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By Nick Rains

It has been a long wait and rumours have been circulating the photography forums for many months but today Sony has announced the A900, their flagship model which sets a new benchmark with a 24.6 megapixel full frame sensor.

24-70/2.8 on A900 body.
I recently had the opportunity to get my hands on one for a day, along with a Canon 1DsM3 kindly loaned to me by Kayell Queensland. I was able to see for myself how the new camera stacks up against what has up until now been regarded as representing the pinnacle of dSLRs.

The following should be regarded as my opinion only and not a definitive benchtest. Such things are left up to the relevant camera test websites who will go over everything in fine detail. I tend to follow Michael Reichmann's approach – is this something I personally like and how did it perform in the field?

The camera I had access to was not a full production model, it is possible there will be some firmware changes and other tweaks but I don't ex...

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Michael Reichmann is the founder of the Luminous Landscape. Michael passed away in May 2016. Since its inception in 1999 LuLa has become the world's largest site devoted to the art, craft, and technology of photography. Each month more than one million people from every country on the globe visit LuLa.
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