Category Archives: Sony

Sony A7 and RX10 cameras, new lenses and accessories officially announced

Major announcement from Sony – two new full frame mirrorless cameras, another compact camera, several lenses, adapters and accessories: Cameras Sony a7R Sony a7 Sony a7 with 28-70mm lens Sony RX10 Lenses Sony 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS lens Sony FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA lens Sony FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA lens Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 G SSM […]

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First images of the Sony RX10 camera

Digicame-info published the first images of the upcoming Sony RX10 compact camera with a 8.8-73.3mm f/2.8 lens (24-200mm equivalent, see specifications here).

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Diglloyd leaks Sony A7 preview, images of new Sony lenses

Diglloyd published earlier his review of the upcoming Sony a7 full frame mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. The article is now removed but you can accessed the cached Google pages here. There are also images of the upcoming Zeiss ZA FE 35mm f/2.8 Sonnar, Zeiss ZA FE 55mm f/1.8 Sonnar, Zeiss FE 24-70mm f/4.0 OSS and Zeiss ZA FE 70-200mm […]

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Sony RX10 compact camera rumored to have 1″ sensor

Surprisingly the rumored RX10 compact camera will have 1″ sensor and not APS-C as expected according to the latest rumors. The rest of the RX10 specifications:

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Sony did it: A7 and A7r are the first modern full frame mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras

Here are the latest A7 and A7r specifications: A7 has 24 Megapixel sensor with Phase detection AF A7r has 36 Megapixel with no on sensor Phase detection and no Anti Aliasing filter for maximum sharpness A7 body costs $1698 and $1998 with 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS lens. A7r costs $2198 body only Both cameras have a fixed OLED […]

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What else is new?

The Sony QX100 lens style camera gets a teardown just in time for shipping. Topaz Labs currently has a 50% off sale on Topaz Adjust ($24.99 through September 30th): use promo code septadjust during checkout. Fujifilm officially launched the Instax Mini-90 Neo Classic camera. New Kodak company to continue selling film.

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What else is new?

Phase One released Capture One v.7.1.4 ($299.95). TrueSense Imaging (ex-Kodak) announced 4K Micro Four Thirds sized CMOS sensor. Ilford Imaging Switzerland (the inkjet paper company) plans to rise from financial trouble. New Nauticam underwater housing for Sony NEX-5T camera. Tokina announced a new 16-28 T3.0mm cinema lens in Japan.

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Sony reassures that A mount will stay alive

Few weeks ago Amateurphotographer reported that Sony is still committed to the A-mount: “Though designed to work with E-mount lenses, Sony UK’s head of digital imaging, Frederik Lange, stressed that the A3000 launch does not signal the end of A-mount cameras.” The a99 camera will run out of production in late November. The Sony a65 camera is […]

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MXCamera/DEO-Tech working on a full frame Sony NEX adapter, MFT drop-in filter adapter

MX Camera/DEO-Tech is planning to released two new adapters – one for the upcoming full frame Sony NEX, the second for MFT with drop-in filter capabilities:

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Photographer leaks pictures on Facebook taken with a new Sony NEX-7R camera

The New York based photographer Clayton Nelson published several pictures on Facebook taken with “Sony NEX-7R, a new prototype APS sensor digital camera”. The images are now removed. This is the rest of his comments: “I emailed Sony some of the images I took earlier in the week, explaining how delighted I was with the […]

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