Sony Alpha NEX Cameras and E Mount Lenses

Firmware 1.02 for the Sony A7 cameras is now live and ready for download. Go to your local Sony Support Website to download your firmware. Here is the Sony Australia Firmware Download Page . Read the instructions multiple times to familiarize yourself. Thank you for your continued interest in Sony products. Sony is offering a firmware upgrade for Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera ILCE-7R. Improvements after firmware upgrade Provides support for SEL70200G - Improves auto focus speed - Adds functions including the "Focus hold button" Reduces start-up time - The start-up time has been reduced in cases when the camera is switched on immediately after being switched off. Improves image quality Provides support for additional ”Play Memories Camera Apps” and additional features for previously supported apps. -Provides support for "Liveview Grading" and "Smooth Reflection" applications. -Provides support for the smooth automatic exposure f

Sony a6000 vs Sony alpha a65 Focus Lock Sony a6000 vs Sony alpha a65 vs NEX-7 Focus Lock Sony Korea puts the new 11 frame per second Sony a6000 up against the 10 frame per second Alpha a65 and the NEX-7. The a6000 best both cameras because of two new features. Ultra-fast Response Capture the perfect moment – the a6000 realizes 11 frames per second continuous shooting with AF (Auto Focus) tracking by making the most of the wide-area 179-point phase-detection AF sensor. Even when dealing with a moving subject the a6000's superb moving-subject tracking performance ensures you get the shot during still or video capture. The Fastest Focusing Camera in the World Enhanced Fast Hybrid auto focus combines speedy phase-detection AF with highly accurate contrast-detection AF, which has been accelerated through a new Spatial Object Detection algorithm, to achieve among the fastest autofocusing performance of any full-frame camera in the world6. First, phase-detection AF with 179 de

Sony a6000 with Zeiss 16-70mm f/4 Lens SONY a6000 11 fps AF-C indoor by Alin Popescu Check out Mr. Popescu achieved with the new Sony a6000 and continuous autofocus (AF-C) at 11 frames per second. We are amazed that the rear LCD had very minor black out. This camera is hard to resist.

Hands On with the Sony A6000 Sony A6000 Available for Pre-order Here is a quick look at the newly announce Sony A6000 camera. It replaces the Sony NEX-6 but keeps the same form factor. The big improvement is the 24 megapixel sensor up from 16 mp on the NEX-6. It also boasts the fastest AF for an APS-C mirrorless camera with focus lock in 0.06 seconds. The speed burst is bumped up to 11 fps. All this while keeping the same NEX-6 price for the A6000 body at $648 . The silver looks a bit like champagne and looks handsome with the black grip. This announcement has us excited for the NEX-7 replacement. Here is the full A6000 Press Release from Sony: Fast Hybrid AF gives world’s fastest[i] autofocus performance of just 0.06 sec with high precision accuracy Extremely wide autofocus coverage area with 179 focal points 24.3 megapixel Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor featuring gapless-on-chip design BIONZ X processor for pro-quality photos and Full HD video Light, compact and

Zeiss 24-70mm FE ZA with the A7r Zeiss 24-70mm AF Speed Test SLR Club posted a video of the autofocus speed of the new Zeiss 24-70mm f/4 ZA FE Vario-Tessar lens . This lens is made for the new Sony A7 cameras and covers its full frame sensor. This lens will also work on NEX aps-c cameras and will have an equivalent fov of 36-105mm. We are wondering how this lens compares to the Zeiss 16-70mm E ZA lens which is for the aps-c sensor. Both lenses share the common features. They have image stabilization, maximum aperture of f/4, and are dubbed Vario-Tessar by Zeiss. Zeiss 24-70mm FE ZA Pre-order from Amazon Ships early February

Grand Canyon Winter ( Sony DSC-RX10 ) from Dan Carter on Vimeo. Here's some nice footage of the Grand Canyon from the Sony DSC-RX10 by Dan Carter. The 1" sensor coupled to a 24-200mm zoom lens makes for a great compact travel camera that also produces excellent video as shown by Dan.

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