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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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Sony NEX US pricing: between $549 and $699

Sony NEX pricing for the US is out. Many color/kit lens combinations are available @ Adorama (just search for Nex 3 or Nex 5). All prices are in the $549 to $699 range, for example: Sony NEX-3 + 16mm f/2.8 lens for $549.99 Sony NEX-5 + 16mm f/2.8 lens for $649.99 Other product availability: Panasonic G10 and Panasonic […]

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All Sony NEX accessories

Source: ParkCameras newsletter

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Sony’s next DSLR will shoot video

This is according to Paul Genge, Sony UK’s product manager for DSLRs in an interview with AP.

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Sony NEX 3, NEX 5 cameras official plus a surprise

Video of the Sony NEX press conference in Europe: The promo video: The surprise: In addition to the NEX 3 and NEX 5 Sony gave us another bone today – interchangeable lens HD camcorder with the same “Exmor” APS HD CMOS sensor from the NEX3 and NEX5: You can see prototype pictures of the video cam […]

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

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

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

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Photo rumors from around the web

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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