New NEX-7 tests at Luminous Landscape (and 12mm lens tets at 3Dkraft)

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La Parroquia from The Luminous Landscape on Vimeo.

There is a new NEX-7 versus A900 comparison at Luminous Landscape (Click here). As usual with LL this is a very honest and interesting review (Bravo!). I am not surprised to see the NEX-7 image quality to be on par with the A900. And it also makes me even increase the expectations on the image quality of the upcoming new A99 with 24 Megapixel full frame sensor. P.S.: Here are the links to the still amazing A900 camera: [shopcountry 3032].

Meanwhile 3Dkraft (Click here) made a sort of crazy test. He attached the [shoplink 11180 ebay]12mm f/1.6 Hypeprime m43 lens (Here on eBay)[/shoplink] on the NEX-7 via m43 to E-mount adapter: “As expected, the image circle of this m4/3 lens does not cover the whole APS-C sensor format. But the shadowing effect is less than expected as you can see in the following example taken at F2.0”

NEX-7 availability status:
I am in contact with stores in Europe and USA. They all told me that the new NEX-7 body only stocks will arrive in February. The kit version is due for March. So here is the full link list:
[shoplist 8454]

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Huge! New Metabones Canon to NEX adapter with electronic aperture control!

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Now that is a small news that could turn out to be very important! I know of many Canon users that are tempted to join the NEX system. Canurus (Click here) announced a super Canon C-mount to E-mount adapter that will make their choice much easier :) This isn’t just one of those cheap manual only adapters you usually found [shoplink 11174 ebay]here on eBay[/shoplink]. It has electronic aperture control! And Canon lenses with Image Stabilization will also work on your NEX! More info:

  • True electronic integration of aperture diaphragm – let camera automatically choose aperture in P or S exposure modes, or dial in yourself on the camera body in A or M modes.
  • Powered by camera body. No external power source required.
  • Wide open button (opposite of depth-of-field preview function) makes manual focusing easy.

Estimate launch date for the adapter is January 21st!

P.S.: The Sony NEX-5n is back in Stock in limited quantities via third party reselelrs on Amazon (Click here).

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(SR5) future Sony compact camera specs and images leaked.

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I wish I could found such leaks for SLT and NEX cameras. A belgium online store leaked the new Sony compact cameras that should be in Stock by June only! Here are the links:

Sony DSC-HX10 : http://www.fvdshop.be/dsc-hx10-digitale-compact-superzoom-dschx10-p-6828.html
Sony DSC-HX20 : http://www.fvdshop.be/dsc-hx20-digitale-compact-superzoom-dschx20-p-6829.html
Sony DSC-HX200 : http://www.fvdshop.be/dsc-hx200-digitale-superzoom-camera-dschx200-p-6830.html
Sony DSC- H90 : http://www.fvdshop.be/dsc-h90-digitale-compact-camera-dsch90-p-6827.html
Sony DSC-TX20 : http://www.fvdshop.be/dsc-tx20-digitale-waterproof-camera-dsctx20-p-6834.html
Sony DSC-WX50 : http://www.fvdshop.be/dsc-wx50-digitale-compact-camera-dscwx50-p-6831.html
Sony DSC-WX100 : http://www.fvdshop.be/dsc-wx100-digitale-compact-camera-dscwx100-p-6832.html
Sony DSC-W690 : http://www.fvdshop.be/dsc-w690-digitale-compact-dscw690-p-6833.html

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Optical versus Electronic viewfinder. A new POLL!

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Today Sony made it clear once again that electronic viewfinders are the future while Nikon stated they are committed to optical viewfinders. A year ago I asked if users would prefer Sony to make camera with optical viewfinder or if they bet on the new electronic viewfinder “philosophy” from Sony. And the results were more on less on par. But one year ago we only had that not so good viewfinder technology from the A55 as reference and today we have that super high quality OLED technology from the A77/NEX-7. I am curious to see if you changed your mind and if in your opinion Sony is betting on the right horse:

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In Stock status:
The only new NEX-7 I found is in Denmark and on sale on [shoplink 11147 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
The A77 is in Stock at Sony US (ships end of the month), Expanys USA (Click here), Expansys Canada (Click here), Expansys UK (Click here), Amazon Germany (Click here), Amazon Japan (Click here) and Amazon Cina (Click here).

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Sony Interview: The future is mirrorless!

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Imaging Resource (Click here) interviewed Mr. Mark Weir, Senior Manager of Technology and Marketing at Sony Electronics Inc.

– Sony clearly says that Optical Viewfinder DSRL are…dead: “It’s hard to imagine that 10 years from now, cameras will operate the way they did 60 years ago“. The future are mirrorless cameras!
– There is a tremendous demand for our NEX-5N and for the NEX-7: “and that cuts across the grain from what you would expect if the mirrorless segment was originally designed to attract that step-up point and shoot user who wasn’t ready for an SLR.”
– Thai flood and production status: “we’re looking forward to ramping up to meet the demand of our consumers in February and March.”
– Sony is clearly committed to Full Frame even if the vast majority of the market is APS-CI. It’s a big challenge to create a big size Translucent Mirror: “so it’s not for the faint of heart, but we’ll see.”

There is much more in the Interview but the general picture is easy to understand. Sony is working on a Fullframe SLT camera. But the main affords goes to the NEX system.

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