I’m not sure how long before Sony will announce the release of the next generation Alphas’. That’s right, there seems to be two new upcoming models. Does this mean Double the Trouble for Canon and Nikon?
Anyhow, the two new models will be categorized as follows:
1. A High End Amateur Model - This model is [...]
Here are some interesting facts for 2006 for digital cameras. According to Reuters, Canon has topped the market share in global digital camera shipments in 2006, however South Korea’s Samsung Electronics jumped up the ranks to 5th place from 9th a year ago. Nikon is ranked 6th in the world.
Tokyo-based Canon shipped 19.7 million digital [...]
According to Bloomberg, Sony Corporation has taken more than a fifth of Japan’s digital single-lens reflex camera market in its debut month. Considering that the only other 10 megapixel DSLR on the market within the same range was the more expensive Nikon D200, I’m not surprised.
What will be interesting is if the Sony Alpha [...]
Did you know that DSLR camera have an expected shutter-life on their camera? This is the number of times the shutter is activated (actuations) before the mechanism fails. Although it is not an absolute figure, it does exit.
You see, on a good days shooting, a normal film SLR camera could use up 10 rolls [...]
Finally we have a picture of Sony’s new DSLR called the Alpha. The Alpha is the accumulation of a joint venture between Konica Minolta and Sony with their first DSLR project starting back in July 2005. If Konica Minolta remained, this camera could have been the future Maxxum 9D.
There has been lots of anticipation in the air as Konica Minolta focuses towards the Digital SLR market. Rumors have been circulating that a new DSLR camera called the 9D could be arriving next year. I’m not too sure about the details; however some say it could be the 7D replacement with an 8 - [...]
Due to poor performance in its digital, photography business, Konica Minolta had to revise its operating performance with a forcast net loss of 47 billion yen for the full-year ending March 31, 2006. They are shifting their expansion strategy to concentrate on high-value-added products (Digital SLR cameras), while severely cutting costs including fixed cost. [...]
During the past 3 weeks, there have been lots of activities with the five major digital camera manufacturers (Nikon, Canon, Fujifilm, Sony and Konica Minolta) conducting an advisory notice, or more likely a service recall. It first started with Nikon on the 23/9/05.
Due to the closeness of these notices, it seems one unfortunate manufacturer (Sony) [...]