At PIX 2015 we took the opportunity to sit down and talk with industry leaders while they were in our neighborhood. Sony’s Alpha system has made some interesting moves over the last year, and we asked product manager Kenta Honjo all of our burning questions, including what’s in store for the future of the system. Read more
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Sony has just announced a brand-new full-frame camera, the Cyber-shot RX1R II. Successor to the RX1 and RXIR, the new model brings some significant updates, most notably the same sensor and hybrid AF system as the company’s flagship mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, the A7R II. We’ve had our hands on the R1XR II and we’ve put together some first impressions. Click through to read more
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A Raw file is a Raw file, right? Well, not exactly. Lately, there’s been a lot of talk and a lot of anger about the compression Sony uses in its Raw files. Compressed Raw files aren’t uncommon, but they’re usually compressed in a way that retains all the original ‘raw’ data from the sensor. That doesn’t seem to be the case with Sony’s latest cameras. Read more
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A Raw file is a Raw file, right? Well, not exactly. Lately, there’s been a lot of talk and a lot of anger about the compression Sony uses in its Raw files. Compressed Raw files aren’t uncommon, but they’re usually compressed in a way that retains all the original ‘raw’ data from the sensor. That doesn’t seem to be the case with Sony’s latest cameras. Read more
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Earlier this week we took you ‘under the hood’ of the Sony a7R II, metaphorically. Now, thanks to our friends at iFixit, it’s possible to take a literal look inside the a7R II. Ifixit took delivery of a production sample a7R II at around the same time as we did, but while we were out testing its AF system and checking to see how its sensor measures up, the hard-working crew at iFixit were busy taking it to pieces. Click through to see what they found
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Sony has released updates to its popular RX-series compact cameras, leaving the externals pretty much unchanged, but with a major update to their sensors. Both the RX100 IV and RX10 II feature a newly-developed 1inch 20MP stacked CMOS sensor, which allows them to capture 4K video and a whole lot more besides. We’ve had our hands on pre-production samples and you can see (and read) more after the jump
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At the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas last month, we got our hands on some mockups of Sony’s upcoming FE-mount lenses. Originally promised to start shipping this month, Sony has yet to announce final pricing and availability but it is showing working pre-production samples of the lenses at CP+ in Yokohama, Japan. We’re there, and we wasted no time getting our hands on the new lenses – now complete with glass inside them, which is welcome change from the last time we saw them. Click through to see for yourselves
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UPDATE: Sony has released an image taken with its curved sensor, and provided more details on what we might expect from its curved sensor technology. We’ve updated our previous story with this image and details. Read more
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The sensors inside digital cameras are – generally – flat. But curved sensors promise greater sensitivity, better image quality, and provide scope for simpler lenses. Recently, Sony showed off some examples of curved image sensors, including (tantalizingly) a full-frame chip. Device manager Kazuichiro Itonaga claims: “The team has made somewhere in the vicinity of 100 full-size sensors with their bending machine. We are ready.” Read on to learn more about this exciting new tech, how it imitates the human eye, and how it may find it’s way into consumer products.
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Of all the major camera manufacturers, Sony has the most new products on show at the Photo Plus Expo in New York, after the flurry of new Alpha and RX-series cameras released in the past couple of months. We had a fascinating (and fun) interview this morning with Kimio Maki, the brains behind the A7 and RX lines which we’ll be writing up soon, but in the meantime, click through for a quick tour of the new cameras.
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