Here is a short roundup of youtube videos showing the new Sony products at Photokina:
Sony NEX-6 by Pixinfo, Which, Consumentenbond (dutch), Nordicdigital (swedish), iOnline (spanish).
A99 by Pixinfo,Pixinfo-2, Which, Photonewsreviews,
RX1 by Pixinfo, Nordicdigital (swedish), Photonewsreviews,
Vg900 by Mediaworldchannel (italian).
And some more news: A99 hands-on at Expertreviews. NEX-6 image samples at Techradar. Hassleblad stuff at Lesnumeriqes (Translation here). The A99 does 4:2:2 sampling and not 4:4:$ like reported before at Slashcam. First impression of the new Sony Flash at ThePhoBlographer. Some A99 cameraporn at Sonysdf. Zeiss pics at Photographyblog. The Lunar specs at Hasselblad. Hasselbad Interview at Digifoto Pro. Hasselblad hands-on at Quesabesde (Translation here).
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Sony preorder list:
A99 body Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Jessops, Wex UK, Wex Germany, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH and more links at Alphacameradeals.
A99 with kit lens links Alphacameradeals.
RX1 Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Wex UK ,Wex Germany and more links at Alphacameradeals.
NEX-6 body Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Wex UK, Wex Germany Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH and more links at Alphacameradeals.
NEX-6 with kit lens Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Jessops, Wex Uk ,Wex Germany and more links at Alphacameradeals.
NEX-VG900 Amazon, BHphoto, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH, Wex Uk and more links at Alphacameradeals.
NEX-VG30 Adorama, Amazon, BHphoto, Wex UK, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH, and more links at Alphacameradeals.
Sony E-mount 16-50mm Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Wex UK, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH, and more links at Alphacameradeals .
Sony E-mount 35mm Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Wex UK, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH, and more links at Alphacameradeals.
Sony E-mount 10-18mm Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Wex UK, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH, and more links at Alphacameradeals.
Sony A-mount 300mm f/2.8 Amazon, BHphoto, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH.
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1st blood! 😀
Double killed! 😀
lol pancanikonpus
This was a relatively boring post. haha thats why.
Not hating on this site of course or the work you do Andrea!!! I just mean that sometimes there are more interesting posts.
Is not easly can obtain 1st blood from Andrea post 😀 over here got most active members following the SAR.
lol, the video from Nordicdigital isn’t in Swedish 😀
Exactly: Finnish! 🙂
Yes, I was just going to notify Andrea about that. The language in this youtube clip is Finnish, meaning we Swedish spoken people do not understand one bit. If it had been i Norwegian, basically all Swedish native speakers would have understood, if it had been in Danish, many would too, with some additional effort. Even if it would have been written i German (but that would require some aquintance with that language).
The Finnish Language belongs to a completely different family if languages, so there is basically nothing to be recognized for a Scandinavian (or a German) speaker. Untill learning Finnish, of course! 🙂
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eesti keel!
It is Estonian, not Finnish 🙂
Se on viron kieltä, ei suomen kieltä 😉
t. ArtoS from Finland
It’s not Finnish either, although sounding like that to many. It’s Estonian.
I love this discussion 🙂
Jiri the Czech
I dun understand (not to complain, just curious) :
1. why only 6fps
2. why buffer seems like as small as A77
3. why the 19 focus sensors are cramp in the middle
4. why not all 19 focus sensors are not cross type.
I’m dissapointed by no.3 too. I guess PDAF module will be used by APS-C models thus in FF model it covers only central part ot the view. It is shame their FF flag ship model again can not AF on subject’s head in protrait orientation without lock and recompose technique.
No.4 is because PDAF module gets only 1/3 of the light. Each AF point has its own lens to improve sensitivity. In order to compensate for less light the lens is big. There is not enough room for all AF points to be cross on the AF sensor. I hope on sensor assist points eliminate this issue.
i think if 6fps but big buffer making it unlimited shots for jpeg…. i would be very happy… ha.
you have no idea how a af-sensor is working.
1/3 light is not less than traditional DSLR-AF-sensors get and has nothiing to do with the possibility of hving cross type sensors
Yea, normal SLR deflect most of the light upwards to the viewfinder and a tiny bit downwards to the PDAF sensor.
She is cute and pretty lady 😀
Yeah, I couldnt look at the camera for the whole video.
Hmmm….typically British, including the teeth. Might want to come to California sometime…your standards may be raised. 🙂
She is a fine woman but definitely needs to visit an American dentist. In Europe, having bad teeth is considered having character, like having BO and drink wine.
Anyway, she caught our attention..
Er, did I miss something ? The vid seems to be only A99, no nex, 16-50, etc ?
I was really disappointed that almost none of those new lenses could be seen on the Photokina.
I visited the booth of Schneider (the woman I talked to didn´t even know that an E-mount exists).
I visited Zeiss (they only showed the housing of their new E-mount prototypes in a vitrine). And finally I visited Sony where I could lay hands on the new Power Zoom. Ironically, the other 2 lenses (10-18 and 35) were also locked up in a glass vitrine and the Sony guy told me that they were not allowed to open the vitrine…)
At least I spent nearly an hour with the NEX-6 and had a Sony guy answering all my questions…which made my day!
Was at Photokina yesterday playing a long time with NEX6 with a Sony rep. I’ve to say the firmware is still per-production & buggy. The AEL button didn’t work & to use it you gotta hold done the button. The Fn button tha allows you to quickly navigates via a comprehensive function layout didnt work either. The remote shot was pretty awesome but effective range is easily disrupt by the micro wave in the air. His android phone was next to the cam but the image refresh rate was poor & jitter. The handling was just as good as any NEX. The PDAF control at low light was great. However on power zoom, it was a disappointment. It wasn’t as smooth as I thought & hope the production firmware will fix most of the problem. The potential is great.
The one camera that kept me strayed off NEX6 was the Fuji X100. It is a surprisingly nice camera to use. The OVF/EVF is superb. Simple & elegant! Samsung NX was also great not to mentioned the extremely friendly, knowledgeable & amazingly attractive German fraulin rep that was eager to answer all your queries. She would’ve sold me a NX easily. ahem… I meant the nice features of the camera. Both Fuji & Samsung CSC operates better & smoother than NEX 6 but I’m sure Sony is working on the final firmware.
I am also a bit disappointed in the selectable focus options, but for most of my shooting it will be fine. But that is no excuse for Sony not to provide more selectable focus versatility in an otherwise fine looking camera. It does not seem that Sony is ready to hand this camera out for previews as I cannot find many actual previews/reviews of the images that this camera takes. Another thing I may be naive about is why camera companies do not help programmers with raw file information so when a camera is released the likes of Aperture, Lightroom, etc can support their raw files immediately.
The lady in the Which Nex 6 Video says that the touchscreen is not touch sensitive, is that true?
You mean the screen is not touch sensitive, and yes that is true. The NEX6 is not a touchscreen camera.
So, what’s next from Sony after Photokina? Actual and proper reviews for a99? What can we look forward to in 2013? A D4/1DX equivalent from Sony? 😉
Ya… One that has vertical grip built in, high mega pixel.
A99 does do faster shooting in crop mode. It is as fast as the NEX 5R if the crop is the size of the NEX 5R.
How does one distinguish which Sony lenses are weather sealed to go with the A99?
Cropped mode only… Very sad.
There will be a press event soon in which myself and a few others will be the first to use the A99 and NEX6 with final production firmware. All of the popular players will be there, so we’ll all come out with news shortly thereafter.
Carl G.
I was wondering when we would start hearing some definitive feedback on the 99. I will be looking forward to what you think about the camera as you put it through its paces, especially the speed and accuracy of the focusing system in various lighting conditions, the image quality and its low light performance. Even though the fps was a bit limited and shy of most people’s expectations, can we expect to actually get 6 fps full resolution and will it be longer than 1 second. Is 10 fps in crop mode actually true. It will also be nice to hear how effective the 99’s metering capabilities are. I hope they hand you the camera very soon.
Her hands must be tiny, cause the NEX-6 looks huge…