Category Archives: Sony

All you need to know about the upcoming Sony HX9V camera

By PR admin | Published: January 20, 2011

In addition to the specs and pictures of the upcoming Sony HX9V camera, this website seems to have a bunch of additional information on the camera. including some new images:

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Is Sony the most innovative camera manufacturer today?

By PR admin | Published: January 17, 2011

In a recent interview, Sony said that they can change the world of DSLRs and that they are still committed to full frame DSLR cameras: “When we announce a full-frame camera we want it to be a big step forward – another technological development might be needed so I say to people: Please stay tuned.” In another interview at […]

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Sony DSC-HX9V and DSC-HX100V cameras listed at B&H for a short time

By PR admin | Published: January 14, 2011

The rumored Sony DSC-HX9V camera got listed at B&H today. The listing is now removed, but not before Google cached the page: The second model DSC-HX100V was also listed, but Google cache did not capture the image. Both cameras are expected to be announced on February 2nd.

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Sony to release a mirrorless camera (A-mount) with 3 sensors and ISO up to 819 200

By PR admin | Published: January 14, 2011

The rumor is that before April of 2011, Sony will release a new mirrorless camera with 3  CCD (CMOS) sensors. Each of the sensors will be 6MP and the combined ISO will be up to 819 200 (up to 16mp combined image size). The camera will have an α-mount, contrast AF, 1.5x crop factor. It seems […]

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Rumor: Sony, Zeiss lenses are going up in price in the US

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2011

I received some reports that Zeiss and Sony lenses will be going up in price in the US on February 1st, 2011. Not sure if all lenses will be impacted or what exactly the price increase will be (expecting to get a price list later today or tomorrow).

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Sony has two more Cybershot cameras to announce: DSC-HX9V and DSC-HX100v

By PR admin | Published: January 10, 2011

On February 2nd, 2011 Sony will announce two high-end point and shoot Cybershot cameras: DSC-HX9V and DSC-HX100v. Here are the expected specs of the HX9V model: 16MP Exmor R CMOS sensor 16x zoom (24mm on the wide side) 3″ LCD screen 1080i movie mode 3D sweep panaroma 3d still pictures Background defocus 10fps GPS tagging USB charging […]

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CES 2011 recap

By PR admin | Published: January 10, 2011

CES 2011 is now over. Many compact cameras were announced, but the stars of the show IMHO were the Olympus E-PL2 and Olympus XZ-1. Dpreview has a samples gallery of the Olympus XZ-1. A hands-on of the Olympus E-PL2 can be found on AP. Both Olympus E-PL2 and Olympus XZ-1 cameras are now available for pre-order. Here is some additional coverage: DSLR magazine […]

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Sony shows A700 successor at CES 2011

By PR admin | Published: January 7, 2011

At CES 2011 Sony showed a prototypes of the A700 successor, an unidentified lens and a new flash: No specs or release dates were provided. Photographybay has more photos of the camera.

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Today is CES press day (part 2)

By PR admin | Published: January 5, 2011

The Pentax firmware I reported yesterday is now official. Samsung dropped 4 more camcorders and a new, dual screen point and shoot camera. Casio announced the previously leaked TRYX and a point and shoot camera with back-illuminated CMOS sensor. Panasonic announced camcorders and several entry level compact cameras. Sony also did their camera announcements including the 3D Bloggie camera […]

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Watch the CES Sony press event live now

By PR admin | Published: January 5, 2011

You can watch Sony CES press conference live starting at 5pm PST today: update: the online live event is now over

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