Sony's Alpha A900 to go below S$4,500

Leonard Goh | Sep 18, 2008

With Canon joining in the fray yesterday with its announcement of the EOS 5D Mark II, the full-frame dSLR game is now in red-hot stage. But what's making the competition even more intense is the pricing.

Sony has yet to confirm the retail price for the A900. However, it did tell us it will be less than S$4,500 (US$3,011.44) for the camera body. While we can only speculate that the Japanese company is trying to make the shooter's price more competitive against the US$2,699 EOS 5D Mark II, we know for sure that Nikon's D700 (priced at S$4,499 (US$3,010.77)) will be the most expensive of the lot.

Shooters from Canon and Sony seem to have the most value for money, considering that both cameras have about the same resolution. But if we were to look at features, the EOS 5D Mark II wins hands-down with full HD-quality video recording and a whole suite of proprietary and third-party accessories to go along with it.

The DSLR-A900 will be available throughout Asia from end October.

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