Tag: Sony

  • Sony announces Alpha 230, Alpha 330 and Alpha 380

    As expected, Sony has announced the new SLR line. Nothing less than 3 SLR photo cameras in a single announcement (plus a four new lenses and a flash). Sony Alpha A230 Sony Alpha A330 Sony Alpha A380 Features Sensor resolution 10.2 MP 10.2 MP 14.2 MP Sensitivity 100-3200 ISO 100-3200 ISO 100-3200 ISO Shutter speed…

  • Minolta/Sony solution against hot pixels, stuck pixels

    Sometimes, on a digital camera, there are small defects on the digital sensor. They appear as a pixel or two which seem to be either black, colored (hot) or white (stuck). This is ususally not much of a problem, but it can become very annoying. On my good old Konica-Minolta Dynax 7D camera, I noticed…

  • Sony speculations

    With the next arrival of 3 entry-level SLR photo cameras from Sony, it is time to start asking a few questions about the content of these upcoming offers. On the “leaked” photos from the Russian Sony Style web site, we could easily recognize they will have a smaller body with a more angular hand-grip. Some…

  • A380 at night

  • New Sony Alpha features

    If you want to know the contents of the new Sony Alpha 230, 330 and 380, here is the information leaked during an update of the Russian version of a Sony web site. What we learn: New ergonomics: Thinner hand-grip, new shutter release button, nicer LCD color interface (with a choice of 4 colour themes)…

  • Three new Sony Alpha cameras

    We learned about the arrival of the new Sony Alpha 230, Sony Alpha 330, Sony Alpha 380 SLR photo cameras by a leak from Sony web sites. Obviously, Sony is ready to announce them and is actively leaking information, since the Sony Style web sites are now showing pictures of the new cameras (in the…

  • Sony Alpha 330, really?

    Directly from Sony, but this may still be an error… it seems that a Sony Alpha 330 is coming in the near future. Impossible to say what this is really, but I’d bet on an SLR photo camera looking like a cheaper Sony Alpha 300/350. Nothing more tehcnical, no feature list, but the error seems…

  • Sony Alpha 500?

    If you are waiting for one or more new SLR cameras from Sony this year, you are not alone. By far. But when you see Russian web sites pumping rumours, you may start beng suspicious. On photogenius.ru, there are a couple of photos and a feature list for a Sony Alpha 500 which would be…

  • Canon 500D: Is it near us?

    There was no Canon EOS 500D at Las Vegas PMA Fair. Not even the shadow of the premature announcement of an SLR camera. So, people’s spirits start fuming and you can find the most varied vapors transformed into near certain suppositions about its arrival (nobody has a doubt about the nearness of the launch of…