Category Archives: Sony

Sony EVIL camera to be cheaper than the Olympus E-PL1

Sony is expected to announce their EVIL camera on May 11, 2010. The latest rumors indicate that one of the upcoming Sony EVIL cameras will be priced lower than the Olympusw E-PL1 and 3 different lenses will be available at the launch: 16mm F2.8 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 18-200mm telephoto All lenses will be made of Chromium […]

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New Sony EVIL video

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Sony EVIL camera commercial

Update: here is the original post (Google translated): “I’m going to Germany to be recorded for a Sony Europe launching cam video of a new model. Good experience! See you in 5 days!” Alonso Diaz (Sony UK Ambassador) just came back from Germany and the rumor is that he was shooting TV commercial for the upcoming Sony […]

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Sony promises their EVIL camera for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Sony Europe promotes the launch of a “revolutionary new ultra-compact α digital camera” for FIFA 2010 (it will take place in South Africa from from June 11 – July 11, 2010). This time frame matches with previous rumors that pointed to a possible official launch of the Sony EVIL system somewhere in May, 2010.

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Official announcements from the past few days

Some of the NAB announcements (see rumor here): Sony to release an “affordable” 35mm digital cinema camera to compete with RED: Zeiss released a series of compact prime lenses for digital and film cameras with PL (Arri), EF (Canon) and F (Nikon) mounts including a new lightweight zoom LWZ.2 lens for HDSLR cameras: Flip Slide […]

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Rumor: 2011 iPhone with a 8MP sensor from Sony

The Street reported that Apple has picked a 8MP sensor from Sony for the upcoming 2011 iPhone: “Apple has picked Sony’s 8-megapixel camera chip for the 2011 iPhone, according to supply and manufacturing sources, said Rodman Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar.” OmniVision reported that Apple ordered 5MP sensors from them for the next, 2010  iPhone. 2010: 5MP 2011: 8MP […]

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Sony to release their EVIL camera(s) in the next few weeks

Some rumors point to an April 18th announcement of the new Sony EVIL cameras: “18 april is the press-release of this camera, the camera shall be different , than we see at the PMA and maybe we get some more information , about some other thinks but that I don’t now for sure” Others rumors indicate an official release […]

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Concept: Sony a352 DSLR Camera

Concept cameras are created by designers and usually there is no connection to the real manufacturer. I still find those models very interesting: this Sony a352 DSLR Camera concept was designed by Ryan David Francis – check his site for more pictures:

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Sony EVIL menu screenshots

Here are some screenshots from the menu of the Sony EVIL camera (click on image for a slightly larger view): Source

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Some interesting Sony links

Slow day. Some interesting Sony links: Some technical details on the new BSI 10.3MP sensor IMX050 from Sony Sony bosses ‘pushing’ for 3D camera

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