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By David Kilpatrick, on November 29th, 2011 The download is approximately 65MB of data in a Mac .dmg mountable disk image, or some other stuff for Windows.
The process will take about seven to ten minutes overall including downloading, opening and completing the procedure. You need a battery for the camera with at least three bars showing – preferably fully charged . . . → Read More: Sony Alpha 77 & 65 Firmware v1.04 download
By David Kilpatrick, on November 4th, 2011 Canon has launched, out of the blue as far as we were concerned, a complete fully featured Cinema HD production system including full-frame digital video camcorder and EF-fit lenses designed to compete head-on with the top offerings from Zeiss/Arri and Red.
The Cinema EOS system also competes with Sony right in the heart of Sony . . . → Read More: Canon kyboshes the competition – full cinema system
By David Kilpatrick, on October 29th, 2011 Sony’s Image Data Converter latest version – 4.0 – will handle all Alpha raw files from A100 to A77, and all NEX raw files. It offers improvements in performance and stability, but it also eliminates the need for the Lightbox application (found in v3) as a separate item. You simply browse for a folder of . . . → Read More: Image Data Converter v4 – download now
By David Kilpatrick, on October 18th, 2011
Rhetorical question. Actually, if you read the information carefully, it’s pretty clear that the 1D X is more or less a 1D MkIV (16 megapixels,1.3X frame factor) with the sensor area increased to full frame. The pixels are actually larger than the MkIV so for any given telephoto lens, the true resolution of a sports/news/wildlife . . . → Read More: Does Canon EOS-1D X point the way?
By David Kilpatrick, on August 24th, 2011 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
By David Kilpatrick, on August 24th, 2011 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
By David Kilpatrick, on August 19th, 2011 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
By David Kilpatrick, on August 19th, 2011
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
By David Kilpatrick, on August 11th, 2011 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
By David Kilpatrick, on August 9th, 2011 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
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