Category: Sony

  • Official Sony Alpha 850

    Now it’s official! Sony released information about the Sony Alpha 850, it’s second Full Frame digital SLR camera. Now, the price is right. Below 2000€, the body is essentially the same as the Sony Alpha 900 (including the excellent 24 mega-pixel Full Frame sensor with its in-body image stabilization). The designers reduced significantly the costs…

  • 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 550

    The next camera to be announced by Sony will be the Sony Alpha 550. While we don’t know much, I am informed that it will be a Sony Alpha 500 with a larger sensor resolution (probably going to 15 MP).

  • 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…

  • Price of the Sony Alpha 850

    A German photo retailer web site, Fotobrenner, has listed the Alpha 850. This could be in preparation for the upcoming launch of the new DSLR from Sony. But there is a more interesting information: a price. 1.999,00€ would be the street price for the Sony Alpha 850. This is more probably a very serious information…

  • Sony Alpha 700, this is the end

    Surprise on the Sony Japan web site: The Sony Alpha 700 is no longer listed as a consumer SLR camera between the Sony Alpha 380 and Sony Alpha 900. This can normally be considered as the sign of its imminent disappearance in favor of a new camera. Or several ones…