I've seen all the hullabaloo now. Ming Thein's comments closely resemble my thoughts: http://blog.mingthein.com/2013/10/16/sony-a7-a7r/
In short, looks like interesting technology, likely a decent enough camera, but lots of ambiguity in direction, development, and a piecemeal approach to "what to develop and for what purpose" (particularly with respect to the lens line) to my eye. It will be interesting to see how these Sonys develop. G On Oct 16, 2013, at 4:25 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't stay up for the "live" announcement, but here are the details: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VfSrsqn3ESc > I think this could be a very significant pair of cameras. > > I would expect this to be the same sensor to be used in the Pentax FF. > > I'm very curious how well this camera will work for Sony, with the > combination of short registration distance and big sensor. Wondering > if it will perform better with lenses at a more "normal" flange to > sensor distance (with adapters). > > I still tend to want a real viewfinder in my cameras, but I can see a > significant place for this camera. Expected to be around $2200 for the > body, I believe. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

