Interesting Sony development

By [NR] admin | Published: May 24, 2009

I just posted about the latest Sony a500 and a550 leaks @ PhotoRumors.com. The sensor in those rumored cameras may give us some hints about future Nikon DSLR models. This was the case with the Sony a900 and the Nikon D3x: after Sony released the new sensor, Nikon followed with its own (better) version (Nikon sensors are "made by Sony, designed by Nikon").

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  4. Nikon D3x sensor – made by Sony, designed by Nikon
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11 Comments

  1. NikoDoby
    Posted May 25, 2009 at 1:04 am | Permalink

    So the D400 could have a version of sony’s supposed 17.20 MP sensor? Is that the gist of this rumor? Hmmm….

    • Andrew
      Posted May 25, 2009 at 3:56 pm | Permalink

      I didn’t understand the premise of this post either.

  2. John
    Posted May 25, 2009 at 1:07 am | Permalink

    Earlier rumors were the 14.2 MP Sony sensor.

  3. Human
    Posted May 25, 2009 at 5:36 am | Permalink

    14MP sounds nice. Will the D400 pixel count indicate the resolution of future Nikon cameras like the D800, D4, etc. A D800 with at least D700 ISO performance and the addition of video would be a dream. Hopefully we won’t see all future FX Nikons push the mega pixel count to 20 and beyond.

  4. Human
    Posted May 25, 2009 at 5:39 am | Permalink

    What do the ‘P’, ‘S’ & ‘L’ suffixes mean in Sony’s camera names?

  5. Gusto
    Posted May 25, 2009 at 7:25 am | Permalink

    I believe the 17.2 MP rumor is correct especially since that’s consistent with the recent German leak that puts it between 16 and 18 MP.

  6. Max
    Posted May 25, 2009 at 9:29 am | Permalink

    Woops, misclicked while scrolling down and voted on dislike. Maybe add an option to change the vote? :(

  7. Nikkores
    Posted May 25, 2009 at 2:20 pm | Permalink

    This picture is a fake, it is a a350…

    The rumors of the new a500/a550 cameras is true…

    • dave
      Posted May 26, 2009 at 7:19 pm | Permalink

      I thought the caption under the picture, “Sony A500 fakery”, made that kind of obvious. And I don’t even own a Sony DSLR ;-)

      • [NR] admin
        Posted May 26, 2009 at 10:43 pm | Permalink

        Somebody accused me that this a500 picture is fake :) I had to make it clear.

  8. Nik oN
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 8:57 am | Permalink

    I think that ,the next nikon pros camera will need that video upgrade ,that sony is developping probably (for sure !)for his next high level camera.Sony like evryone knows is the world uncontested leader in pro video shootings,that means they re working ,or finished perhaps already; the new generation of camera with full hd video capabilitys of course.I think the wait worth it;and I think the last products from both brands show the end of an era and composents for the revealing of high grade new image grabber,Its goin to be great I think.