Category: Sony Alpha 500

  • Three SLR compared

    AlphaMountWorld just produced a very interesting comparative review of three of the most attractive digital SLR photo cameras now on the market: Sony Alpha A500 Nikon D5000 Canon EOS 500D ou Rebel T1i Of course, this test is listed in the list of comparisons/reviews attached to the feature page of each of these cameras (follow…

  • Camera Raw 5.6 is here

    Ready to celebrate the arrival of 2009 Beaujolais Nouveau, a new version of the RAW conversion utility from Adobe is here: Camera Raw 5.6. It supports a whole lot of recent cameras: Canon EOS 7D Canon PowerShot G11 Canon PowerShot S90 Leaf Aptus II 5 Mamiya DM22, DM28, DM33, DM56, M18, M22, M31 Nikon D3s…

  • End of year coupons and offers

    Since this is time for the end of the year and its high sales of electronic gadgets and photographic gear, here also comes the time for cashbacks, sales and promotions. The photography market will not forget this in these recession times and there are many offers and promotions or bundles. Among the offers I tried…

  • Sony Alpha 500 & Sony Alpha 550

    Sony has presented two new DSLR cameras for the middle of its range: Sony Alpha 500 & Sony Alpha 550. Obviously developped simultaneously and sharing a lot of features, they are offering 12/14 MP APS-C sensors and very good continuous shooting, even in the LiveView mode which has been brought to a very good level…

  • Prices of the new Sony cameras

    Collected from the German computeruniverse.net web site: DSLR-A500 body only: 649 Euro DSLR-A500L with 3,5-5,6/18-55 mm: 749 Euro DSLR-A500Y with 3,5-5,6/18-55 mm + 4,5-5,6/55-200 mm: 949 Euro DSLR-A550 body only: 749 Euro DSLR-A550L with 3,5-5,6/18-55 mm: 849 Euro DSLR-A550Y with 3,5-5,6/18-55 mm + 4,5-5,6/55-200 mm: 1049 Euro DSLR-A850 body only: 1999 Euro DSLR-A850Q with 2,8/28-75…

  • Sony Alpha 500, now!

    They’re here! A German site, DigitalKamera, started spilling the beans before the official date (or is it the official hour?). So, Sony is really about to launch (as expected) the following DSLR cameras: Sony Alpha 500 Sony Alpha 550 Sony Alpha 850 Among the most important or most notable news, I would immediately mention: The…

  • News expected this week

    We are told that this Fall is a great time for news on the SLR market. I let you judge by yourself: Canon: one announcement would be a definite possibility to replace the Canon 1D Mk III with a Canon 1D Mk IV and maybe also a Canon EOS 7D whose top cover and a…

  • New cameras spotted all around

    There is a bizarre rush for visibility in the online shops all around the web. I start to feel that most of them are actual fakes. Let’s check this: Several (accidental?) leaks from Sony web sites, showing Sony Alpha 500, 550, 850 (and possibly Alpha 750, but this one may be a counter-fire). A German…

  • New Sony Alpha, on August 25

    Sony Taiwan just sent a few invitations to the local press to present new products in the Sony Alpha series. The announcement will be done on August 25 (maybe a little earlier or a little later everywhere else in the world). Everybody expects to see the presentation of the Sony Alpha 850 and maybe also…