The ongoing battle over camera supremacy between Canon, Nikon, and Sony is receiving more mainstream attention in the business world. Bloomberg has published a report on the rise of Sony through its mirrorless cameras and states that Sony is now winning over professional photographers.
Sony has enjoyed a sizable lead in the booming mirrorless camera […]. petapixel.com
Not too long ago, we wrote a piece about how Sony dominated the July sales in Japan with its a7C II. Today, we are here to share another update with you. Sony, yet again, is the most popular choice in the camera lens domain. thephoblographer.com »
2024-08-23 19:00
Image provided by Sony. Citing data from The NPD Group, Sony has announced it is the number one mirrorless camera brand and number one mirrorless lens brand in North America for 2021. Before diving into the numbers, it’s worth contextualizing where this data comes from and who it’s being collected by. dpreview.com »
2022-02-16 18:00
There are some incredible deals on Sony Mirrorless cameras. Can you believe that the 42 Megapixel Sony a7r II is just $1,598! That's a massive bargain! The slightly newer 42 Megapixel a7r III is only $2,298! Them, there's the Full Frame resolution king, the a7r IV. thephoblographer.com »
2021-02-26 20:00
Sony recently released firmware v.4.0 for its a7S II and a7R II mirrorless cameras. The announcement that this firmware version “Improves image quality when Long Exposure NR setting is off” raised hopes for many photographers that Sony had at last addressed the issues caused by their automatic smoothing of all exposures of 4 seconds or […] petapixel.com »
2017-06-13 18:07
The Sony A9 is a new full-frame mirrorless camera that can shoot 24 megapixel images at 20fps.
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Shutterbug paid a visit to the Sony Technology factory in Chonburi, Thailand last week where we shot some exclusive video of Sony A7R II mirrorless cameras being meticulously assembled, tested, and then put in boxes for sale. sonyalpharumors.com »
2017-03-18 13:24
Is Sony’s X-OCN Codec Coming To Mirrorless Cameras? from cinema5D on Vimeo. Mr. Okahashi told in this interview for Cinema5D that on paper Sony’s X-OCN Codec could be implemented on the Sony A7 camera series. sonyalpharumors.com »
2016-11-23 16:34
We received such a great response from our Fujifilm 'which is right for you' post that we have decided to make this into a little bit of a mini-series, and on today's docket is the Sony mirrorless ecosystem. thephoblographer.com »
2016-11-19 08:02
There have been reports that Sony plans to release a higher end 'true pro' level mirrorless full frame camera for some time now, going back at least a year and a half or so. The general consensus of these reports centered around the naming of this newer camera being called something along the lines of an A9, to signify the unit being a class above the current crop of A7 series bodies. thephoblographer.com »
2016-11-19 01:07
Imaging Resource had a chat with Sony manager Kimio Maki and Takashi Kondo. And those are the take-aways written by Imaging Resource: He (Kimio Maki) did indicate that we’d likely see the LSI in future cameras, including mirrorless models. sonyalpharumors.com »
2016-09-28 12:30
A99II image via Digitalrev Digitalrev published their Sony A99II first impression review: It is indeed smaller than the first A99 (8% to be exact), and so close in size to the a77 II that Sony can even use the same battery grip for both cameras. sonyalpharumors.com »
2016-09-22 12:46
Fujifilm, Nikon, and Sony all released second-quarter financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, offering a look at the overall health of the imaging industry. [Read More]
Japanese retail analyst firm BCN+R recently investigated the rapidly changing video camera market and has now set its sights on the compact camera segment, asking, "Is the compact camera dead?" [Read More]
Sony is offering discounts of up to $600 off for cameras and $200 off for lenses.
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Sony Electronics developed a custom camera especially for the filming of the upcoming F1 movie which effectively untethers the body of the camera from the sensor. [Read More]
In Sony's 2024 Corporate Report, the company explains the performance of all its sectors, including its camera business. Sony has claimed yet again that it has achieved the number one market share in the full-frame interchangeable lens market. [Read More]
We have yet again encountered a unique time of the month: camera sales ranking! This time, Map Camera (first reported by Digicame-Infor), one of Japan's biggest camera stores, has revealed the list.
With 20 years in the photo industry and 15 years running the Phoblographer, I can say with authenticity a few very valid statements about Nikon. Like a silver or bronze medalist that everyone forgets about, they've always believed that they should wear gold.