Category Archives: Sony

After the Sony F5 and F55 Cine Alte 4k cameras announcement, RED introduced huge price cuts

By PR admin | Published: November 1, 2012

After Sony announced their new F5 and F55 Cine Alte 4k cameras two days ago, RED responded with a huge price cut – the new prices are as follow: RED EPIC-M: $24,000 (old price: $39,500) RED EPIC-X: $19,000 (old price: $34,500) RED SCARLET-X: $7,950 (old price: $9,700) RED ONE MX: $4,000 (old price: $25,000) This is what RED’s CEO Jim […]

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Zeiss lenses for mirrorless compact system cameras to start shipping in Spring

By PR admin | Published: October 27, 2012

At the last day of PhotoPlus Expo in New York Zeiss showed mockups of their new lenses for mirrorless compact system cameras. Shipping is expected to start in Spring (previous reports indicated shipping in Summer) starting with the 2.8/12mm, 1.8/32mm and 2.8/50mm macro lenses for Sony NEX and Fujifilm X-Pro cameras. All new Zeiss mirrorless lenses will […]

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Sony a99, Pentax K-5 II now shipping in the US

By PR admin | Published: October 25, 2012

The Sony SLT-A99 and Pentax K-5 II/s cameras are currently shipping in the US and are in stock at B&H: Sony SLT-A99 (update: sold out already in stock again) Pentax K-5 II Pentax K-5 IIs

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Sony teaser: “The New F” coming on October 30th

By PR admin | Published: October 17, 2012

Sony has a new teaser on their Facebook page for “The new F” or the “The future, ahead of schedule” coming on October 30th, 2012. The speculations are for a new F-class Super 35mm cinema camera (F5?) that will probably support 4k and will cost around $20k. In Sony’s cinema cameras product line, the F5 will […]

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Sony full frame E-mount interchangeable lens camera is possible, making lenses is another matter

By PR admin | Published: October 16, 2012

In a interview with dpreview, Phil Molyneux (President and Chief Operating Officer of Sony Electronics) talked again about the possibility of developing a full frame E-mount interchangeable lens camera:

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Sony NEX-5N is now discontinued

By PR admin | Published: October 4, 2012

Several Sony NEX-5N models are listed as discontinued at B&H. There are still some white NEX-5N kits left at Adorama for $469.00 (add to cart to see final price). The Sony NEX-5N was announced on August 24, 2011.

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Panasonic G5 and Sony NEX-F3 get their DxoMark scores

By PR admin | Published: October 4, 2012

DxOMark published their test results for the Panasonic G5 and Sony NEX-F3 cameras and this is how they compare to other similar models: Panasonic G5: 61 Panasonic GF5: 50 Olympus OM-D E-M5: 71 Sony NEX-F3: 73 Sony NEX-7: 81 Sony NEX-5N: 77

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Change of specifications for the Sony RX1 full frame compact camera

By PR admin | Published: October 2, 2012

Sony announced few changes in the specifications of the anticipated Sony RX1 full frame compact camera (available for pre-order):  Single and continuous AF options were removed from the AF selector (Direct Manual Focus and Manual Focus selections remains unchanged). If the Google translation is correct, AF-S will work only for still images and it will […]

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Sony NEX-5N camera and lens kit discounted to $419, body only: $369

By PR admin | Published: October 1, 2012

Adorama has some crazy sales today. In addition to the Nikon 1 V1 kit for $399, they are also selling the Sony NEX-5N kit with 18-55 lens for $419 (regular price: $698, deal available only through this link). Another good deal today is the Canon EOS 5D Mark II for $1,799. Update: the kit is now sold […]

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Sony now owns almost 12% of Olympus

By PR admin | Published: September 28, 2012

The deal between Sony and Olympus is now official. Olympus will issue 34,387,900 common shares (11.46%) to Sony. Both companies will work together not only on future medical products, but will also collaborate in the camera business – Olympus will share lens and mirror technology with Sony, while Sony will supply sensors to Olympus:

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