N.Y. Times claims it's all over for Canon and Nikon!

Rita Ä Berkowitz wrote:
The Times today had a full page add claiming, "If you want clear pictures
you don't want a Canon or Nikon." They also claim that only 20% of Canon
and Nikon lenses have IS/VR. They also claim that the Sony A100 is the
only
camera to give clear sharp images with all their lenses since it has IS/VR
in the body. After seeing this add it put the fear of god into me thinking
that it's time to start dumping all my Nikon and Canon crap and buy a Sony
A100. I know the A100 isn't really going to give Canon or Nikon any
competition, but it was funny seeing this full page add.

Given Sony's product history, each future version of the Sony DSLR line
will have a slightly different lens mount, so you'll have to buy them
all new each time. I'm actually surprised they didn't come out with
MemoryStick2006 for this camera.

Ignore RichA and his alter-ego Rita. It's the right thing to do for your
mental health.

Cynicor wrote:

Given Sony's product history, each future version of the Sony DSLR
line will have a slightly different lens mount, so you'll have to buy
them all new each time. I'm actually surprised they didn't come out
with MemoryStick2006 for this camera.

What turned me off from Sony products was the Sony DMR Rootkit fiasco. I
still find it hard to believe that a company as largfe as they are would
surreptitiously install malware on their customers' computers. Anyway,
that was the end of Sony products for me. I guess they've learned their
lesson from the public backlash and lawsuits, so they probably don't
install covert programs with their camera software; at least I hope they
don't. The Sony Rootkit is an 'old' story by now but if you haven't heard
of it before, you can read this:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...drm_rootk.html

Mardon wrote:
Cynicor wrote:

Given Sony's product history, each future version of the Sony DSLR
line will have a slightly different lens mount, so you'll have to buy
them all new each time. I'm actually surprised they didn't come out
with MemoryStick2006 for this camera.

What turned me off from Sony products was the Sony DMR Rootkit fiasco. I
still find it hard to believe that a company as largfe as they are would
surreptitiously install malware on their customers' computers. Anyway,
that was the end of Sony products for me. I guess they've learned their
lesson from the public backlash and lawsuits, so they probably don't
install covert programs with their camera software; at least I hope they
don't. The Sony Rootkit is an 'old' story by now but if you haven't heard
of it before, you can read this:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...drm_rootk.html

Believe it or not, I know the guy who discovered the rootkit, and I just
interviewed him for my podcast last week.

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...1TNPODCAST.mp3

Or if that link sucks, use http://tinyurl.com/yzh2n7.

Cynicor wrote:


Believe it or not, I know the guy who discovered the rootkit, and I
just interviewed him for my podcast last week.

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...c-48da-9b5f-a3
2bbebc78c5/200611TNPODCAST.mp3

Or if that link sucks, use http://tinyurl.com/yzh2n7.

Thanks. Interesting interviews.