It will be a solid camera

Flagship... nice reminder for a country that kills whales and lied to the public about their 'safe' nuclear reactor.

A minor mental skirmish on my part, but my money goes where animal rights and transparency to the public from the government exists.

I will say this, Sony products seem to hold their value(s) so the price for this and their full frame compact which are very similar, should last for two years.

Quality too, unlike that from the Fiji offerings will not need those creepy bungled improvements [as another camera offering] that still lacks what you need]

To me, I'd avoid a company like Fiji, which can not offer a proper camera photo editing software package and their host of goofy buttons that never seem to be appropriately designed. Many reviewers say this.

[Sorry Fuji, but you provided the examples]

Photokina 1012 may provide us with what a camera should be for both compact and large, but who knows really. Cameras are like McDonalds... just a new 'Happy Meal'.

To the comment above: duuurrp

To Walker:

Your post kinda made me laugh, maybe that was the point but somehow I think you are being serious. What constitutes a CREEPY improvement...I have to know?!

Never have I seen whale killing brought up when discussing cameras. Can you refresh my memory because I can't remember if Sony is pro killing baby whales or not? I know for a fact they used dolphin eyeballs for camera sensors a few years ago, but they may have moved away from that since technology no longer requires animal guts.

I assume you only shoot Leica since thats the only country I can think of that is not based in Japan (Voigtlander and Zeiss are now owned by those radioactive monsters) but then how do you reconcile that considering Germany's history with holocausts? Oh that's right enough time has passed that it doesn't matter anymore! Either that or the fact that Leica/Leitz actually saved many jews from their certain death during WW2.

My point being I have a feeling Sony is not pro whale slaughter and definitely has nothing to do with leaking radiation so why don't we come back to reality for a bit. It's the place where we don't discriminate against an entire country.

I don't know where you come from but I'm sure where ever it is I can crack open a history book and find some good ol' fashioned bloodshed throughout it's history! Yee-haw!