In a few hours, the two new SLR photo cameras from Sony, the Sony Alpha 77 and Sony Alpha 65 will be fully official. Since a lot of information reached our ears already through a number of different leaks, it is now possible to make a few educated guesses and to attempt a comparison with…
I nearly missed this information bit which had been right under my eyes for quite some time, but here are the launch prices of the Sony A77 in September 2011. Sony Alpha 77 + 16-50mm18-70mm f/2.8 SAM = 1800€ Sony Alpha 77 nu = 1050€ Sony Alpha 65 + 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 SAM = 1000€ Sony…
When Sony first entered the SLR market in 2006, not many people were sure it would be a successful move for a company with a no significant reputation outside of the compact point-n-shoot world of cameras. However, they drew a bold ace by buying the assets of Konica-Minolta (essentially all SLR photography assets for Minolta).…
I may not be a fanatic of the HDR (High Dynamic Range) images which are often exaggerating their effect. Here, Andrew Rees went much farther. He shot the city of Cardiff in Black and White, produced thousands of images to be assembled into HDR photos, then concatenated into a 12 frames per second video. The…
There are a few little sounds that come from people who know about Sony. First, and this is no longer a rumour, Sony has delayed the availability of the Sony Alpha 560 until beginning of 2011. The exact date seems a bit unclear (January or later?) and the reason is still unknown (production/manufacturing issues or…
When they presented the new Sony Alpha 560 and Sony Alpha 580, yesterday, Sony published a family photo for the two Alpha and NEX ranges. Nobody is missing. But two products are obviously absent: The Sony Alpha 700 has been removed completely from the photo. There no longer is any 500mm f/8 mirror tele-lens (which…
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…
If you listen to PhotoRumours.com ramblings, it is now clear that the next DSLR photo cameras from Sony will be APS-C cameras from the Alpha series: Alpha 33 Alpha 55 Alpha 560 Alpha 580 The first two (Sony Alpha 33 and Alpha 55) would be entry-level cameras able to capture HD video and using the…
2010 is decidedly a critical year for Sony: Nearly all the photography product portfolio is going to be renewed and many innovations are coming to sustain this. Even better, at the end of September, the Photokina fair in Köln, Germany, will allow Sony to announce and present several key products defining this rebirth, this jump…
You thought that Sony was preparing an SLR photo camera with video recording features? (as previously announced for the successor of the Sony Alpha 700, expected later this year) Here is something else entirely: Sony just presented a video camera (not a photo camera) with a 35mm (or Full Frame) sensor. It will probably knock…
Finally, Sony told us some about the future of the Alpha line of D-SLR cameras. Unfortunately, it does not mean that we will see new cameras soon. The discontinued Alpha 700 will receive a replacement (who is surprised, really?) and it will come with a wide-angle lens Zeiss Distagon T* 24 mm f/2 ZA SSM…
We are waiting impatiently for the launch of new SLR photo cameras from Sony, but here is the weirdest rumour seen in China about this. A Sony Alpha 707 with HD video capture and ISO 12.800 sensitivity and a Sony Alpha 900SH with HD video. Seriously! I can’t believe it for a moment… It’s so…
From all sides, we hear that the Sony Alpha 700 is now reaching the end of its commercial life. Several web sites (including Sony UK and e-tailers like Adorama) indicated it as such. The question, asked over and over here and there, is still: What camera will follow in its footesteps? For the time being,…