Sony has Translucent Camera Mirrors

At a recent announcement today in Spain, Sony formally stated that all the future models of Alpha line of DSLRs are going to have beam-splitting translucent mirrors. Most of the time, DSLRs have fully-reflective reflex mirrors that swing out to expose the sensor, but in the case of this new translucent mirrors the light ...

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Sony DPF-D1010 Digital Photo Frame Review–High Quality Exhibition

We end a week of digital photo frames by checking out another fine one from Sony. Sony has already impressed us once with a great budget model, but will their slightly more expensive model, the Sony DPF-D1010, impress as much? Or will we badly overpay here? The Sony DPF-D1010 is a ten inch LCD digital photo ...

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Sony not producing the NEX-3 Camera anymore?

Some of you might remember the Sony NEX-3, as it comes in pink and has had a recent firmware upgrade with the NEX-5. From out of nowhere, it appears that an update of the websites of the NEX-3A, NEX-3K, and NEX-3D have shown that all three models are not going to be produced anymore. ...

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Sony DPF-A710 Digital Photo Frame Review–Inexpensive But Flawed Sony Goodness

This week we've got a set of digital photo frames to look at, and they're every bit as important as cameras. After all, when you've taken all these pictures, how do you show them off? How do you keep them front and center, allowing you to easily recall the great moments of your life? A ...

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Sony MRW-F3 USB Card Reader

Once upon a time photographs were stored on a camera's film that then had to be developed. Now a days, this is no longer the case as an increasing number of photographers are making the switch towards digital cameras. However, without memory cards digital cameras would be virtually useless (minus build-in storage) and without card ...

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Sony A77 DSLR camera with transparent mirror and skin

This is the Sony A77 DSLR, which is apparently a successor to the A700 DSLR. I use the word "apparently" because this is some sort of teaser image from Sony that is an A77, and it has a transparent case and transparent mirror, similar to that on the A55 and A33. As far ...

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Sony to Release E-Mount Standard Specs Starting April 1st

We've known of Sony's E-mount system for quite some time that they would be using on cameras like the NEX-3, NEX-5 and NEX-VG10 in place of the Micro Four Thirds standard. However, up until now, Sony has kept the specs for the E-mount standard under wraps leaving potential third-party manufacturers in the dust. Now, Sony has ...

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Sony’s new patent adds grip to slim cameras

Sony has filed for a very interesting patent for ultra slim cameras: when the cover is moved to reveal the lens, it folds in such way that it forms a grip -- which is genius, to say the least, because it's already quite difficult to hold slim cameras when shooting. Sony has filed patents for ...

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Sony Shows Off Cyber-shot W520, Too

Earlier today we told you of two brand new camera out of Sony dubbed the Cyber-shot HX100V and HX9V. However, what we did not tell you is that the company also debuted another camera called the Cyber-shot W520. This compact digital camera features a 14.1 megapixel CCD sensor, a 25mm wide angle lens with 5x optical ...

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You can pre-order the Sony MHS-FS3 3D Bloggie Touch Camera

We talked about a lot of 3D cameras that were put on display at CES, and one of them was the Bloggie. The Bloggie, or Sony MHS-FS3 3D Bloggie Touch Camera, has a 2.4 inch LCD touchscreen, as well as an LED light for taking photographs in low-light conditions. It is good not ...

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