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Loading ...The camera geeks are restless. While Sony’s new A200 digital-SLR is all well and good, they’re suspicious at the broad price difference between it - at around $700 - and the next model up, the prosumer A700, which is tagged at $1,500; current thinking is that a mid-range model, intended to compete with Nikon’s D80 and other rivals at the $100 price-point. Key among their evidence for the existence of what’s been named the A300 is the following image, which appears to show a rear-panel strikingly similar to that of the A200 (shown after the cut) but with a foldout screen.
Ignoring the battery-grip slice on the bottom of the camera in the first photo, there’s a new button among the otherwise-identical controls of the two; some are theorising that’s the “Live View” button, a feature carried down from higher prosumer models, and which would further differentiate the A300 from the A200.
SlashGear’s advice? If you’ve got a broad budget to play with, hold off a little longer before pre-ordering that Sony A200 DSLR… they might just have another option for you to consider.
Sony A300 rumors [Photography Bay - thanks Eric!]
Why do I feel like Canon is standing still.
Sony has three bodies since August and I read they have a Pro model coming out.
Nikon has 3-4 in the last year Canon has only two…
I think I might change to Nikon or even Sony at this rate next time.
As a Canon shooter, i must say it’ve been a slower development for them in the last couple years. They dominated the market years before that with better sensor techology but getting sloppy after that, or perhaps others did far better than expected?
I’m glad they did, i like competitive market.
The competitions pace shouldn’t be a factor. Sony has DEEP pockets, but that doesn’t translate to quality (go buy one if you think its better), plus one of the bodies was a rewrapped KM. And Nikon, they released the D3, D300 and D40x. Big deal. The 40x is dead (you just wait and see). That would leave two. So, how far behind is Canon?