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Sony Corporation announced today that it is developing a new type of E-mount interchangeable lens camcorder for professional use that is equipped with a Super-35mm equivalent large format CMOS sensor. This new addition to Sony’s professional “NXCAM” line will be available in the middle of 2011. Editor’s Note: Super-35mm is not full frame 35mm. . . . → Read More: Sony to develop Super-35mm pro camcorder Share this: Comments are closed  HD Video, NEX System  Alpha, camcorder, E-mount, NEX, Sony, Super-35mm, system, video I’ve finally got round to trying a ‘proper’ videocast – perhaps the first of regular short demonstrations – with the Alpha 55 offering me HD filming while demonstrating the NEX-5. And I can use the NEX-5 to film stuff about the Alpha 55. A Canon 60D helped, though its inability to refocus during filming (which . . . → Read More: HD videocast – NEX adaptors and odd lenses Share this: 11 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, HD Video, Lenses - Alpha Mount, Lenses - SR/MC/MD, NEX System adaptors, Alpha, lens, NEX, Sony, video Many Sony Alpha products are included in the Sony UK VAT-back scheme which will operate until December 24th. Items purchased from authorised retailers from October 28th onwards may be eligible for a claim, and Sony will return the equivalent of the 17.5% VAT paid to the customer directly. This is not actually VAT back, as . . . → Read More: Sony VAT-back offer – UK only Share this: Comments are closed Cameras (DSLR), Lenses - Alpha Mount, News, NEX System Alpha, discount, NEX, refund, Sony, UK, VAT Sony has released the firmware upgrades which were promised at photokina for the NEX models NEX-5 and NEX-3, and the Alpha mount lens adaptor LA-EA1. Photoclubalpha readers in Europe can download the firmware upgrade from: http://support.sony-europe.com/hub/hub.html Autofocus is now supported when using the NEX-5/NEX-3 with 14 lenses from the full range of A-mount optics . . . → Read More: NEX firmware upgrades released Share this:We filmed the entire Sony press conference at photokina. It is split into three sections about 7 minutes each. During filming using the NEX-5, the camera at one point started to show an overheat warning. At this point I should have moved the articulated screen away from the camera body, but did not want to . . . → Read More: Sony Photokina Press conference video – in full Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), HD Video, News, NEX System Alpha, announcement, conference, movie, NEX, photokina, press, Sony, video, youtube Please see this page for details of NEX full-frame compatibility: http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2012/08/19/should-nex-go-full-frame/. Further information updated August 19th 2012: Paul Genge left Sony UK on Friday August 18th 2012, after many years with Minolta, Konica Minolta and Sony in turn. He is setting up his own website company. ——————————————————————————————— At photokina 2010, Paul Genge of Sony UK . . . → Read More: NEX firmware update details in full Share this: 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), Lenses - Alpha Mount, News, NEX System firmware, NEX, photokina, Sony, upgrade Sony today announced upgrades and a road map which will keep NEX E-system adopters more than happy – especially those who have added NEX to their Alpha outfit. Diehard Alpha purists will be less delighted. At the photokina press conference, a two-year rollout of additional NEX lenses was announced including a fast Carl Zeiss wide-angle, . . . → Read More: Sony affirms NEX future – and SLT path for Alpha Share this: 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, News, NEX System A33, A55, Alpha, DSLR, firmware, lenses, NEX, SLT, Sony, translucent, video, Zeiss I have made a simple (f/2.8 and f/8 chart set) Adobe Lens Profile for the 16mm f/2.8 NEX E-series pancake lens. It seems to work well for closer distances, because that’s how it had to be made; CA is reasonably well corrected, vignetting is eliminated, and distortion of closer lines – maybe if you are . . . → Read More: Adobe Lens Profile for 16mm f/2.8 NEX Share this: 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Lenses - Alpha Mount, NEX System, Software Reviews .lcp, 16mm, ACR 6.2, Adobe Lens Profile, correction, lens, lens profile, LR3.2, NEX, profile OVER the past few days I’ve been looking at the NEX-5 and a range of lenses and optical systems. I’ve got adaptors for C-mount (16mm/TV/CCTV) lenses, Leica 39mm screw, Minolta MD and the LA-EA1 for Alpha A-mount. The NEX-5 has proved able to provide a surprisingly bright focusing image through a classic German microscope: . . . → Read More: Fitting a Vectis 80-240mm to the NEX Share this: 11 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Lenses - Alpha Mount, Minolta History, NEX System adaptor, fit, lens, lenses, mount, NEX, Vectis Sony, which has a UK event taking place on Thursday July 15th showcasing new products for the Christmas market, has surprised us by launching its NEX mount HD camcorder with 14.2 megapixel CMOS sensor and 18-200mm OSS interchangeable lens much sooner than anyone expected. . . . → Read More: NEX camcorder launched Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), Lenses - Alpha Mount, News Alpha, AVCHD, camcorder, camera, Handycam, HD, NEX, NEX-VG10E, Sony, video, zoom |
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