* Sony α or Sony Alpha, a digital SLR series by Sony

* Sony Alpha 77, camera made by Sony

Until the sale of Konica Minolta's Photo Imaging unit to Sony in 2006, Konica Minolta produced the former Minolta range of 35 mm autofocus single-lens reflex cameras, variously named " Minolta Maxxum " in North America, " Minolta Dynax " in Europe, and " Minolta Alpha " in Japan and the rest of Asia.

In early 2006 Sony announced its Sony α ( Alpha ) line of digital SLRs, ( based on Konica Minolta technology ) and stated they were scheduled to launch production in the summer of 2006.

The Sony Alpha range has remained compatible with all Minolta AF system lenses, and most accessories, from 1985 onwards.

* Sony Alpha 55, a DSLR camera

For example Sony Alpha 55 has 16. 2 megapixels on an APS-C sensor having 4, 5 MP / cm < sup > 2 </ sup > since a compact camera like Sony Cybershot DSC-H70 has 16. 2 megapixels on an 1 / 2. 3 " sensor having 60 MP / cm < sup > 2 </ sup >.

* DSLR-A350 aka Sony α350, a digital SLR with A-mount in the Sony Alpha camera system

* Evaluation of LSI Soft Errors Induced by Terrestrial Cosmic rays and Alpha Particles-H. Kobayashi, K. Shiraishi, H. Tsuchiya, H. Usuki ( all of Sony ), and Y. Nagai, K. Takahisa ( Osaka University ), 2001.

Of the major manufacturers, however, currently only Sony ( formerly Minolta ) offers a 500 mm catadioptric lens for their Alpha range of cameras.

Image: Sony Alpha 55 with Minolta 500 F8 Reflex. JPG | Minolta AF 500 mm F / 8 catadioptric lens mounted on a Sony Alpha 55 camera

Digital SLR cameras such as the Sony Alpha 57, Sony Alpha 77, and Canon EOS-1D C can also record video at 1080p50 and 1080p60.

The show featured eight a cappella groups from the United States and Puerto Rico vying for the prize of $ 100, 000 and a recording contract with Epic Records / Sony Music.

As part of that settlement, the company agreed to pay $ 100 million in damages to the four major music companies — Universal Music, Sony BMG, EMI and Warner Music — and an undisclosed amount to the studios.

The PowerBook 140 and 170 were the original PowerBook designs, while the PowerBook 100 was the result of Apple having sent the schematics of the Mac Portable to Sony, who miniaturized the components.

Now there are many dye-sublimation printers on the market starting from as low as $ 100 marketed by corporations such as Canon, Sony, Sagem, HiTi Digital Inc., DNP Fotolusio, Mitsubishi Electric and Kodak ( among others ), especially postcard-sized mobile photo printers.

Sony shipped its 100 millionth Trinitron screen in July 1994, 25 years after it had been introduced.

Initially renamed Columbia Studios, Sony spent $ 100 million to refurbish the rechristened Sony Pictures Studios.

For 2006, the games review aggregation site Metacritic gives the average of EA games as 72. 0 ( out of 100 ); 2. 5 points behind Nintendo ( 74. 5 ) but ahead of the other first-party publishers Microsoft ( 71. 6 ) and Sony ( 71. 2 ).

The quartet began recording with Sony Classical ( formerly Columbia Records and CBS Masterworks ) in 1949, and the group's discography currently numbers over 100 items, including repertoire well-traveled and unfamiliar.

In 1991, the " Minitel Website " for the Paris Sony Stores contained already over 100 pages.

The provision of 100 % foreign direct investment has made the Indian film market attractive for foreign enterprises such as 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures and Warner Bros. Indian enterprises such as Zee, UTV, Suresh Productions, Adlabs and Sun Network's Sun Pictures also participated in producing and distributing films.

The Sony PlayStation was the most successful console of this generation, with attention given by 1st and 3rd party developers enabling it to achieve market dominance, becoming the first console to ship 100 million units worldwide.

In 2006, Square Enix and Sony announced that the English language DVD and UMD releases combined had sold over 2. 4 million units worldwide, with 1 million units sold in Japan, 1. 3 million in North America, and 100, 000 in Europe.

It has been reissued in the compact disc era in 1999 by the Legacy Records division of Sony for March King: John Philip Sousa Conducts His Own Marches, and as the earliest track of its 26-disc compendium of the history of the Columbia label, Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack For A Century.

The Royal Edition no 61 of 100, Sony Classical SMK 47599 © 1993 ( p ) 1967

* The $ 100, 000 Pyramid ( 1985 – 1988 ) ( owned by Sony Pictures Television )

* Sony Financial Holdings Inc. ( 100 %)

* Sony Chemicals Corporation of America ( 100 %)

* Sony Optiarc Inc. ( 100 %)

* Sony Mobile Communications AB ( 100 %) ( Sweden ; head office in UK )

Euro RSCG Worldwide works with 83 of the 100 largest global advertisers including Air France, BNP Paribas, Coca Cola, General Electric, McDonald's, Sony, Walt Disney, Charles Schwab, Citigroup, Groupe Danone, Lacoste, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, Jaguar, Kraft Foods, L ' Oréal, New York Stock Exchange, OppenheimerFunds Pernod Ricard, Pfizer, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Reckitt Benckiser, Sanofi-Aventis, Volvo and Sprint.

In 2000, Denham moved to 100. 7 Heart FM in Birmingham, presenting their Breakfast Show and winning the Sony Radio Academy Awards Breakfast Music Award.

Daimler and Sony caused a major surprise on 2 October 2007 when both announced that they were putting their respective complexes at Potsdamer Platz on the market.

In the summer of 2004, Sony announced that new CLIÉs would, from then on, be manufactured and available only in Japan, and in the spring of 2005, Sony announced the total termination of its CLIÉ line of products.

Dreamcast sales were positive during launch, but when Sony announced the PlayStation 2, sales of the Dreamcast plummeted.

In 2006, Sony Ericsson announced yet another Walkman phone, the W300.

MiniDisc was announced by Sony in September 1992 and released that November for sale in Japan and in December for the USA and Europe.

On July 7, 2011, Sony announced that it would no longer ship MiniDisc Walkman products as of September 2011, effectively killing the format.

MD Data, a version for storing computer data, was announced by Sony in 1993 but never gained significant ground.

In 2000, Sony announced MDLP ( MiniDisc Long Play ), which added new recording modes based on a new codec called ATRAC3.

On January 26, 2006 Sony announced that it would discontinue AIBO and several other products as of March, 2006 in Sony's effort to make the company more profitable.

In 2012, the company announced that Sony and Fujifilm offer of forming a capital alliance and the company would downsizing imaging business portfolio and then will focus on Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera ( MILC ).

On September 28, 2012, Olympus and Sony announced that the two companies will establish a joint venture to develop new surgical endoscopes with 4K resolution ( or higher ) and 3D capability.

In November 2005, Sony announced that its remaining DAT machine models would be discontinued the following month.

Although Sony Pictures Television announced that the show was renewed for the 2004 – 2005 TV season, Lake decided not to continue with the show, opting to spend more time with her family and having relocated to Los Angeles.

Citigroup's ownership was temporary, as it announced in November 2011 that it would sell its music arm to Vivendi's Universal Music Group for $ 1. 9 billion, and EMI's publishing business to a Sony / ATV consortium for around $ 2. 2 billion.

On 22 March 2012, Sony Music Entertainment announced that remastered editions of Isn't Anything and Loveless would be released in May 2012.

In September 2007, Sony BMG announced they would introduce a new type of CD single, called " ringles ", for the 2007 holiday season.

Sony announced plans to release 50 ringles in October and November, while Universal Music Group expected to release somewhere between 10 and 20 titles.

On Jan. 20, 2011, it was announced that Jackson and his record label, Sony, parted ways.

That Monday Ibuka announced that Sony would be developing a new color television design, based on Miyaoka's prototype.

In 2007, Sony announced that it would no longer market or sell Trinitrons in the USA or Canada, but continue to sell the Trinitron in China, India, and regions of South America using tubes delivered from their Singapore plant.

Following the 2012 LA screenings, the network announced that it will let go its output deal with Sony Pictures, but retain its output deal with Warner Bros ..

In April 2007, Sony announced it would manufacture 1000 11-inch OLED TVs per month for market testing purposes.