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ACCORDINGtoa reportonBloomberg.
com,Sonyhascancelledsome
previouslyplannedfeaturesfora new
mirrorlesscameraduethisyearowingto
constrainedsupplyof DRAMflashmemory.
ThearticlereferstoSony’seffortsto
developitsforthcomingPS5gamesconsole
andreleaseit at a competitiveprice– the
PlayStationbeinga majorcashcowforthe
company.‘Sony’sbiggestheadacheis
ensuringa reliablesupplyof DRAMand
NANDflashmemory,withbothin high
demandassmartphonemakersgearupfor
fifth-generationdevices,’thearticleclaims.
AtthesametimeasdemandforDRAM
fromsmartphonemanufacturerspushes
upSony’sproductioncosts,rivalgames
consolemanufacturerMicrosoftis bringing
outitsXboxSeriesX thisyear,furtherpiling
onthepressure.
TheBloombergarticledoesn’tsaywhich
mirrorlesscameraappearstohavemissed
out,buttheSonyAlpha 7S II is certainly
due for an update.

Flashmemorysqueeze

may aff ect Sony plans

People’s choice is out

of this world

THEWINNERof theAstronomy

Photographerof theYear:People’sChoice

Award 2019 hasbeenannouncedas‘A

TitaniumMoon’byMiguelClaro.

Theimageis a high-resolutionmosaic

composedof fourpanels,eachonemadefrom

30 images,combinedtoreveala sharpand

detailedsurface.Thecolourhasbeenslightly

increasedtorevealdifferencesin thechemical

constitutionof thelunarsurfaceandchanges

in mineralcontentthatproduce subtle colour

variations in refl ected light.

Miguel’swinningimagewaschosenoutof

25 selectedbytheNationalMaritimeMuseum,

withthepubliccastingover22,000votes

onlineandin theexhibitiongallery,between

12 September 2019 and 23 February2020.

SecondplacewenttoMarcinZajacfor

‘Ageless’andthirdwenttoMasoudGhadirifor

‘SharafkhanePortandLakeUrmia’.The

winnersof theInsightInvestmentAstronomy

Photographerof theYear 2020 willbe

announcedat themuseumon 10 September.

See http://www.rmg.co.uk/peopleschoice.

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