“Awakening” – Flycam Nano, Sony a55, Sigma 10-20, ND Filters. You can buy the Flycam on [shoplink 7693 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Helicoid Leica M to NEX E-mount Lens Adapter (SonyAlphaNex).

Yashica Yashinon 50mm DSB 1.9 lens tested on the NEX-3 at OneMorelens. See that lens on [shoplink 7692 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]

Sony NEX-C3 image samples at Ganref.

Sony A35 review at CNET.

Sony NEX-FS100 Accessories with Brian Young. Check the NEX-FS100 price and specs at [shopcountry 6170].

Sony A580 review at Quesabesde. Price checks at [shopcountry 5509]

Sony NEX Macro Extension Tubes Available on [shoplink 7587 ebay]eBay[/shoplink]! (found via SonyAlphaNex).

NEX-C3 High ISO Noise Test at SonyAlphaNex. The camera has also been tested by the japanese Xamera.itmedia.co.jp and DC.watch websites.

Sony SLT-A35 Hands-On Preview at Photoxels. German A35 video presentation on youtube.

Sony Cybershot DSC-HX100V Review (Photographyblog).

Sony World Photography Awards Goes 3D at ePhotozine.

The Japanese website BCNranking displayed the latest data about the Japanese camera market. There are a couple of interesting points:

Most sold cameras with interchangeable lenses (May 2011):
The first two position are held by the two entry level cameras from Nikon and Canon. The best placed Sony camera is the [shoplink 3003]Sony NEX-5[/shoplink] on Pos. 7 with 5.3% volume share. In Japan NEX cameras are more popular than the Sony SLT and DSRL cameras. Take into consideration that in Japan one third of all sold system cameras are mirrorless!

Mirrorless Market Share (January to May 2011):
Olympus volume share is 37.95% of the whole mirrorless camera. Right behind you find Sony (32.02%) and than Panasonic (30.03%). The year 2010 ended with following shares Panasonic (38.7%), Sony (32.2%), Olympus (29.1%). As you see Sony didn’t gain any market share. I guess one of the main reason could be the lack of new NEX lenses :(

Market share for all interchangeable cameras:
If you count the all interchangeable cameras (Mirrorless and DSLR) than Canon leads with 29.3%, followed by Nikon (27.4%), Sony (15.0%), Olympus (12.7%) and Panasonic (9.7%). Canon and Nikon both loosed market share during the last months. Sony made small steps forward but I guess the upcoming new A77 A65 and NEX-7 can give them a new sales boost.

You can’t have those detailed sales details in other countries. The only very unreliable and partial measurement for non japanese countries are the Amazon TOP sold camera rankings:
Amazon US rankings (Click here)
Amazon DE rankings (Click here)
Amazon UK rankings (Click here)
Amazon FR rankings (Click here)
Amazon IT rankings (Click here)

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Some “higher forces” asked me to publsih this poll to ask the community if they would like Sony to re introduce the “Rokkor” brand on future lenses. This would help to get away from those boring names like “SAL-30M28” or “DT 35mm f/1.8 SAM Lens” and anchor the future lenses on a glorious past. You can read a bit of history at Camerapedia, Alphatracks, and Minolta.rokkor.de.

You can still get [shoplink 7518 ebay]Rokkor lenses on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and use them on your NEX cameras!

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P.S.: Don’t ask me who those “higher forces” are :)

That’s almost unbelievable! A company with a minimal camera division like Ricoh just bought the Pentax imaging division from Hoya! You can read the full press release here: hoya.co.jp (pdf file!). As you know both Ricoh and Pentax are currently using Sony sensors. By merging the two camera division the Ricoh-Pentax will probably become much stronger and this means more competition for Sony (In the DSLR segment Pentax is currently on 4th place right behind Sony). Ricoh is quite an innovative camera maker (see the interesting althaugh not perfect [shoplink 7499 ebay]GXR modular system[/shoplink]) and Pentax is well know for their “photographer oriented” camera design. Those are two characteristics Sony should learn from!

The video on top shows a (funny) mechanical Intervalometer (Via SonyAlphaNex).

A full Sony NEX-C3 Review at korean SLRclub. But they post the korean text as JPEG so google translation tool will not work :(
Take a look at those search links ot see if NEX-C3 preorders are available at [shopcountry 7207].

Le Sony Alpha 55 à l’épreuve du (tout) terrain (Alpha Numerique).

Rokinon 85mm f/1.4 at BHinsights.

As you know the A77 will have USB 3.0. And there are more and more products coming. Lexar’s just announced the USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Reader.

Sony A55 HDR test at DC.watch.

Pentax displayed a new “Q” mirrorless camera. That camera is smaller than the smallest camera to date, the [shoplink 7207]Sony NEX-C3[/shoplink]. But that was ony possible by using an ultra tiny 1:2.33 inch sensor (what the hell?). For the record, Pentax uses a 1:2.33 inch backlit sensor. You can read more about the Pentax “Q” on MirrorlessRumors.com.

What’s more important is that Pentax will release a more advanced mirrorless system in autumn. And they will probably use Sony APS-C sensor! I would have loved if Pentax would have joined the NEX system but instead they will make their own new mount :(