NIKON vs SONY vs CANON. THE WAR GOES ON

By K. J KO Sept, 1, 2009

The war of 2006 was in entry level DSLRs : Nikon D80 vs canon 400D vs sony A300

2007, it was high end cropbody DSLRs : Nikon D300 v,s Canon 40D vs Sony A700

last year, it was FF (full 35mm size sensor) DSLRs : Nikon D700 vs Canon 5D markII vs Sony A900

Now........another one is about to begin.

First one moved was Nikon, upgrading its DX format Flagship D300 with 's' on it.

Well, it was not much of an upgrade since only thing thats changed was that Nikon added HD

video recording feature in it. However, regarding that D300 was already a monster with 100%

viewfinder with 51 AF focusing points, its more like an upgraded monster.

This latest Nikon DX flagship came out with $1799 price tag on it.

[ D300 + HD video = D300s(?)]

On the other hand, Sony decided to degrade its monster, A900, rather than to upgrade its

A700; well as you can see, 850 is more of '900 - 50' than '700 + 150'.

A900 was a monster with a 24MP FF sensor, dual BIONZ processor, a 100% viewfinder, and

5FPS continuous shooting;what Sony did was to make a cheaper version of it by making it with

98%viewfinder and 3FPS shooting. One might say that they would rather get A900 for c

complete high end feature, A850 is $700 cheaper than its big brother (A850 : $1999, A900:

$2699), which makes it the cheapest FF body out in the market. Not only that Sony did not

degrade the CMOS sensor in it, so you get same 24MP sensor that is used in Nikon's

$9000 body, D3X

(the first FF body under $2k, well $1999 is still under $2k......isnt it?)

Before Canon 5D mark II came out, there was a rumor that 5D's upgrade model would be

named 7D. Since 5D's upgrade version was named 5D mark II, many people were curious

what 7D would look like. Would it be cheaper version of 5D Mark II? or would it be highend

APS-C type? Now, here is the spec for this monster that canon introduced.

It has 18MP CMOS sonsor (highest pixel density yet), dual DIGIX IV processors (OMG!),

8FPS, 100% viewfinder, HD video, and 19 AF Focus points.

Dont be surprised yet, its cheaper than D300s by $100, $1699.

(Another member of Canon's Eos - one digit number family)

the war has begun.

would the winner be upgraded version Nikon's DX flagship? Sony's 24MP A850? or Canon's

stunning 7D?

Im just hoping that the MegaMillion Lottery ticket in my hand is a winning one, so that i can

have all three of them :)

DSLR? Compact? WAR OF THE HYBRIDS!

by K.J Ko

"to obtain something is to give something up"

well is this true in photography world?

is it impossible to have both the picture quality of a DLSR with the portability of a compact camera?

surprisingly, it wasnt the leading three: canon, Nikon and Sony, who found the ground breaking methods to solve this problem.

the first one to challenge the idea was Sigma.

september of 2006, sigma announced its new point-and- shoot camera with a Poveon sensor!

the sensor that was used in their DSLR cameras!! with sigma's fixed 16.6mm lens!

More than that, in 2009, with an brighter lens, (F4-> F2.8), sigma announced the second generation of this monsterous compact camera.

(sigma DP2)

however, the thing was that neither sigma DP1 nor DP2 was able to change its lens.

Panasonic Lumix, found a solution.

a DSLR without a mirror.

we call it micro four third system.

panasonics announced its DMC- GH1 micro four third shooter this april.

not only it has a 12MP 18 x 13.5mm sensor, but also it can take 720p video.

more than that, consider this, this camera is only 385g!!

(panasonic GH1)

Wellknown for its compact cameras and light weight DSLRs, Olympus joined this war of hybrids. Olympus Pen E-p1 is a micro four third type camera, like Panasonic GH1.

Olympus Pen E-P1 not only inherited its name from the companies legendary film camera, Pen-F but also its BEAUTIFUL design!!

(New Olympus Pen e 1p(left) and conventional Pen F(right))

you gotta admit, this camera is SEXY

but in this sexy body is a 12MP 2x crop sensor plus a HD video recording feature!!

and it is feather light! only 315g!

unfortunatly, or fortunatly, i can't commit to buy because my wallet is empty!

still there are hundreds of features that make a DSLR camera much better than these hybrid ones. but, remember, "to obtain something is to give something up" :)

Nikon announced its new DX format Flagship&entry level cameras

Nikon D300S

spec

12.3MP 24.6 x 15.6mm (1.5x crop) CMOS sensor

100%, 0.94x viewfinder

D-movie feature <- HD movie recording!!!!

everything is the same with D300 except HD movie feature...

well D300's 100% viewfinder and 51 focus points were already MONSTEROUS!!!

D3000

spec

10.2MP 1.5crop CCD

3'' display

the new entry level camera replacing Nikon's best seller D40 and D60

but...looking at D3000 and D5000....................numbers are just TOO high!!