Sony DSLR's?

[steveash]

Sony DSLRs are surprisingly good. I had an A700 until last year when I traded it in for a Canon 5DII. I liked the built in stabilisation, positions of controls and the nice lenses. If you just want a camera for taking nice pictures then any DSLR will be great. The quality has improved so much that even the most basic camera produces beautiful images. If you are aiming to take your photography to professional levels then bear in mind that you want a system that is well supported with lenses and accessories. That is the only reason I jumped ship.

 

[compuwar]

You may be surprised to learn that Nikon is a subsidiary company of Mitsubishi corporation.

Nikon would be surprised to hear it too, since they're not a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, but independently listed/traded on the Tokyo stock exchange (Symbol 7731.)

Nikon is a member of the Mitsubishi Group, so is Mitsubishi Corporation- which is also traded on the Tokyo exchange (Symbol 8058.) This is a typical Japanese "Keiretsu" of interwoven company ownerships and business relationships. Canon is in a keiretsu with Nissan (and beer company Sapporo) and Oly with Mazda. Sony doesn't play in the banking groups, and Pentax's sale to Hoya took them out of it.

This is about the best synopsis I've seen of the relationships:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1000&message=24315311

In essence, it's more about who their bankers are than anything, and quite parallel to the venture capital system in the US. The keiretsu can move executive-level staff between companies and generally members get right of first refusal in having their products used in other member's products.

Paul

 

[steveash]

You may be surprised to learn that Nikon is a subsidiary company of Mitsubishi corporation.

Not to mention that Nikon and Pentax often use Sony or Sony based sensors...