Tag: NEX

  • 30mm Sigma for Sony NEX

    30mm Sigma for Sony NEX

    Confirming their participation in the race for more E-mount lenses for the Sony NEX family of cameras, Sigma presented a prototype of the upcoming 30mm f/2.8 E.

  • Sony NEX lens roadmap (E-mount)

    Sony NEX lens roadmap (E-mount)

    Quite interesting: Sony Japan published a roadmap of the future lenses for the NEX line-up. Even in Japanese, it is quite easy to discover what is being prepared for the next two years:

  • Canon, Nikon are afraid of Sony

    OK! Maybe not statue-frozen by fright, but Amateur Photographer gave us today a few interesting data points showing that Sony quickly progresses in the photo market including in the interchangeable lens camera segment. AP tells us that on the Japanese market, where Nikon and Canon together loose about 11% of market share, Sony reaches the…

  • Sony NEX in 2011

    I heard indirectly that a new NEX camera will be presented by Sony. As always, it will be an ultra-compact photo camera but with an APS-C digital photo sensor installed in it. Apparently, it would hold a 16.7 MP sensor (already seen in the Sony Alpha SLT-A55). I think that it could be named NEX-4.…

  • New NEX firmware for the experts

    Sony revealed that the cameras from the NEX range will be totally transformed for the photographers who believe that they are experts. To start with, two keys will become programmable: The lower key (advices) will allow: Exposure modes Guide/advices Digital Zoom Sensitivity (ISO) White Balance Metering Mode Flash Correction DRO / HDR Creative Modes MF…

  • Sony NEX: New richer firmware?

    It is quite possible that Sony already is working on updates to the Sony NEX camera firmware to bring more controls in video capture mode (which is still quite limited). According to slashcam.de, this comes from Ichiro Takagi (Deputy President of the Imaging Business Group of Sony). We would have to wait until the opening…

  • Sony: A toast to absent friends!

    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…

  • Sony, pre-Kina leaks

    It seems that Sony is not as tight-lipped as usual in the preparation of the upcoming Photokina show in Köln, Germany at the end of next month. The offering is now nearly certain: 4 Alpha cameras and a set of lenses can be expected. They should be announced on August 24 (next week). Alpha 33…

  • Sony E18-200mm f3.5-6.3 OSS, available

    Sony just announced that this lens awaited as a key item in the Sony NEX range will be available from September 10th, 2010 at the steep price of 99,750 yens, or about 920 euros. Optical stabilization, focal range equivalent to 27-300mm, aluminium alloy finish; This should be a nice object.