Category: Sony
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Canon news on the 18th
Limited information: Canon will hold a press conference on February, 18th to present the news of this first quarter of 2009. But they declined to tell what this will contain. To be remembered: More and more people are saying that Sony will have no digital SLR news in March at the Las Vegas PMA fair……
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Sony 70-400mm tested in France
Jean-Marie Sépulchre made a test of the Sony 70-400 mm f/4-5.6 G SSM on a Sony Alpha 900 (24 MP Full frame camera). As this is a serious chunk of nice glass impatiently awaited by many (incl. wildlife photogrpahers like me), it was worth seeing. The 70-400mm lens test draws the interesting conclusion that “this…
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More reviews for the FF cameras
I am quite impressed, I keep receiving more and more reviews for the Full Frame SLR cameras of this winter. It seems that the interest is very high. Currently: Nikon D3x: 15 reviews Canon EOS 5D Mk II: 21 reviews Sony Alpha 900: 21 reviews Nikon D700: 16 reviews A lot of reading for those…
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Nikon D800 at 15MP
The birth of rumours about a Sony Alpha 800 SLR camera at 15MP started the rumour mill again for a Nikon D800. After years of partnership (Sony manufacturing a camera sensor for SLRs, Sony and Nikon using it in their SLR cameras), no surprise if you try to forecast the next step: Nikon D800. Of…
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Sony Alpha 800
Photography Bay takes the rumour train about the next Sony camera. They try to describe the full scope of possible Sony Alpha 800 features. Interestingly, this is the second time is a few days that Photography Bay is quickly photoshopping a photo to support their rumours. They admit it in the (invisible to most visitors)…
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Full Frame SLR comparisons
With the arrival of all these new digital photo cameras with a large sensor (Full Frame) in 2008, like the Sony Alpha 900 or the Canon EOS 5D MkII, it became difficult to find your own path. The more because their main advantage of these is photo cameras is to offer images of ultra-high quality…
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PMA 2009 preview
Latest news from the PMA The PMA fair which will happen in Las Vegas between the 3rd and the 5th of March 2009 will bring us many news and a few surprises. All the signs are there, as confirmed by my informers. There is only a few weeks to be patient, but expect most important…
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Nikon D3x vs Sony Alpha 900 (ISO 50-ISO 6400)
Master Chong presents a direct comparison of these two recent cameras, with 100% cropped images. dPhotoExpert makes something similar, but much simpler, with a single comparison at 1600 ISO. Unfortunately, there is no information about which software/firmware version is used (I expect that the results may change with future upgrades).