what is the future of A mount?

I've hidden several posts and ask everybody to keep a level head and discuss equipment technical issues and pro's/con's they see and not personally attack each-other's logic or nit-pick unimportant items. That's of no interest to anyone.

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Edited by pegelli - 23 March 2018 at 12:33

Thanks, Pegelli. I'm sure none of us mind an enthusiastic technical discussion, but this was getting rather out of proportion quite aside from the manners aspect. It's all too easy to get carried away by our enthusiasms; I'm sure we have all had strong opinions on specific things we would have said were very important and then found in the end they weren't. I know I have.

With Sony we have some great cameras to choose from, whether mirror or mirrorless- which compare very well with other offerings from other manufacturers. We ought not to lose sight of that. I recall the times at the end when Minolta was failing and we might have lost the mount altogether. If we had known then that we'd be getting the likes of the A900, the A99ii, and many others, we'd have been not just relieved, but delighted at the investment Sony would be putting in, and the quality of the results-and I think I can safely say- little short of amazed at the kit we are enjoying now.

My 2ps worth from reading posts here- I wonder if it might help a-mount if there was a cheaper a-mount FF body- it might tempt more people into the a-mount FF lens system? That's one area where there really isn't a lot of choice for the new adopter. It would also be a good back-up body for those who have an A99ii or 99 but are tight on cash, would like a back-up, but don't need it to have all the features of a £3,000 body. Just a thought.

pegelli wrote: I've hidden the last 2 posts and ask everybody to keep a level head and discuss equipment technical issues and pro's/con's they see and not personally attack each-other's logic or nit-pick unimportant items. That's of no interest to anyone.

Thanks, Pieter! I already started another thread a few days ago when I noticed that this thread more and more became a discussion over who had which opinion than about the topic in the header. Even before that too many posts were off topic.

Did anyone mentioned the A88?



Pricetag to be expected around $ 2400,-

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/32357-dreams-do-come-true-if-only-we-wish-hard-enough

Miranda F wrote: I Like it! I hope it has the SLT mirror and off-sensor PDAF though! And the price is much too high. Should be << $2000.

Agreed about price tag. But if it has hybrid AF then yes it has OSPDAF.
Below 2000$ of this with 36Mpix which is already perfect and they would sell loads of them
Please a full articulated screen though

der dickgg wrote: Did anyone mentioned the A88? Pricetag to be expected around $ 2400,-

I like one, although I probably cannot afford that amount of money. for € 1800 it would be very tempting alternative for A68/A77ii

djfoxy wrote: If they want to sell loads of it, they have to put it max at the same price tag as A7iii = FF entry point.

Maybe not. If an A88 has 36 mpix it is sufficiently different from A7iii. Depends on complete list of specs.