Category: Sony

  • 20 new lenses at Sony

    This is the announcement of Toru Katsumoto, Senior General Manager at Sony, in charge of the Digital Imaging Business Group. In a publi-interview, he tells us that Sony does not intend to wait with the current large offer of existing lenses compatible with the Minolta lens-mount. They will launch 20 new lenses in year starting…

  • First Sony Alpha

    First Sony Alpha

    Norvegians from Digit.no show what appears to be the first sighting of a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera Alpha from Sony. Probably a replacement for the Dynax/Maxxum 5D. http://www.digit.no/wip4/detail.epl?id=91529

  • Sony, it will be alpha

    Sony just announced the name of its new/future range of Digital Single Lens Reflex (D-SLR) cameras. This is a minor surprise since they reuse the brand previously used by Minolta and Konica-Minolta in the Japanese market: Alpha. Minolta used Maxxum in the US and Dynax in Europe, but Sony seems to be shooting for one…

  • Sony D-SLR, don’t hold your breath!

    Sony D-SLR, don’t hold your breath!

    The comments reported by PhotoReporter.com are really worrying for the future of the existing Digital Single Lens Reflex (D-SLR) Konica-Minolta line. It appears that Sony thinks that they should move from the existing KM products toward a more Sony RD1-type of cameras. It seems to announce replacement of mechanical parts by electronic solutions (you can…

  • Minolta compatibility

    For all those who wonder about the compatibility of Minolta lenses and accessories bought before the move to digital technology with the recent Konica-Minolta Digital SLR (Dynax 7D and Dynax 5D), I can give some bits of advice that may be useful before buying a body from Konica-Minolta. First, the Minolta lenses seem to have…