Category Archives: Sony

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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Today is CES press day (Fuji, Canon, Sony)

By PR admin | Published: January 5, 2011

Today is press day at CES 2011. Many new products will be announced in the next few hours. On the camera site so far there are no big surprises from what was already reported: Fuji announced eleven new point and shoot models. You can read more about the different Fuji cameras and their new EXR-CMOS BSI sensor […]

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Update: What to expect for CES 2011 (and what’s announced already)

By PR admin | Published: January 4, 2011

CES 2011 show is starting in two days in Las Vegas. Here is a list of what was announced already (scroll down for the list of upcoming announcements): The three new cameras from Kodak that leaked on Amazon are already announced: Lexar released a 128GB SDXC memory card: Samsung announced a new Wi-Fi enabled SH100, NX11 and WB700 cameras: […]

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What to expect for CES 2011

By PR admin | Published: January 2, 2011

CES 2011 show is starting next week in Las Vegas. This is what is known so far in terms of announcements from the major camera manufacturers: Olympus E-PL2: Olympus XZ-1 compact camera with a fast f/1.8 Zuiko zoom lens: New Olympus accessories for the E-PL2 and ZX-1 cameras: Samsung NX11 and WB700 cameras: Samsung lenses: 85mm f/1.4, 60mm […]

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Full list of Sony cameras for CES 2011

By PR admin | Published: December 31, 2010

This is the full list of cameras to be announced by Sony for CES 2011: Cybershot DSC-W510: 12MP, 2.7 in. screen, sweep panorama function Cybershot DSC-W530: upgrades to a 14MP sensor Cybershot DSC-W560: adds SteadyShot and 720p HD video Cybershot DSC-W570: adds 16MP, 5x zoom (25mm on the wide side) Cybershot DSC-WX9: high end model, […]

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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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