Many French-speaking lovers of the Sony (ex-Minolta) photo cameras know about the excellent web site of Alpha Numérique which is providing a wealth of varied informations (often appearing in the link lists I publish monthly in relation with photo software programs). Eiffel Tower, by night – Copyright (C) Yves Roumazeilles Now, I would like to…
Category: Sony Alpha 550
Five D-SLR shoot-out
Barry Fitzgerald decided to offer us a comparison of five of the entry-level D-SLR. I invite you to read to the conclusion which should please some of the admirers of Pentax. The reviewed cameras are: Sony Alpha A230 Sony Alpha A550 Pentax K-x Canon EOS 1000d/Rebel XS Nikon D3000
Camera Raw 5.6 is here
Ready to celebrate the arrival of 2009 Beaujolais Nouveau, a new version of the RAW conversion utility from Adobe is here: Camera Raw 5.6. It supports a whole lot of recent cameras: Canon EOS 7D Canon PowerShot G11 Canon PowerShot S90 Leaf Aptus II 5 Mamiya DM22, DM28, DM33, DM56, M18, M22, M31 Nikon D3s…
End of year coupons and offers
Since this is time for the end of the year and its high sales of electronic gadgets and photographic gear, here also comes the time for cashbacks, sales and promotions. The photography market will not forget this in these recession times and there are many offers and promotions or bundles. Among the offers I tried…
Sony Alpha 500 & Sony Alpha 550
Sony has presented two new DSLR cameras for the middle of its range: Sony Alpha 500 & Sony Alpha 550. Obviously developped simultaneously and sharing a lot of features, they are offering 12/14 MP APS-C sensors and very good continuous shooting, even in the LiveView mode which has been brought to a very good level…
Prices of the new Sony cameras
Collected from the German computeruniverse.net web site: DSLR-A500 body only: 649 Euro DSLR-A500L with 3,5-5,6/18-55 mm: 749 Euro DSLR-A500Y with 3,5-5,6/18-55 mm + 4,5-5,6/55-200 mm: 949 Euro DSLR-A550 body only: 749 Euro DSLR-A550L with 3,5-5,6/18-55 mm: 849 Euro DSLR-A550Y with 3,5-5,6/18-55 mm + 4,5-5,6/55-200 mm: 1049 Euro DSLR-A850 body only: 1999 Euro DSLR-A850Q with 2,8/28-75…
Sony Alpha 550
The next camera to be announced by Sony will be the Sony Alpha 550. While we don’t know much, I am informed that it will be a Sony Alpha 500 with a larger sensor resolution (probably going to 15 MP).
Sony Alpha 500, now!
They’re here! A German site, DigitalKamera, started spilling the beans before the official date (or is it the official hour?). So, Sony is really about to launch (as expected) the following DSLR cameras: Sony Alpha 500 Sony Alpha 550 Sony Alpha 850 Among the most important or most notable news, I would immediately mention: The…
News expected this week
We are told that this Fall is a great time for news on the SLR market. I let you judge by yourself: Canon: one announcement would be a definite possibility to replace the Canon 1D Mk III with a Canon 1D Mk IV and maybe also a Canon EOS 7D whose top cover and a…
New cameras spotted all around
There is a bizarre rush for visibility in the online shops all around the web. I start to feel that most of them are actual fakes. Let’s check this: Several (accidental?) leaks from Sony web sites, showing Sony Alpha 500, 550, 850 (and possibly Alpha 750, but this one may be a counter-fire). A German…
New Sony Alpha, on August 25
Sony Taiwan just sent a few invitations to the local press to present new products in the Sony Alpha series. The announcement will be done on August 25 (maybe a little earlier or a little later everywhere else in the world). Everybody expects to see the presentation of the Sony Alpha 850 and maybe also…
Sony Alpha 700, this is the end
Surprise on the Sony Japan web site: The Sony Alpha 700 is no longer listed as a consumer SLR camera between the Sony Alpha 380 and Sony Alpha 900. This can normally be considered as the sign of its imminent disappearance in favor of a new camera. Or several ones…
Sony Alpha names
A new leak at Sony Style (from the USA, this time) confirms (this is no longer a surprise) the arrival of the new following cameras: Sony Alpha 500 Sony Alpha 550 Sony Alpha 850 Apart from the Sony Alpha 850 already well known from a User Manual leaked on a Sony Hong Kong web site…
Possible leak of the Sony Alpha 850
Thanks to Dyxum forums, we know that there is a very strong possibility of seeing a new Sony photo camera under the name of Sony Alpha 850. The camera registration system on Sony Style has been shortly showing the following option for registering Sony cameras: Actually, there is currently no DSLRA850 in Sony line of…
Sony: 2 new SLR cameras
Just a quick post: Sony is going to bring the oft-announced SLR cameras: Sony Alpha 500 and Sony Alpha 550. But it seems that these relatively small improvements to the mid-range of Sony SLR cameras will be joined soon with two new Full Frame cameras. More details coming soon, right here.
Upcoming Sony Alpha 800
PhotoRumors is telling us about an anonymous leak describing a possible new Sony Alpha 800 with the following features: 16.2 MP full frame sensor EXMOR R (new technology) 100-25600 ISO 8 frame/sec SSI, same a900 OVF, new AF system, GPS and WiFi built-in 3.5″ LCD display Pop-up flash Flash sync: 1/500s Camera level 23 AF sensors…
Sony will launch Alpha 500 and Alpha 550
The sonystyle.ca web site (Canada) has just been revealing something: When you try to register a newly bought camera you are offered the choice of registering: DSLRA500 (read Sony Alpha 500 body only) DSLRA500S (read Sony Alpha 500 in standard zoom kit) DSLRA550 (read Sony Alpha 550 body only) DSLRA550S (read Sony Alpha 550 in…