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Sony NEX-7 on DXOMark

Nov 292011

The Sony NEX-7 has been benchmarked on DXOMark.com. As expected, the NEX-7, with its mirrorless design, sligthly bested its larger sibling, the SLT Alpha 77. It even outscored the vernable A900 full-frame camera in all categories except low-light ISO.

One thing to take into consideration is that the A77/A65 just had a firmware update released today. DXOMark will have to rebenchmark the A77 with the new firmware to see if the scores change.

The firmware on the NEX-7 will probably also be tweaked in the near future. Retesting will have to occur when that happens as well.

Sony Alpha A77 and the Future of Photography

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Sep 042011

With the announcement of the SLT-A77, Sony has taken a bold step in trying to radically change the technological landscape of photography. Something like this hasn’t really happened since Oskar Barnack created the Ur-Leica. I realize that this statement may sound outlandish to quite a few people, but let’s look at the situation critically.

Sony Unveils the SLT-A77 and SLT-A65

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Aug 242011

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 24, 2011 – Blazing speed, enhanced image quality, high resolution and incredible performance are just some of the features advanced amateurs and photo enthusiasts will find in Sony’s newest alpha cameras, models SLT-A77 (α77) and SLT-A65 (α65).

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Sony α77 Images Leaked

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Aug 212011

D-SLT.de has posted images of the upcoming Sony SLT-A77. Looks like my previous statement about the photos is correct. Sony is leaking these images to sites around the world. Here is a gallery of the images in question.

Sony α77 Specs Leaked

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Aug 202011

Photorumors has gotten ahold of the specs for the upcoming Sony α77 cropped sensor pro camera. The camera is expected to be announced on August 24, 2011. While the specs hold great promise, many pros I have corresponded with are on the fence about this camera due to Sony’s use of an Electronic View Finder (EVF) instead of a traditional optical one. Though not listed below, the OLED EVF is supposed to sport around 3 million pixels which would make it the highest resolution EVF on the market to date.

Full specs and analysis after the jump.

Sony α77 Leaks Starting to Appear

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Aug 122011

Sony’s highly anticipated SLT-A77 DSLR is expected to be announced on August 24th. Rumor sites have been all in a tizzy speculating on specifications, leaked images and so forth. A YouTube video has even virally surfaced.

I’m going out on a limb here and say that all of the stuff we have seen or read in the last two weeks are actually from Sony, who is taking advantage of the situation to generate interest.

The SLT-A77 looks to be a fascinating camera.