Sony future sensors

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VIa EOShd.com we learned that Sony’s sees the following trends in digital CMOS sensors:

– Ultra high speed
– Global shutter
– Wide dynamic range
– Increasing depth of field

More setails at EOShd.com

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(SR3) The first Sony NEX mirrorless cameras are very similar to the Panasonic GF1

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According to the same sources that posted the NEX5 and NEX3 specs (on a chinese forum) both cameras will be very compact. He says the shape is very similar to the Panasonic GF1 and it doesn’t have built-in electronic viewfinder. A bigger model with better video capabilities and built-in EVF is planned to be announced after the NEX5-NEX3 models.

REMINDER Fot those that still don’t know the specs:
He says the name of the mirrorless cameras will be “NEX5” and “NEX3“. They have a new mount…the “E-mount“. And they will come with two lenses: 18-55/F3.5-5.6 , 16mm/2.8.

Here the specs:

14mp APS-C CMOS
-brand new Sony E mount (adapter for A mount)
-used SDHC or MS
-RAW supported
-3.0 LCD 920K color
-11 AF point
-ISO 200-12800
-Video recording (model NEX5: 1080 NEX3:720p) format Mp4 or AVCHD
-built-in flash and AF Assistance light
-new FW50 batteries

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Sony Alpha DSLR-A550 Review at CNET UK and Fotopolis

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CNET UK tested the Sony A550 and came to this short conclusion: “Sony’s made some strange design decisions, but it’s a decent dSLR overall“. read the whole review here: http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/digitalcameras/0,39030232,49304956,00.htm

One more review has been made by the polish website fotopolis.pl (Click here for the english google translation)

Check price an availabilty of the Sony A550 on amazon.

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