Comments on: Sony A99 review ay Photoclubalpha (doens’t like it at all). And first price drops in Europe.

By: Gerald Peake

Gerald Peake — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:33:09 +0000

Very useful review – thank you, especially as I am still ‘weighing up’ between A99 and D600. One major point that reviewers seem to miss though… there are many raw converters to chose from for the Nikon system and very few for Sony. I prefer Capture One over ACR any day, but so far C1 only has 2 Sony lenses in it’s database. Personally, I think Sony needs to work on this aspect (Sony IDC is a joke) if they are to make any headway into the ‘Pro.’ market. Sony seem to work on producing top rate jpegs, as opposed to raw options, but that won’t please everyone. Another point is the much higher price and lower availability of the CZ lenses for the A99 compared to Nikon system.

By: To David

To David — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:23:21 +0000

David, pls tell me when canon have better video, better focus, and better DR.

By: Art

Art — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:08:22 +0000

Perhaps what was most revealing were David’s comments about the pricing, and how he believes Sony have set the pricing based on their perception of being at the “premium” end of the market, as he comments that have done is other markets such as semi-pro video. As a long term Minolta and Sony user, I have no intention of upgrading to an A99 at it’s current price, and may well decide to leave them entirely. There is nothing “premium” about a A99 compared to, for exmaple, a D600. If Sony, with their typically arrogance that it believes it somehow is, then it desrves not to sell.

I can also live without a SLR with a less than 200-shot battery life. That’s definately premium – or at least “like.no.other”.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:28:55 +0000

FF cameras do not receive annual updates. Four years elapsed between both the 5D Mark II and 5D Mark III, the D700 and D800, and the A900 and A99.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:19:47 +0000

The D600 is weather sealed as well.