Ahead of my full review of the Sony HX300 which had a small place in my camera bag for my trip to the FWI in the Caribbeans, and to answer some of your questions and comments about the huge and insanely wide focal range fo its lens, here are significant images that show what it [...]
It’s rare in photography that image quality doesn’t suffer the more compact the camera becomes. The two just don’t work well together. It’s a purely physical thing. It’s this very enigma that camera makers have set out to resolve in recent years. They’ve succeeded so far in offering a largely improved quality of image in [...]
“A rugged all terrain compact camera in a precious compact body” here’s how Sony introduced the new Cyber-shot DSC-TX30 announced today, the new waterproof compact digital camera (10m deep). The camera is also shock resistant, can work in cold cold temperatures as is dust dust resistant. It features a CMOS sensor “Exmor R” (BSI) of [...]
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V is replaced in 2013 by the DSC-HX300V in the range of Sony bridge cameras. The HX300 will be upscale, and the flagship of the range unless Sony have reserved a surprise for the rest of the year like a bridge camera with the 1″ sensor of the Cyber-shot RX100 for example [...]
In a video posted on YouTube, Sony is showing us how the gorgeous Cyber-shot DSC-RX1 is assembled, by hand, like a Leica in a German Leica factory or a precious watch made in Switzerland. The video is interesting if you are into technics as it will show you which parts go where, how they are [...]
I wondered how to approach the Sony RX1 review… The Sony Cyber-shot RX1 is certainly not a compact camera like any other ! Indeed, when Sony unveiled the first compact camera with a full frame sensor mounted behind a prime Carl Zeiss Sonnar T * 35mm f/2.0 lens surprised everyone. Avid photographers and lovers of [...]
It is beautiful, it is expensive, it is a full-frame camera, it is the envy of many, the Sony RX1, which some have already imagined heirs to come in an interchangeable lens version, was in my hands the past few days for its review. Without betraying the conclusion of the test Sony RX1 review, I [...]
My fellow editor Renaud Labracherie has received its final production sample of a Sony RX1 earlier this week and just published the camera’s images of the studio scene at various sensibilities, from ISO 50 to ISO 25,600. So, how does the RX1 at high ISO setttings ? He has a hard time having the right [...]
As you may know last week I visited the Paris photo show and seized this opportunity to visit to Sony booth where the Sony RX1 was just waiting for me. This was my first encounter with the Sony RX1, this premium compact camera which is also the only camera of its kind : the very [...]
But Time magazine has entered the Sony Ericsson 100 digital camera into its 2012 based innovation of the year.the arrival of the camera into the selection of the most striking inventions from Time magazine is certainly going to make Sony engineers and marketers very proud of. actually, I think exactly the same with regards these, [...]
Sony has published a photo samples gallery of images taken with the Cyber-shot DSC-RX1 on their Flickr account. In one single word : IMPRESSIVE ! The RX1 is not affordable by everyone, but its unique Full Frame sensor on a a compact camera with a prime fast lens is going to lure a lot of amateur [...]
If you liked the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 with its 1″ sensor, you will certainly fall in love with the Cyber-shot DSC-RX1, which pushes the concept of prosumer compact digital camera concept at its peak, adopting a full-frame sensor, 24-megapixel, the same one that is expected on the Nikon D600, well served by a Carl Zeiss [...]
Do you remember back in 2005 when Sony unveiled an APS-C bridge camera, the Cyber-shot DSC-R1 ? The purpose of this camera was to offer the best image quality in a compact size body. This is the exact same recipe that Sony has used to design the Cyber-shot DSC-RX100, a remarkably compact camera featuring a [...]
With a powerful G series 20x zoom lens, the Sony HX20V is Cyber-shot most advanced high-end ultrazoom compact camera. Sony has packed practically every bit of technology they had into this camera : a new super high definition backlit CMOS sensor (18MP Exmor R), Full HD 60p movie recording, 10 fps, fast autofocus…. Sony HX20V and [...]
Ahead of the full review of Sony’s Cyber-shot compact cameras range flagship, AKA the HX20V, 20x zoom lens, 18MP BSI CMOS sensor, 1080p 60p video recording, 10 fps burst rate, GPS… here is a gallery of images shot with the hX20V at various ISO settings. I went on exploring the HDR and bokeh mode of [...]
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V is the flagship of Sony’s Cyber-shot range of compact cameras. This year, Sony has packed all available technologies in a tiny camera : 20x zoom lens (25-500mm) with optical image stabilization, Exmor R backlit CMOS sensor of 18-megapixel, 1080p movie recording, 10 fps, HDR, 360 3D swipe panorama, GPS sensor…. Ahead [...]
Sony is not quite active a brand on the bridge camera market but when they do it, they pack it with all it takes to give birth to a great camera. 2012 Sony bridge camera announced today is the Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V and I have to say it is fully loaded with what I like : [...]
Sony’s technology bombshell 2012 camera is undoubtedly this new 20x megazoom compact camera : the Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V. Speedy AF, Exmor R sensor, 1080/50P video recording, luxury screen… neat. The HX20V gets a little brother, the 16x HX10V. In some countries, Sony will launch a Wi-Fi enabled version : the Cyber-shot DSC-HX30V. 20x zoom lens [...]
Here is anew interesting rugged compact camera : the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-TX200V, a camera announced today by dpreview and only them… Why is that camera so interesting to me ? Here is why : – It has a new backlit CMOS sensor, an Exmor R of 18 megapixels and you may know how I like [...]
