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Some A200 users see the Sony Alpha logo everywhere!

By Tom Bonner | Published: November 29, 2008

I spotted a great image over in the SONY ALPHA DSLR-A200 Flickr group. It wasn’t taken with an A200. In fact the creator Sam Knox says he was shooting with a “pocket-sized point ‘n shoot” at the time he created this Photoshop masterpiece. What is so great about the shot is he turned Big Ben [...]

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Apple pickin’ with the Sony Alpha A350

By Tom Bonner | Published: November 24, 2008

F/9 at 28mm and extremely shallow depth of field? Only from the mind of Minolta Nov. 25, 2008 A couple weeks ago my wife suggested we go apple picking. It has been a while since I last picked apples and as the last of the fall colors were still decorating the trees, I agreed immediately. [...]

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Lens hoods: Are naked lenses ruining your images?

By Tom Bonner | Published: November 12, 2008

“UGH!” (Smacks hand against forehead) “I should have used a lens hood!.” Nov. 12, 2008 Spend time at any event where photography enthusiasts congregate and you will notice plenty of naked lenses…lenses without lens hoods. That’s rather strange, when you consider that nearly every quality lens ships with a custom designed lens shade made expressly [...]

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A visit to historic Old Salem Village

By Tom Bonner | Published: October 31, 2008

We spent a couple of days in Winston-Salem (North Carolina) recently. One of the highlights was a visit to Old-Salem Village. Established by the Moravians in the 1700s, the village is an interesting mix of modern shops in a historical setting. Unlike most attractions of this type, the town is freely open to everyone, with [...]

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Sony Alpha DSLR-A300/A350 Digital Field Guide: Coming Soon!

By Tom Bonner | Published: October 27, 2008

I’m back…. I haven’t abandoned Alphatracks…although it probably seemed like I had. In actuality, I have been wrapped up finishing the Sony Alpha DSLR-A300/A350 Digital Field Guide  for Wiley Press. It was a lot of work, with many late nights and more than a few weekends spent rewriting text and editing images. I really enjoyed [...]

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Sony announces new Alpha Flash — can the flagship be far behind?

By Tom Bonner | Published: June 20, 2008

Sony has just announced their “flagship flash unit” the HLV-F58AM. You can’t buy yet, but it will be on dealer shelves in September. We knew it was coming, but details were rather sparse. Now we know the new flash unit will have a guide number of 58 (when the head is zoomed out to 105mm). [...]

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Sony slashes HLV-F36AM flash price by $100

By Tom Bonner | Published: June 16, 2008

I just noticed that Sony has sliced $100 off the list price of the HVL-F36AM flash unit over at Sony Style. The F36AM has carried a list price of $299, ever since Sony acquired Minolta’s assets and re-badged the Minolta 3600HS(D) as the Alpha HLV F36AM. Today, the Sony Style page has a line through [...]

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Sony Alpha A350 ships — Adobe pulls ACR update

By Tom Bonner | Published: March 26, 2008

Sony has started shipping the Alpha A350. I took delivery of one of the big orange boxes last week and have started putting the A350 through it’s paces. So far, I am fairly pleased with the 14m dSLR — I will post a review with samples shortly. I had hoped to update my copy of [...]

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Sony Alpha electronic flash mystery: new flash soon?

By Tom Bonner | Published: March 21, 2008

Last week, reader Tony Bombardo contacted me regarding Sony’s high-end electronic flash unit, the HVL-F56AM. Or should I say former high-end flash unit…as of this writing the HVL-F56AM is missing in action at the Sony Style website. Under flashes and lights, you find the HVL-F36AM and the new HVL-F42AM units, but the F56AM is no [...]

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Sony Alpha division manager interviewed on The Digital Photography Show

By Tom Bonner | Published: February 21, 2008

Mark Weir, the Senior Technology and Marketing Manager for Sony’s Alpha dSLR division appears in an interview on the latest podcast from The Digital Photography Show. I am a frequent listener to the DPS podcast. It is an easy-going. no-stress show. Hosts Scott Sherman and Michael Stein freely admit they aren’t professional photographers — they [...]

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