Pete Loud
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Location: United Kingdom
Registered: 14 Oct 2006
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Sony A900 v. Canon 5D MkII
Posted: 23 Nov 2008 at 12:16 GMT
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Hi Guys,
I am considering going full frame, and I am torn between the Sony A900 and the Canon 5D MkII. Has anyone any particular views on these cameras? I mostly take panos and wide angle shots.
The Canon has much less noise at high ISO, but I almost never go beyond ISO 800, of course if my system had low noise I might.
The Sony seems to have better bracketting capabilities, and the built-in sensor stabilisation means I can have the benefits with cheaper lenses.
In UK the Sony has a very clear price advantage at the moment, although that might change as Sony is about to up its prices.
I much appreciate the quality of views expressed in panoguide, any relevant comments?
Cheers,
Pete
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Bob Stone
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Location: Rochester, NY, United States
Registered: 20 Oct 2007
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Re: Sony A900 v. Canon 5D MkII
Posted: 23 Nov 2008 at 15:35 GMT
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If it was me, I'd go with the Canon in a heartbeat. It's about $300USD cheaper than the Sony at B&H Photo $2699-$2999 but just for the wide choice of glass offered by Canon would be the clincher for me.. If you are going to invest that much in a camera you surely don't want to skimp on glass!
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Doug Aurand
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Location: Albuquerque, NM, United States
Registered: 2 Jan 2008
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Re: Sony A900 v. Canon 5D MkII
Posted: 23 Nov 2008 at 15:56 GMT
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Pete
I'm a fan of Sony cameras. I used an old Mavica FD81 (one with a floppy disk to record) for 5 years doing my real estate photos. They had great color.
But when I bought a dSLR, I went for broad compatibility and support and bought a Canon XTi/400D. The runner up was a Nikon D80. I did look hard at the A100 because the price was $200 less than either of the similar Nikon or Canon, though
Nikon & Canon just have more factory lenses, more third party lenses and more people using them who can help in forums like this one.
Good luck
Doug Aurand
Albuquerque, NM
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mhc1
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Location: Hamburg, Germany
Registered: 29 Dec 2005
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Re: Sony A900 v. Canon 5D MkII
Posted: 24 Nov 2008 at 21:04 GMT
updated: 24 Nov 2008 at 21:06 GMT
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I would go for the rule
"by the camera for the lens you want"
So consider what lenses do you want to use ?
Availabe for the camera in mind ?
I don´t know if all pamoramic lenses are available for the Sony.
But for me a FF would certainly be at the best with a 10mm fisheye - great for panos.
Tokina ATX 107 or equiv.
Also a 8mm - 3 shots panos would be considerable.
Only my 2 cents 
edit:
I would bet that Canon has pretty much of experience in CMOS FF sensors too.
In the Canon-Professional-is better then the 1 DS xx - best sensor they ever made.Sensor speaking though.
Ciao
Mike
www.360de.de
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