LensRentals.com - Undressing an NEX. Very interesting, a completely different look at a camera - at the innards. Even if it was somehow more interesting with the mechanical cameras earlier, I also find the "inner values" of the NEX quite impressive. Oh, and as a system, they have Linux (unfortunately still not hacked and opened).
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Sony "approves" the launch the new hybrid AlphaNex mount camera (sort of fullframe NEX-7!). It's much more fun when you simply release new cameras instead of finally expanding the system. Somehow you might get the idea that Sony is spreading itself too thin with the new camera models. Sure, they are great - the 5N is really nice and the 7 sounds really good and this one also sounds interesting. But I can't help but notice that the 50/1.8 is still not available in Germany and some other lenses are also not yet available - and even if all the announcements are finally here, there are still big gaps in the setup. A system only truly comes to life when it can be used as a system - otherwise it is at best a kind of "configurable compact". And the system is actually too interesting to be parked on the sidelines. For me, this has led to a reorientation towards my Micro-4/3 equipment, because there is clearly more movement there at the moment (and thus the chance that the holes that bother me will be filled sooner).
Glass cover replacement for Sony NEX LCD screen | Photoclubalpha. Well blogged, this could also be worth it for my NEX 3 - the display now looks rather silly with the rubbed-off anti-glare coating. At least I could remove the no longer particularly well-functioning film - according to reports from other users, the glass underneath alone should also be quite good.
Sony-August-2011-New-Products. Oy, take a look at the part about the NEX7. Two configurable dials, 2.3MP ELV and 24 MP APS chip. And only slightly larger than the NEX5. That thing really excites me.
Sony NEX-7 full specs and images | Photo Rumors. Looks very interesting, even though I wouldn't really need the 24 megapixels. But the built-in electronic viewfinder would be nice. Besides, it looks quite nice and doesn't seem to be quite as absurdly small, so you can throw it in your backpack, but also hold it well. Of course, you have to see it in real life first - Sony is very big on leaking and then announcing but then never delivering (see the various optics that were on the roadmap and still don't exist). And the price of $1000 mentioned in rumors is not exactly thrilling. Let's see.
Firmware 04 für Sony NEX Kameras - if you have one of these cameras, go ahead, download and install. The art filters are at best funny (funny in the Hipstamatik sense), but what really rocks is the focus peak. The edges with the strongest contrast are then optically marked in the image, which enables really trouble-free manual focusing. This might not be important for AF lenses - but for those who, like me, want to use manual lenses via adapter, it's simply brilliant. After installation, I already played around with the Zeiss 50mm 1.4, which works really well. It gets really exciting when I then put the NEX-3 behind my Contax macro equipment.
It seems that the Sony Alpha NEX-Open-Source-Firmware is Linux-based. I can't yet say exactly what's behind it, but Sony has Linux Kernel downloads (and the usual embedded tools) for the NEX on the server. If there's really a Linux running on it, this could become a hacker's paradise in the long run!