Sony will unveil a new DSLR camera on Wednesday September 10th, according to a PCWorld/MACWorld report. Likely to be the 24.8 megapixel, full-frame professional DSLR camera that was shown in prototype form at PMA back in February (pictured), the new Alpha camera will be announced at a Sony event in Tokyo.

Website: PCWorld – Sony, Panasonic to Unveil New Digital SLRs Next Week

Update! A series of leaked magazine adverts have revealed the name and some of the key specs of the new Sony DSLR.

It will be called the A900 (no surprise there), and will feature: 24.6 megapixel Full Frame Exmor CMOS Sensor, Dual BIONZ Image Processing Engine, Intelligent Preview, 100% Viewfinder, 0.74x Magnification, 3.0”, 921K-out Hybrid LCD, 9-point Centre Dual-cross AF (with f2.8 sensor and wide-area 10-point assist), 5 fps Continuous Shooting, SteadyShot INSIDE

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Serious photographers tend to look down on compact cameras. But would they change that attitude for one that delivered the same image quality as a DSLR, yet allowed them to travel light? Sigma believes so — and that they’ll pay a premium for its new compact DP1 ($800, street).

It’s too soon to say whether the DP1 — with its handsome good looks, single-focal-length lens, and slip-on, rangefinder-style viewfinder — will garner a cult following like the classic 35mm Contax T2 and Konica Hexar compacts, more recent high-end digital compacts such as the Ricoh Caplio GX100 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2 (a less-expensive version of the Leica D-LUX 3), or even Sigma’s own SD14 DSLR. But we couldn’t wait to put the DP1 to the test in the Pop Photo Lab and the field — especially after waiting a year and half for it since it was announced.

The delay was predictable, as Sigma was very deliberate in developing the DP1. It has a tough, yet slim, die-cast aluminum body (though no weather or dust seals), a 9-zone (all cross-type) autofocus system, and full manual metering and exposure controls. Most important, it’s the first compact to use a DSLR-sized sensor.

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Breeze Systems has released version 1.5 of its DSLR Remote Pro software for controlling Canon digital SLRs remotely from a Windows computer. The new software can display a live view from a connected EOS 40D or 1D Mark III, giving users the ability to remotely autofocus, focus manually, and use other camera controls. The live image can be magnified on the computer screen to allow fine control over focus, and live viewing can be used with the software’s onion-skinning function to help align images for panoramas and stop-motion animation. Breeze Systems plans to add similar live-view support for the 1Ds Mark III later in 2007.

DSLR Remote Pro 1.5 is available as a free download to registered users who purchased a previous version of the software within the last year. New users can download the program for $95 or as a free trial from Breeze Systems’ Web site. BreezeBrowser Pro owners can buy the program for $75 until the end of October 2007.

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Digital SLR cleaning product maker VisibleDust and Calumet Photographic have announced a partnership to provide digital SLR cleaning services. Certified VisibleDust Cleaning Centers will open this fall at Calumet Photographic stores in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, and San Francisco.

For $60, the centers will give your SLR a thorough one-hour cleanse, covering the camera body, LCD, viewfinder, chamber area, focusing screen, mirror complex, and sensor.

VisibleDust and Calumet plan to open cleaning centers in additional stores in the future.

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