a99 review is up at DPR

Oh thanks, I've been waiting for this, if only to justify my decision to sell all my Canon gear and buy it. Loving it so far, with the exception of flash control options!

Nice, it got a gold star. And it scored 84%, same score as the Nikon D800E.

al wrote: Nice, it got a gold star. And it scored 84%, same score as the Nikon D800E.

It also beat the D800 and 5DMkIII

I had an opportunity to see my first a99 today. Local dealer had one in box.

First... The EVF is fantastic. Much much much nicer than NEX-7. They put a very high quality viewfinder magnifier in that.

But, in the 10 minutes I had, neither I or the sales clerk could figure out how to turn off all viewfinder info for just a blank screen. Got it to the point of settings effects on, with blank screen, but the face tracking box was always active and very disturbing to me. I know it can probably be turned off, but the experience was frustrating. I've never not been comfortable around a 9 series. I was very disappointed that a menu dive was required just to turn on/off SSS. I wish the switch was there on the back.

So then I thought, ok, I'll support the new 9... stick with the platform and let this a99 move me gently into the future. But then I remembered that no definitive answers have arisen for legacy flash support, HSS/TTL radio slaves, third party systems... and I just couldn't bring myself to purchasing a camera that would bring so many questions into my business. I'll consider a99 when (if) the issues of flash functionality have been answered fin.

Then the young man said something wise for his age... "Why would you want to make this camera work like an a900, if you already have an a900"? I love young man wisdom. Sometimes it makes a lot of sense.

I'm still having trouble getting over the fact that Sony will not release a D800 version of an a900. And now the announcement of FF roadmap being pushed back another year has me considering things I never wanted to consider. Updating with Sony right now forces me to play a lot of make believe.

Thanks igogosh.

Nice review. Iso performance (even though i expected a much larger improvement ) and DR is most attractive, jpeg performance, x-sync, evf, no CF card, battery performance not so.

Edited by zfcentral - 13 December 2012 at 07:42

We have to applaud Sony's forward-thinking efforts to leverage all of its existing technology - including its high quality OLED EVF - into its flagship model and not be afraid to look beyond the status quo of what a full frame DSLR-style camera should be.

I think this sums it all up quite nicely....