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Few days after trying the D3x, I have had the occasion to test the Sony A900, that uses the same sensor of the D3x (but it has a different electronics, so it does not mean it has the same image quality). Many thanks to Alessandra (www.minoltasonyclub.it) who has kindly given me the possibility to make the comparison with her A900!
I have compared the Sony A900 with the Canon 1DsIII. The Sony is much cheaper - it is in the same price class of the 5D2 - but it offers similar specifications, and currently it is the most professional camera that you can get if you have a Sony or Minolta lens lineup. Other than that, A900, D3x, 1Ds3 and 5D2 are the currently the only 35mm cameras that offer a fullframe, 20+ megapixels sensor. The D3x, 1DsIII and 5D2 have nearly identical image quality, so I was curios to see how the A900 compares with the other three: on par, worse, better?
 
Noise comparison
I have photographed the same scene with the Sony A900 and with the 1DsIII; both photos had been taken with tripod and mirror lock up. The photo above is the test target, and the following images are 100% crops taken from the center. The images had been converted with Adobe Camera RAW 5.2; I did not apply any sharpening nor noise reduction. The Canon photo has been upresized to 24 megapixels.