Tag: Alpha 900

  • Alpha 900 launch: gala dinner Edinburgh

    Here, for some light relief, is an Alpha 700 + 24-105mm Minolta D documentary on the press dinner thrown for journalists from all the countries of the European region when they gathered in Edinburgh for the Alpha 900 launch!

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  • Alpha 900 launch: Press Conference Part 1

    By Shirley Kilpatrick – transcribed from recording made during the conference in Edinburgh.
    (This is a close transcript of speeches delivered by Sony execs, with photos).

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  • A900 and Raw Photo Processor

    This post has been removed at Sony’s request, due to the use of pictures taken with a prototype 16-35mm not authorised for release.

    – DK

  • Alpha 900 – finder and frames

    It’s not going to be long before we see the Alpha 900, and some cameras are known to be out there on trial in the hands of Sony staff and pre-release testers. I am not one, so rest assured, this is not a leak! What can you expect from the Alpha 900’s full-frame prism finder?

    (Note: this post was written in early August – it is now 100% certain that the finder is 100%, and at 0.74X magnification will be – as had been hinted – the largest of all current DSLR finders in apparent visual terms except the EOS 1Ds Mk III which is 0.76X. Comparisons: EOS 5D 0.68X, Nikon D3 0.70X)
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  • Photokina – a look back, and forward

    At the end of September 2006, I set off for a quick visit to photokina in Cologne, having parted company with Icon’s am-pro magazine ƒ2 and not really needing to report on the whole show in detail. Here’s the report I wrote then, with photos, and some thoughts for the 2008 show. (more…)

  • Alpha 900 launch

    There seems to be a lot of speculation about the Alpha 900 or Pro, and uncertainty about the timing of introduction. The August 14th date is not the 900, it’s two Cybershot models. The Alpha 900 will, as far as we are aware, be shown to the press on September 9th/10th worldwide.

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  • Sony 24.8 megapixel full frame CMOS announced

    Sony Corporation today announced the development of a 35mm full size (diagonal:43.3mm) 24.81 effective megapixel, ultra-high speed high image quality CMOS image sensor designed to meet the increasing requirement for rapid image capture and advanced picture quality within digital SLR cameras.

    Full frame Sony sensor

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