Quote Originally Posted by Franglais View Post
It's pretty sure that the sensor is not exactly the same as the one in the Nikon D600. The pixel count and sensor area aren't the same, plus the D600 doesn't have on-sensor focus-detect areas.

You didn't mention in your review that Sony have abandoned the old Minolta flash shoe and gone back to the "standard" shoe used by the other manufacturers. I watched a couple of video clips by online video magazines and they seem to think it's pretty important.

My opinion: it seems to be heavily orientated towards video. But with the SLT system that means that only 30% of the light coming in the viewfinder is used for focussing and only 70% is used to take the picture and that's not what I want. I was in a dimly-lit studio today with a moving model and it was a struggle to get the autofocus to work.
It could be the same sensor since, I believe, the main sensor PDAF is on a separate layer. There was a lot of denial with the D800, but it's a Sony.

Except for the die hard Minoltians, we are happy to have a stardard flash mount. Won't need to worry about that adapter when I go to a studio shoot. I believe Sony's reason, though, was to get compatibility with their pro video accessories.

I don't get your light-focussing problem. What percent of the light do you think goes through the primary mirror for focussing an a traditional DSLR?

Terry