What if I told you, my own personal choice is actually Canon or Sony…

Apparently when Konica Minolta decided that they were going to discontinue their line of DSLR’s. That technology, or their technology up until then was purchased by Sony, who were just then expanding into the DSLR market.

They have taken some awesome strides with their new cameras. So much so, that when I’m next in the market for a pro, full frame sensor DSLR, my choices are an either or…of

  1. Sony Alpha 900 24.6mp full frame sensor DSLR (currently selling as a kit including tripod, 4GB compact flash card, camera bag, and other extras    – OR THE -
  2. Canon 5D Mark II 21.1mp full frame sensor DSLR (body only) – and for which I already have a small selection of lenses.

Sure there are those of you out there who would scoff at the idea of a Sony versus the Canon, but it really is a choice for professionals now – and how refreshing is it not to have that third choice? I say ‘third’ but that is based entirely on the assumption that Nikon wake up and come to the party with something in the same league as these two mentioned here.

As for price points – you’ll see if you click through to those links, there is a rather significant difference between the two.  Either Sony are deliberately trying to be the more affordable option, or Canon, with the already established name, are banking on the fact that their current users will cough up the extra dough because they already have a large range of lenses to use with it.

Personally I’m leaning toward the Sony. But having said that, if someone hands me a 5D on a silver platter, I’m not exactly going to say no.

Hands up who wants the link to my Amazon wish list????

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