I have set the RSS feed from this blog to be mirrored over on the product pages of my two books on Amazon.com. If you happened to read this entry there while looking at either the Sony A700 digital Field Guide or the Sony A200 Digital Field Guide, then welcome. I hope you check back [...]
This is from the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) 2008 awards.
Best Digital SRL Entry Level: Sony Alpha 200
Easy to use, easy to carry and offered at a very attractive price with its 18-70mm zoom lens, the Sony Alpha 200 is a dream camera for beginners who want to start enjoying all the benefits of D-SLR [...]
The Sony A700 Digital Field Guide is now on sale at Barnes & Noble. Go out and buy one.
To find the Barnes & Noble closest to you, go here: http://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com/
Sony officially released the new firmware for the A700 DSLR today. The new software is available from the European site HERE. I am not sure why the update is not showing up on the American website, but it might just be a matter of time.
The firmware includes a noise-reduction ‘off’ setting that will hopefully address some of [...]
I use the Sony A700 and I am always on the outlook for updates to the firmware from Sony. With the release of the A900, a firmware upgrade to the A700 was leaked and downloaded.
This has prompted a reply from Sony to be posted here: http://news.sel.sony.com/electronicsblog/?p=30
“UPDATE: September 9, 2008
Hello again from Mark Weir, in Sony’s Digital Imaging group.
Since [...]
Sony has finally released its Full Frame sensor Alpha DSLR, the A900.
24.6 MP 35mm format full-frame CMOS sensor
Super SteadyShot full frame image sensor shift stabilization
High Speed Dual Bionz processors
Eye-level glass Penta-prism OVF, 100% coverage, 0.74x magnification
9 point AF with 10 assist points, center dual-cross AF w/2.8 sensor
5 frames per second burst
Intelligent Preview Function
3 User programmable custom memory modes on [...]
Its hard to keep anything secret for very long and now it appears that the specs for the new Sony A900 have been leaked.
24.6 megapixels
Full frame sensor
Sony’s Dual BIONZ image processing engine
“Intelligent Preview”
3-inch “Hybrid LCD”
5 fps continuous shooting
SteadyShot image stabalization
From the images released, it also looks as if the camera will have a built in [...]
This has not been a good two weeks for my gear. My main Nikon body, the D2X started developing a problem with the hot shoe, causing any attached flash to fire sporadically. This started when shooting at the San Diego Comic Con and was one of the main reasons that I used the Sony A700 as my [...]
Most people only get to see fireworks once or twice a year and here in the US, the 4th of July, or Independence Day is one of those times.
Getting good fireworks photos isn’t very difficult but can be a little daunting to beginning photographers. I thought I would put together a few tips to help you get better fireworks [...]
The San Diego County Fair kicked off this last Saturday at the Del Mar Fair. The fair has a range of free concerts over the summer and the first headliner this year was Steel Pulse.
Steel Pulse have been a favorite band of mine for many years, and seeing them brought back many great memories from [...]
