Monthly Archives: August 2006

A few weeks back, I speculated on whether the A100 was Sony’s low end SLR. (So, just what is a low-end dSLR camera anyway?) Now it time to look in the other direction. What does Sony have on tap for an Alpha Pro level SLR? Before we go any further, let me go on record [...]

Sony fired a shot across Nikon’s bow with the introduction of the A100. Nikon is firing back with an all new D80: a 10.2MP SLR priced at a body-only price of 999.95. Equipped with a 18-135 DX Zoom. the camera goes for 1299.95. Are those figures the list price? I’m not really sure. Nikon is [...]

I’ve predicted that discounters would soon start chipping away at the Alpha A100′s list price. Now, less than two weeks after the Alpha started shipping, the discounts appear to have begun. According to the website MySimon, you can obtain a Sony Alpha A100 with the standard zoom lens for as little as $865.00 plus tax [...]

When I first started Alphatracks, I commented that while I was disappointed to see Minolta close the door on it’s photography division, I was intrigued by the idea of Sony bringing it’s electronic research into the digital SLR world. I was thinking mainly about WiFi camera to computer communication, but I expected to see other [...]