sonyalpharumors

Yesterdays NEX-F3 announcement may not be a hell of a story but we alreayd have a hell of a NEX-7   Here is a list of the latest news and test done with the camera. On top you can watch the video of Doug Kaye and Frederick Van Johnson discussing the NEX-7. The NEX lens [...]

It’s pretty obvious that most SonyAlphaRumors readers are not particularly excited about the new Sony stuff. The A37, the NEX-F3 and the two newly announced slow zooms are not relevant news for us already owning NEX and Alpha cameras. I understand the call for new NEX and Alpha lenses and new FF stuff. But you [...]

Preorders: A37 is available for preorder at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here) NEX-F3 is available for preorder at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here) Sony 18-200mm NEX lens preorder at BHphoto (Click here) . Sony 18-135mm A mount lens preorder at BHphoto (Click here) . Previews: A37: Dpreview, Imaging Resource , Digitalcamerareview, ThePhoBlographer, Techradar, Pocket Lint . NEX-F3: Dpreview, Techradar, Focus Numerique (French) , Imaging Resource , ThePhoBlographer, Pocket Lint . A37 and NEX-F3 hands-on at Engadget. Interesting notes: If you [...]

Good Morning! Its 5am here in Europe and I am here on SAR ready to start the coverage fo the NEX-F3 and A37 release. I am also curious to see if Sony will give us some hint about the future products like lens roadmaps, A99 prototype and more….   Stay tuned! I am going to [...]

Here is the first 100% real picture of the Sony 18-200mm E-mount lens that will be announced tomorrow. I am not sure yet but I think the only difference between that lens and the current 18-200mm lens is the…color. But I repeat I am not sure, there could also be some minor optical changes… Stay tuned [...]

One of the (almost certainly fake) images floating around the chinese forums. A couple of sources told me that Sony set the price range of the A99 camera between $2,500 and $3,000. The final price will be set this summer but it will be definitely be within that range! Also the name (A99) should be confirmed [...]

Our reader Dennis Bielsa sent me his review about the new and super exlcusive 500mm f/4.0 lens! I say exclusive because you pay $13,000 for it at BHphoto (Click here) ! Thanks Dennis! Her eis the review: This past month I was in Washington DC to shoot the arrival of Discovery at Dulles airport for the Smithsonian [...]

JUst a short reminder for our (lucky) USA readers. The Sony NEX-5n $50 rebate will end soon at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here) . If yu need a NEX camera now it makes no sense to wait for the NEX-F5 because even if the announcement will be in summer I expect the usual 1-2 months delay before [...]

Before you forget it: On Thursday (May 17th) at around 6-8 am in the morning (London time) Sony will have a big product announcement. As you know there will be a new A37, NEX-F3 (damn cool machine!) a new 18-135mm A mount and a new 18-200mm E mount lens. So stay tuned on SonyAlphaRumors to follow [...]

As you may remember a couple of weeks ago I posted a link to a great A57 video made by Korean filmmakers ( Click here to see it again on vimeo ). The video I posted here on top is the making off. great work guys! That’s the way Sony should always promote their new stuff! And here [...]

An unknown source of the Chinese forum Xitek (Click here) posted a full Sony A99 and some other rumors: The A99 has 24 MPX sensor and 102 AF point (I already posted this months ago) It has touch screen and a 3 million EVF Announced in September at Photokina and price $2.800 (I already posted this [...]

a work done with the Sony A77 Fujinon 60mm F2.4 vs Sony 50mm F1.8 Sneak Peek at Photoheadonline (Click here) . 100 Tips from a Professional Photographer ( Gizmodo). E-M5 versus NEX-5N versus G5 at Itmedia (Click here) . Sports Photography with the NEX-7: An exciting, humbling, frustrating, mind-blowing experience. By Matthew Durr at Steve Huff (Click here) . 5 Life Lessons from [...]

Her are a bunch of news from competitors that are particularly interesting for us: First: The Leica X2 (Click here) uses the Sony 16.2 Megapixel sensor (same of the A57) Second: Canon could announce their NEX system competition in June (via CanonWatch). But it is the Third news that really matters most. Nikonrumors posted the possible D600 specs and it really [...]

Image courtesy: Photoscala Sony just issued the new Q4 report (Click here to download) . During the last three months of 2011 digital camera sales fell by 22.5%. Overall Sony sold 21 Million digital cameras in 2012. That’s 3 million less than expected. A bad news but certainly not a Sony’s fault. The Thai flood affected almost all companies [...]

UPDATE via trusted sources: The new 18-200mm from Sony will be All Black and be announced on May 17th along the new NEX-F3. I certainly welcome the idea to make black version of the current NEX lenses. Would love to see a 50mm Black lens too! It has the same optical desing of the current 18-200mm lens! [...]

Sony is active on three fornts, the NEX system, the APS-C system and the Full Frame system. But despite all the (well deserved) merit for launching new tehcnologies (like SLT or mirrorless) there are still many things that we are missing. Sony is still very slow in releaseing new NEX lenses while they are (too?) [...]

From time to time I post patents describing many new technologies like organic sensors and “foveon” alike vertical alligned pixels and so on. But as you know most of the time these patents just remain….patents. Now many top sources confirmed that there will be a new sensor design made for compact cameras. Sony will launch [...]

I am being asked by some SAR readers what’s the news on the fixed lens APS-C model and the Hybrid camera concept. The news I have says that the APS-C camera with fixed lens a là DSC-R1 (here on eBay) will arrive this summer and compete against the Canon G1 X ($799) . Like the Canon it [...]