Sorry dear SAR readers. I just got an important rumor from an anonymous source and I want to contact him back. So the following message is for him:
First: I can confirm that I got similar rumors from two other sources.
Second: You may create a fake gmail account and contact me at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com? I have some questions regarding that high end NEX and other rumors I got from other sources.
SAR readers: I promise to post the rumor as soon as I can. But I have to be carefull. Some rumors are so important that I want to make no mistake when posting it!
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So FF NEX hybrid… Nice.
High-end NEX.
Impressive rumor if true. Have to discuss this with the source…
My money goes to Leica. It is a bit too late for Sony.
If anything (FF NEX and such) comes out, I can always pick one at 60% prices a year later. 🙂
If you can’t wait a year than go for the Leica. But it’s way too expensive (if you really don’t need it for work). And the Sony will be better for sure…if the rumors I get are correct of course!
Ha, thanks, Andrea! 🙂
Will take that into consideration. 🙂
This is the busiest rumor time ever. You see only 1% of what I am doing now. All I cna tell is that Sony elevated the camera business to one of his three main core business. And that means that also the product roadmap changed. A roadmap that can REALLY challenge Nikon and Canon.
I love my Sony cameras, but used M9s in great shape are only going for around $4K right now, and having a rangefinder focusing mechanism is a unique way of shooting, so no Sony is really a Leica M replacement.
@Vivek
The remaining 60% of the cash you can spend in the Troll Shop
Why would think that 60% off isn’t true?!
A390 (clearance sale, brand new with 2 year warranty, the shop even throw in a free gift for buying it!!), NEX-5n, NEX-C3,..a long list to prove what I bought for how much.
Get real!!
High-end NEX…I wonder if that means NEX-7-II or FF NEX.
Why not just make the next 7 a 36Mpix FF camera, shall we? 😉
…unless the FF NEX gets much bigger, then NEX-9 it is.
High…very high. But not comign now. You will have to wait. But we alreayd knew it was coming in one year or so. What matters are the info I got about the cameras. So good that I first want to be sure before to post it. If I miss that rumor you would kill me.
No, wun kill u. i kill sony. lol
so it will not be out for a year? awfully early for concrete rumors
yep. confirmed
So it is really going to happen, a FF NEX. I can easily wait one year, got enough exploring to do with my NEX-7.
A high-end FF NEX with prices competing with Nikon D600 would be a dream come true.
Too many mega pickles. 🙁
FF NEX !
pretty weird concept, a FF nex, at least to me. the current lens line up offer pretty weak lenses except the zeiss. no f/1.4 lens. no long fast teles . no proper macro lens,and to think make a small body to stick an adapter to put huge lenses on it? gotta be kidding me!
Think astronomy. Gigantic lens with very small camera attached. Why do we always assume that camera and lens must somehow match in size? I can forsee in the future that cameras will be tiny with very small and with very high quality sensors, but with lenses defined by the laws of physics and rather larger.
about stability, handholding a 70-300 ssm on a nex , needing to zoom and frame the shot comfortably with a solid grip on the camera is challenging and wobbly at best
Wrong. I have absolutely no issues with stability while handholding the 18-200 oss (24-300 ff equivalent) on my NEX 7. Zooming and framing my shots is actually very comfortable. The NEX has a solid grip and is rock steady. I actually prefer it over my 5DII’s and 70-200 2.8 L IS.
Sounds more like you haven’t shot either, troll.
im sorry for the misconception but to be honest, nikon is way better than any sony camera out there
^ Has to be someone pretending to be CyberPunk. He also goes by CanonEOSPunk, but rarely plays with his Nikons.
Good effort to get attention. When did you become such a drama queen. We want rumors, Not drama. Announce what you heard to us!!
Yep I am a drama queen. What you are doing on that drama website? Only drama queens allowed here 🙂
You are killing me, post already!!!!! 🙂
I am talking with the source now. And than I will ask for confirmation from other sources. That’s the way it goes. I am happy today. Extremely happy.
Thanks, hey is this really that big, like a pro ff mirrorless???
As Sony likes to reuse, here is my guess:
36 MP FF sensor – exists
EVF ala NEX 7 – exists
E mount – exists
DONE 🙂
IMHO, that is the future of photography.
yep, that big
Now if they could do all that for less than $3K
If you can’t go for VG900 directly. It support RAW and flash.
So you “want to make any mistake when posting it” … I see 😉
ops! corrected 🙂
Any news yet.. Man the wait is killing me…
+1
Couldn’t you also just post it as an SR1 and then slowly upgrade its SR status as more information comes in? I think most of the readers here now how to adjust their expectations according to the SR ranking.
Yes we the readers would not be offended by a SR0 or SR1. 😀
Believe me. I leanred that most of the readers don’t get that rating. if a SR0 or SR1 rumor would tunr out to be wrong they would kill me and say I did post those rumors just to atrtact readers and rgab attention.
You are right.. Man is wish people would be smarter.. ;D
I know,
that’s why i suggested that you use words
sr0-5=unlikely
sr5-7=possible
sr8-9=likely
Get your own rumors site and you can call the shots, like…
T1 = Possibly Troll
T5 = Likely Troll
T9 = Totally Troll
You’re a T10.
T10 = Top Troll
If it’s that high end, what are the odds that it’ll even be sold under the Sony brand? Sony might truly be looking at a Leica competitor here, but the target (i.e. rich) consumer is still going to hold Leica in higher esteem than the Sony brand.
So what if part of Sony’s strategy in this year’s almost comical partnership with Hasselblad was to pave the way for a Hassy model that is a super high-end NEX FF that can compete directly with Leica in price and have the name to back it up? And what if it’s only sold under that brand?
Either way, I think if it’s that high end, it’s probably going to be out of the price range of mere mortals. We’ll have to wait and see.
Sony brand.
Dealing with rumours seems a little like playing James Bond – that’s possibly why Sony is actually advertising their NEX-5R and Xperia cellphones with Skyfall…
Somebody figured it out! +1
OK, I’ll play……my guess is a FF Smartphone! Now that’s big!
How will alt lenses work?
For example Contax G series and C/Y on a FF Nex?
I would love to upgrade my NEX-7 to a FF Nex
Really? If you’re stuck in Contax land, please, just time travel back to Contax-la-la-land.
wow, cyberpunk, and you keep calling other people trolls?
I’m a T10.
Andrea give us a little something please 🙂
I know CES is just around the corner could we expect to see something then?
I don’t think we will see a FF NEX just yet, probably a 7 successor .I can’t imagine another NEX model being introduced .
I’m expecting Sony to being out all the stops on the 7 upgrade.
Touch Screen
Standard Hotshoe
Battery grip, or integrated vertical shutter.
Better auto focus system
Do Andrea am I close ?
No NEX-7 yet. No NEX FF yet.
Or maybe an interchangeable REX camera? E mount with RX1 body.
I guess now is not the time to buy an NEX 6…
I guess I’ll have to be patient, before my next purchase.
Must… resist… the urge… to call it something even dumber than a dinosaur.
How’s about we just go off the crazy cliff and call it the SEX camera. 🙂
I can confirm the rumor that it isn’t butter, and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter either!
Maybe a 36mp FF A-mount mirrorless.
Andrea mentions high end NEX,but that could ne interesting also
Ok, I am now contacting other sources to double check the rumors I got. As usual other soruces may change or deny the rumor. So we will have to wait. Anyway, whatever that High End NEX is, it is not coming soon anyway.
If it arrives in 2014, that gives time to save up for it.
Think how far digital cameras have come in the past ten years. What will we see in the next ten?
Hopefully the end of mirrors and Bayer mosaics, at least.
Now that Oly & Sony are best mates maybe this will be similar to the Pro OMD to be released next year?? or some kind of modular system for 4/3 mount,E mount..
I’m guessing its got a lot to do with Sony’s recent investment in Olympus……
On another note Andrea, does the road map still include the 70-400mm G II lens?
yep!
Ok, I created a fake email account and wrote you the following: “the rumor is true, just post it”
Please post it now 😉
Haha, that’s a good one!
+1
+1 rofl
Pleaaseeeeeeeeeeee! Post it!… Pleeeaaaseeee! =(
It would be nice to see high quality lenses get smaller, but I’m not willing to trade size for optical performance.
I love the balance of my a850 with the 85/f1.4 ZA over the 24-70/f2.8 and carrying a 70-200/f2.8 can be a real chore after a few hours so I’m all in favor of cameras and optics getting smaller as long as I can get the image I want.
Not sure how much smaller lenses can get and maintain excellent optical quality. The new Canon lenses like the 40mm f2.8 STM pancake are pretty good. However, I don’t think we’ll see a massive reduction in size until liquid lens technology is perfected.
Good job, Andrea! I like your style.
My little grandson (he’s 2 now) just whispered in my ear:
Granddad, look at Sony and Olympus; Sony is strong in making digital camera’s, sensors, oled viewfinders. Olympus is good at making lenses.
What would happen if Sony abandoned the NEX-line and joined together with Olympus in the 4/3th line, but now with an NEX/OM-D type camera with an APS-C sensor, a 16 mp Sony Sensor, the Sony OLED viewfinder and the Olympus lenses….
Sony could work the market with their “heavy” stuff for FF and together with Olympus they coul work the market with “lighter” apsc stuff with a good lens program.
I know he’s only 2 year old, but you never know…
Hmm Leica has discontinued their ikon – I would be excited if they join forces with Sony. A Sony/Leica Rangefinder style camera… I Know I am just dreaming…
You mean Zeiss and not Leica right?
Yes Zeiss!
My concern:
Will alpha mount integrade OSS in some lens (such as tele) in the future?
Will future high end NEX model integrade IBIS as well?
My feeling is that IBIS is a matter of space in the camera. If Sony can get rid of the mechanical shutter, that would make room for an IBIS mechanism.
Also for a mechanism as used by Hasselblad, where a camera shooting still life in the studio, or architecture, can move the sensor by half a pixel between shots, then combine shots to get higher resolution.
No, please, no more mechanical crap in camera. Let everything will be electronic.
My little grandson keeps telling me that every one is diving too much into tchnique.
Fact is that Sony recently closed one of the lens factories. Fact is also that Sony has taken an interest in Olympus… Which happens to be very good in the optics business. Just think that Sony will want to have something back for their good money spent in Olympus.
also take in consideration that they want to attack Canon and Nikon.
Now, which is the segment where Sony is leading? Right, the NEX line. The Sony OM-D is close.
combinr the two into a new camera with the best of both worlds and you have a very strong product.
Sony can than focus further in the A-mount line to compete with Canon and Nikon with their SLR technique and good quality A-mount Sony/Zeiss lenses.
If I were in the Sony board….
Well, I guess this “private message” isnt’t so “private” if posted on the main page 😀