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Zeiss, Cosina, Sigma and Tamron – NEX E-mount future

By David Kilpatrick, on February 8th, 2011

Sony Corporation announced today it will disclose the basic specifications of its “E-mount” for interchangeable single lens cameras, without fee, to manufacturers of lenses and mount adaptors, starting April 1st, 2011. This was previously confirmed at the photokina press conference – now they have revealed that Carl Zeiss AG, Cosina, Sigma and Tamron will all . . . → Read More: Zeiss, Cosina, Sigma and Tamron – NEX E-mount future

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Alpha 850 official press release

By David Kilpatrick, on August 27th, 2009

Sony has announced the Alpha 850 today, without a press conference, but via email to editors. The press release follows, confirming pretty much everything we have already been able to reveal about the 850. One exception – it does have dual BIONZ processor, not single, just a slower image throughput perhaps due to clock speed, . . . → Read More: Alpha 850 official press release

2 comments - (Comments are closed)   Cameras (DSLR), Lenses - Alpha Mount, News   , , , , , , , ,  

Sensor-feed Live View in new Alpha 500

By David Kilpatrick, on August 24th, 2009

ACCORDING to specifications revealed on a German site, the new Sony Alpha 500 will have a 12.3 megapixel CMOS sensor capable of providing Live View to the rear 3 inch medium resolution screen – with Manual Focusing at 14X magnification. The in-prism based Quick AF Live View is retained, giving a choice between two entirely . . . → Read More: Sensor-feed Live View in new Alpha 500

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Alpha 500, 550 and 850

By David Kilpatrick, on July 21st, 2009

Sony’s September launch for 2009 looks set to include three new models – the Alpha 500, 550 and 850. The model numbers are confirmed by the usual backdoor leak, appearing in the registration database for SonyStyle USA in this case (Canada has been a past culprit, updating databases associated with their site before the product . . . → Read More: Alpha 500, 550 and 850

5 comments - (Comments are closed)   Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, News   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Sony Alpha 200 – guided tour and overview

By David Kilpatrick, on February 14th, 2008

The Sony DSLR A200 is now on sale, following the end of Alpha 100 production. Although it is without any doubt the Alpha 100 replacement mentioned by Sony executives in October 2007, when they first revealed that the 100 was no longer being made, it is not an exact equivalent and represents a mixture of . . . → Read More: Sony Alpha 200 – guided tour and overview

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