David Dyer-Bennet writes : karl shah-jenner wrote: .. : > Its chief defining feature so far is its use of a 24.8-megapixel sensor that's unusually large--the size of a full frame of 35mm film. That move makes Sony only the third digital SLR (single-lens reflex) maker, along with Canon and more recently Nikon, to aim for that part of the market. : Well, and Kodak (DCS-14). And wasn't there a Contax full-frame a while ago? : you should write to news.com and correct the author! k