I seriously believe although Minolta has a great product it would appear coming out, they might be in serious trouble since the sensor is still only 6.1 MP. Canon's timing of the EOS20D with over 8 MP may well steal their thunder. Believe it or not on the Minolta lists, many people of which I am one of, have concerns about the IS technology being a problem rather then a good thing. The questions revolve around generated heat, battery consumption, overall reliability with even extra concerns over sensor cleaning. Many folks would like to see the same camera without the IS offered at a lower cost. I would definitely be more tempted to bite then.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Alin Flaider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:04 AM > To: Caveman > Subject: Re[2]: Minolta is game again, where is heading Pentax!? > > > > The coup is worth the risk: IS for free will force C/N rethink their > lens policy. Minolta might be back in the pack and even lead it. > And btw, unlike Pentax, they continued delivering new pro-grade > lenses, even USM, when there was no DSLR at the horizon. > > Servus, Alin > > Valentin wrote: > > C> Looks to me more like the Contax approach to autofocus. Since they were > C> not willing/able to redo their lens line, they put the AF gear at the > C> film plane. > > >
