Category Archives: Sony

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

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?

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

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

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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Rayqual to offer Sony E mount adapters for Nikon, Pentax, Canon and Leica

Rayqual to offer Sony E mount adapters for Nikon, Pentax, Canon and Leica lenses. The adapters are expected to be available in July, 2010. For more details visit DC.watch. This will make the Sony NEX cameras comparable to the m4/3 system cameras that already have all kinds of adapters available.

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Sony a290 and a390 kits listed on Belgian site

The announcement of the new Sony a290 and a390 DSLRs should be very soon – the different kits are already listed on a Belgian website: Source

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Sony A390 appears in a camera water housing specs

The first link that was posted on dpreview is already removed but reefphoto still lists the Ikelite SLR-DC Housing for Sony A230, A330 &A390: Sony α290 already leaked last week and based on the interview with Toru Katsumoto, the next set of Sony DSLR could very well be the Sony α290 and α390.

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Interview with Sony’s Toru Katsumoto

This is what Toru Katsumoto (Senior General Manager in Sony) had to say about the future Sony’s camera development in an interview with Quesabesde: “We are also developing new models in the Alpha range. This year we will introduce some new models of SLR.” He specifically confirmed that there is a room for new Alpha 200 and […]

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Sony a290 shows up in Vietnam

I just got back from the space shuttle launch in Cape Canaveral and have to catch up on the latest rumors. If you lived under a rock today, I will be happy to present you the new Sony a290 that showed up in Vietnam (rumored few days ago): Specs: APS-C 14 MP CCD sensor BIONZ image processor […]

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Sony NEX 7 in September?

The rumors of a high end Sony EVIL NEX 7 camera are not new. There are some more details on the potential high end Sony NEX 7 camera that should be released this September (Photokina). Some of the expected improvement: Full manual control 1080p@60 1080p@24 720p@120fps and 60p Revised sensor design

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