Sony Alpha 900 – Leaked Ad? 24.6 Megapixel? 5 FPS
(via Engadget) An Asian (chinese?) forum purports to show a leaked ad of the upcoming Sony Alpha full-frame 24.6 megapixel slr body (link goes to a larger version of the image):
The red specs at the bottom of the ad say:
- 24.6 megapixel
- Full-frame
- 100% viewfinder coverage
- 3″ hi-res LCD
- 9 point AF – cross sensors
- 5 frames per second
- Body-integrated image stabilization
Wow! Sony delivers! I’m really wondering wtf Minolta was doing- is Sony throwing immense amounts of money at their camera division or was Minolta dragging their heels?
It’s hard to tell if this is good news or bad for Nikon. If Nikon doesn’t have the D3x ready to go, then Sony steals their thunder. If the “D3x” doesn’t have either higher MP or at least a good reason for not being higher (like great ISO and dynamic range), then Sony will have caught Nikon flat-footed, which I doubt since they appear to be working relatively closely together.
So I’m guessing that this really means that the “D3x” will be out after the Alpha 900 and it’ll be higer than 24.6mp, maybe in the 30 MP area?