1 August, 2006

Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Review

Darren wrote this at 1:09 am:

DPReview has just published their Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Review.

This camera is the product of the Konica Minolta/Sony joint development deal last year, and the subsequent withdrawal of Konica Minolta from the camera business altogether.

The DSLR-A100 features:

  • 10 megapixel CCD
  • Konica Minolta lens mount (now called Alpha Mount)
  • in-body Anti-Shake (now called Super SteadyShot)
  • anti-dust system
  • eye start AF
  • 40 segment honeycomb pattern metering
  • 2.5″ rear LCD

The A100 gets a pretty good review, giving Sony a solid entry into the DSLR market.

We’ve also added a Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Reviews page.

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8 June, 2006

Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Hands On Preview

Darren wrote this at 9:42 am:

DP Review has posted their Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Hands-On Preview.

The press release for the DSLR-A100 is also available on the DP Review site.

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19 April, 2006

Phase One Capture One 3.7.4

Darren wrote this at 1:40 am:

Phase One has recently updated its Capture One RAW workflow software to version 3.7.4: see Capture One for Mac OS X and/or Capture One for Windows.

Features of this update include:

  • support for additional cameras, including the Phase One P45, P30 and P21, Canon EOS 30D, Pentax *ist series DSLRs, and Sony DSC-R1
  • Universal Binary on Mac OS X, running natively on both Intel and PowerPC processors
  • 15% faster RAW processing on OS X
  • 10% faster RAW processing on Windows
  • up to 200% faster capture rate

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* Filed under: Canon, Pentax, Phase One, RAW Files, Software, Sony, Workflow
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21 January, 2006

Konica Minolta Get Out Of Cameras

Darren wrote this at 10:15 pm:

Konica Minolta has announced that it is withdrawing from the camera and photo business. They will be transferring photographic assets to Sony, who are planning to continue supporting Maxxum/Dynax lenses on new cameras.

You can read both Konica Minolta’s and Sony’s press releases at DPReview.

* Filed under: Business, Konica Minolta, Sony
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12 November, 2005

Photoshop Camera Raw 3.3 Beta

Darren wrote this at 5:32 pm:

Adobe has just released a Camera Raw 3.3 public beta, which adds support for RAW files from:

  • Canon EOS 5D and 1D Mark II N
  • Olympus E-500, SP-310, SP-350, SP-500UZ
  • Pentax *ist DL, *ist DS2
  • Sony DSC-R1

Adobe warns:

This version of Camera Raw is in a Beta stage and has not been fully tested by Adobe Systems. Please use Camera Raw 3.2 for the latest certified plug-in.

At this stage it’s probably only worth upgrading if you need support for one of the cameras listed above.

* Filed under: Canon, Olympus, Pentax, RAW Files, Software, Sony
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19 July, 2005

Konica-Minolta and Sony Team Up

Darren wrote this at 7:18 pm:

Konica Minolta and Sony have announced an agreement to jointly develop digital Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras. I can’t really tell from the press release whether they’re each developing their own line of bodies that share the Konica Minolta lens mount, or if they’re working together on a single line of DSLR body - it just says they “will begin joint development of advanced and feature-rich digital SLR cameras”.

You can read the press release at DPReview.

* Filed under: Business, Konica Minolta, Sony
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