I have a T2i which is almost exactly a year old for me.. I'm a bit of a=20
Canon snob, so when it went on sale last christmas-time, I snapped it=20
up.   Of course there's been a (ahem)few dollars spent on lenses since=20
then.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos550d/

18mp, APS-C, full-HD (1080p@30fps).  Noise figure looks a bit better=20
than the D3s (if I'm reading the charts right).   But not a full=20
professional body, but definitely more than I need, and in many cases=20
much nicer than some of the old professional bodies..   It is VERY nice=20
to be shooting a SLR again..

On the other hand I do wish I could find something smaller for me to be=20
able to pack around more like a point and shoot while still retaining=20
enough control over the camera that I can actually take 'photographs'=20
instead of 'snapshots'.   A lot of the time when I'm traveling by air or=20
light, I just can't fit the SLR in, so I through a $200 point and shoot=20
digital camera in, and although the results are somewhat acceptable, it=20
just isn't the same.

-forrest

On 12/19/2011 9:49 AM, RussellMc wrote:
> I just acquired one of these
>
>       http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonyslta77/
>
> Sony A77 SLTa.
>
> In many ways it matches or exceeds the capabilities of Olin's D3s.
>
>      http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond3s/
>
> 12 frames per second, 24.4 megapixel, internal GPS, 1080p video, sweep
> 2D and 3D panorama, HDR by combining 3 images, low light low(er)noise
> by processing 6 imaages, Pelucid semitransparent fixed mirror allowing
> phase AF and continuous AF during videoing,
> Stunning 2.4 million pixel electronic EVF (eye level viewfinder) so
> good that youbrain (mine anyway) refuses to remind you that this
> should be an optical and not electronic path.
>
> But, in the way that counts most for me with cameras, Olin's D3s beats
> this one to a pulp. High ISO performance is truly horrible compered to
> the D3s - but much better that what was available say a decade ago.
> Being half frame (APSC) and 24 MP doesn't help.
>
> But, should serve as a stopgap until the Nikon D800 comes and gets
> cheap enough.
>
>
>
>          Russell

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