After a little over a week of using the the Alpha 77 in firmware version 1.02 (as delivered in UK in late September), our Alpha 77 body locked up during a concert gig shoot when using the SAM 28-75mm lens which had been fitted for the first time that day. It is not possible to . . . → Read More: Alpha 77/65 Firmware Update to 1.03
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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 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 
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:
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 There is a rumour, which the ides of August may stab in the back or elevate to divine truth, that the coming Alpha 77 will have 24 megapixels. Because of this rumour, there is a lot of very negative discussion going round to the effect that 24MP on APS-C is far too much and the . . . → Read More: The truth about 24 megapixels Share this: 9 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, News 24 megapixel, A77, Alpha 77, launch, sensor, Sony Sony UK today announces the launch of PR!NT, an online photo printing service for their e-community, powered by PhotoBox. Users can upload, archive and share images and order from a wide range of PhotoBox photolab products ranging from straightforward prints to novelty items and albums. Simple to use, photos can be printed at the click . . . → Read More: Free 30-page Photobook for Sony owners Share this:That is, the next slot in Sony’s programme of new product releases. Almost exactly five years after the Alpha 100 was launched to the world (also a Wednesday in the second week of June, back in 2006) Sony selected an auspicious date to announce the NEX-C3 and the Alpha A35. But these cameras, rather like . . . → Read More: Wait for the NEX SLT, folks… Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), HD Video, News, NEX System 30mm, A35, Alpha, firmware, HVL-F20S, macro, NEX, NEX-C3, Sony, update |
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