Category Archives: Sony

This is Sony’s new curved sensor

By PR admin | Published: June 15, 2014

IEEE published a picture of Sony’s first curved sensor. Sony has filed several different patents in the past for curved sensors and lenses. Here is a quick description of the benefits from a curved sensor from IEEE:

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Deal of the day: $800 off when you buy a pair of Zeiss Touit lenses for Fuji or Sony mount

By PR admin | Published: June 1, 2014

Update: B&H now has the lenses back in stock. Starting today Zeiss is offering $800 off when you buy both the 32mm f/1.8 and 12mm f/2.8 Zeiss Touit lenses for Fujifilm X-mount or Sony E-mount. This is basically buy one, get one free deal. Adorama currently has the same offer. The individual lenses are also $200 off.

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 30, 2014

→ Lomography started a another Kickstarter project for a new instant camera. → Memory card sale: Lexar card sale at Adorama and new SanDisk savings at Adorama and B&H. → Canon EOS M camera removed form Canon USA website, still available for sale online. → Pentax K-30 firmware is being hacked. Read more about it here and here. → The Samsung […]

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Sony a77 II camera now shipping, tested at DxOMark

By PR admin | Published: May 27, 2014

  The Sony a77 II camera that was announced few weeks ago is now shipping in the EU – the first units already arrived at Foto Hans Keuzekamp in the Netherlands. The camera is expected to start shipping in the US on June 10th. Today DxOMark released their a7II test results – the overall score […]

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The cheapest full frame camera available today (new Sony a7 price drop)

By PR admin | Published: May 19, 2014

The price of the Sony a7 full frame mirrorless camera dropped by $200 today (after $200 instant savings, incl. free 32GB memory card and free hand grip strap, free shipping and 4% in rewards). This is the lowest price for a new full frame digital camera I have ever seen (the Nikon D610 still sells for around […]

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Updated Sony FE lens roadmap released

By PR admin | Published: May 19, 2014

Sony Japan released an updated Sony FE lens roadmap. Two new lenses were added: Vario-Tessar T* 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS (SEL1635Z) FE PZ 28-135mm f/4 G OSS (SELP28135G)

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Sony RX100M3 camera and a7s pricing announced

By PR admin | Published: May 16, 2014

The Sony RX100M3 is now officially announced. The US price is $798 and the camera is now available for pre-order. Sample images can be found here. Sony also released the pricing of their a7s mirrorless camera (12MP, 4k video, high ISO of 409,600): $2498 (pre-order link). Sony RX100M3 main features: Bright, wide angle ZEISS® Vario-Sonnar T* […]

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What else is new: Adobe Cloud is down, Sony camera sales fall by a third

By PR admin | Published: May 15, 2014

We’re currently experiencing an outage affecting user’s ability to sign in to our services. We are working on a fix- stay tuned — Adobe Customer Care (@AdobeCare) May 14, 2014 → This is why the new Adobe Cloud subscription sucks. Read more about it here. → Sony camera sales fall by a third: “Camera sales – which include […]

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First pictures of the Sony RX100M3 camera with a built-in EVF

By PR admin | Published: May 15, 2014

Those are the first images of the Sony RX100M3 camera with a built-in EVF (see detailed specifications):

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Sony RX100M3 camera detailed specifications leaked online

By PR admin | Published: May 15, 2014

The detailed specifications of the upcoming Sony RX100 are already online at sony.ca. The Price will be $899.99 and shipping will start on June 17th, 2014:

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