Category Archives: Sony

Sony 20mm f/2.8 and PZ18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS lenses announced

By PR admin | Published: January 22, 2013

The two new Sony E lenses I mentioned earlier are now official – Sony 20mm f/2.8 lens specifications (price: $348): Sony E PZ18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS (SELP18200) motorized telezoom lens specifications (price: $1198):

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Sony to announce two new E-mount lenses this week

By PR admin | Published: January 22, 2013

Sony is rumored to announced two new E-mount lenses: 18-200mm zoom and a new 20mm pancake lens (probably f/2.8 or faster). The announcement should be in the next few days. Update: both lenses are now officially announced.

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The latest list of discontinued cameras

By PR admin | Published: January 21, 2013

Those are the latest cameras listed as discontinued at B&H: Leica M9 Leica M9-P Leica D-Lux 5 Ricoh CX5 Sony a57 Sony NEX-5N Nikon Coolpix AW100 waterproof camera Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Canon PowerShot S100 Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W3 camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1 3D camera (are 3D cameras officially dead already?) Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 Panasonic […]

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Olympus XZ-10, Ricoh GR Digital V, Sony NEX-3N, a38, a58 and other rumored cameras and lenses

By PR admin | Published: January 21, 2013

Quick recap of the latest camera and lens rumors from around the Web: Olympus XZ-10 high-end compact camera should be announced soon, probably a replacement for the current Olympus XZ-2 model. Ricoh GR Digital V is rumored to have a new APS-C sensor. This should not be a surprise, since Ricoh recently filed patents for several new lenses […]

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Sony RX1 got a pretty good DxOMark score: #4 overal rating

By PR admin | Published: January 8, 2013

DxOMark published their test results for the Sony RX1 camera (see my first impressions) and they are pretty good – the RX1 scored #4 on their overall rating list right after the Nikon D800E, D800 and D600:

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Seven new Sony Cybershot compact cameras announced

By PR admin | Published: January 7, 2013

Sony announced seven new Cybershot compact cameras for CES. Here are the key features and specifications:

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Full list of upcoming compact cameras from Olympus, Fujifilm and Sony

By PR admin | Published: January 5, 2013

A quick update to my previous post on the new Olympus, Fujifilm and Sony compact cameras that will be announced next week at the 2013 CES show:

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What to expect from Fujifilm, Olympus, Sony, Panasonic and Nikon for the 2013 CES show

By PR admin | Published: December 30, 2012

Here is quick update on what to expect from Fujifilm, Olympus, Sony, Panasonic and Nikon for the CES show (January 8-11 2013): Fujifilm will announce 5 new FinePix cameras: 3 super zooms, one rugged model and 0ne “regular” compact camera. The top of the line superzoom (pictured above) is rumored to have a very fast […]

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Impress magazine 2013 predictions: new Foveon, X-Trans sensors, NEX camera, all full frame

By PR admin | Published: December 22, 2012

Every year the Japanese magazine Impress published their predictions on what product they expect the major camera manufacturers to introduce in the upcoming year (you can see their 2012 predictions here). Here is a recap of their 2013 prognosis (PDF file):

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Sony a99 DxOMark score: not as good as the Nikon D600

By PR admin | Published: December 21, 2012

DxOMark published their test results for the Sony a99 full frame camera. The a99 scored below the Nikon D600 and D800 cameras. It seems that Nikon still has the “secret sauce” that made the same 24MP Sony sensor to perform better in the D600. For reference, here are the test scores of the Canon 6D and 5D […]

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