Sony Tidbits…


Adapting Wildlife Lenses to Sony Cameras: Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports Lens Review

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Sony RX100 VII review by Maarten Heilbron.
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Is Consistency Important in my Photography? (MirrorlessRumors).
12 Photography-Centric New Year’s Resolutions (Explora).
Adapting Industrial Lenses For Macro Photography (Peter Y Lin).
Camera Conspiracies: Guaranteed Camera and Lens Predictions For 2020

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Competition news: Fuji has announced this nice looking X100V

Fuji X100V at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon and FocusCamera.

Fuji has announced this fixed lens X100V APS-C camera. It’s a kind of camera that has no competition on the market. Maybe a niche Sony should attack with a special RX camera? Would be nice if Sony could widen their product portfolio don’t you think?

What I like about this kind of camera is that it’s super compact. My dream is this: Sony making a super small and think FF E-mount camera with a series of f/4.0 pancake lenses for it :)

Sony says “coronavirus outbreak in China could affect image sensor and electronics business enormously” !

Nikkei reports:

Sony told investors on Tuesday that the coronavirus outbreak in China could disrupt its operations, despite raising its operating profit and revenue forecasts for the current fiscal year, mainly due to strong sales for its image sensor business.

The epidemic in China has cast a pall over the otherwise bright picture, with Sony’s Chief Financial Officer Hiroki Totoki warning: “It may negate our revised earnings outlook,” at a news conference in Tokyo the same day.  “Depending on the future progress of the virus, we cannot deny that our production and sales supply chain for the image sensor and electronics business could be affected enormously.”

Which components will be affected most?

At present, Sony assumes the virus may have the biggest effect on its smartphone image sensor and module parts production, as well as production of its PlayStation 4 gaming hardware, depending on when its plants are back in operation.

While Sony didn’t mention camera I am pretty certain their ALPHA roadmap will be affected by this. Sony cameras are produced in their Thailand factory, Sony sensors in Japan and lenses are produced in China. Still, there is a complex chain of components that travel across all Asia. And of course if the sensor business is affected we can expect supply shortages for cameras too!

Now that’s bad new considering that just yesterday CIPA reported that in 2019 the camera industry had it’s worst year of the decade :(

 

HyperDrive GEN2: Next Generation USB-C Hub. 2X Speed & Power launched on Kickstarter

The new HyperDrive GEN2 has been launched on Kickstarter. This might be an ideal tool to transfer your images on your mobile device. With HyperDrive GEN2, you get

  •  4K60Hz HDMI HDR (vs 4K30Hz HDMI on 1st generation USB-C hubs)
  •  300MB/s UHS-II MicroSD/SD (vs 104MB/s UHS-I MicroSD/SD)
  •  10Gb/s USB-A Gen 2 (vs 5Gb/s USB-A Gen 1)
  •  100W USB-C Power Delivery (vs 60W USB-C Power Delivery)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIl05sfrTVY

Sony might be very seriously considering launching this Drone!

Back in 2018 Sony had patented this Sony Drone concept. I didn’t hear anything since than and thought Sony might stopped the project. But today a new patent surfaced that was filed just 3 months ago (October 8 2019).

This new patent explains in a more advanced way how the drone works. For example it has gesture controls:

I don’t know if Sony should really adventure in this market where DJI is currently having a big momentum…

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Sony A6600 VS Sony A7III | Can YOU Get More for Less?! (TheEveryDayDad).
SIRUI 50mm Anamorphic Lens Footage (Cinema5D).
Recharge USB-C and USB-A Devices with the HYPER GaN 100W Charger (Explora)

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