame upgrade to the A700, maybe with the new back-lit sensor, and even faster auto-focus and burst rate. Don’t need 25 MP (files are too big, and I don’t make billboards) or video. Basically a Sony competitor/upgrade to the Nikon D700. Any chance of that?

]]> By: alexramos http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/05/25/new-sony-alpha-500-and-550-leaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1736 alexramos Mon, 25 May 2009 18:51:02 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/05/25/new-sony-alpha-500-and-550-leaked/#comment-1736 The design must be new, maybe a230/a330/a380 style. The design must be new, maybe a230/a330/a380 style.

]]> By: richardharris http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/05/25/new-sony-alpha-500-and-550-leaked/comment-page-1/#comment-1735 richardharris Mon, 25 May 2009 12:41:36 +0000 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/05/25/new-sony-alpha-500-and-550-leaked/#comment-1735 I think these could be intersting cameras. The 5 series has traditionally been quite popular with a number of different people, with greatly varying skill level. My only hope is that the 10-24 is not a straight copy of the Tamron. Sony needs something high quality for super wide APS-C users. I think these could be intersting cameras. The 5 series has traditionally been quite popular with a number of different people, with greatly varying skill level. My only hope is that the 10-24 is not a straight copy of the Tamron. Sony needs something high quality for super wide APS-C users.

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