New Sony 10.2 MP DSLR

[Diver Dennis]

This new Sony DSLR camera is supposed to be compatible with 16 million lenses. I just got this today and if it is any good, I can se why Rebels are going down in price... Here is the Canadian website. Reasonable price too.

http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/se...2931&RequestPartner=Newsletter_June2006_Alpha

 

[Mike Veitch]

16 million lenses?!?!

Wanna buy some stone money?

 

[Diver Dennis]

he he Sure, if you ship prepaid... I'm just reporting what the website says Mike. Some new kind of mount supposedly.

 

[caveseeker7]

Actually it's the 20 year old lens mount from Minolta, hence the 16 million lenses for it.

 

[Mike Veitch]

still i find it hard to believe Pentax and Minolta have introduced over 16 million different lenses in that time frame...

Maybe 16 million sold?

Why i keep goin on about it? i have no idea... bored i suppose.. hehe

I did look at the link too, it does look like they are saying there are 16 million lenses available for this camera! hahaahahah right......

 

[Diver Dennis]

Yeah, I don't know Mike. Sounds a bit strange to me...

 

[Jamdiver]

This new Sony DSLR camera is supposed to be compatible with 16 million lenses. I just got this today and if it is any good, I can se why Rebels are going down in price... Here is the Canadian website. Reasonable price too.

http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/servlet/ProductDetailDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&productId=1002931&RequestPartner=Newsletter_June2006_Alpha

I'd still go for the Digital Rebel

 

[Spoon]

i bet the total number of lenses from every lens manufacturer combined wont even exceed 500,000

 

[10X]

Physically, this looks a lot like my Olympus Evolt E-500. Since Oly and Sony both have their cameras made by someone else, I wonder if they're close copies, except for the MP rating. The E-500 is 8.1MP.

(I confess to not taking the E-500 underwater. I still stick with my C5050)

 

[ssra30]

Since Sony makes the CCD for Nikon D200, this camera may be more similar to Nikon than Olympus. No announcement for any housing yet but I doubt many housing manufacturers would be willing to take a financial risk to house it.