Sony Alpha A850 will bring full frame camera closer to consumers dream. The Alpha 850 won’t be as powerful as A900 but it is still a great full frame camera with very high image resolution of 24mp make it ideal for studio work.
Here is some difference between A900 and A850
- 3 fps continuous shooting vs 5 fps
- Smaller viewfinder (.98 coverage)
- Single processor vs dual processor
- Lower price. Body only US$2000
What is the same
- 24 megapixel image resolution (biggest in the class)
- No video mode
- Same body size (not sure if it is magnesium alloy or plastic)
- No live view
- No built-in flash
Sony A850 and A900 is a no nonsense full frame camera that is designed for still photography in mind. It does not have features like live view, video mode and other fancy features to keep the cost down. The idea is why pay more for features you don’t use? A850 shows that Sony is serious in professional and advanced amateur market and will keep the pressures to its competition: Canon 5D mark ii and Nikon D700.
Update: Sony will launch this camera on August 27th, 2009.
Read: Sony announce Sony A850
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- Some manual pages from Engadget
- Sony Alpha Club
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Are u kidding – the price will be well under 2K, try $1800 street.
The price will be US$2000, EU: € 1999
Well… the price I keep seeing is *technically* under 2K… but only if you count pennies and not if you include any S&H… (1999 on Amazon).
Seen some good reports–for performance. Nice thorough review is out on Imaging Resource and a good photographer-centric field test of the A850 is up on Photocrati. Peter Burian gave it high marks… and it might be a really great camera. Sony didn’t work too hard to make it pretty, though–not that looks matter so much, right?
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