Sony DSC-H50 announced

Sony has announced the 9MP Cyber-Shot DSC-H50. See:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0802/08022502sonyh50.asp

Cheers,
David

David J Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.neither-this-bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk> wrote:
> Sony has announced the 9MP Cyber-Shot DSC-H50. See:

> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0802/08022502sonyh50.asp

Looks rather like an R2!

The spec suggests serious engineering attention to image quality
issues. Be interesting to see how good that fairly long zoom turns out
to be, and how wide the probable wide angle extension lens will go.

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Chris Malcolm wrote:
> David J Taylor
> <david-taylor@blueyonder.neither-this-bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk> wrote:
>> Sony has announced the 9MP Cyber-Shot DSC-H50. See:
>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0802/08022502sonyh50.asp
>
> Looks rather like an R2!
>
> The spec suggests serious engineering attention to image quality
> issues. Be interesting to see how good that fairly long zoom turns out
> to be, and how wide the probable wide angle extension lens will go.

Yes, it will be interesting to see the reviews, but the image quality from
a "1/2.3-inch" sensor is bound to be limited at best. And ISO 3200?
Leica/Panasonic have produced similar lenses in the past, so reasonable
quality /should/ be achievable. Who would have thought 4 aspheric
elements in a consumer lens a few years back?

Cheers,
David

David J Taylor wrote:
> Chris Malcolm wrote:
>
>>David J Taylor
>><david-taylor@blueyonder.neither-this-bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Sony has announced the 9MP Cyber-Shot DSC-H50. See:
>>
>>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0802/08022502sonyh50.asp
>>
>>Looks rather like an R2!
>>
>>The spec suggests serious engineering attention to image quality
>>issues. Be interesting to see how good that fairly long zoom turns out
>>to be, and how wide the probable wide angle extension lens will go.
>
>
> Yes, it will be interesting to see the reviews, but the image quality from
> a "1/2.3-inch" sensor is bound to be limited at best. And ISO 3200?

It's a shame that an APS-c sized sensor wasn't used, then it would be
the defacto R2.
Sigma makes an 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 zoom that is fairly compact (about 65mm
dia by 80mm long when zoomed right out), so I don't see why Sony could
not use the old Minolta crew to cobble together a similar decent lens
for a new R1 styled EVF camera.

> Leica/Panasonic have produced similar lenses in the past, so reasonable
> quality /should/ be achievable. Who would have thought 4 aspheric
> elements in a consumer lens a few years back?

That sort of thing happens all the time, what was considered top-line &
second-to-none a short time ago might now considered below obsolete and
useless.