Sony TidBits (and new A55v review at Imaging Resource)

[youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdMvJBUlEW4[/youtube]

Sony Alpha SLT-A55V review at Imaging Insider!

[shoplink 3058]Sony NEX-VG10[/shoplink] at SonyInsider

Sony Alpha A390 review at Techradar

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX7 Review at InfoSync

[shoplink 3003]Sony NEX-5[/shoplink] The ideal Note Pad ? Seen by an AkihabaraNews Fan, 100% subjective and fully assumes it.

Sony Alpha NEX-5 High ISO JPEG Noise preview (Cameralabs)

NEX fisheye lens image samples on PConline

The a560/580 has Mirror Lockup!

After adding the DOF preview Sony also added Mirror Lockup! This has been one of the most requested “features” by Sonyfolk! As you might remember we had a Sony MLU petition (SonyAlphaRumors supported the petition). I guess your pressure did the job and Sony did the great job listening to you!

Source: http://forums.dpreview.com

Official Sony A560/A590 product specifications are available at Sony.net (click here to download the .pdf). Also the A33/A55 manual is available for download

Something else: See the Sony A55v “naked” at CNET Asia ;)

P.S.: Sounds like Kagoo has some A580 cameras in Store

(SR3) Nikon is still using Sony sensors! And Pentax will soon come with their Sony powered cameras!

UPDATE: I will check the rumor with my other sources. I downgraded the rumor rating and I hope to give you an update soon. Anyway the source gave me good and correct news in the past. He is reading your comments and he will answer your questions!

The rumor:
As you may remember Thom Hogan “speculated” that Nikon is or will starting to produce their own sensors. A source told us that this is NOT going to happen:

new D3100 CMOS is indeed Sony designed and manufactured, to Nikon specs. It is basically a Sony CMOS with some mainly cosmetic differences and since not all pixels are being normally used at the edges, it gives the manufacturers the leeway to make the specs change to make them look different. Sony’s policy, for over a decade, has been to sell its chips to competition with 6 months delay. Although Nikon had sample chips to design their products, they could not start making the products during the 6 months of Sony selling products with the same chips, unless Sony has a different arrangement with Nikon, which I doubt. Nikon does not have the expertise to design its own chips, never the kind that Sony designs. Nikon would never be able to achieve Sony’s expertise. See the video codec on the Nikon CMOS. Do you really believe that it is different than Sony’s. It’s just set at 24p; that’s all. Do you believe that Nikon could design chip with this codec? Do you think that Sony would licence them the technology to copy Sony’s design? Sony and Nikon have a strong relationship and work together in fighting Canon. Canon is really nervous about Sony camera releases. The [shoplink 3003]NEX[/shoplink] and the 33/55 cameras are and will be marketed totally differently than previous Sony cameras, where Sony just continued the Minolta tradition, until they developed their own cameras, which were from the beginning meant to properly integrate video and still photography, which is the future trend and it is where Sony expertise lies. Total misinformation is that Sony is getting out of FF sensor business. Sony’s future is no OVF on APSC and a pro FF line with OVF. That will be Sony’s main future emphasis. That will naturally include continuous design and manufacturing of FF CMOS sensors. Pentax tried Samsung sensors. They dropped tham and went quickly back to Sony. No company cam produce better sensors than Sony.”

P.S.: We from SonyAlphaRumors that Sonys next step is to satisfy the semi-pro and after that the pro market. So stay tuned!

Sony TidBits

Nex-5 & filters test from polispol on Vimeo.

Field Review: Sony NEX 5 (Day 1) at ThePhoBlographer

Motimotion.at tested following for lenses on the [shoplink 3003]Sony NEX-5[/shoplink] (using the Sony E-Mount to Nikon lens adapter):

Which is the best? Look for the answer at motimotion ;)

NEX 3D Sweep Panorama StereoPhotoMaker Tutorial at SonyAlphaNex

[shoplink 3028]Sony Alpha A850[/shoplink] review at Techradar.

More reviews and videos of the new Sony stuff


Canon 550D vs Sony A55 on BHphoto Video AF Comparison

Hands On: Sony A55, A560 and 24mm F2 ZA SSM (ThePhoBlographer)

Sony A55 DSLR Camera Review; Super Fast & Powerful at Devicemag

Sony Alpha 33 photo gallery at Letsgodigital

For our spanish readers: Sony A55V y A33: bajo la lupa (Quesabesde)

For our japanese readers: article on DC.watch

Preorder the camera on BHphoto!
Sony A55 on BHphoto
Sony A33 on BHphoto
Sony A560 on BHphoto

BHphoto and SonyStyle do have the new Sony A55, A33 and A560 available for preorder!

You can now preorder the new cameras and lenses on BHphoto. Good news: “usually ships between 7-14 days“!!!

Click on those links to preorder the camera!

Sony A55 on BHphoto
Sony A33 on BHphoto
Sony A560 on BHphoto

Sony A55 on SonyStyle US
Sony A33 on SonyStyle US
Sony A560 on SonyStyle US

Soon we will write a post with all shops where you can preorder the cameras and lenses!

Still a lot of work to do with new rumors, news and more…

Dear readers!

You may will not believe me but I received 783 mails in 48 hours. I need some time to read them all. Many of you sent me new rumors, reviews and other news. I will post them during the next days and weeks don’t worry.

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