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I see this as good news. I think Sony is cutting off Nikon (or Nikon choosing not to get FF sensors from Sony). Either way it may pave way for some exclusive Sony FF stuff.
Well - you could come to the Nikon camp and be an even happier shooter - give it a try and be surprisedIt all sounds a bit odd to me as well. If he said that they weren't going to make any more ff cameras I'd be less surprised. But still surprised.
Just as long as it doesn't mean that my lovely A900 stops working!!!
No way - my lenses wouldn't fit. And buying everything new? Well - time for another hobby? Or go to my dream - Leaf AFI?? But for now my A900 does it's job, so no need to worryWell - you could come to the Nikon camp and be an even happier shooter - give it a try and be surprised
Peter - D100,D2x,D3,D700 a plethora of lenses (14-24,24-70,70-200 and a number of primes), and I was never, once, satisfied with the colour for landscapes, especially in evening light.. The A900 has been a wonderful relief, the colour is Always right, the focus is slow . . . but really accurate . . the Zeiss lenses are so much nicer than the Nikon equivalents, and it's small compared to the only real Nikon alternative (D3x). Sure, the Nikons are better at low light - but then I have the gorgeous 135 f1.8.Well - you could come to the Nikon camp and be an even happier shooter - give it a try and be surprised
I think that Tom has not understood anything
D3 sensors are manufactured by Sony as well as are D700 and D3s sensors. This are the Sony custom made sensors and I think also the D3X sensor to some degree is different from the Sony A900 sensor. Why would a company stop producing a product line which they can successfully sell in the future?
I do agree in comparison to other FF DSLRs the Sony models did not sell as expected. But this only could be the decision for Sony themselves to stop their FF product line (which in my opinion would be a big mistake because it would also canibalise their APSC sensor camera sales).
For me and I am sure also for many others the clear future of professional and semi professional digital photography is via FF sensors.
I have to agree on anything you say about D100, D2x and even D3. But from the D700 upwards I am 100 PERCENT satisfied with almost everything - especially colors! So maybe we have different taste, or we use the cameras differently. I do all my shooting in NEF 14bit and processing in C1 Pro. And the results rock.Peter - D100,D2x,D3,D700 a plethora of lenses (14-24,24-70,70-200 and a number of primes), and I was never, once, satisfied with the colour for landscapes, especially in evening light.. The A900 has been a wonderful relief, the colour is Always right, the focus is slow . . . but really accurate . . the Zeiss lenses are so much nicer than the Nikon equivalents, and it's small compared to the only real Nikon alternative (D3x). Sure, the Nikons are better at low light - but then I have the gorgeous 135 f1.8.
There are few things certain in this world, but the fact that I won't EVER return to Nikon is one of them!
I wasn't aware there was a Zeiss for Sony 70-200?I could never become friend with the Zeiss zooms for the Sony and the 70-200 simply does not come close to the latest Nikkor 70-200 VR2.
ObviouslyIBut I am no longer really convinced that the Zeiss glass is superior to the latest Nikkor lenses and especially also to some selected Sigma lenses, like the 1.4/50 which I happily own and shoot since a few months.
So obviously tastes are very different.
Hi JorgenI wouldn't be surprised if it was true. Large corporations like Sony are run by bean-counters, and bean-counters want to see a profit on every single product, no matter what. If they make a zillion yen on crop sensors/crop sensor cameras and only break even on the full-frame, the full-frame will get axed.
Ever wondered why the A700 hasn't been replaced? My guess is that it was going to be FF as well, until somebody calculated the profits, or lack of such. NEX is the new profit center for Sony; few parts, easy to manufacture, easy logistics, moves fast off the shelves... I wouldn't be surprised if the 2015 replacement for the A900 is a NEX as well. With a crop sensor...