UPDATE: Sony booth  at CESwill open tomorrow. So only than we will see the eventually new NEX and Alpha camera prototypes. If you are there feel free to send us your report/pictures! Thanks!

Sony press conference is over and there was little to be excited about the digital photography news. Sony introduced a bnch of new compact cameras including the DSC-TX100V wich records video in 1080p60. Defacto this is the only interesting news!

I hope the Sony booth will sow the rumored NEX prototype…

Official press release text:
– Sony announces six entry level compacts (Dpreview)
– Sony unleashes five Cyber-shots with 16.2MP CMOS sensor (Dpreview)

We embedded the Sony live stream in this post. You can also follow the conference at ustream.tv. The conference starts at 5pm Las Vegas time (that’s 1am in the night in London).

UPDATE_5: It was a pretty uninteresting conference. 1 hour of talk about all kind of stuff with no very interesting digital camera news.

UPDATE_4: Sounds like Sony will talk about 3D stuff only. Meanhwile DPreview published the Press Release about the new Sony compact cameras.

UPDATE_3: Conference started! Of course the first theme is 3D…

UPDATE_2: What we can expect to be shown at the conference: New bloggie cameras, compact cameras, new 3D videocameras and more consumer stuff. Sony could also choose to not talk about NEX and Alpha cameras and just show the new prototypes at the Sony booth in Las Vegas.

UPDATE_1: Just to keep me and you busy -> I received some unreliable rumors from new sources. Like for example that Sony will announce a mirrorless partnership with Nikon :)  Sounds almost impossible! As I said in the previous post. Keep the expectations low….for now.

Good news folks! Sony unveiled the new compact cameras. Why is that good news? Tonight Sony will held a live press conference. I expect them to show something more than just the already presented compact cameras ;)

The first website to report the compact camera news is Focus Numerique.

Sony launched the H-Series with large zoom new waterproof cameras and more…That’s a total of 9 cameras! As we told you yesterday the compact cameras with 1080p60 will be announced in february and not yet!

IMPORTANT: Stay tuned at SonyAlphaRumors. We have at least one rumor which will be posted soon. And we will post the live conference on SonyAlphaRumors! The conference starts at:

– 5pm San Franciso time
– 8pm NYC time
– 1am (Thursday) London time
-10am (Thursday) Tokyo time

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Good news folks! If you want to watch live the next Sony product presentation you only have to visit SonyAlphaRumors tomorrow! We will embed the stream from Ustream.tv in our website. The conference starts Wednesday at:

– 5pm San Franciso time
– 8pm NYC time
– 1am (Thursday) London time
-10am (Thursday) Tokyo time

Let’s hope Sony will announce some surprises! Please Sony, don’t show us a NEX mockup, show us the real camera :)

via Sony Insider

Sony F3 vs Panasonic AF-101 Field of View comparison from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

There are more Sony F3 short videos on Philip Blooms website: http://philipbloom.net/2010/12/26/stardust/

Will Canon also go translucent? (ThePhoBlographer)

A website I didn’t “understand”: How to Make Sony Great Again (Sinfo)

Sony A580 Review- (Parts I and II Combined) at Alphamountworld.

Dear SAR readers!

I wish you all the best for the new year!

I Thank you all for the help and support you gave me, for your patience, for your nice mails and for the news and rumors you send me everyday to make my job on this website much easier. I learned a lot from you and I hope I can make this website become even better than it is now.

Right now I am working hard to get new info about the upcoming NEX and Alpha cameras. As usual this is not an easy job but I am quite confident 2011 will become the year where Sony can satisfy all the patient Alpha owners that are waiting for new professional cameras and lenses.

So let’s jump together in the new year! :)

A big Kiss!
Andrea

The theme for this week’s challenge is, people. Click on that flickr link to send your pictures. Don’t forget to tag every photo with “SonyPhotoChallenge” and “SonyAlphaRumors“!
This task closes on Tuesday 4 January 2011 at 12:00 GMT. The winning shot will receive a brand new NEX-5 camera from Sony.