Sony shared the PDF’s disclosing their long term plans for each business segment. Here are some interesting notes: Sony wants to increase the camera business sales by 8% a year til 2026 Sensor share revenue should increase to 60% til 2025 They expect sensor sizes to increase on future high end smartphones They expect the…
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Sony's semiconductor division (which makes its image sensors) has for years been one of the most successful business units within the Japanese company, generating 16 percent of Sony's total operating profit in the fiscal year ended in March. dpreview.com »
2019-06-14 20:22
The NX1 still sells for $2,460 on Amazon Samsung is going to challenge Sony’s leadership in the Image Sensor Business. Etnews. com reports that Samsung wants to become number 1: Reason why Samsung Electronics is greatly increasing production capacity of image sensor is due to its confidence. sonyalpharumors.com »
2018-03-17 13:54
Sony released the Q3 financial report. Short summary: 1) The company as a whole dramatically increased the earnings and operating income. 2) The Imaging Segment also improved sales and operating income despite the decrease in unit sales. sonyalpharumors.com »
2018-02-02 13:47
Today you may read about Apple cutting 50% of the production of the iPhone X. This could affect Sony’s business too. Bloomberg reports: The Tokyo-based company’s image sensor business is likely to weaken amid slowing momentum for Apple Inc. sonyalpharumors.com »
2018-01-31 04:09
The first UK walk-in service centre for Sony professional camera users is now officially open at Fixation HQ (250 Kennington Lane, London SE11 5RD). Read more and comment » photographyblog.com »
2017-09-01 14:00
According to a Nikkei report, Sony is looking to prepare its sensor business to any appreciation in the yen by cutting costs, raising production yields for new offerings and increasing sales of image sensors used in automobiles. dpreview.com »
2017-05-31 21:54
This was already preannounced last year and now it’s happening: Sony is separating it’s Imaging Business (consumer camera, medical and broadcast segment) in a new separate company that will commence its operations on April 2017. sonyalpharumors.com »
2016-10-26 14:29
Here are the results of the DPreview readers awards. The top 3 best products are: Nikon Z6III Canon R5II Sony 28-70mm GM My take on the single products: 1) The Nikon Z6III (Amazon, B&H Photo, Adorama) has the speed to beat the Sony A7IV, but the latter has better image quality (more resolution, a much… The post DPReview Reader’s Choice Awards 2024: Sony 28-70mm GM is one of the Products of the Year first appeared on sonyalpharumors.
BCNranking published the top 50 of the best selling cameras on the Japanese market for the month of December. I marked in bold the Sony cameras in this list: Canon EOS R10 RF-S18-150 IS STM Lens Kit Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 II Double Zoom Lens Kit (Black) Canon EOS R50 Double Zoom Kit (Black) Fujifilm X-M5… The post BCNranking has published the best-selling cameras on the Japanese market in December: Sony ZV-E10 sells hot! first appeared on sonyalpharumors.
This camera was announced in 2021 and the only “improvement” over the A7rIII was the addition of a new, higher-resolution LCD screen (2. 36 million dots). And now it has been officially discontinued according to BHphoto.
I never saw them before…but a company named Jintu is selling a bunch of super cheap and manual focusing E-mount lenses on this Amazon Page (click here). The list includes this super weird 420-800mm f/8.
There is near zero percent chance that Sony will announce a new Alpha camera or lens. But don’t worry, I am sure something exciting will be announced within 1-2 months. Probably a new camera (A7v?) and certainly at least one new lens! More about that on SAR soon…stay tuned! To not miss any new rumor… The post Follow live: Sony Press Conference first appeared on sonyalpharumors.
Back in October I reported about the FPGA-powered open source full-frame E-mount digital camera named the “Sitina 1“. You can find the full repository and some image samples on Gitlab (Click here).
This is ending tonight: Save 25% on DxO software bundle (Click here). A stock of eleven reconditioned Sony RX1rII is selling with a $900 discount on Amazon (Click here). There is a large Stock of reconditioned Sony A7cR cameras at Amazon (Click here).