Comments on: (SR4) A850 and A900 Firmware update release postponed (again)

By: mike

mike — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:54:51 +0000

LP, I am not envious of canikon, just annoyed that 3k later for a camera body
a few zeiss lenses and a G 70-200 = thousands of dollars.
Sony doesnt seem to give two cents….

somewhat lob-sided.
I always argue sony products are great, but wtf mate?

By: LP

LP — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:44:27 +0000

It feels like Sony has turned their backs on the advanced DSLR market, in favor of the entry level DLSR. I am envious of CaNikon owners, and the support they receive from their camera manufactures.

By: utakurt

utakurt — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:46:58 +0000

Maybe SR4 should be downswitched to SR2!

By: qbic

qbic — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:15:48 +0000

I don’t see reason for that. Better featured/upgraded A900/850 will sell better. This camera is not outdated and A900/A850/D3x are the only 24mpix cameras available.

By: Monte

Monte — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:45:52 +0000

Trusted source said that Sony had almost finished new firmware. And now it is postponed again?

Maybe Sony techs wrote the new firmware to be too good. Sony exec then decided not to release it for free. Instead, they wanted to come out with another new model built with such firmware: A950!!!

By: Mn

Mn — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:25:03 +0000

SONY ! give us FF with Movie capable of 24p (23.97fps) …
just like 5d mkii

I’ll pay for it..
I want to pay for it
but I can’t pay for it
because it doesn’t exist….

By: Dulaney

Dulaney — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:48:03 +0000

Yes, Andrea, you owe us the good news!

By: jvs

jvs — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:16:22 +0000

I like your optimism dulaney and I agree with what ur saying. a lot of ppl especially on dpreview are complaining like crazy or threatening to jump ship to canikon.

So that’s the bad news about the FW update. What’s the good news? =)

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:55:36 +0000

I have to disagree with Dulaney – many of the hot rumours on this site have not proven to be true and are mere fabrications. It’s especially evident when dates for specific products are given such as at this link:

http://sonyalpharumors.com/sr5-sony-will-launch-a-new-camera-on-november-18/

November 18, nor any date since, has seen a new camera that sports a 4/3 format. Someone should go through and catalogue the numbers of untrue prognostications (sorry, I won’t attempt it as it’s a busy time of year for me).

By: Dulaney

Dulaney — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:21:35 +0000

Actually, it seems to me that the rumors Andrea has recently reported have panned out pretty well. It was disappointing that Sony showed no more than mock-ups or prototypes at PMA, but what they showed was right in line with the rumors, and then some. I think they’ll come sooner than we might think.

As to the FW, what’s exciting is that Sony really does seem to be working on FW for the A850/900.

Before very long, we’ll have probably more than one worthy successor to the A700, a much-improved successor to the A3xx cameras, two great new lenses, an entire line of EVIL cameras, and maybe even one or more new FF camera. That’s a far cry from where we were a month or more ago, when people were loudly saying that Sony had no intention of replacing the A700 or releasing FW for the current FF cameras. And, if you pay careful attention, you can see that Sony is ramping up PR & advertising. I’m increasingly thinking it will be a very good year.