Category Archives: Sony

New from Sony: 24mm f/2, 35mm f/1.8 and 85mm f/2.8 Alpha lenses

By PR admin | Published: July 27, 2010

Sony today announced the rumored 24mm f/2 lens and two more primes: 35mm f/1.8 and 85mm f/2.8 for the Alpha mount. This announcement comes a day after several websites reported the rumor that Sony may stop producing full frame sensors. What’s next from Sony? I expect an indirect response (maybe in an interview) stating that they are committed to the […]

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The latest Sony (and Zeiss) rumors

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2010

Carl Zeiss posted this message on their Facebook page about a new Sony lens that is suppose to be announced next Tuesday (July 27th): “Sony will present the new Distagon T* 24mm F2 ZA SSM next Tuesday. It is intended to appeal to experienced photographers looking for a large-aperture wide-angle lens of real distinction. The Distagon […]

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Sony keeps their promise with the NEX-VG10

By PR admin | Published: July 14, 2010

If you remember the Sony NEX 3/NEX5 announcement, it came with a small surprise: interchangeable lens HD camcorder with the same “Exmor” APS HD CMOS sensor from the NEX3/NEX5. Today Sony kept their promise and announced the NEX-VG10 – an HD camcorder with interchangeable lenses. This may be the reason why Sony was not pushing video in their […]

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Sony introduces the world’s smallest 3D cameras

By PR admin | Published: July 8, 2010

SMILE AND SAY 3D: SONY INTRODUCES WORLD’S SMALLEST 3D DIGITAL STILL CAMERAS Models Offer Superior Auto Mode, Background Defocus, Low-Light Performance and AVCHD Video SAN DIEGO, July 7, 2010 – Sony today unveiled two new Cyber-shot® digital still cameras (models DSC-TX9 and DSC-WX5) that are the world’s smallest 3D cameras, capturing 3D images with a […]

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Rumors recap from last week

By PR admin | Published: July 5, 2010

A quick recap of the rumors that from the last week while I was away: The Samyang 14mm f/2.8 lens is now available in B&H under the brand name “Bower”. Believe it or not, Sigma SD15 is now in stock. Anybody care about a digital Holga? (this is juts a concept). Not a Holga fan? How […]

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Sony NEX 5 in stock (UK & US)

By PR admin | Published: June 15, 2010

Update: Sony NEX 3 now also in stock in the US. Jessops (UK) already has the Sony NEX 5 in stock:

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Sony announced the a290 & a390 DSLRs

By PR admin | Published: June 9, 2010

Today Sony announced the long rumored α290 and α390 DSLR cameras – both are considered entry level with 14.2MP sensors and no video. Full press release and detailed specs comparison after the break:

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Sony α290 and α390 appeared in a Swedish photo magazine

By PR admin | Published: June 5, 2010

Sony α290 and α390 made an appearance in a Swedish photo magazine: An article with pictures and a few specs about the new Sony A290 and A390 appeared today in a Swedish photo magazine, “Digitalfoto för Alla” #9 (possibly published one tay early?) The much criticized grip of the A230/A330/A380 series is gone, and replaced […]

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Two interesting patents from Sony and Canon

By PR admin | Published: June 5, 2010

Update: I forgot that Canon also filed a patent for a touchscreen DSLR few months ago. The first patent is about a touchscreen DSLR from Sony: PhotographyBay has the whole story, here is a part of the patent application: The touch panel 332 functions as a touched position detector that detects the touched position where […]

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Sony Alpha cameras get 3D treatment from NVIDIA and more

By PR admin | Published: May 31, 2010

Update on the latest Sony developments: From Engadget: NVIDIA announced 3D support for the latest Sony NEX cameras. The 3D result will be achieved in post-processing using NVIDIA’s 3D image processing software. Samsung already came out with a 3D capable cell phone. Sony NEX concept (unofficial). Sony NEX 7 camera is rumored to be announced around […]

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