Shutterbug has a bit coming up in the June edition of ShutterBug magazine about the PMA presence of Sony, and has written a small piece on the A350 and the Flagship using the newer photographs of the Flagship for the article.

The Sony World Photography Awards being held in Cannes, France, have ended and the Winners are announced.

This photo competition is the most prestigious and perhaps the most well known in the world. As we know, this year Sony surprised the entire photo community and took over sponsoring the event from Nikon for 2008. To sponsor this event is well respected within the entire photo community and bodes well for Sony's stated long term commitment in the DSLR industry.

Take a peek at the results, there is some excellent photography to be seen.

In English:
http://www.worldphotographyawards.org/home.asp?Lang=EN

Other languages:
http://www.worldphotographyawards.org/

It will be interesting to see if Sony continues to sponsor this event annually.

Sony A200 Review

AlphaMountWorld brings you our Alpha A200 Camera In-Depth Production Digital SLR Review.

February 2008, Carl Garrard

The Sony A200 is a budget priced powerhouse entry level DSLR, set to challenge Canon and Nikon for a bigger chunk of market share in the DSLR industry; the first of a one-two-three knockout punch attempt at the entry level market. Can the Sony A200 Alpha Camera compete with the "big two" and slice out a piece of the consumer pie? Read our in-depth review of the Sony A200 Alpha, and find out more about this well priced, easy to use DSLR.

Sony 50mm 2.8 Macro

A great macro lens, and more...

Introduction -

The Sony 50mm 2.8 Macro is an often overlooked lens for the Alpha kit. I haven't figured out just yet why this is, but I think I have a good idea. What does it offer that would make one want it for your kit? Well, the Sony 50mm 2.8 is a very sharp lens, it's built like a rock, comes complete with a focus hold/DOF preview button and a focus limiter, and has some seriously creamy-smooth Bokeh. Those who want a lens for portraits, well, it fits that bill too.

Sony A200-Auto Focus performance evaluation

Sony A200

About 9:00am this morning I took out the A200 to a local community lake to test its Auto Focus merits. Sony has claimed better auto focus performance with the addition of the new high torque motor that is also included in the A700. My aim today: to see if there is any real and noticeable overall performance changes in a high demand situation such as shooting birds in flight over the A100.

The Sony Alpha A200 DSLR-Preview and image samples

Note besides this preview you can also jump straight to our full Sony A200 Review.

Sony A200 DSLR hands on report:

Preamble:

AlphaMountWorld now gladly has its hands on Sony's newest DSLR camera, the Alpha A200. A totally new design that one could argue is the first DSLR designed from the ground up by Sony since its acquisition of Konica Minolta. The A200 doesn't in any way resemble past DSLRS designed by KM rather, this new design seems to finally stand out as Sony's true first DSLR.