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Daniel Harrison
June 6th, 2006, 04:22 AM
Look a bit overpriced. The 70-200mm f/2.8 is $2400 USD. Who would pay that when you can get a Canon for $1800. and $6000 300mm f/2.8 and $600 Teleconverters!!!! Some of that stuff is TWICE what canon asks. Are they crazy. That is very expensive stuff! more prices of lenses here http://www.dpreview.com/articles/sonydslra100/page3.asp
So what do you think? They seem to have a killer entry level camera and KILLER lens prices? -
Harvey Moore
June 6th, 2006, 04:56 AM
Probably are mfrs list prices, not street prices
harvey
Kyle Nagel
June 6th, 2006, 07:53 AM
Probably are mfrs list prices, not street prices
harvey
Yes, I'm sure they are MSRPs - For an example the Sony 300mm f2.8 that is $6000 is pretty much in the same price range as the similar Pentax lens, Pentax's MSRP on their FA 300mm f2.8 (auto focus) is $6067.00 and B&H sells it for $4549.95, a lens I bought a year ago ended up being half of the MSRP after a $100 mail in rebate, so those prices are probably very high based on what you would actually pay.
Kyle
Daniel Harrison
June 6th, 2006, 04:18 PM
still, even at $4500 they are allot more expensive than the Canon lenses. And they do not have IS implemented in the lens either. Surely a brand trying to go out and get market share should price their lenses more competitively?
Kyle Nagel
June 6th, 2006, 04:31 PM
Yes, but it's hard to say what the actual street price will be yet. They may end up selling nearer to the $3900 street price for the Canon equivalent, again it's hard to say until we see them on the shelves.
Kyle
Keith Heinrich
June 25th, 2006, 09:39 PM
Yes, but it's hard to say what the actual street price will be yet. They may end up selling nearer to the $3900 street price for the Canon equivalent, again it's hard to say until we see them on the shelves.
Kyle
I concur. Sony have made their intention clear to compete and win market share. They will almost certainly adjust their prices to meet the market.
Tom Yi
July 31st, 2006, 05:36 PM
If anyone is interested, the new Sony Alpha A100 has been reviewed at dpr.
In terms of image quality, the new 10.2 MP CCD sensor has more noise than a 8.2MP CMOS sensor that they compare it to, esp. at ISO 400/800 and higher. Not that much diff. in other matters though.