Photography News

Sony Alpha A35 Announced (And NEX C3)

Sony Introduces a35 DSLR Camera with Leading Video and Still Performance Powered by Translucent Mirror Technology
 Sony A35  SAN DIEGO, June 8, 2011 -- Light, compact and easy to use, Sony’s new a35 (SLT-A35) interchangeable lens camera brings pro-style shooting speeds and diverse creative options to photographers of all abilities. Building on the acclaimed a33 and a55 models, the a35 camera with Sony’s Translucent Mirror Technology allows responsive, accurate continuous autofocus - whether shooting high-speed still photos or recording full HD movies. Sony alpha SLT-a35 12 MP Digital Camera with CMOS Sensor and 12x Optical Zoom (Black)

A700- Skipping Control Wheel Issue

A700 Owners- Relief May Be in Sight!

The known issue with skipping menu items and settings as a result of using the control wheel(s) has now become commonplace with A700 owners. There are several ways to tackle this issue so that the control wheels operate back to normal. The A700 will eventually gather dust or foreign particles into the control wheel housing causing some skipping to eventually take place.

Sony Commercial with Nigel Barker, Peyton Manning, and Justin Timberlake

Here is a new commerical endorsed by Nigel Barker, Peyton Manning, and Justin Timberlake that is linked on NigelBarker.tv. Not a bad start for Alpha products aired on national television! If you haven't seen the video yet, I think it's worth a look. What do you think?

A700-Official Replacement Teaser!

This is a bonifide teaser of the upcoming A700 replacement, looks like it's about to finally be unvieled. I'm excited at the very least to see what Sony interprets as a bonified replacement for the 7 series buyer:

Sony NEX News

SONY NEX News

February, 2011

Normally we don't post Sony NEX news however, this seemed too good for NEX users to pass up. We recieved this following email tonight from Sony:

Exclusive News- Sony A560 Delayed until at least Jan 2011

Exclusive News- Sony A560 Delayed until at least Jan 2011 (Updated 9-8-2011)

*As of 9-8-2010, we at AMW were informed that Sony has indeed diverted production facilities to the new cameras (A33/A55 and NEX models) to help with higher than usual demand. Because of this, the A560 was then put on a different production schedule and slated for first quarter 2011 production and availability. Originally the A560 was due to the US market in mid Oct. 2010. Any rumors to the contrary, are just rumors at this point.*

Today I was phoned by Sonystyle USA and informed that the Sony Alpha A560 pre-orders for ALL customers are being canceled until at least January 2011 or until further notice.  Sony removed the Alpha A560 from its website completely a few days ago, and now pre order customers are getting word that production is being delayed until next year. This is an unfortunate occurrence as I was very excited about the A560 and have never seen Sony do this before.

New Ricoh CX4 Arrives

RICOH CX4 Arrives

Ricoh *hasn't informed press yet but the camera indeed is clearly showing on Ricoh's home page:

A full brochure of the camera can be found in a pdf link here:

New Nikon D3100 DSLR

Camera News- New Nikon D3100 DSLR Announced

August 2010, Carl Garrard

 Nikon D3100 Front  Nikon D3100 Top  Nikon D3100 Back

Photokina 2010- What to expect?

Photokina 2010- What Can Photographers Expect?

August 2010, Carl Garrard

With Photokina just under 50 days away now, there's a lot of anticipation of what will be coming in the Photography business. I have some comments on Photokina this year as well as some predictions on what we can possibly expect to see from major manufacturers.