[SIZE=4][B]Full Frame Frenzy at Photokina 2012[/B][/SIZE]

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[I]Yours truly with the smallest yet Canon full-frame DSLR. It's still a big beast though.[/I]

Three smaller than usual full-frame cameras and the first fixed translucent mirror (SLT) system camera have made their debuts here at Photokina. Sony has produced two of them; the Alpha 99 SLT and the RX1 full frame compact camera. while Nikon and Canon go head to head, respectively, with their slimmed-down [URL="http://dpnow.com/8902.html"]D600[/URL] and 6D DSLRs.

The theme is definitely about size and weight - and reducing it. The [URL="http://dpnow.com/8913.html"]Canon EOS-6D[/URL] is Canon's smallest ever full frame DSLR, while the Nikon D600 is their smallest, too. Sony has made their full frame [URL="http://dpnow.com/8894.html"]Alpha 99[/URL] DSLR-alternative particularly light thanks to the absence of a big hunk of glass that would have been a pentaprism if it was a DSLR. Meanwhile, the [URL="http://dpnow.com/8896.html"]Sony RX1[/URL] is a compact camera with a full frame sensor inside.

There is no denying that the allure of full frame photography is strong as ever.