Surprising his­tory was made when one of the world’s lead­ing cam­era com­pany intro­duces one of the ugli­est & cheap­est full-frame DSLR. A com­pany was pur­chased by its rival and again pur­chased by another rival to fight the other two biggest rivals to try to out sell one another. Today the Minolta-Konica-Sony’s lat­est incarnation—Sony A850 was intro­duced and won two of the world’s most pres­ti­gious con­test in the world of DSLR, nom­i­nees are:

update: see below for the link real ugly look­ing cam­eras archive.

2009 nom­i­nees for the lowest-priced, Full-frame DSLR:

• Sony A900
• Canon EOS 5D (Mark I)
• Sony A850

2009 nom­i­nees for the world’s ugli­est DSLR:

• Sony A850
• Sony A850
• Sony A850

…and the win­ner for 2009, cheap­est & ugli­est DSLR are:

Head over to imag­ing resource’s review

Also read:

The world’s ugli­est cam­eras (The Online Photographer)
The world’s most beau­ti­ful cam­eras (Flickr discussion)