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Sony Alpha Firmware Updates

Sony Electronics has released Firmware Updates for the Sony a99, a77, a65 and a57 cameras. It takes a bit of digging to find the right link for every camera on the Sony website, so I’ve compiled them all here. If your camera is missing from this list: Search for Sony firmware updates here by searching […]

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Sony NEX Firmare Updates

Sony Electronics has released Firmware Updates for the Sony NEX-7, NEX-6,NEX-5R andNEX-F3 cameras. It takes a bit of digging to find the right link for every camera on the Sony website, so I’ve compiled them all here. If your camera is missing from this list – you can search for Sony firmware updates here by

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Sony Unveils Industry’s Fastest Memory Cards With New XQD S Series

Sony just rolled out their new smokin’ fast New XQD S CF Memory Cards with a blazing 167 MB/second interface. Just the other day I was raving about Sony’s wicked fast SDHC UHS cards and now these blow away the CF speed barrier. PRESS RELEASE: Sony Unveils Industry’s Fastest Memory Cards With New XQD S

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Sony SDHC UHS-1 Memory Card Shootout

I’ve been using SanDisk Extreme SDHC cards with Sony a77 and NEX-7 cameras since their introduction. Mike Kahn, director of Sony Alpha Camera Systems, sent me a couple of Sony’s new SDHC UHS-1 memory cards to try out, so I put them to the test against the SanDisk Extreme SDHC and Sony Memory Stick Pro-HG

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Sony Unveils High-End Cyber-shot RX-100

Finally there’s a compact camera with everything I’ve asked – Fast Zeiss Lens, Large Sensor and the ability to Shoot RAW. I’m a big believer in always keeping a camera with me, so I often slip a compact camera in my pocket for those times I don’t take a larger camera. Sony just raised the

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