Monthly Archives: July 2006

About a month ago, when speculation of when the Sony A100 would be available was running high, I mentioned that Amazon.com listed the availability as August 1.  A check this morning (July 31) reveals that Amazon is listing the Alpha A100 as in stock, ready for shipping, Choose overnight delivery and you can have the [...]

So much for Nikon’s count down to the unveiling of their next new model. A site called the Daily Tech has posted photos of the new 10MP Nikon D80 due out in a few weeks. Last week, in a post I called Nikon ups the ante, I mentioned that Nikon was following Sony’s lead by [...]

Reader David R. Lemieux sent a comment that he was disappointed with his brand new Sony A100. Here are David’s remarks: “Had my Sony A100 since 7/18 (Direct from SonyStyle). Have been VERY DISAPPOINTED by pictures compared to my Maxxum 5D. Noise in ISO 400+ (ISO 400 = ISO 1600 on the Maxxum 5d). Exposures [...]

Well the results of the first poll are in — although the response was less than what I would have liked. Out of over 500 visitors during the last week, a mere 11 voted — something like .022 of one percent. That is pretty pitiful. Maybe a lot of visitors simply came via RSS feed [...]

I received a nice e-mail from Steve Sanders over at Steve’s Digicams. I have been reading through the material on Steve’s site for a number of years. It is definitely one of the first places I go to read reviews on digital cameras and accessories. If you haven’t been to the site, you’ll find a [...]

Pat Weitzel sent a link to his gallery of images taken with his brand new Sony A100. Not a pre-release prototype, but an actual production Sony Alpha A100. Pat had pre-ordered the camera and it arrived yesterday: July 20. The color looks good and on one of the flower closeups (DSC00049) you can see what [...]