Quote Originally Posted by DonSchap
I suppose I need to appreciate how slowing down the fps is some kind of cost reduction. If there was one aspect that could use an improvement ... it would be serious sports capability. Get that A900 up to 10 fps for "finish line", "back flip" and "touchdown" capture and make me a believer. Just popping out a slightly cheaper FF seems ... well ... (fill in the blank) and we get a beer with the President.
Speculation is that they slowed the fps as a result of removing one of the two 'Bionz' processing circuits. Considerably cheaper.

The niche pro or moneyed amateur sports market may be disappointed by this, but I see the millions of first or second time DSLR purchasers gobbling up FF at $2k.

I am exited about the way Sony seems to be going with DSLR. Avoiding things like video, high ISO and fps and just making a usable camera for taking beautiful photographs.

TF