Category Archives: Sony

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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Sony NEX 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 OSS lens coming in September

By PR admin | Published: May 28, 2010

The Sony NEX 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 OSS lens is expected to be released on September 16th in Japan: Via Yodobashi

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Sony and Canon attempt to purchase Pentax?

By PR admin | Published: May 28, 2010

Canon and Sony may have tried to purchase Pentax at some point. Hoya’s CEO has indicated in the past that Pentax is for sell. Then there were some statements about a “deeper relationship” with Samsung. It is possible that at some point JVC attempted to buy Pentax – both companies denied it a month later. I […]

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David Kilpatrick’s predictions on what’s next for Sony

By PR admin | Published: May 24, 2010

David Kilpatrick (the person behind the Photoclubalpha website) had this to say on the upcoming Sony products: Many Sony lenses will be updated next year: the SSM & SAM lenses will stay unchanged, “but anything currently with a screw drive focus will be replaced with a motor”. In general Sony will offer more all-round zooms lenses, […]

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Sony announced Cyber-shot phone in Japan

By PR admin | Published: May 23, 2010

Few days ago Sony announced the S003 Cyber-shot phone in Japan. Here are the basic specs: 12.1 MP Sony Exmor image sensor 3.2 inch TFT display (480 x 854 pixels) with 16.7 million colors Dimensions: 118 x 52 x 17.6 mm Weighs 154 grams

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