http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2007/08/20/sony-unveils-124-megapixel-10fps-aps-c-sensor/ To support this website subscribe to Photoworld, the quarterly magazine for Minolta and Sony Alpha system owners Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:07:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2007/08/20/sony-unveils-124-megapixel-10fps-aps-c-sensor/#comment-52 admin Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:04:25 +0000 http://photoclubalpha.com/2007/08/20/sony-unveils-124-megapixel-10fps-aps-c-sensor/#comment-52 The press release reads as if use of the sensor is in the future. If it was incorporated in the current (to be announced tomorrow, Thurs) new Nikon or the new Sony (announcement expected soon after), it would have been in production since the beginning of this year, and would have been developed in 2005/6. This release appears to have come from the sensor division, not the DSLR division (the 'Alpha System Company' which exists separately within Sony). I think the sensor to be incorporated in the current round of cameras are more likely to be one generation prior to this design. However, we may yet be surprised. Some of the fictitious or speculative leaks of camera specifications - like 10 fps - appear to be based on a leak of this sensor info. If Sony do implement anything faster than 5.5 fps in the advanced amateur model, they will have pulled off a major scoop. The press release reads as if use of the sensor is in the future. If it was incorporated in the current (to be announced tomorrow, Thurs) new Nikon or the new Sony (announcement expected soon after), it would have been in production since the beginning of this year, and would have been developed in 2005/6. This release appears to have come from the sensor division, not the DSLR division (the ‘Alpha System Company’ which exists separately within Sony). I think the sensor to be incorporated in the current round of cameras are more likely to be one generation prior to this design. However, we may yet be surprised. Some of the fictitious or speculative leaks of camera specifications - like 10 fps - appear to be based on a leak of this sensor info. If Sony do implement anything faster than 5.5 fps in the advanced amateur model, they will have pulled off a major scoop.

]]> http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2007/08/20/sony-unveils-124-megapixel-10fps-aps-c-sensor/#comment-49 my-spot Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:32:24 +0000 http://photoclubalpha.com/2007/08/20/sony-unveils-124-megapixel-10fps-aps-c-sensor/#comment-49 I find two items in the press release to be interesting... First, the use of the word "commercialization", which, to me, suggests that Sony has in fact been using this sensor in house and is now going to make it available to others. Second is the phrase "actively promoting its use within Sony and externally", this reinforces the first my thought above and strongly suggests the Sony is using this sensor "somewhere". Care to guess where? I find two items in the press release to be interesting… First, the use of the word “commercialization”, which, to me, suggests that Sony has in fact been using this sensor in house and is now going to make it available to others. Second is the phrase “actively promoting its use within Sony and externally”, this reinforces the first my thought above and strongly suggests the Sony is using this sensor “somewhere”. Care to guess where?

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