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Sony Sensor Updates Their CMOS Image Sensors for Consumer Cameras With New APS-C and Full Frame Offerings

Sony semiconductors updated their CMOS Image Sensors for Consumer Cameras and it now likely shows the sensor inside the Fujifilm X-T3, but it also might show a future Sony mirrorless sensor the IMX271. While it’s not a BSI sensor it does allow for a faster readout than the IMX571 insides the Fujifilm X-T3. Sony’s next […]

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Size Comparison Canon EOS R vs Fujifilm X-H1 vs Sony a7RIII vs Nikon Z7

Camerasize.com added the Canon EOS R to their comparison tool today and Canon did an impressive job of keeping their new system compact. The new Canon RF 28-70mm f/2 L USM lens is impressively small and matches Sony’s 24-70 f/2.8 G Master lens well. I think we will see more 28-70ish mm lenses in the near future thanks to Canon […]

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Sony Patents New Updated Mirrorless Mount Design

Sony patented a new mount design that condenses some of the lens handshake functions to reduce the mounts pint count. A normal E-mount pin count is 10-pins, but Sony’s new design is 8-pins. This could be a technology that Sony will use later in a medium format camera, but Fujifilm added pins for theirs for […]

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Sony Medium Format News

image courtesy of image sensor world Photolari published an interesting interview with Sony today that includes a few details about the potential future production of a Sony medium format camera. Sony claims if they decided to launch a medium format camera they could do it, but that now is not the right time. The launch […]

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Sony Doubles Down on High-End Camera Market

image courtesy of amateurphotographer Sony is doubling down on the high-end photography market according to an interview with amateurphotographer, because it’s the market they see growing. I tend to agree, but I think we are going to see a shift into medium format and maybe even see things like 8×10 digital photography come to fruition as […]

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