Sony TidBits…


Sony RX1 review by Cnet

Why choose a Sony DSLR (Photographyreview).
Sony a77 1080p video appears similar or identical to 720p capture digitally up-sampled (Mitros).
NEX-5r and Speed Booster test at Siammirrorless
10-18mm E-mount lens test at DC.watch.
Sony RX1 macro test at Onemorelens.
Sony Expands XAVC Format Ramps Up 4K Development and Drops XAVC S (cinescopophilia).
Sony NEX PZ 16-50mm F/3.5-5.6 OSS review by Kurt Munger.
Flash Test Zeiss Sonnar 35 mm f/2 sur Sony RX1 (Focus Numerique).
Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 first impressions at SonyAlphaLab.
HX300 review by SonyAlphaLab.
PlayMemories Camera Apps “Motion Shot” video on Youtube.
PlayMemories Camera Apps “Light Shaft” video on Youtube.
20mm pancake presentation at Heise (German).

NEX-FS700 now shoots 4K with the external HXR-IFR5 unit.

NEX-FS700 Camcorder 4K Update from Sony Professional USA on Vimeo.

That is likely the only bigger A or E-mount related news of the NAB show: The Sony NEX_FS700 E-mount camcorder can shoot 4K with the new external HXRIFR5 unit. Anyway, don’t worry, regular A and E mount rumors are coming soon on SAR and Hasslebald and Zeiss should announce their E-mount stuff soon too!

More info about the 4K news at Blog Sony, Engadget.

New video of the Sony 4K camera (FZ mount, 8 Megapixels, no mirror and coming in 2014).

The video on tops shows you the new 4K Sony prototype. While there are no official specs the camera is “rumored” to have an FZ mount (like the F5 and F55 Cinealta cameras) an 8 Megapixel sensor and definitely no SLT or optical mirror. This is a pure mirrorless camera with Electronic Viewfinder. It’s going to be release sometimes in 2014 and it will compete against the Canon EOS-1D C .

I am not a big fan of videocameras with DSLR shape. Doesn’t really make a lot of sense. I think Blackmagic did a smarter move with the Pocket Cinema Camera ($955 at BHphoto). A compact video only mirrorless camera with CineRAW DNG recording and 220MBs Pro RES. Sony should so a camera like that in E-mount!

More pictures of the new Sony FF SLT (or mirrorless)

The friends over at Engadget (Click here) posted some nice new pictures of the Sony prototype camera and lenses. As you see from the image on top Sony displayed what looks to be a Full Frame DSLR shaped camera. I am not sure this has SLT technology..it may be that this is a pure mirrorless camera with DSLR shape. The camera could be a 4K competitor of the Canon EOS-1D C (here at BHphoto). Engadget reports that “Unfortunately, Sony says that these devices won’t make it to market for quite some time, so photogs will have to make do with this eye candy for now.

So this is not a pure A-mount photographers camera but more of a FZ or PL mount 4K camcorder.