09-10-2012, 09:06 PM
Changing the hot-shoe back to the 100-year-old design was probably meant to appease the luddites. I guess Sony is thinking this will convince more people to switch to A-mount, otherwise there's no way to explain the rationale of ditching something as ingenious and convenient as the Minolta hot-shoe in favor of a less functional, but easier-to-market antiquity.