Nikon launches a Nikon D3000 (entry-level SLR), a Nikon D300s (enthusiast SLR). Sony reveals accidentally the future Sony Alpha 850 as a relatively inexpensive complément to the Sony Alpha 900 (Full Frame SLR). Find all about it on YLovePhoto.
Category: Sony
We were waiting for it, we were speaking about it, we were murmuring. Here it comes. Sony just let some information leak about their new super-tele-lens to complete an already rather rich list of good quality lenses: The Sony 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM is described in the PDF documentation of the Sony 70-300mm f/4-5.6 G… Read More
2007: 131 million photo cameras
According to IDC, the sales of photo cameras progressed by 24% in 2007 to 131 million cameras. The global market is in the hands of several companies: Canon: 24.5 millions (18%) Sony: 20.9 millions (16%) Kodak: 12.6 millions (10%) Samsung: 11.7 millions (9%) Nikon: 11.4 mililons (8.4%) Olympus: 11.3 mililons (8.3%) For the SLR market… Read More
Sony Alpha 100: New firmware
Check it: The firmware went to version 1.04. http://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/download/DSLR/DSCA100V104E.zip
Two bits of news today that are quite significant of what happens with most of today’s high-end cameras. First, Sony just announced a firmware upgrade for the just-launched Alpha 700 professional photo camera. Some reviewers (like Chasseur d’Images) had noticed that the excellent sensor was not giving its best with the tested cameras (low-contrast foliage… Read More
Sony Alpha: A blog for new photo products?
Sony wanted to react to the (too?) many comments following their (simplistic) presentation of the new products of the SLR market (including objectives) at the recent PMA. For this they decided to include the photo issue in the Sony Electronics Products blog in order to better sequence the information that will be needed at the… Read More
New Sony D-SLR at Akihabara
The successor of the Alpha 100 from Sony (digital single lens reflex camera) was at the center of an article on the web site of Akihabara (the technology business/sales quarter of Tokyo). New Sony D-SLR on AkihabaraNews Nothing great or very new, but 12.8 MP, up to 3200 ISO, 10 frames per second and image… Read More
Nikon D300, Canon 40D – No news!
All is calm on the front of rumors about the future new digital cameras. The beginning of the year 2007 was rich in ideas about the replacement of Nikon D200 and Canon 30D, but there is only now beginning-of-Summer rebates and promotions (rather a classic move for the photo market) to help people’s imaginations. It… Read More
We are still waiting for the newest announcements from Sony photo departement. However, PhotoClubAlpha.com got an official image of the 2007-8 line up. We see everything that has been shown in the beginning of the year, but in a much cleared view. Click to enlarge For people interested in the longer focals, the most attracting… Read More
Monster DSLR comparison guide
Reviewed cameras Canon 30D, 5D, Digital Rebel XT (350D), Digital Rebel XTi (400D), 1D Mark III , 1Ds Mark II Nikon D200, D2Hs, D2Xs, D40, D40x, D80 Fuji FinePix S5 Pro Olympus Evolt E-510, E-500, E-410, E-330 Pentax *ist D, K100D, K110D, K10D Samsung GX-1L, GX-1S, GX-10 Sigma SD-14 Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 This is not… Read More
Sony just announced the new Digital SLR bodies for the high-end of a line started last year with the Alpha 100. No names yet, very few features described, but already some elements to keep in mind. Availability: Some time this year for one of the cameras (you can’t get more fuzzy than that!) Both cameras… Read More
PMA: The new Sony DSLR is official now Sony Alpha-100 After making a successful entry in the market of the digital SLR photo camera with the A100 in July 2006, Sony should be preparing the extension of its product line (still containing one camera only). Most people expect it to take the form of the… Read More
Marcus Karlsen Minolta lens reviews
Marcus Karlsen is a young photographer who is publishing a lot of nice images from his many travels around the world. But it is not only because of his photos that I want to point you at his web site. He is also hosting very detailed and pro-looking reviews of some of the best tele-lenses… Read More
7D/A100 – Compared advantages
Seeing the recent launch of the new Sony Alpha A100, some people asked me whether they should buy immediately a Konica-Minolta Dynax/Maxxum 7D or wait a little more for a Sony Alpha A100. So, let’s try to summarize the situation. My motto, seeing the short delay, Wait for image quality. the Alpha A100 will not… Read More
After expressing my concern about the future of the Minolta photographic system (with Konica-Minolta recently leaving the photo market, orphaning KM digital single lens refelx cameras like the Maxxum 7D), it was opportune to come back on this while Sony just presented its first Digital SLR (DSLR), the Sony Alpha A100. I sincerily believe that… Read More
Polish magazine Fotopolis (www.fotopolis.pl) just published some images taken with the new Sony Alpha DSLR A100. They give a very first impression of the image quality of the camera. Essentially, it is impossible to know the exact state of the camera and its embedded software may not be the final version. But the limited quality… Read More
After the first leaked informations, most of the serious web sites around are presenting today the news of the day: Sony Alpha A100 becomes the first photo camera to enter the field of digital single lens reflex (D-SLR or DLSR) for Sony after the demise of Konica-Minolta a few months ago. To know it all…
Sony Alpha A100, first peek
A very attentive guy found real images of the new Sony D-SLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) on the Sony-Style web site.
20 new lenses at Sony
This is the announcement of Toru Katsumoto, Senior General Manager at Sony, in charge of the Digital Imaging Business Group. In a publi-interview, he tells us that Sony does not intend to wait with the current large offer of existing lenses compatible with the Minolta lens-mount. They will launch 20 new lenses in year starting… Read More
Norvegians from Digit.no show what appears to be the first sighting of a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera Alpha from Sony. Probably a replacement for the Dynax/Maxxum 5D. http://www.digit.no/wip4/detail.epl?id=91529