a longer guide to the camera’s operation can be accessed from Sony’s esupport.sony.com website. There will also be assorted pamphlets listing available accessories, lenses, as well as warranty and registration

Sony recently released a 90mm f/2.8 macro lens that has an enviable reputation for usability and convenience. Optically, it is very good. Mechanically, it is well designed and allows a rapid transition from autofocus to manual focus. You

Before Sony, radios, tape recorders, and record players were furniture. They were large and expensive, and manufacturers competed to offer the purest sound—“hi-fidelity” was the buzzword. Sony changed that. Transistors allowed for tiny, cheap, battery-powered radios, which meant that music could be consumed by an individual rather than a household.

Sony’s transistor radio also inaugurated another epochal trend: Japanese technology firms producing superior goods. No longer was Sony the remora on the underside of the U.S. leviathan. It had detached and swum ahead. Way ahead. Sony was the Apple of its day. In the 1960s it introduced the portable television, high-quality color television, and the

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