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Philip Bloom just got a very good news for all current and future Sony NEX-FS100 owners: “I couldn’t find it anywhere, but I just spoke to one of the main Sony Europe chaps who confirmed to me that Sony will be offering the NTSC upgrade to the PAL versions of the [shoplink 6170]FS100[/shoplink] for free, probably around the Winter time.” The firmware upgrade will enable 24p, 30p, 60p, 60i recording!

Check the NEX-FS100 price and specs at [shopcountry 6170].

Since a long time Sonyservice was a good source for new product leaks. We now have been told that Sony toke action and we will not see any leak there anymore.

Reminder: The latest leak we found at Sonyservice Canada was about the:
NEX5N (This is probably the new code fot the upcoming new NEX-5E)
NEXVG20 (This should be the [shoplink 3058]Sony NEX-VG10[/shoplink] successor)
SEL55210 (This is the 55-210mm lens for NEX).

One of the most…”exotic” cameras has been tested by Luminous Landscape. The camera has two particularities:
1) It uses a Foveon sensor
2) It has a crazy price! Check at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). Scary!!!

But let’s focus on the “Sonyaspect” of the review. First we all know Sony filled some patents for their own foveon-like technology. So it’s interesting to see how the new SD1 foveon sensor performs! And than Luminous Landscape compared the image quality with the Sony A900 and Sony A55 cameras! Read the review here: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/sigma_sd1_review.shtml.

What do you think about the image quality difference? LL says: “The A900 rolls off more smoothly in the highlights. But, when it comes to resolution the lack of an AA filter shows though. The SD1 clearly resolves more micro-detail. This is one of the reasons it is able to punch above its weight when it comes to making large prints. There is simply more detail in the file.“

I have been assured by some of my trusted sources that the NEX-7 image leaked last week is a picture of a real NEX-7 prototype! It’s a very early “stage” image and you should not get confused because of that “NO” button. This was made intentionally to mark the fact that it is a prototype. But keep in mind that this is not the image of the final production version. There could be still some small changes! Reminder, I am 100% certain the NEX-7 has a [shoplink 6075 ebay]Fuji X100 (Click here to see that camera)[/shoplink] style (built-in viewfinder). It has 24 Megapixel sensor and a 3 million dot OLED EVF. The camera should cost around $1.200.

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Mark explanation:
1) 3 Million dot OLED EVF
2) Hot shoe
3) 24mm f/1.8 ZEISS
4) Flash and the Image preview buttons
5) Pop-Up flash
6) Manual Aperture and Shutter Speed controls?
7) ???
8) ???

Reminder (SR = Sonyrumor):
SR1=probably fake rumor
SR2=rumor from unknown sources
SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources (60-80% the rumor is correct)
SR5=almost certainly correct!

Ylovephoto.com found that french A77 and A65 leak at the bottom of page 36 in Réponses Photo (a french magazine). Those are the leaked info and prices:

• Sony Alpha 77 + 16-50mm f/2.8 SAM = 1800€
• Sony Alpha 77 body only = 1050€
• Sony Alpha 65 + 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 SAM = 1000€
• Sony Alpha 65 body only = 900€

What do you think about the price? It’s damn close to what we told you months ago (Click here to read our rumor)! That’s less than the main competition:
Check Canon 7D price at [shopcountry 6954].
Check Nikon D7000 price at price at [shopcountry 6952].

We also told you the lens would cost $799 (in Euro it will be 750). The lens itself costs much less than the counterpart lenses:
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 USM IS costs around around $300 more at [shopcountry 7556].
Nikkor AF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 $ is twice more expensive! Check at [shopcountry 7555].

Both cameras will be announced in late August. Happy with the price???