Sony released their 2017 Q3 results today and they verify what we reported a few days ago, the Sony image sensor business will experiance a due to iPhone. The annalist was spot on, but it wasn’t a difficult prediction to make with all of the reports about iPhone X sales slowing. The overall forecast for the imaging […]
Sony Announces New Management Structure Kenichiro Yoshida named as President and CEO effective April 1, 2018; Kazuo Hirai to become Chairman Tokyo, February 2, 2018 — Sony Corporation (“Sony”) today announced that Kenichiro Yoshida, currently Director, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed as Director, Representative Corporate Executive […]
Patrick Murphy-Racey shoots the Sigma 500mm f/4 DG OS HSM + Sigma MC11 at a football game on the Sony a9 and reports that it performs solidly. The combination doesn’t need to be reset unlike the metabones adapters and will also work very well with the Sony a7RIII. The only downside is that the Sigma 1.4x […]
Sony a6500 Update 1.05 This update (version 1.05) provides the following benefits: Adds support for the SEL18135 lens Improves overall stability of the camera a6500 Download Here Sony a6300 Update 2.01 This update (version 2.01) provides the following benefits: Adds support for the SEL18135 lens Improves overall stability of the camera a6300 Download Here
Sony released a firmware update for the RX0 today and you can download a copy here. Supports Camera Control Box (model CCB-WD1) for wired multi-view shooting Improves wireless multi-view shooting with the PlayMemories™ Mobile application Notes: PlayMemories Mobile application version 6.2 or higher is required. Depending on the specifications of the access point, smartphone, tablet, and the […]
Image Sensors World is reporting a potential slow down at Sony due to lower than expected iPhone sales, based on a Bloomberg report, but is it accurate? Even if iPhone demand slows demand for other phones will likely pick up the slack with Sony sensors in them. Plus Sony will continue selling their sensors to new […]