Category Archives: Sony

PhotoRumors recap

By PR admin | Published: December 28, 2009

Image Sensors World reports that DxO Labs is up for sale because they did not get another round of financing. The potential buyers: Aptina and Google. Adorama has the Ricoh GXR in stock. SLRClub got some more Samsung NX10 picture: Sony Alpha in 2010 (predictions). Sony A750 – this could be a fake/joke: A750 replacement of A700, 18.2 […]

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Sony envisions 3D “personal imaging”

By PR admin | Published: December 18, 2009

Sony included their digital cameras (“personal imaging”) as a “creation” device for 3D technology: Sony have already announced High Frame Rate Single Lens 3D Camera Technology. Via Engadget

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Sony and Panasonic patents

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2009

Let’s start with Sony – patent application 20090303371 is for a new Sony CMOS sensor based on the Foveon approach – each pixel capture RG&B: “Accordingly, in order to utilize the incident light amount efficiently as well as to prevent occurrence of false colors, a method of separating colors by forming plural photodiodes in a pixel […]

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Sony confirms the a700 replacement

By PR admin | Published: December 13, 2009

Sonyalpha.es was able to get a better translation of the DCWatch link (posted here last week): “Toru Katsumoto, general director of the division of Sony Alpha SLR cameras, has confirmed in an interview with DC Watch that will substitute for the A700: “… the product might be called the A700’s replacement will appear sooner or […]

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New set of Sony p&s cameras are coming in January 2010

By PR admin | Published: December 11, 2009

Following the previous leak from Korea and just in time for CES, Sony will release a new set of point and shoot cameras in January 2010 (two Alpha DSLR models are also expected @ CES): Sony DSC-S2100 Sony DSC-TX7 Sony DSC-W350 Sony DSC-W360 Sony DSC-W380 Sony DSC-W390. Several new HandyCams are also expected to be released @ CES 2010 (January): […]

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Sony expectations for CES 2010

By PR admin | Published: December 7, 2009

I received a rumor that Sony will introduce two DSLR models at the CES show in Las Vegas between January 7th and 1oth, 2010: Alpha 450 and a successor to the Alpha 700 (not clear what will be the exact model number). The Alpha 450 will not have video capabilities (the a700 replacement is also not expected to […]

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Sony a700 is now a “previous model”

By PR admin | Published: December 2, 2009

Pressure buildup continues: Sony UK updated their Sony a700 description – it now has the label “previous model”:

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Yes, Sony a700 is discontinued but what is the replacement?

By PR admin | Published: November 27, 2009

The previous report about the Sony a700 being discontinued came back in August. Now, Sony Europe (Netherlands) confirms that directly in an email – the a700 is replaced by the “Alpha 8 series”. Do they mean the a850? Not sure why they would replace a 1.5x crop sensor DSLR with a full frame DSLR. Maybe they mean the […]

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Sony to launch four new compact cameras

By PR admin | Published: November 19, 2009

There are 4 new Sony registration for what appears to be are point and shoot cameras (models DSC-W350, DSC-W360, DSC-W380, DSC-W390) at the Korean Radio Research Agency:

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The new Sony released today is not what we wanted it to be

By PR admin | Published: November 18, 2009

Today Sony launched the NXCAM tapeless camera (not the EVIL camera that was expected): For more info on this new camera visit Sony’s website.

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