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Future Sony dSLRs: which new Alpha will reach market first?

By Tom Bonner | Published: July 4, 2007

Ok, which of the future Sony dSLR cameras are we likely to see in stores first? The original word was that one camera would be released in 2007, the other in early 2008. Nothing definite, though and this has led to intense speculation about the prototypes. Sony hasn’t said which of the future dSLRs will [...]

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Aftermarket Vertical Grips for the Sony Alpha and Minolta dSLRs

By Tom Bonner | Published: July 3, 2007

File this under “Be careful what you ask for…” By far the most sought after information on Alphatracks has concerned Vertical grips for the Sony A100 and the KM Maxxum 5D. Neither Minolta or Sony offered a vertical grip for these dSLRS — a major oversight considering how many people are searching for one. I’ve [...]

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Add a split-screen microprisim to the Sony A100

By Tom Bonner | Published: June 27, 2007

David Kilpatrick has posted step-by-step instructions with photos, describing how to install a Haoda split-image/microprism screen on the Sony A100 on the Photoclub Alpha blog. It seems fairly painless, although I’m not sure it is something I would want to attempt. Not because I would be afraid to mod my dSLR — although there is [...]

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Sony sees the light: PC Sync terminal coming to future Alpha DSLR models?

By Tom Bonner | Published: June 24, 2007

Naturally, there is a huge amount of speculation about the Sony Alpha DSLR concept mockups. I was interested to see that many commentators seem to have overlooked one of the more important features of the concept cameras. Sure, the concepts are shown with an interesting vertical grip, some apparent changes to the lens mount and [...]

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Full-frame Sony DSLR? That big pentaprism is the clue

By Tom Bonner | Published: March 27, 2007

Like everybody else, I was tremendously excited to see the new prototype Sony DSLRs shown at the recent PMA show. Sony isn’t giving much in the way of details — all they have said is one of the cameras will be aimed at advanced amaturers and will offer features not available in the current A100. [...]

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