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The first thing that is likely to strike you about Sony’s one-inch sensor Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 is size. It’s tiny, slightly smaller in body than the Nikon 1 series interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras using an identical size 2.7X factor, one-inch or 13.2 x 8.8mm sensor. This just a fraction over half the area of . . . → Read More: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 review Share this: Comments are closed  DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, HD Video, Sony Digital Csmeras  review, RX100, Sony, test 
Much of my NEX-7 critique was written while also using a NEX-5n outfit. I was lucky enough to find an opened NEX-5n 18-55mm kit missing its mini flash at a very low price, as new. By the time I had finished completing my NEX-5n system with bells and whistles, the total would almost have . . . → Read More: NEX-5n – sweet sixteen and expandable at a cost Share this: Comments are closed DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, NEX System 5n, Alpha, camera, critique, NEX, NEX-5n, review, Sony The Sony NEX-7 is not a NEX at heart. It’s part of the rest of the Alpha system in every respect except its lens mount, and even that can be converted with a choice of two adaptors. A NEX-7 with an LA-EA2 phase detection autofocus adaptor is little different from an Alpha 65. The . . . → Read More: Sony NEX-7: the high-end hybrid Share this:As Gary says, his e-books do not replace the camera manual and also don’t replace Camera Controls 101 – he writes for the user who already knows which end of the lens fits a screw filter and which end goes on the camera body. His new NEX-7 book fast-tracks into many key features of the . . . → Read More: Gary Friedman publishes NEX-7 ‘beyond the guide’ book Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, DK's ramblings, NEX System Alpha, book, e-book, Gary Friedman, guide, Kindle, manual, NEX-7, PDF, Reader, Sony DURHAM, N.C. — By synchronizing 98 tiny cameras in a single device, electrical engineers from Duke University and the University of Arizona have developed a prototype camera that can create images with unprecedented detail. The camera’s resolution is five times better than 20/20 human vision over a 120 degree horizontal field. The new camera has . . . → Read More: 50,000 megapixel camera Share this:
Canon has pulled off another change in the direction of DSLR development with the EOS 650D, but in the process seem to have accepted a blurring of the boundaries between consumer cameras and enthusiast gear. Sony has finally bowed to pressure and put raw image processing back into a compact, using a larger than normal . . . → Read More: Mixed up market – specced up compacts, dumbed down DSLRs Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), News autofocus, Canon, Cyber-shot, DSC-RX100, EOS 650D, phase-detect, Rebel T4i, RX100, Sony, video In the latest incarnation of Photoshop, CS6, the Photomerge function is faster than ever before and leverages all the context-aware, pixel matching math of the previous versions enhanced to a degree you’ll find hard to believe. Sony NEX and Alpha cameras have the same technology built-in for their sweep panorama mode, but anyone who’s used . . . → Read More: Go wider than wide with Photomerge Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) NEX System, Photo Techniques, Software Reviews 16mm, CS6, images, NEX-7, Photomerge, Photoshop, stitch 
SONY is sometimes accused of not listening to the Alpha or NEX owner when it comes to what features they include in new cameras, and what modifications they offer through firmware to existing owners. There are two points of view on firmware; some criticise updates, saying the product should have been released with the right . . . → Read More: What the buyer wants – NEX-F3, Alpha 37 and more Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), Lenses - Alpha Mount, News, NEX System 18-135mm SAM, 18-200mm LE, A37, Alpha 37, camera, F3, launch, lens, NEX-F3, SLT, Sony 
Side by side on my light table (which collapses with a ‘pop’ when sixteen tons of Nikon is placed on it), and the NEX-7 is given the foreground role to avoid any accusations of using perspective to make it look tiddly. I’m writing some reviews of the Nikon and other new professional DSLRs for . . . → Read More: David and Goliath? Nikon D4 dwarfs NEX-7! Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, NEX System big, camera, compact, comparison, DSLR, large, mirrorless, NEX-7, Nikon D4, professional, small, zoom A new firmware update further boosts operability of the α77 and α65 Translucent Mirror cameras from Sony. Available for free download from 29 March 2012, firmware version 1.05 adds several enhancements to both cameras. Alongside heightened responsiveness, it improves operability of both cameras with a wider choice of A-mount optics by Carl Zeiss and Sony. . . . → Read More: Alpha 77 and 65 Firmware 1.05 released Share this: |
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