Category Archives: Sony

The new Sony FE 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS lens expected to ship in September 2018

The new Sony FE 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS lens is expected to be released in the Summer of 2018. B&H currently lists the lens shipping date as September 2018. From the press release:

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Sony A7R III camera live steam panel and additional coverage

In approximately 10 minutes B&H will start their live steam panel on the new Sony A7R III mirrorless camera ($3,198): The Sony A7R III has already been shipping in Europe and the first cameras started shipping in the US today. Sony Alpha a7R III pre-orer links: B&H | Adorama | Amazon | WEX | Jessops | Park Camera Additional Sony a7rIII coverage:

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Sony to announce three new CFast 2.0 memory cards

Sony will soon announce three new CFast 2.0 memory cards with 530 MB/s read speed and 510 MB/s write speed:

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The new Sony a7RIII camera still eats stars

Jim Kasson published a new report confirming that the new Sony a7RIII mirrorless camera ($3,198) still “eats stars”. Dpreview now has a comparison tool that clearly shows the issue. I was told by a reader that the Sony star eater issue is not something that can be resolved because of those reasons:

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New Black Friday savings from Canon, Nikon and Sony (new Sony a7 for $798)

Canon, Nikon and Sony announced new rebates for black Friday: Other Black Friday day and rebates can be found here: https://photorumors.com/black-friday/

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Update: the new Sony a7r III camera is expected to start shipping in early December

Just like Nikon and several other companies, Sony Japan released their regular “demand exceeding supply” memo for the new a7r III mirrorless camera that was supposed to start shipping on November 30th (Google translation): “The order received from Tuesday, October 31, the digital single lens reflex camera “α 7 R III” has received orders exceeding […]

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New Sony interview with Imaging Resource

Imaging Resource published a new interview with Sony executives yesterday. Here is the recap from SonyAddict: Three executives from Sony took part in this interview Hiroyuki Matsushita, Yasuyuki Nagata and Hirokuni Miyai. Sony isn’t willing to say how long they have been working on the Sony a9. All Sony will reveal about R&D is that they […]

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More info on the new Sony 100MP and 150MP medium format back-illuminated sensors with 4K and 8K video capabilities

A quick update to an old news (see this and this post for more info) – Sony provided additional information on their new 100MP and 150MP medium format back-illuminated sensors with 4K and 8K video capabilities that will be released in 2018:

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The latest Sony news and updates

The latest Sony news and updates from SonyAddict:

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Sony and Fuji announced financial results

Fuji and Sony released their latest financial results – Fuji had strong photo-related sales in Europe and in the US with their Instax and GFX lines, while the only Sony division to lose money this quarter was Mobile:

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