Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Firmwares, Sony Alpha 65, Sony Alpha 77
Sunday, April 1st, 2012

Sony has just published a new updated firmware for its α77 and α65 SLT cameras. This version 1.05 adds the following important features: Improved response times (no more “processing” message while waiting for display of pictures, faster power-off, faster dial response times) Shading and aberration compensation now available on the following lenses: SAL-24F20Z (Carl Zeiss) [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Sony Alpha 57
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
When Sony wants to replace a digital photo camera like the Sony Alpha 55, they may want to re-design everything from the ground up ou they can collect all the best from various (recent) sources and create a significant progress. That is the later that the Sony engineers chose when designing the all new Sony [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Sony Alpha 77
Friday, February 17th, 2012

The analysis is interesting, but it’s nice to see all bits and elements of the camera. YouTube link
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Sony accessories & lenses
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Sony announced it suggested retail price for its upcoming 500mm f/4 (which has been eagerly expected for years, which was seen in nearly all international photo fairs under various model guises): 13000 euros. This is not for everybody. This is heavy in all senses of the word. Availability of the Sony 500 mm f/4 G [...]
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Sony Alpha 55, Sony Alpha 65, Sony Alpha 77
Monday, October 31st, 2011
If you were wondering what the real differences are between the new Sony Alpha D-SLR semi-transparent mirror cameras (the Sony SLT-A65 and Sony SLT-A77), here is a summary made in pictures. It may help better understand the differences justifying the very large price gap between the two models (for the same digital sensor). Pictures coming [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Market, Sony Alpha 65, Sony NEX
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
For the follwing new products, Sony just removed all forecast of availability. NEX-7 NEX-5N NEX-C3 Alpha 65 Source: Steve Huff.
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Olympus, Sony Alpha 65, Sony Alpha 77, Sony NEX
Monday, September 19th, 2011

The most recent release of Capture One (version 6.3) now supports the new RAW files grnerated by the most recent Sony products using the huge 24 MP sensor: Sony Alpha 77 Sony Alpha 65 Sony NEX-7 Sony NEX-5n We should also list the support for the most recent Olympus: Olympus E-P3 Olympus E-PL3
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Sony NEX
Saturday, September 17th, 2011
I have some hard time persuading myself to run after this news, but it seems that several people remarked a kind of clickety-click that you can hear on the videos shot by the new Sony NEX-5N when you move the camera. Everything points at a sound produces inside the camera bod (it can be heard [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Sony Alpha 33, Sony Alpha 35, Sony Alpha 55, Sony Alpha 65, Sony Alpha 77, Sony Alpha 95, Sony Alpha 99, Technology
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
With the first expert photo cameras from Sony equipped with electronic viewfinders, the question is more and more often asked whether this is a technological opportunity that the old photo pricks prefer to ignore or an approximate solution aimed only at low-demand customers. As a matter of fact, truth lies somewhere in between those two [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Sony Alpha 65, Sony Alpha 77
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Now that the new Sony SLT-A77 and Sony SLT-A65 have been presented to the press, the question which is asked by most photographers is: “seeing the nice figures shown by Sony, what about the image quality?” But this is a very difficult exercise. All the more difficult because nobody has final production cameras to test [...]
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