Sony Alpha Tech is going to be implemented in Sony’s Smartphone cameras
Sony’s struggling smartphone division has made two crucial decisions:
- They entered a partnership with Light to create Smartphone cameras with very high quality photocameras
- Tech from the Sony Alpha division is from now on going ot be used on those phones
The new Xperia 1 is the first smartphone having EyeAf and built-in Luts:
In an interview with Trustedreviews Sony said:
Normally when you take a picture, the phone will then compress it into a JPEG and then add the noise reduction. How Alpha does it is that it takes the Raw image, adds the algorithm to reduce the noise on the Raw image, then compresses it to JPEG, then you put noise reduction on top. That’s how Alpha is doing it. From Xperia 1, that’s how Xperia 1 will do it as well
The knock-on effect was that Alpha guru Kimio Maki is now head of product development for Sony Mobile and actually stopped production on what would have been a Sony XZ4. “He said “okay, so we work with Alpha here, let’s take this bit, we work with the CineAlta brand, let’s bring this bit”. He opened up the whole of digital imaging for us.”
I wonder if that will finally change the fate of their afflicted smartphone business…
Canon EOS-R sensor gets tested at DxOmark: The Sony A7III has a considerable one-stop advantage at Low ISO
DxOmark tested the new Canon EOS-R sensor and found it can in no way come close to the Sony sensors used by the A7III and Z6:
At its base sensitivity of ISO 100, the Canon EOS R has a very good dynamic range of 13.5 EV. However, the BSI sensors in the Nikon Z 6 and Sony A7 III are wider still, with around a 1 EV advantage. At ISO 200, their advantage is eroded to a difference of no more than 0.4 EV, as seen in the relatively flat slope to ISO 400 in the chart below. Although practically negligible, this may be consequential in some situations when using software later on to try to correct exposure errors, especially when lifting shadows.
After that, though, both the Nikon Z 6 and Sony A7 III sensors have a wider dynamic range, measuring around 0.7 EV more at every ISO setting through to ISO 51200. At 102,400, however, the EOS R’s range is practically the same as the Nikon’s, but the Sony’s smoothing at that setting widens its dynamic range.
Noise levels are relatively well-controlled in the Canon EOS R sensor, but it can’t quite match the inherently lower noise levels of the BSI sensors used in the Nikon Z 6 and Sony A7 III. The difference in signal-to-noise ratios is more noticeable at low ISOs, though, and the values are so close at higher ISOs that it’s unlikely you’d be able to distinguish among them, at least for out-of-camera JPEGs. However, in testing for our low-light ISO score (see here for the protocol), both the Nikon Z 6 and Sony A7 III still have a noise advantage of 0.25 EV and 0.44 EV, respectively, which could prove beneficial when adjusting exposure levels post-capture.
New Sony 135mm f/1.8 vs Sony 85mm f/1.4 lens comparison
Sony 135mm f/1.8 vs Sony 85mm f/1.4 lens comparison
Preorders:
Sony 135mm GM at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and FocusCamera. EU at ParkCameras, WexUK and Calumet DE.
Sony RMT-P1BT remote commander at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and FocusCamera.
Sony T* Circular Polarizer Filters at BHphoto and Adorama.
New firmware update for the Sony A6000 improves AF stability
Download it here: sony.com/electronics/support/e-mount-body-ilce-6000-series/ilce-6000#downloads
Benefits and Improvements from the latest update:
Improves stability of the AF operation
One more deal for EU readers: You get the new SOny A6400 for 908 Euro only at Amazon France (Click here). This is 150 Euro less than the normal price!
Sigma CEO Yamaki confirms “a lens designed for the Sony FE system is going to be released this year”
In an interview releases at Lenstip Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki confirmed our previous rumors:
A short flange back model designed for Sony FE system is going to be released this year.
So this will be Sigma’s first lens designed for mirrorless (and not adapted from existing DSLR designs). Hurray!
He also said that he is “very impressed” by the sales volume of their current FE lenses.
Now the big question is….what kind of lens will they release first? I am sure it will be a prime lens (no zoom yet). What are you hoping to get? Let it know in the comment system!
–
Sigma FE lenses:
Sigma 14mm f/1.8 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 20mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 24mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 35mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 50mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 70mm macro at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 105mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 135mm f/1.8 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Canon 70+ megapixel camera migth be announced by end of this year…
A new competition rumors: We can safely say that Canon will announce a new High Resolution camera by end 2019. It will feature a new 70+ megapixel sensor and on sensor stabilization.
Sony already stated many times in the past that their GM glass resolves up to 10 Megapixel FF sensors. I guess future A7rIV or A9r camera might get closer ot this number too!
–
via MirrorlessRumors via CanonRumors
- Previous
- Page 1
- …
- Page 1,249
- Page 1,250
- Page 1,251
- Page 1,252
- Page 1,253
- Page 1,254
- Page 1,255
- …
- Page 2,893
- Next