(SR4) UPDATED ->The Sony A-700 has been discontinued in Holland. The Alpha 800 is coming!

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One of our reader J.V from Holland just received the information from Sony Europe directly!

Here you have the original message in dutch:
“From: SONED.NL.Contact@eu.sony.com
To: xxx@xxx.nl
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: Webform Enquiry from x(Case: 2519xxxx)

Geachte heer V.,

Na aanleiding van uw verzoek, heb ik het voor uw onderzocht.

Het klopt dat de DSLR-A700 niet meer beschikbaar zijn.
De vervanging van DSLR-A700 zal tog de Alpha 8-serie’s zijn.

Ik hoop u hiermee voldoende te hebben geinformeerd.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Sony Support”

In short:

“True, the DSLR-A700 is no longer available. The DSLR-A700 will be replaced by the Alpha 8 series.”

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(SR2) “the a700 successor will have video and AF with video/LV through main sensor.
It will be APS-C and not FF, its display will be a tilting LED and not a LCD and a good OVF.” (Just speculation or does he really know the truth?)

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Sony reposts the firmware updates for A230, A330 and A380 cameras!

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Sony Japan just reposted the new firmware for the Sony A230, A330 and A380 cameras. And here the changes (bad google tranlsation from japanese to english):

* [Software] The body of the target
* Ver.1.00
* “MENU” button “setup menu” of “show version” and select the version you see.
* Details of how to determine the version is listed in the download page.
* “Ver.1.10” is not necessary if you have Okonatsu after this update.

* [Body] software changes
* [Metering mode] is [averaging metering center weighted or spot metering] If that is set to be fixed now as well as exposure and focus fit. (AF when shooting)

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New Sony 1/2.3-inch 10.3Mpixel 50 frame/s Back-Illuminated CMOS Image Sensor

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ISSCC published the Advance 2010 Program which contains some interesting new sensor developments news:

“1/2.3-inch 10.3Mpixel 50frame/s CMOS image sensor fabricated using a 0.13μm 1P4M CMOS process with back-illumination technology achieves sensitivity of 9890e-/lux·s, random noise of 1.7e- and saturation of 8850e-. The sensor integrates a 10b/12b analog-to-digital converter, an internal PLL and a 10b serial LVDS interface to enable a data-rate up to 576MHz.”

I can imagine the sensor to find his use in future Sony camcorders.

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a little bit of everything…

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No One Wants Ordinary Photographers Anymore! (via: Chase Jarvis Blog)

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The Worst Cameras of 2009 (source: digitalcamera-hq)
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Sony Cybershot C905a – Camera or Phone? (source: coolphotoidas)
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Interesting question: What lenses for Sony mirror-less cameras? (dpreview forum)
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All black Friday amazon deals are here: BlackFriday Amazon page

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(SR4) The Sony rumors summary!

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After the November 18 delusion (We predicted the new Sony camera announcement but we hoped to see the new Sony GH1 competitor and not the new Sony NXCAM videocamera) we had many small-talks with our sources. All rumors we are going to tell you know are doublechecked to avoid mistakes like the one we made on November 18:

1) Sony will launch four new compact cameras the DSC-W350, DSC-W360, DSC-W380 and the DSC-W390 in December!

2) Sony will launch the Sony Alpha 700 successor on Q1 2010. Thom Hogan speculates with the A700 successor to be able to record video but we didn’t receive any confirmation on this.

3) Sony has already a REAL! prototype of mirrorless video and still camera which uses a APS-C sensor. The bad news is that the camera is going to be presented on Photokina 2010…that’s in September only.

Remember, this rumors are from our trusted sources only and we are working to get more infos about the next cameras as soon as possible!

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Sony Alpha 550 Digital Camera Review

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Digitalcamerainfo tested the new Sony Alpha 550.

You can also jump directly to the conclusions by clicking the link: http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Sony-A550-Digital-Camera-Review-21295/Conclusion.htm.

The performs very well!

P.S.: Amazon has the camera in Stock for $899.00 (Body-only)

UPDATE:
The is the first Sony camera since very long time to make it into the top 10 weekly japanese DSLR sales!
Take a look:
Bild 3
Source: http://bcnranking.jp/category/subcategory_0008.html

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