Sony Cameras
Sony Alpha A9 review
28 Apr 2017 Gordon LaingSony's Alpha A9 is a new flagship mirrorless camera with a 24 Megapixel full-frame sensor and fully electronic shutter featuring 20fps shooting, silent operation, 1/32000 shutter, 4k video, dual SD slots, bigger battery, touchscreen and AF joystick. I've been testing a final production sample, so check out my review-in-progress!
Sony Cyber-shot RX10 III review
09 Jan 2017 Ken McMahonThe RX10 III updates Sony's high-end Bridge Super-zoom retaining its predecessor's 1 inch 20 Megapixel sensor, 4k video, super-slow motion modes, electronic viewfinder and flip-up 3-inch screen. What's new is the lens, tripling the reach of the earlier RX10 II with a range of 24-600mm. Find out if it's the bridge camera for you in Ken's review.
Sony RX100 V review
19 Dec 2016 Gordon LaingSony's RX100 V is the fifth model in its enormously successful line of compacts for enthusiasts. It keeps the body, tilting selfie-screen, popup viewfinder and 24-70mm lens of the Mark IV. But the 20 Megapixel sensor now features 315 embedded phase-detect AF points and shoots at 24fps with CAF. Find out if it's the best high-end compact in my review!
Sony Alpha A6500 review
30 Nov 2016 Gordon LaingThe Alpha A6500 is Sony's most powerful mirrorless camera with an APSC sensor to date. Arriving just eight months after the previous Alpha A6300, the new A6500 unsurprisingly inherits much of that model's style and capabilities: the same flat-topped compact body with a built-in viewfinder and tilting screen, the same effective autofocus system with fast burst shooting, and the…
Sony Alpha A99 Mark II preview
20 Sep 2016 Gordon LaingSony's Alpha A99 Mark II is a full-frame professional A-mount body with a 42.4 Megapixel back-illuminated sensor, 12fps con tenuous shooting with AF, built-in five-axis stabilisation and 4k video. Announced in September 2016, it comes four years after the previous A99 which itself followed four years after the original A900. The 42.4 Megapixel sensor features 399 embedded phase-detect AF points,…
Sony Alpha A6300 review
15 Mar 2016 Gordon LaingSony's Alpha A6300 is the long-awaited successor to the best-selling A6000, employing a new 24 Megapixel APSC sensor with 425 embedded phase-detect AF points covering 99% of the area. It'll shoot with CAF at 11fps and has 4k video at 30p and 1080 at 120p. Find out why it adds up to one of the most confident cameras around!
Sony Alpha A7s Mark II review
01 Feb 2016 Gordon LaingSony's Alpha A7s Mark II is a full-frame mirrorless camera that's optimized for 4k video, particularly in very low light. Sony's essentially taken the 12 Megapixel sensor of the original A7s Mark I and slotted it into the body of the A7r Mark II. As such the sensor still delivers clean 4k video - and photos - at high…
Sony Cyber-shot RX10 Mark II review
14 Dec 2015 Ken McMahonThe Sony Cyber-shot RX10 II is an update to the original RX10 (mark I) which retains its predecessor's 8.3x 24-200mm constant f2.8 zoom lens. The most significant update is to the sensor, which retains the older model's 20 Megapixel resolution as well as its 1 inch physical dimension, but introduces a new stacked architecture with embedded signal processing and…
Sony RX100 IV review
01 Dec 2015 Gordon LaingSony's RX100 IV is its latest compact with a big sensor. Now with 4k and ultra-slow motion video, find out if it's the best version yet in my preview.
Sony Alpha A7r II review
31 Aug 2015 Gordon LaingSony's Alpha A7r II packs a 42 Megapixel full-frame stabilised sensor into a compact mirrorless body. Find out more in my preview.
Sony Cyber-shot HX90V review
15 Jul 2015 Ken McMahonThese days it's not enough to simply cram a massive zoom range into a tiny form factor, a successful compact super-zoom has to accommodate a lot more besides. With its earlier HX50(V) and HX60(V) Sony was already doing pretty well, but reducing its already tiny proportions while adding a flip-up screen and an electronic viewfinder it's not resting on…
Sony Alpha A5100 review
02 Dec 2014 Gordon LaingThe A5100 is Sony's entry-level Alpha, but it doesn't skimp on performance with great focus tracking, Wifi and a selfie screen.
Sony Cyber-shot W830 review
17 Nov 2014 Gordon LaingSony's Cyber-shot W830 is a point-and-shoot compact with an 8x zoom, 20 Megapixels and 720p video packed into a slim and light body.
Sony Alpha A6000 review
18 Aug 2014 Gordon LaingSony's A6000 is a mid-range mirrorless camera with 24 Mpixels, a viewfinder, Wifi and 11fps shooting with great focus tracking.
Sony Cyber-shot RX100 III review
13 Aug 2014 Gordon LaingSony's RX100 III is the third generation of its successful compact-with-a-big-sensor series and, packing a new viewfinder, it's the best yet.
Sony Cyber-shot WX350 review
07 Jun 2014 Ken McMahonThe Sony WX350 is a compact super-zoom with a 20x optical range, 3 inch 460k dot LCD screen and an 18.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor. So far, so ordinary you might think, but the WX350 fits all of that and more into a very, very compact body - indeed, according to Sony it's the world's smallest and lightest compact camera with…
Sony Alpha A5000 review
28 May 2014 Ken McMahonThe Sony Alpha A5000 is an upper entry-level mirrorless camera that's compatible with Sony's range of E-mount lenses. Announced in January 2014 it's the successor to the NEX 3N, and becomes the second E-mount camera to abandon the NEX branding in favour of the Alpha name only. It also has the distinction of being, according to Sony, 'the world’s smallest…
Sony Cyber-shot HX400V review
21 May 2014 Ken McMahonThe Sony Cyber-shot HX400V is a bridge camera - a DSLR-styled model with a non-removable super-zoom lens. It's an update of last years HX300, though that model remains, for now, in the Cyber-shot line-up. The HX400V sports the same 50x stabilised optical zoom, 3 inch tilt screen and built-in electronic viewfinder as its predecessor, but is updated with a new…
