Sony's Lens Cameras Make Smartphone Photography Smarter

With shutterbugs snapping so many photos with their smartphones these days, camera makers are desperately seeking ways to stay relevant. One way to do that is to cater to the never-ending thirst of some phone snappers to boost the quality of their images. 

That's what Sony is up to with its new Cyber-shot QX series of lens-style cameras, which can connect to a smartphone for added functionality.

Sony introduced its QX10 and QX100 lens-style cameras on Wednesday. The devices, which look like very thin point-and-shoot cameras, can connect to a smartphone wirelessly and use the phone's display as a real-time viewfinder.

Sony Cyber-shot QX100 Premium Lens-Style Camera

Xperia ZR waterproof phone with 4.6-inch HD display

 

Sony has officially announced the Xperia ZR, about two weeks after the phone's specifications leaked on the Internet.
As expected, the Xperia ZR features the highest level of water-resistance and can capture photos and full-HD videos underwater, with IP55/ IP58 rating. One can keep it submerged in 1.5 meters of fresh water for up to 30 minutes. The phone has a 4.6-inches HD reality display sporting a resolution of 720x1280 pixels.

Powered by a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 quad-core processor, the Xperia ZR has 2GB of RAM and internal storage of 8GB expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. It sports a 13-megapixel fast-capture camera with Exmor RS featuring 16x digital zoom with auto-focus and a VGA front facing camera. It has a dedicated hardware button for the camera, and allows using it even when the screen is locked.

Xperia Tablet Z now up for pre-order in US

Sony's Xperia Tablet Z is now up for pre-order in the US. The 32GB variant of the tablet is available for $500 (Rs. 27,085 approximately) and the 64GB variant is available for $600 (Rs. 32,502 approximately) on Sony's online store. The company's also offering a free cradle with the white coloured 32GB variant of the tablet till May 24.

Sony's New product Cyber Shot WX300 as world's Smallest, Lightest with 20x optical Zoom Camera in Market

Sony has introduced what it dubs as the world's smallest and lightest with 20x optical zoom camera, Cyber-Shot WX300.
Priced at Rs. 19,990 Sony Cyber-Shot WX300 packs in an 18-megapixel EXMOR R CMOS sensor with a Sony G Lens. The camera comes with Optical SteadyShot that helps in clicking blur-free stills. As per Sony, the image stabilisation for this camera is twice as effective at high-zoom settings when compared to the previous-generation Cyber-shot HX20V with 20x zoom.