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When I had the Canon 60D and 600D cameras for the usual brief period of magazine review loan, one of the things I could have tested more thoroughly was the excellent implementation of sound input gain control. Since it worked, and worked really well, I had no need to. Any system with auto gain, in . . . → Read More: Sony – please add gain control to A77 sound Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed)  Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, HD Video, NEX System  Alpha, audio, control, framing, gain, HD, mic, NEX, Sony, video On Saturday, the Household Cavalry chose to provide a guard of honour for a wedding couple lucky enough to have planned their wedding for the day the mounted regiment was in town. I photographed the event from the unique viewpoint of an Alpha 55 fitted with a Sigma 8-16mm superwide zoom, mounted on a . . . → Read More: Alpha 55 video of a rare occasion Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), HD Video, Photo Techniques Alpha 55, HD video, Sigma 8-16mm, wedding 
With the latest Alpha 77, Sony has introduced SLT version II, the new upgraded ‘Translucent’ mirror. This is in an attempt to reduce the ghosting effects created by having an angled mirror between the lens and sensor, the image forming rays passing through a semi-silvered (pellicle) surface, through a thickness of polymer film, and then . . . → Read More: Smoke and Mirrors – an idea for Sony Share this: 27 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings camera, concept, design, digital, EVF, light path, mirrorless, SLR, SLT A recording – advance for half an hour or so to miss the lengthy setting-up process – is available of the web Q&A which Paul Genge of Sony handled tonight for a UK and worldwide audience of over 450 web-browsers. Here are some resumé details and comments made during watching the webcast: Paul failed . . . → Read More: Sony UK’s live Q&A webcam sesssion Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), HD Video, Lenses - Alpha Mount, News, NEX System A65, A77, Alpha 65, Alpha 77, EVF, NEX-5n, NEX-7, OVF, SLT, Sony All the predicted new models from Sony were unveiled today – the Alpha 77, Alpha 65, NEX-7, NEX-5n and NEX-VG20. Full details are up on Sony’s websites. The A77/65 cameras will be on sale from October 2011 onwards. View Sony press information online. Those who grab the cameras will find the virtual 1.09X 100% field . . . → Read More: Sony launches new range Alpha, NEX Share this: Comments are closed Cameras (DSLR), HD Video, Lenses - Alpha Mount, News, NEX System A65, A77, Alpha, Alpha 65, Alpha 77, NEX, NEX-5n, NEX-7, NEX-VG20, Sony The Summer edition of Photoworld magazine is now available on-line in two forms – through our YUDU subscription, and through the Photoclubalpha website membership subscription. This will be our last quarterly, as over the last few years the website had taken over as a more practical vehicle for news and comment. In place of the . . . → Read More: Summer Photoworld – our final quarterly Share this:
An invitation to a Sony event on August 15th seemed perfectly timed for the announcement of the Alpha 77 and 65, NEX-7 and NEX-5n. In fact, those cameras were launched in Greece on August 24th – and Photoclubalpha, as a very minor player in this business, was not on the guest list. Nor could we . . . → Read More: Sony DEV-5 and DEV-3 digital HD filming binoculars Share this: Comments are closed DK's ramblings, HD Video, News binocular, DEV-3, DEV-5, digital binoculars, electronic, HD, Sony, video The press release below has just come out from Sony UK. I fear you will be disappointed if you are expecting to watch informative, instructional videos because they are not – they are devoid of high value content, and are just rather superficial plugs for features on Sony cameras. Not all these are . . . → Read More: Sony UK’s ‘Howto’ videos released Share this:The Sony Enfield warehouse and distribution centre was torched by rioting ratboys last night. There are several vidoes on YouTube. Comments include that 750 people have lost their jobs (not sure what this means). Sony is due to hold a press launch event in south London, just one mile away from the Ealing and . . . → Read More: Sony’s London warehouse burned to the ground in riots Share this:
Before reading this article, which has attracted a lot of traffic and attention, please remember this is my personal speculation and could be entirely wrong (I’ll be very disappointed if it is miles off target and they omit GPS… or my reading-between-the-lines turns out to relate to a different product like a superzoom pocket camera . . . → Read More: Watch the birdie – will Sony’s GPS surprise? Share this: 7 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, News A77, Alpha, Alpha 77, GPS, Sony |
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