by the way, some pics have leaked out of that Sony 24Mp Alpha-900 here: <http://masterchong.com/v2/sony-alpha/pie02008-sony-showcased-sony-alpha-dslr-a900.html> which it turns out will have live-view like P&S's (ah the transition of technology from P&S to SLR's goes on..) a video of the sensor doing it's image stabilizing tricks: http://youtube.com/watch?v=hertVQYx-ss and a Sony commercial: <http://masterchong.com/v2/sony-alpha/sony-alpha-dslr-commercial.html> Their current A200 (10Mp) sells for a mere $600 AU dollars from the US, while the 14Mp is the same price as the 8Mp Canon 30D - under $USD 800 body only, so the new beast might be quite reasonably priced :) it seem the sony sponsored Zeiss lenses are gaining some serious attention too "nearly 1kg the Zeiss ZA 24-70mm f/2.8 feels like a massive block of glass." http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/47-sony-alpha-aps-c/380-zeiss_za_2470_28 Zeiss ZA Planar T* 85mm f/1.4 (1,200 euros) <http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/Sony%20/%20Minolta%20Lens%20Tests/47-sony-alpha-aps-c/374-zeiss_za_85_14> "there're virtually no significant distortions to worry about (0.2%). " "The Zeiss ZA 85mm f/1.4 produced superb resolution figures in the MTF lab. At f/1.4 the quality is already exceptionally high" though.. "Bokeh CAs", are very pronounced at large aperture settings but that's a fate the Zeiss shares with fellow lenses such as the Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 USM L and Nikkor AF 85mm f/1.4D. " Zeiss ZA Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8 (1,300 euros) http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/47-sony-alpha-aps-c/381-zeiss_za_135_18 "if you want the very best this is the one. Highly recommended!" "no significant distortions to worry about (~0.15%). " "produced outstanding resolution figures in the MTF lab. The quality is already exceptionally high .. This is about as good as it gets. " so it seems the clever people at sony picked a good boutique company to make their lenses - couple those with the older (cheaper) Minolta-A mount lenses and they look to have a pretty lip-smacking line up :) k
