Sony Introduces Mirrorless APS-C Camera Concept Design at PMA

Sony Introduces Mirrorless APS-C Camera Concept Design at PMA
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Here's what Sony brought to PMA:

The system, to be introduced later this year, will use a newly-designed Exmor™ APS-C HD CMOS sensor, which provides full AVCHD video capability. Other than that, and what one can guess based on the concept models shown above, details are lacking.

Not too hard to guess that the first lens on the left is a standard zoom, and the second a normal (or possibly wide) prime. What is the monster on the right, I wonder?

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Dick · 787 weeks ago

Reminds me of a bottle opener.
Nevertheless a good Try ,Sony.

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sam · 786 weeks ago

Must be a lot of controls on the back, cos there sure aint any on the front or top! Now if they'd said a mirrorless compact camera with a backlit cmos APS-C sensor for better low light capability, I'd be more interested.

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jan · 785 weeks ago

a black one, with a fast prime, for € 800,- i would buy in a hertbeat...

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mark · 781 weeks ago

Loved this site. it's the top site for compact cameras and I really miss the updates!! Thanks for everything, but please don't give up!

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Warren Z · 780 weeks ago

Ditto for me...why the lack of any new writing?

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WLH · 778 weeks ago

The NEX5/3 are announced!

- Very cool looking, and size is teh win!
- Include detachable Flash?? Is this Sony we are talking about? Not sure if it does off-camera TTL/manual trigger though.
- The 16mm f/2.8 prime lens is impressively small - which would be 24mm FOV on full frame. But it looks like it doesn't have image stabbilisation?
- Any faster pancake prime? The 16mm lens size is fine for me
- Xmas present (for myself!).

Comments? Thoughts?

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Mario · 777 weeks ago

No updates since February? Could as well take the site down then!

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Loyal Readers · 777 weeks ago

It's a shame that this site stopped being updated. It *used* to be the go-to site for some of the best information for these little cameras. Now, it is only a record of what once was. Two and a half years of work, just to throw it all away. :-/

Funny how it stopped being updated at about the same time that Amin announced the "Micro Four Thirds User Forum". Coincidence?

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Tomek · 775 weeks ago

hey, lots of info & news can be found at that very forum @ http://mu-43.com. This site is really a big one, so I think Amin doesn't have any time left for here.

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guest · 774 weeks ago

this site was one of the first photography sites that i bookmarked, guess i can delete it now....

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blue · 773 weeks ago

bummer, I just found this site....looking for compact comparisons,
looking to purchase the highest picture quality smallest camera!

:)

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amin 67p · 770 weeks ago

All,

It isn't because I started mu-43 that this site was left inactive. I got a new job, and my family moved in July 2009. The new job has been a tremendous amount of work, and I've simply been unable to put in the time testing gear and blogging. This site was a labor of love, and I couldn't bring myself to shut it down or sell it.

I am now in the process of trying to re-launch the site in a more collaborative, forum-based format, which I hope will be more self-sustaining in the way that mu-43 has been. I hope that those who have enjoyed this site will check out the new one and help make it a success.

Amin