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The mirrorless E mount NEX 7 will follow Sony’s next release above – HD video capable Alpha cameras. In February when rumours of the NEX series first trickled in, we also had information about a NEX 7 as well as the 5 and 3 series. The numbering appears to mirror the Alpha range. Can we also expect a 9 series NEX camera? Today I received more info from the same…

Is this the reason why Sony’s NEX line doesn’t yet feature 24p and manual control in video mode? Sony’s plan to keep alive consumer camcorders has kicked into action today with the announcement of an E-Mount camcorder. A press release just hit out of the blue. They kept this incredibly quiet. The mock-up shown is not like the pro sized AF100 from Panasonic, more like a prosumer camcorder. The E…

UPDATE: Now we get to see what Canon does with the same sensor. That Sony BSI gets around a bit! Don’t worry, innovation is alive and well. Although innovation makes up just 1% of the compact camera market! Last year Sony developed a back-side-illuminated CMOS sensor, the first on the market. It’s been around for a good few months now, enough time to find itself in a few high end…

A few notes on the GH1 firmware situation as it stands right now. Today Panasonic have released a official firmware update, version 1.32

UPDATE: 10th May – price drops and added Zacuto Z-Finder EOSHD.com is having a big one-off sale. All the equipment is in as-new condition and under 6 months old. I have some really nice kit on sale and the store is open worldwide (reluctantly, payments in GBP & the Euro excluded due to dramatic currency drops right now) Free shipping to the US!

UPDATE: The rumours were right! Now expect the NEX7 for September’s Photokina. Sony’s much anticipated mirrorless HDSLR is released in a few days. What do we know? It will be available in Hong Kong and Japan from May 11th and a limited stock global release that same day. Whilst an attempt at a global release is good, unfortunately 24p is missing from the spec sheet. Stop reading now?

Currently, the firmware project lead by Vitaliy is too technical and not well explained. Next week EOSHD will complete work on a Wiki which answers the basic questions about the firmware, for creative who people who just want to shoot and not read 111 page threads on DVXUser.

Above: the GH1’s sensor and related circuitry A DPReview forum user from the UK was unhappy with the amount of banding on his Panasonic GH1 [url]http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1041&message=35221454 He called Panasonic in the UK who asked to see samples of the banding. After analysing his photos, they replied that the problem with too much chroma banding, in vertical and horizontal lines – was outside of the usual tolerances. They suggested he return…