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
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 5 comments - (Comments are closed)  Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, News  500, 550, 850, Alpha, CCD, CMOS, DSLR, features, HD, launch, Live View, LV, megapixels, model, new, price, sensor, Sony, specification, speculation, video PENTAX UK is pleased to announce the launch of the PENTAX K-7 lens-interchangeable digital SLR camera. The K-7 combines a variety of advanced functions and user-friendly features to ensure outstanding reliability and capability within a compact, lightweight body (says the press release from Pentax in the UK). The K-7 joins the current PENTAX K . . . → Read More: Pentax K-7 -720p video, serious competition Share this:Latest update May 7th: Sony Style pages are starting to show this header picture, which shows three new models all sharing an unusual handgrip design and using the new lenses: Note – the new models have handgrip sensors or appear to – maybe the nickel problem has been conquered. Also note the radical shift . . . → Read More: Alpha 330 – future model? Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Lenses - Alpha Mount, News, Photo Techniques, Software Reviews A230, A330, A380, Advance, Alpha 230, Alpha 330, Alpha 380, DSLR, Family, HD, leak, Live View, model, Series, Sony, speculation, video True to promise, the Nikon D5000 did become available on May 1st in the UK, and my review camera turned up mid-day in time to be photographed and have its battery charged. Taking it out on my walk to the post (regrettably, to send in large sums of VAT and tax…) the sun came out . . . → Read More: Nikon D5000 first day – quick HD vid Share this:My first tests with the Canon EOS 500D were posted on dphotoexpert.com, but given the number of search engines now flagging up this site for Canon 500D searches, I’m putting this post here as well. This is an edited selection, shot in a mixture of 1080 and 720 modes, assembled using iMovie and written as . . . → Read More: Canon EOS 500D video HD example Share this: Comments are closed Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, News 500D, Canon, clip, D-Movie, EOS 500D, example, HD, HD video, video Canon has announced a consumer level EOS 500D camera, with 1080p resolution video limited to 20 frames per second, and 15.1 megapixels but a maximum shooting rate of 3.4 frames per second: http://www.dphotoexpert.com/2009/03/25/canon-eos-500d-151-mp-plus-hd-video/ This continues the trend for all new DSLRs to have HD movie shooting in addition to live view modes, something which Sony . . . → Read More: Canon EOS 500D – video plus 15.1 megapixels Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), News 1080p, Canon, DSLR, EOS 500D, HDTV, launch, video You can download a Sony press conference video from IFA Berlin show via this link: http://www.gginternet1.co.uk/sony01/ It is mainly about HDTV Motionflow, LED technology, Reader, OLED (Organic LED) screens, Handycam, the electronic Picture Frame, something called Sountina which appears to radiate sound from a column speaker – etc. It features Fujio Nishida, President of Sony . . . → Read More: Sony at IFA – press conference video Share this:We have received the first press release today (Sept 8th) for Sony’s presence at photokina 2008. It doesn’t mention the still DSLR range except in referring to digital photography in general. Here is the text. . . . → Read More: Sony at photokina – business solutions Share this:Nikon has introduced some of the technologies we might expect to see from Sony, apparently using the IMX021 sensor (the pixel count on the long edge is 4288, rather than 4272 as normally processed from a Sony Alpha 700 file, but this is within the usual limits of different raw conversions). The D90 is an . . . → Read More: Nikon D90 – 4.5fps, HD video, 12 megapixels CMOS Share this:This is the latest press release from Sony UK – filling the streets of Miami with club-style foam for their new digital photography ad campaign: . . . → Read More: Sony has users foaming at the mouth! Share this: |
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