Category Archives: Sony

Here is the new Sony EVIL NEX 3 (freshly leaked)

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2010

Full official specs: Image Sensor: 14.2 million effective pixels. Metering: Multi pattern, centre-weighted and spot. Sensor Size: APS-C-sized CMOS (23.4×15.6mm). Lens: Sony E Series mount. Shutter Speed: 30 to 1/4000 second. Flash sync: 1/160 sec. Continuous Shooting: seven fps. Memory: Memory Stick PRO Duo, PRO-HG Duo, SD, SDHC, SDXC cards. Image Sizes (pixels): 4592×3056, 4592×2576, […]

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Sony α900 is now officially discontinued

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2010

Sony α900 is listed as discontinued on Sony’s Hong Kong website:

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Photo rumors from around the web

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2010

Tomorrow is Sony’s day: the new NEX3 and NEX5 EVIL Alpha cameras will be unveiled. New Samsung HZ50W ( model WB5500 in Europe) point and shoot camera is coming soon. The rumored specs are: Samsung CMOS sensor Sensor size: 1/2.33″ Resolution: 14.5MPx (4400×3300) Pixel: 1.10um Transfer rate: 15fps Maybe the Samsung NX5 will be announced […]

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Sony NEX EVIL camera’s press event invitations are out

By PR admin | Published: May 6, 2010

Sony Hong Kong sent out an event invitation for what appears to be the official launch of the Sony NEX EVIL camera line. May 11th, 2010 was rumored few weeks ago as a potential announcement date: “Worldwide attention debut Anywhere beyond the imagination of the lightweight body experience quality SLR digital camera Market, the highly anticipated Sony’s […]

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Sony NEX in German magazine

By PR admin | Published: May 5, 2010

I just received this tip from a reader: “More pictures from the Sony NEX are in the new German magazine DigitalPHOTO 606/2010 on pages 43 and 114. On page 114 are 3 different lenses (1 big telezoom?) and 3 bodies (blue, red and silver) to see.” Are those pictures available online anywhere?

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Sony EVIL size comparison

By PR admin | Published: May 4, 2010

The dimensions of the Sony NEX camera may not be exact since there were taken from previous leaks: Via Livedoor

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Sony EVIL update (NEX3 & NEX5)

By PR admin | Published: May 3, 2010

First, some Sony EVIL price rumors from Korea: Sony NEX3+lens for 600,000 KRW (=US$ 536) Sony NEX5+lens for  700,000 KRW (=US$ 625) The lens could be the 18-55mm or the 16mm lens. I expect prices in the US to be lower. After the break (large images): several leaked slide-shows give us some more details about the features […]

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Sony EVIL NEX3 and NEX5 specs

By PR admin | Published: April 27, 2010

Sony NEX3: Effective pixels : 14,000,000 Display scale : 3 inch HD camera support: 720p format Body type: Single power Manual operation: Full manual support Sensor type : APS-C CMOS Battery Type : Special lithium battery FW50 Memory card type : SDHC Cards / MS Memory Stick Flash Type : External Support shoe Data Interface […]

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Interesting Patents from Sony and Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: April 26, 2010

Patent Application 20100091128 from Sony is for an imager with optical instead of electrical signal out. From the summary: “A solid-state imager includes a pixel unit for converting incident light into an electrical signal, a substrate bearing the pixel unit formed thereon, an analog-to-digital converter, formed on the substrate, for converting a signal read from the pixel unit into a digital signal, an optical communication unit, arranged on […]

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Sony EVIL NEX3 – the first pictures

By PR admin | Published: April 26, 2010

Sony is expected to announce two EVIL models on May 11th: NEX3 and NEX5. Both will have a new 14 MP Sony Exmor HD sensor. The NEX5 model will have faster fps and 1080p video, the NEX3 will have 720p video. As you can see from the picture and from previous reports, the lens is […]

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