Category: Sony
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Sony news and predictions
It’s clear that this time of the year, we are hearing a lot about Sony. But this is only the beginning and I will take some time to come back on the recent events and what is coming in the news for the manufacturer of the Alpha line of SLR photo cameras. After the launch…
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Sony Alpha 290
The next entry-level SLR camera will be named Sony Alpha 290, apparently. It comes from a set of photographs leaked by Vietnamese www.Tinhte.com forum member dt0306. This also gives some clues about the upcoming specification which makes it a major leak (or a major fake or rumour): Sony Alpha 290 Specification: APS-C size 14 mega-pixel…
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Sony: Photo and video News
Sony just made a round of announcements that should attract a lot of attention in the photography market (but in relation with video). First and foremost, here are the first samples of the new range of point-and-shoot photo cameras using an APS-C digital sensor. With the NEX3 and the NEX5, they intend to bring a…
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Sony and 35mm video
You thought that Sony was preparing an SLR photo camera with video recording features? (as previously announced for the successor of the Sony Alpha 700, expected later this year) Here is something else entirely: Sony just presented a video camera (not a photo camera) with a 35mm (or Full Frame) sensor. It will probably knock…
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Five D-SLR shoot-out
Barry Fitzgerald decided to offer us a comparison of five of the entry-level D-SLR. I invite you to read to the conclusion which should please some of the admirers of Pentax. The reviewed cameras are: Sony Alpha A230 Sony Alpha A550 Pentax K-x Canon EOS 1000d/Rebel XS Nikon D3000
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Testing the Alpha 900 in Antartica
photo credit: Javier Paredes You have to admit that you would like to know if the first Sony SLR camera supposed to be a pro photo camera, the Sony Alpha 900, is really up to the real-life constraints of a pro camera. Some people would really test it: Michael Reichmann from Luminous Landscape, simply took…
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Sony at PMA 2010
Finally, Sony told us some about the future of the Alpha line of D-SLR cameras. Unfortunately, it does not mean that we will see new cameras soon. The discontinued Alpha 700 will receive a replacement (who is surprised, really?) and it will come with a wide-angle lens Zeiss Distagon T* 24 mm f/2 ZA SSM…
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Weird: Alpha 707 and Alpha 900SH
We are waiting impatiently for the launch of new SLR photo cameras from Sony, but here is the weirdest rumour seen in China about this. A Sony Alpha 707 with HD video capture and ISO 12.800 sensitivity and a Sony Alpha 900SH with HD video. Seriously! I can’t believe it for a moment… It’s so…
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PMA 2010
The PMA in Las Vegas is now arriving fast. After a long time of little rumors, here comes the moment for big rumors, but not the actual revelations yet. Nikon has been telling the world that they intended to have a great year 2010. It seems that they will bring a new DSLR (it could…