Sony is not timid. When they commit to a product concept, especially one that will charge in a new direction, their engineers take it all the way. That truth is as clear as the thunk their new DSC-R1 makes when you set it on the table. I've spent a short time with it, and I have to say, I'm as impressed as I am flummoxed. The R1 is going to be very popular among Sony aficionados, and will have a place in many a photography hobbyists bag. When it was first announced, it was expected to come in at $1,200, but a last minute price change has changed my impressions quite a bit. I was wondering how a $1,200 digicam would find a niche in a market with $999 digital SLRs and $500 long zoom digicams, but apparently someone at Sony wondered the same thing, and this rather powerful digicam looks a whole lot more appealing at the new price point of $999 despite some interface foibles. Head over to Imaging Resource to read the full user review of this 10.3 megapixel digital SLR camera.



Link: Imaging Resource