Sony announces the new super fast Memory Stick cards right in time for the upcoming new A77 SLT camera :)

Don’t call that a coincidence! I were wondering if Sony would release a new fast Memory Stick card that can manage the data of the future A77 24 Megapixel camera that can record over 10 frames per second. The answer came today. Sony Japan (Click here) just announced the new Series MS-HXB PRO-HG duo Memory Stick cards. It reads 50MB/s. Worldwide shipment will start on May the 10th. Ther eare 8GB, 16GB and 32GB cards. Price has yet not been disclosed.

Dimensions: 20 × 31 width × height of about 1.6mm thick
Weight: Approximately 2g
Connectors: pink clock frequency 14: 60MHz
Interface: 8-Bit / 4-bit parallel interface and serial

Nikon announces a new Sony competitor (with Sony sensor?)

As you know Sony canceled the new product announcements in very last minute. Unlike Nikon that today announced the new Nikon D5100. I guess also that camera uses sensors produced in Sony Fabs in Japan. A wonder if the camera shipment will be deleted. You can see specs and preview at DPreview (Click here). Price and preorders at Amazon (Click here). It has the same price as the [shoplink 5509]Sony A580[/shoplink] and as the [shoplink 3617]Sony A55[/shoplink].

So what are your thoughts on this?

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Zeiss announces the Cp.2 adapter for E-mount

The Zeiss CP.2 adapter for E-mount will be start shipping in June. With that adapter you can use the $4.000 CP.2 lens on your NEX cameras. Those lenses are welcome addition for filmmakers. I would not buy it for still work because that’s not the use (and not the price) they are meant for. There is a list of all lenses at BHphoto.

Press release is avaiable on DPreview (Click here).

Sony TidBits

Sony Cybershot DSC-TX100V review at DC.watch.

Sony DSC-HX9V review at DC.watch and Quesabesde.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W570 review at CNET Australia.

Sony NEX-5 with Leica 50mm Elmar-M Collapsible (SonyAlphaNex).
Click those direct links to check the NEX-5 price: [shopcountry 3003].

Sony A55 review at DigitalcameraHQ: “The A55 is a heck of a camera. It’s a first-gen product that Sony basically nailed; they’ve also stated publicly that all of their future dSLRs will be based around pellicle mirrors, so while the A55 is the top dog in the SLT lineup at the moment, there will be a clear upgrade path in the future, probably even up to a full-frame shooter. As we said at the top of the review, we whole-heartedly recommend the A55, the first time we’ve ever done so with a Sony dSLR.”
Click those direct links to check the A55 price: [shopcountry 3617].

NEX-FS100 useful links and reviews (Nigel Cooper doesn’t like the camera)

Our readers sent me a lot of useful links to NEX-FS100 info and reviews. I’d like to share them with you:

00aieouoo sent us the link to the video you see on top of the page. It has been shot with the following lenses:
– A Sony Alpha 50mm f1.4 with E-mount adaptor. See specs and price of the lens at [shopcountry 6095].
– An E mount 16mm f2.8. See specs and price of the lens at [shopcountry 2998].
– The Stock lens 18-200 f3.5-5.6. See specs and price of the lens at [shopcountry 3060].

Paul sent us that link: http://www.nxcamhd.info (a newly created vimeo group).

Rod sent us the link to the first test: Nigel Cooper is not amused with the Sony NEX-FS100E review! That is what he says: “All-in-all, the FS100 feels like a very rushed camcorder. The ergonomics are terrible, the fixtures and fittings are pretty much the same, the switches, dials and knobs are too small and they feel horribly plasticky with a vague feel i.e. you don’t really know if you have actually pressed a button; you need LCD menu feedback to confirm. The hand-grip on the side wobbles, even when tightened up, so to does the top handle/mic holder, which feels like it is hanging on by its fingernails. Everything about this camcorder is just so awfully wrong.”

Lando sent us the info about the Super 35mm sensor at Wikipedia.

Thanks guys for your very precious help!

Sony slowly recovering from the earthquake/tsunami disaster

The NYC (Click here) interviewed Howard Stringer CEO of Sony: “Two of the company’s sites in that area, a Blu-ray disc factory and a research and development lab, were badly damaged by flooding; about 1,100 employees were trapped on upper floors. Eight more factories, dedicated to making things like lithium-ion batteries and semiconductor lasers, were also thrown off line, in some cases because of direct damage from the natural disasters, in most cases because of electric failures.”

In an official press release Sony Japan announced that they are slowly reopening their plants. The major problem right now is the power supply which has to be reestablished in a few plants.