Wonder what price tags those Sonnars will have. I still maintain
Sonnar is a German word that means, "Yikes! That's expensive!" and
"Vario" means "very".
;-^)
ScottGee1
On 6/6/06, Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There's now a hands-on preview of the Sony at dpreview:
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0606/06060501sonydslra100.asp
>
> I have to admit, this is tempting. I have a *lot* of K-M accessories
> (originally purchased for my A1) which appear to be plug-compatible
> to this wee beastie, and it sounds like it's coming with a variety of
> Zeiss lenses which are almost exactly in my preferred focal length
> range (there's a 16-80 Vario-Sonnar T*, ferinstance, which would
> cover 97% of my shots). Unless Oly hits it out of the park this year
> with a new E-thingie, my E-1 may end up being my first and last DSLR
> (for the backwards-compatibility with my legacy OM lenses,
> natch). Which would be a shame, but then, I *have* been an Oly-freak
> for lo these last three decades give or take.
>
> In particular, the combination of in-camera-body Anti-Shake (which
> has astonished me with how well it works on the A1) and sensor dust
> cleaning may just clinch the deal. I've shot one-eighth of a second
> handheld with the A1 and the resulting pics have been tack-sharp, and
> I'm kinda spoiled by that. Mind you, a lot also hinges on how well
> the new Sony's sensor does the imaging in the first place, as well as
> the build of the body -- the E-1's body is *truly* pro-grade.
>
> I'll probably wait until Photokina in September. That's only three
> more months...
>
>
> Garth
>
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