Category Archives: Sony

What else is new? (Ricoh CX6, Olympus LC-63A, Holga for iPhone, camera market share in Japan)

Ricoh announces the CX6 compact digital camera featuring high-speed autofocus as fast as 0.1 seconds and zoom assist monitor for easier telephoto photography: Tokyo, Japan, November 15, 2011—Ricoh Co., Ltd. (president and CEO: Shiro Kondo) today announced the development and release of the CX6, a new digital camera featuring a high magnification 10.7x (28-300 mm) […]

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What else is new?

I am still catching up after my trip to New York for the PDN show. Here is a recap of the news from the past few days I did not cover: ThinkTank Photo announced their new Modular Rotation System and Modular Rotation System Skin Components. If you want to be alerted when the new Modular units […]

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Some more pictures from the PDN PhotoPlus show

In addition to the PDN report (see also this Nikon related post), here are some additional images from the show’s floor. What’s inside the Panasonic GH2:

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Amphibico underwater housing for Sony FS100US HXCAM HD camcorder and NEX-5N camera

Two new underwater housings for Sony cameras form Aquatica: The Aquatica team is proud to announce the release of the Aquatica AN-5n housing for the Sony NEX-5n camera. Sony has once again made an already good camera into a better one, adding yet more punch on the DSLR size sensor and still maintaining the size of […]

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The latest patents from Olympus, Fuji, Canon and Sony

Olympus filed a patent 2011209377 for 10mm f/2.8, 12mm f/2.8 and 12mm f/2.0 lenses:

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Sony NEX-7, NEX-5N, NEX-C3 and a65 now officially delayed

Sony Japan publish a statement confirming Amazon’s product listing note that the NEX-7, NEX-5N, NEX-C3 and a65 cameras will be postponed. It’s interesting to note that the a77 was not listed as delayed. No firm release dates were given:

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Sony NEX-7, A65 removed from Amazon “due to manufacturing concerns”

Sony NEX-7 is no longer available on Amazon “due to manufacturing concerns”. Similar to Nikon, Sony got hit very hard by the flooding in Thailand. Update: the Sony a65 is also removed from Amazon.

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Sony’s compact system camera production in Thailand halted

Similar to Nikon, Sony’s compact system camera production in Ayutthaya, Thailand is halted due to the recent flooding: “The factory has stopped operation since 6 Oct and the company said it will stop operation until 14. Operation may resume on Oct 17 depending on the situation.” Via PEN

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This week’s recap

Here are some interesting stories from last week: New Eneloops rechargeable batteries keep their charge for over 5 years. Check out also this post about the best AA batteries for photography. Apple’s iPhone 4S has a Sony sensor. Sony’s CEO was right and so was the Apple employee who published a picture taken with the new iPhone 4s on flickr before […]

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Sony releases firmware update for the a65 and a77 SLT cameras

Today Sony Asia released firmware version 1.03 for their SLT a65 and a77 cameras. The included improvements are: Support flash control function for Micro Twin Flash Kit, HVL-MT24AM. Improved response time of the following operation, Switching the screen mode between the LCD monitor and the electronic viewfinder Front and Rear control dial Fn button control […]

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