Sony Tablet S Earns Coveted Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) Seal of Approval

Toronto, January 31, 2012 – Sony Canada is pleased to announce the Sony Tablet S has been awarded the PTPA Winner’s Seal of Approval in the first ever Tech It Up campaign with North America’s most trusted tech expert, Marc Saltzman. PTPA Media has North America’s largest volunteer parent testing community with over 40,000 parents and was rated the Most Trusted Seal by over 22,000 consumers.

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Sony DSC-W650 Cyber-shot

SONY BRINGS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, IMAGE QUALITY AND CREATIVITY TO CYBER-SHOT® LINEUP

Three New Entry-Level Compact Cameras Offer Enhanced Point and Shoot Flexibility

LAS VEGAS (CES Booth #14200), Jan. 9, 2012 – The newest additions to Sony’s Cyber-shot® line of point-and-shoot cameras deliver powerful new features for consumers, ranging from 360 Sweep Panorama™ and image stabilization technologies to creative picture effects. These new entry-level cameras pack high performance into a compact body, allowing users to take high-quality, creative photos with ease.

The stylish and compact new lineup include the DSC-W610, DSC-W620 and DSC-W650 models.

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Sony NEX-7

“The Sony NEX-7 is a fantastic compact system camera that [...] simply can’t be beaten.”

We’ve added another Sony NEX-7 [QuickPrice Check] review to our Reviews Matrix.

PhotographyBLOG has published their review of the Sony NEX-7, an Interchangeable Lens Camera (“compact mirrorless DSLR”) with a 24.3MP Exmor™ APS HD CMOS (23.5 X 15.6mm) sensor, built-in 0.50-in. XGA OLED EVF (Electronic viewfinder) (2,359k dots), 3.0-in. tiltabe LCD (921k dots), Tri-Navi manual conmtrols, iAUTO, PASM, Scene Modes, Sweep Panorama, Anti Motion Blur, Manual Focus, Background Defocus, Picture Effect, Hand-held Twilight Mode, Peaking function, built-in pop-up flash, hot shoe, Continuous Shooting at 10fps, Auto HDR, Dynamic Range Optimizer, RAW, Anti-Dust Technology, and Full HD 1080p Movie 1920 x 1080/60p AVCHD 2.0 with stereo sound and full manual control.

You can read the Sony NEX-7 Review @ PhotographyBLOG.

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The future is green and Sony has unveiled a battery that generates electricity using paper as fuel. An enzyme called cellulase is used to decompose paper into glucose and the glucose is then used for power generation. The battery can theoretically generate up to 18Wh of electricity, which is the equivalent of using 6 AA batteries. Interestingly, the cellulase can be reused.

In the photo above, Sony reduced its battery to the thickness of a birthday card and left a hole for the “fuel.” Spill some “cellulose” (juice is fine) on it and it generates enough electricity to play music.

Imagine your future electronics gadget with one of these battery built-in. To power it up, instead of inserting 2 AA batteries, you might simply fill it up with juice (or insert a piece of paper if the cellulase enzyme is already included in the setup). Keep those scraps of paper!

Read the article at: Tech-On!

Sony NEX-7

“The NEX-7 is the most exciting camera that I’ve had the pleasure of using in the past five years.”

Photoxels Editor’s note: When we started to announce way back that the Interchangeable Lens Camera, aka compact mirrorless DSLRs, would one day [soon] replace traditional mirrored DSLRs, we got the usual snickers and “you don’t know what you are talking about” comments. We could see it coming back then because the reason to have a mirror in a DSLR was simply gone: the mirror allowed the photographer to see what was coming thru the lens. Well, the LCD allowed the photographer to do one better: to see what exactly was being captured by the image sensor. As both the resolution and quality of the LCD and then the EVF progressed to the point they matched the DSLR optical viewfinder, the future was set. Removing a now useless mirror was a logical next step and the compact mirrorless DSLRs with their smaller size and weight have proven a favorite of photographers. They are so much a match for DSLRs in every respect that now even seasoned professional photographers are starting to migrate toward them as their system camera of choice — as this pro reviewer admits and another pro reviewer launched sansmirror (“mirrorless”). What are you buying this Holiday season?

We’ve added another Sony NEX-7 [QuickPrice Check] review to our Reviews Matrix.

Luminous Landscape has published their review of the Sony NEX-7, an Interchangeable Lens Camera (“compact mirrorless DSLR”) with a 24.3MP Exmor™ APS HD CMOS (23.5 X 15.6mm) sensor, built-in 0.50-in. XGA OLED EVF (Electronic viewfinder) (2,359k dots), 3.0-in. tiltabe LCD (921k dots), Tri-Navi manual conmtrols, iAUTO, PASM, Scene Modes, Sweep Panorama, Anti Motion Blur, Manual Focus, Background Defocus, Picture Effect, Hand-held Twilight Mode, Peaking function, built-in pop-up flash, hot shoe, Continuous Shooting at 10fps, Auto HDR, Dynamic Range Optimizer, RAW, Anti-Dust Technology, and Full HD 1080p Movie 1920 x 1080/60p AVCHD 2.0 with stereo sound and full manual control.

You can read the Sony NEX-7 Review @ Luminous Landscape.

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Sony NEX-7

“It looked as though Sony had gathered together a set of enthusiasts’ wish lists and built a camera to exceed them all. [...] The EVF is excellent, stills image and video quality both superb, and the handling is remarkably good for such a small camera.”

We’ve added another Sony NEX-7 [QuickPrice Check] review to our Reviews Matrix.

DPReview has published their review of the Sony NEX-7, an Interchangeable Lens Camera (“compact mirrorless DSLR”) with a 24.3MP Exmor™ APS HD CMOS (23.5 X 15.6mm) sensor, built-in 0.50-in. XGA OLED EVF (Electronic viewfinder) (2,359k dots), 3.0-in. tiltabe LCD (921k dots), Tri-Navi manual conmtrols, iAUTO, PASM, Scene Modes, Sweep Panorama, Anti Motion Blur, Manual Focus, Background Defocus, Picture Effect, Hand-held Twilight Mode, Peaking function, built-in pop-up flash, hot shoe, Continuous Shooting at 10fps, Auto HDR, Dynamic Range Optimizer, RAW, Anti-Dust Technology, and Full HD 1080p Movie 1920 x 1080/60p AVCHD 2.0 with stereo sound and full manual control.

You can read the Sony NEX-7 Review @ DPReview.

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Sony SLT-A65

“In many other respects – namely its AF speed, the size of its viewfinder, Full HD movie mode and overall level of responsiveness – the A65 is a class-leader, matching and sometimes even exceeding the specifications belonging to some of its closest rivals.”

We’ve added a new Sony SLT-A65 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

TechRadar has just published their review of the Sony SLT-A65, a Digital Interchangeable Lens (DIL) camera with a 24.3MP APS HD CMOS sensor (23.5 x 15.6mm), 0.50-in XGA OLED EVF (Electronic viewfinder) (2,359k dots), articulated 3.0-in. tiltable LCD (921k-dot), 15 points Phase-detection AF (3 points cross type), Continuous Shooting at 10fps, built-in GPS, and 1920 x 1080/60p AVCHD movie with stereo sound. The fixed translucent (semi-transparent) mirror allows full-time Live View and full-time Phase-detection AF even when recording HD movies.

Read the Sony SLT-A65 Review @ TechRadar.

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Sony SLT-A65

“The bargain Digital SLR of the year [...] in many ways the camera out performs every other SLR available at this price.”

We’ve added a new Sony SLT-A65 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

ePHOTOzine has just published their review of the Sony SLT-A65, a Digital Interchangeable Lens (DIL) camera with a 24.3MP APS HD CMOS sensor (23.5 x 15.6mm), 0.50-in XGA OLED EVF (Electronic viewfinder) (2,359k dots), articulated 3.0-in. tiltable LCD (921k-dot), 15 points Phase-detection AF (3 points cross type), Continuous Shooting at 10fps, built-in GPS, and 1920 x 1080/60p AVCHD movie with stereo sound. The fixed translucent (semi-transparent) mirror allows full-time Live View and full-time Phase-detection AF even when recording HD movies.

Read the Sony SLT-A65 Review @ ePHOTOzine.

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