Category Archives: Sony

Sony at CES 2011

By PR admin | Published: December 29, 2010

After Olympus and Samsung, Sony will be the next major manufacturer that will announce new products at CES 2011. There will be several new camcorders, including a special 3D Handycam that will be able to shoot HD with both lenses and a camcorder with built-in projector. Sony will also release three new versions of the Bloggie camera that […]

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Sony will double their image sensor production in the next financial year

By PR admin | Published: December 27, 2010

According to Reuters, Sony will spend $1.2 bln to double its image sensor production in the next financial year. Part of this plan is the buyback of a semiconductor production line from Toshiba that will bring the output capacity to 40,000 silicon wafers a month.

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Sony patents translucent mirror for a compact camera

By PR admin | Published: December 21, 2010

Sony applied for a patent for a translucent mirror in a camera without a viewfinder. According to the patent’s summary, the composition will be done through the LCD display: “In recent single-lens reflex digital cameras, a display such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is disposed on the back of a camera body such that an image inputted […]

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Ongoing holidays rebates on photo equipment

By PR admin | Published: December 12, 2010

I received an email from B&H with their latest rebate programs: Camcorders Nikon updated rebates Olympus rebates Sony rebates and NEX rebates Pentax rebates Canon has DSLR and lens combo rebates, double instant rebates and Pixma printers rebates

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Sony’s 4K video roadmap

By PR admin | Published: December 2, 2010

This is Hugo Gaggion’s (Sony Broadcast & Professional Solutions CTO) presentation “4K/2K End-to-End – The Sony 4K Roadmap” from the 2010 HD World show in New York. The presentation is rather technical, but if you are interesting in videography and the latest pro video cameras from Sony, you will find it interesting: Via Image-sensors-world

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Sony announces A900/A850 firmware upgrade

By PR admin | Published: December 2, 2010

The previously rumored firmware upgrade for Sony A900/A850 DSLR cameras is now available online. Full press release after the break:

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Quick links

By PR admin | Published: December 1, 2010

Samsung shows a flexible 3D OLED panel: Sony develops “Hybrid FPA”, a novel liquid crystal alignment technique that achieves faster response time for liquid crystal displays: RED Scarlet S35 is now called EPIC Light. Of course features and price are changed as well. Canon 5D Mark II and 7D get locking mode dial upgrade option:

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Sony to release a new firmware update for A900/A850

By PR admin | Published: November 27, 2010

DCHome posted details about the upcoming firmware update for the  Sony A900/A850 cameras: A [Release w/oLens] item has been added: you can release the shutter even when no lens is mounted on the camera. The range of the exposure compensation has been expanded: the range of the exposure compensation is expanded to ±5 EV (Before […]

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Just few interesting links

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2010

External LED iFlash for your iPhone: The Contax brand name will be released from Kyocera this year. Will the Contax camera come back to life? New Panasonic firmware update for DMC-G2 makes the camera compatible with the 3D interchangeable lens (H-FT012). Sony released a firmware that will add AF support to A-mount lenses when used […]

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Video shot with the new Sony PMW-F3 Super 35mm digital motion picture camcorder

By PR admin | Published: November 17, 2010

This video is taken with the Sony PMW-F3 Super 35mm digital motion picture camcorder that was announced few days ago. Currently, there are only three pre-production versions of this cameras in the world: compulsion – teaser from Jason Wingrove on Vimeo.

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