According to our sources Sony will release an important NEX firmware update in July. The firmware will add some kind of new 3D feature to your NEX camera! I really don’t know yet what that means 🙁
Anyway I was told that this is a very revolutionary feature. You havn’t seen that on any other camera yet!
If you know something feel free to contact me at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com
In the meanwhile feel free to speculate how exactly that 3d function will work 😉
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A firmware update for a camera that hasen’t been released? Very un-Sony. Shouldn’t this be rated a 4 since it hasen’t happens yet?
Hi!
I recieved that rumor form the same sources who gave me the NEX images and other important leaks. + new sources confirmed that. I believe many Sony talked with many people around the world about the 3D feature. I only wish I could know more about it 🙁
Cheers
@eneuman
It´s not “un-Sony”, it´s typically for Sony. Same like their Blu-ray-Players. The BDP-S470 will become also the 3D-Update months after the release. Offically 3D starts for Sony with the release of their 3D BRAVIA´s and “Cloudy with a Chance Of Meatballs” BD in June/July. Then all “3D-Ready”-Hardware (PS3, BD-Players, Cameras) will get their updates. So it seems the NEX-Series will be released before that timeframe (possibly late May/ early June).
I would interpret this as a variation of the panorama mode : Make 2 or more shots from the same object , while moving the camera slightly from left to right. The software than combines the resulting photos into one 3D image … just my guess
why don’t they just have the new firmware ready when the camera ships?
@santela
because it is not ready yet ?! ; )
My guess is that there must be some sort of marketing agreement that says noone will release 3D equipment before a certain date. But they want to release the camera sooner than that. So, the firmware might be ready and just sitting around. :-/
But that’s cool if they would add a 3D capability. Wonder how they can do that?
I have seen 3D in cameras before where it would provide a guide line for taking the 2nd shot and helping you to line it up with the first one. Then you get a side-by-side 3D photo. I wonder if it’ll be anything more than that? (The other ways I’ve seen is to have a lens splitter or to have more than one lens, but I wouldn’t expect either of those situations…)
3D with just 1 lens? Get out of here!
They will properly just sell a 3d lens for it
RD is most likely right. I thought it strange omission to not see the panarama mode on the NEX cameras with their high fps especially as Sony had provided on other simiar but smaller sensor cameras like the HV5? The 16mm lens has plenty depth of field to give you a 3D effect in the first place and splicing a few pictures together would give you a panarama view much like your eye sees but would take special equipment to project as where Sony appears to be going.
The video from sony japan showed there will be panorama mode in NEX series.
I am currently a WX1 user and I like this feature much. Nice to have this in NEX!
And 3D seems interesting too, but it a bit strange that this rumour comes before the sale of the camera…….
I’m all for firmware updates and think adding a 3D option would really cool. Though Sonys cameras rarley get them. That is what I mean by this rumour being very un-Sony like.
@Crhis
i think thats hardly the case, usually companies have those ready and just sit around for quite a while before releasing. big companies like sony don’t go around and tell people about updates they don’t yet have.
but i could be wrong, this is weird.
Doesn’t seem so mysterious — there are probably some reviewers who have the camera already, but aren’t allowed to talk about it yet.
3D stills mode is pretty pointless, you’ve got 2D video for that …
3D video mode would require special lens, but I think would be worth paying for it, even if it was only VGA. Nex 5 should be able to produce a 720p 3D video if it is capable of 1080p 2D …
I just thought that maybe the normal firmware is ready to release but that there are still some minor thing they want to work out with the 3d feature.. i dont know
but we will see.. 3d would be a nice addition. I watched some reviews of the sony hx5v, a really good compact zoom.
would be really nice to see the same specs in the nex + bigger sensor which brings better image quality and depth of field.
panorama sweep, hdr and twilight handheld look pretty good.. I am very excited for the nex : )
My guess would be that they do the following:
1. Snap two pictures in high FPS mode. Aka 7fps (or maybe in low resolution 1080p with 24fps)
2. Shift the CMOS to the left for the first picture.
3. Shift the CMOS to the right for the second picture using the same exposure settings.
4. Combine these pictures into a 3d image for jpeg storage.
– Maybe also use the old red/green filters for the left/right images.
This will give some level of 3d but must be viewed with some kind of goggles.
This will probably disable the IS (stabilization) or maybe allow only stabilisation on the vertical axis.
This will not need special moniotors to view the images.
Änd last but not least, and maybe even cooler:
It could be implemented in existing Alphas with firmware upgrades.
Let’s all hope they do just that 😉