Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Analyst Predicts Sony Image Sensor Business Slowdown Due To iPhone

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 […]

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Sony a9 Free Multi–Interface Shoe Repair Clarified

We previously made you aware of Sony repairing broken Multi–Interface interfaces free here, but now it has been further clarified by Sony. Notice of free repair for some units of Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera α9 (ILCE-9) – 16th Jan 2018 Thank you for your interest in Sony products. Some units of the Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera a9 (ILCE-9) […]

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Dan and Sally Watson: Sony a7RIII vs Nikon D850 vs Canon 5D Mark IV

Kind of an interesting comparison by Dan and Sally, because Dan likes the D850 for the photos they were shooting, but Sally picks the Sony a7RIII as having the best skin tones. The cameras are very back and forth, with the Canon being the most behind the times and the Nikon having the worst live […]

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The Love/Hate Relationship With Sony Cameras From a Videographer’s Perspective

Max Yuryev does a lot of great videos about videography so these videos are really more from a video perspective, but he throws a bone to photographers in his “camera issues” video. I made a list of the main points, but if you want to get into his reasoning watch the videos, you might even […]

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TCSTV Live: Belated Sony a9 Review

TCSTV had some trouble producing their Sony a9 review and they decided to cram a little mini-collaborative review into their video instead of doing a full blow one. Similarly, I did some mini-reviews of the Sony a9 a while ago, because diving deep into features and the reported “problems” with the camera was more relevant. The Sony a9 […]

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Sony Unveils Manufacturing Process of DRAM-Embedded Image Sensor

Nikkeibp wrote an article about the DRAM that Sony embedded in their sensor to make cameras like the Sony a9 possible and advancements necessary to make it happen are interesting. I was going to take the time to make bullet points of it, but Image-sensors-world beat me to it with a very concise list of the […]

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