The positioning of the Sony’s Alpha A550 in its DSLR line-up is a bold move. At this price point the company has left off some features that most manufacturers are offering as must-haves, namely, HD Video and customisation of picture profiles. What the A550 has instead are features more suited to still photography, with a …
It's pretty common knowledge that Sony have now committed to SD and SDHC for the future. I expect there will be a few more MS-only models that are direct evolutions of legacy kit, but they should be in the minority.
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The positioning of the Sony’s Alpha A550 in its DSLR line-up is a bold move. At this price point the company has left off some features that most manufacturers are offering as must-haves, namely, HD Video and customisation of picture profiles. What the A550 has instead are features more suited to still photography, with a …
Wow, SD cards supported..
.. the grip of Dr. Evil at Sony must be weakening.
Silly Comment
Rather silly comment seeing as my old A200 uses Compact Flash - I don't think any of the Sony DSLRs ever forced you to use the Sony stuff.
SD/SDHC
It's pretty common knowledge that Sony have now committed to SD and SDHC for the future. I expect there will be a few more MS-only models that are direct evolutions of legacy kit, but they should be in the minority.