It's getting mighty crowded in here...

[Al Patterson]

http://gizmodo.com/5476666/sony-debuts-alpha-dslr-concept-cameras-micro-four-thirds-competitor

Yeah, the more the better to lower the price of the system I choose to buy eventually...

 

[Ernst Dinkla]

I will say that I'd far rather have a Sony sensor than a Samsung. Sensors are one of the remaining areas where Sony absolutely kicks ass. The marvelous sensor in the Pentax K-x is reportedly a Sony.

DxO ranking says that the Samsung GX20 sensor is only second to the Sony APS sensors in the Nikon models and not to the Sony cameras. The 4/3 sensors way lower in that ranking than Samsung's GX20 sensor.

Ernst Dinkla

 

[Paul T.]

I find this announcement pretty exciting; Sony partner with Zeiss for a lot of their kit lenses; they also price their cameras keenly, have more industrial muscle than, say, Olympus, and have good incentive to sneak ahead of Nikon and Canon.

MOre (sketchy) info here:


http://news.cnet.com/2300-17938_105-10002549-3.html?tag=mncol;txt

With Olympus, of course, we had a wait of over a year between the concept and the production camera - but this news does at least illustrate that other manufacturers see this as a growth market. INteresting, too, that where Samsung went for SLR-styling, like the GH1, Sony's product looks squarely based on the Olympus Pen model.


http://www.pcworld.com/article/1899...ylish_interchangeablelens_concept_camera.html

Bloody typical of marketing BS though, is that they don't announce details of the lenses or lens mount - but specify the colors available!

 

[urban_alchemist]

maybe they will eventually make a full frame compact (i'm leaving rangefinders out)

There were hints about this from Ricoh at the GRX launch: one of the great things about the Ricoh system is its infinite versatility (full-frame M-mount module anyone? 😀 )