Re: Does it really worth buying an old DSLR model?

[Laurenz Bobke <laurenzb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I'm quite happy with the Minolta 7d I purchased recently (AFTER the takeover by Sony) and am sure that the Sony Alpha will be a fine camera.

After all, Sony now has the advantage of being able to offer all the lenses and accessories of the Konica Minolta system from the start.

So, the only thing they have to do is to add a body that is even better than the 7d.

I would guess that a company like Sony would not go into a new market without the will to dominate it - and clearly, they have the means to do so.

It will be interesting whether they'll really try to cover the pro segment, but judging from the rumours about the new Sony Alpha camera, I'm sure that many semiprofessionals will find it hard to resist the temptation:
http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news/articles/story_8382.html

 

 

Laurenz

 

2006/6/6, fotofx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <fotofx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

The Answer is yes, but really so what? Sony only wanted some the technology to ad to it's stable.

They may do a few years of product runs, but it will not enter the pro market and probably could not compete any way. Sony is great at getting its tech stuff that way.

 

Sony will take the market in a new direction dominate for a short time and then move on to the next big thing. They won't be in the (pro) photo market at all and probably won't get into the advanced am world either. So that leaves the P&S market, which they are a big hitter.

 

Les


 

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Subject: Re: Does it really worth buying an old DSLR model?

In a message dated 6/5/2006 8:06:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, fotofx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Minolta (recently known as Konica-Minolta) was one of the great innovators in photographic systems. B

Wasn't Sony making the digital cameras for Konica-Minolta? http://www.sony.net/Products/dslr/interview1.html