NOT everyone will want the live view offered by the A300 and A350 – it does turn out to be more or less as we suggested, a secondary optical path adjacent to the eyepiece inside the prism housing. I’ll explain here exactly what the implications are, and why a future model – let’s call it . . . → Read More: How the live view A300 and A350 will work
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Sony Corporation today announced the development of a 35mm full size (diagonal:43.3mm) 24.81 effective megapixel, ultra-high speed high image quality CMOS image sensor designed to meet the increasing requirement for rapid image capture and advanced picture quality within digital SLR cameras. . . . → Read More: Sony 24.8 megapixel full frame CMOS announced Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed)  Cameras (DSLR), News, Uncategorized  24 megapixel, 24.8 megapixel, Alpha 900, camera, CCD, CMOS, development, digital, DSLR, fabrication, full frame, imaging, Nikon, sensor, Sony In mid 2007, rumours of a 14.8 megapixel Sony sensor came from the usual Far Eastern ‘inside’ sources. As a full-frame Alpha model (the so-called 900) had been previewed at PMA 2007, it was possible this megapixel count related to full frame, or near-full frame. It now looks as if it may have been a . . . → Read More: The A300, A350, A750? Share this:Sony Europe’s Recording Media & Energy (RME) division today announced a new LTO-4 photo contest promotion that offers the chance to win one of three digital cameras from Sony – in return for creative pictures of LTO-4 tape cartridges. The competition can be entered by distributors, resellers and end-customers of Sony’s LTO-4, its highest capacity . . . → Read More: Sony photo contest – shoot a tape, win an A100 Share this:We have a Photoworld day in Edinburgh on February 10th 2008, to which all Photoclubalpha registered members are welcome (it is strictly by prior arrangement, so please do not turn up on the day). It starts at 10.30am and ends around 4.30pm, and will be held at Edinburgh Photographic Society. There is a small fee . . . → Read More: Edinburgh Photoworld Club day Share this:Sony say that the Alpha 100 has a 230,000 pixel rear screen and the Alpha 700 has 920,000 pixels. What they don’t make entirely clear is how many individual R, G or B pixels are used to create each ‘pixel’ of the image (complete RGB). In fact the 920,000 pixel screen is VGA – 640 . . . → Read More: A700 and A100 rear LCD screen resolution Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews Alpha 100, Alpha 700, camera, closeup, diode, display, DSLR, LCD, macro, micro, resolution, screen, Sony, structure, technology A mention of 16mm Minoltas reminded me that a few years ago I found a perfect kit – without outer box or instructions, sadly – at an antique fair. A daylight developing tank for the film turned up in the closing-down stock from Konica Minolta’s warehouse. I decided they should really find a new home . . . → Read More: A vintage Minolta 16mm kit Share this: Comments are closed DK's ramblings, Minolta History 16mm, camera, close-up, daylight, Dayload-16, developing tank, development, filter, flash, kit, MG-S, Minolta, Minolta Club, Minolta-16, Photoclub Alpha, photoclubalpha, processing, submin, subminiature On January 5th, Photoworld was lucky enough to be able to attend the dress rehearsal and official photo-call for the new Cirque du Soleil production at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and to put the Alpha 700 through its paces for high ISO fast action stage show capture. This article with large reproductions of . . . → Read More: Alpha 700 shoots the Cirque du Soleil Share this:AT THE Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, Sony has announced introduction of the new Alpha DSLR-A200 camera which has been the subject of some strange speculation but was known beforehand to be a replacement for the Alpha 100. This is the first time a DSLR has been launched to the world at this show, and . . . → Read More: The Sony Alpha 200 launched Share this:SINCE September 2007 I have had for test the Canon EOS 40D, Sony Alpha 700, Nikon D300, Olympus E-3 and Nikon D3 in that order. The reports have been published in the British Journal of Photography, and later on in Master Photo Digital and f2 magazines (some are yet to appear, in February, in these . . . → Read More: Sony Alpha 700 Review Part 1: the Interface Share this: |
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