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Originally Posted by hotspur
Sounds good Greg,yes certainly could be a game changer-particularly for astro use-as you mention,lot less weight on polarie and similar mounts.
I am not up on Sony gear,but have heard many speak very highly of it,and seen some results here,which look great.What sort of cards do these/will these take? I do have some Sony cameras for non main menu work, and the take different cards to all other cameras.But as time goes on,these Sony cameras appear set to be a main camera for many in the future.
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I have a Sony Nex 6 and it takes just regular SD memory cards, same as my Nikon and Fuji. That may have been some older Sony that used their memory stick. That was quite some time ago though.
The Nex 6 is a great little camera. Quirky menu system which is a weakness. Perhaps Sony has improved this on these newer models. I am told the Nex 7 menus are better.
I guess the main thing about Sony is they are the industry leader in camera sensors. Their sensors routinely top the DXO mark ratings by a long way. But strangely even though Nikon uses the same 24mp full frame sensor as in another Sony camera the Nikon rates higher.
Same with Fuji. It uses the basic APSc 16.3mp Sony sensor as in the Nex 6 and 5 yet it has lower noise by a fairly large margin. I guess these other camera makers use their know how to tweak or gain that last little bit out of the Sony sensors.
Rumour has it (just that a rumour) that Sony may no longer sell these 36mp type sensors to Nikon and go flat out competing seriously with Canon/Nikon for market share. These 2 cameras perhaps mark the beginning of a "throwing the gauntlet down" to Canon/Nikon. Sony has the big adavantage with the incredible sensors. They have been making cameras now for quite some time. But they haven't taken off in a big way yet (they are big in compacts which is a declining market due to mobile phone cameras).
Its good for us anyway whatever the outcome.
Rumour is Nikon and Canon as well as Sony are soon to release medium format DSLRs. So full frame may become the new APSc and Medium format where the big DSLR battle continues.
Greg.