Sony HX50V vs NEX-3N
The State of the Mirrorless Camera Industry – May 2013 by AdmiringLight.
Sony Alpha 58 review by Photoclubalpha.
Sony NEX-3N CSC Review at ePhotozine.
The Old Minolta 35 mm F/1.4 tested at Gubsphotologue.
Speed Booster vs. Les Turbo test using Makro Planar 50/2 at Dpreview Forum.
Super sensible sensor made of graphene at Mashable.
Sony NEX and HDR at Hdrone.
Anonymous: “A friend bought a Sony RX100 a month ago in a Sony store in San Diego and after two weeks using it, a problem showed up. The camera started to randomly turn itself on, showing the last shot taken on the LCD but without actually extending the lens. That happens with the camera in or out of its storage pouch, leading to to a total battery drain if not noticed and turned off! I did a quick research on the internet and found that this problem has been reported in some Forums ( including Sony’s ). Please check:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCp1m4vz4Oc
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3391660
http://community.sony.com/t5/Cybershot-Cameras/RX100-Battery-Drain/td-p/44245/page/1
I’m sending you this because it seems Sony has not officially acknowledged the issue and it may be a good opportunity for them to improve customer credibility by either issuing a Firmware fixing the problem ( if that’s feasible ) or ultimately performing a recall!
One can always dream.
Regards!”
Cezar: “Hello Andrea, i’ve been using my nex-7 with the zeiss 24 and the sony 50 1.8 for more than a year now. i just want to say that the nex-7 coupled with some really good glass is simply a gem for me. Here’s a link to my work (all photos shot with the nex-7): http://www.behance.net/cezararon. P.S: also a new review on the touit line-up i just found (it’s in romanian but still good for samples) http://www.f64.ro/blog/2013/05/30/carl-zeiss-touit-2-812-si-1-832-un-nou-inceput/”
Galen: “Sharing some photos taken with the a99 with the Sony Zeiss 135mm and 24-70mm. Absolutely loving the lenses as well as the dynamic range and accuracy of the a99. Such a pleasure to take photos with. http://500px.com/GalenScorer”
Eddy: “last week I received the 70-400 G II, just in time for an interesting event: a re-enactment of a battle in 1447. I have posted a selection on dyxum:
http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=98813&PID=1178518&title=what-a-fight-70400g-ii#1178518. The full set of pictures is posted on my photo blog: http://www.thelightpoet.be/2013/06/de-quaeye-werelt-june-2013/ And I have to say the 70-400 G II performed very well on my A900. Excellent sharpness and contrast. Really nice stuff.”
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The guy whose friend is experiencing the rx100 turning on is because the play button is being pressed whilst the camera is off. This is a feature. A firmware mod to make this optional would be nice but its not a defect.
Yup, a friend of mine mentioned exactly that when I was considering RX100, just use a case that would protect the play button from being pressed would fix that.
My S90 does the same thing. You can press play to view images while camera is turned off.
Thanks for mentioning my article, Andrea.. 🙂
I’m sorry to hear that others are haing problems with their RX100s, however, having owned one and used it extensively for the past 6 months I can say I have not experienced this at all. It seems unlikely to me then that this is an inherent fault. I carry mine in the Sony semi hard leather-look case, either inside a laptop bag or over my shoulder, so it’s in contact with other things from time to time, but not experienced any issues whatsoever. I simply love my RX100 and mostly leave my Nex at home these days.
zhap03 SAID:
“I’ve received my rx100 back from Sony Canada. It was a very fast repair service and shipping was paid for both ways. I spent 3 business days without my rx100. The repair summary said that a new circuit board was mounted. Part number “A1887618A”. Repair description is “Mounted CBOARD SY-335″. So far, with minimal use, my rx100 has not been turning itself on anymore. I’ll provide another update later once I’ve gotten more shooting time in.”
Seems to be a hardware issue. Too bad it’s happening something like that with the great RX100…
Hi Andrea,
Ich weiß,schlechte Tests werden nicht bezahlt, aber guck mal hier:
TEST SEL35F18 vs. Speed Boster + Zeiss Macro 50F2 vs. Lens Turbo + Zeiss Macro 50F2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89543778@N07/?details=1