The QX series may have nothing to do with out Alpha Cameras but few of us would have bet on the future of the concept. Well, as reported here oN SAR the QX sales are very strong and Sony will keep developing the idea further. The image on top has been leaked at Xperia Blog and shows the new SPA-TA1 tablet attachment. And new QX cameras (and firmware update for current QX owners) should come too!
It may be that one day Sony will sell more of these kind of camera than our “old” DSLR/Mirrorless cameras ? We will see…
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Does that have a Zeiss logo on it? Pitiful, I don’t want my Zeiss glass associated with such gagetry.
ok, enough already. give us some APS-C e-mount rumors. If this is the next camera to be released and it supposed to be announced in early February, there must be good info out there. spill it!!!!
p.s. – thanks for all your great work 🙂
Qx1
35mm ff 36mp sensor from the 7r
Time for the ultimate ultra expensive selfie.
With tablet? that’s not really something you’d do selfie with. NEX-3N or something like that will do much better – 180 degree flip-up screen on a small, light camera is what you want for selfies.
Toying around with photography. Who TF needs that sh..?
I have the Xperia Z1 and the RX100 mk2. I really wanted it to work well pairing the two devices over NFC, but it’s absolutely awful: slooooow and many frequent disruptions etc. and the PlayMemories app is getting worse with each update. The sad fact is my iPhone pairs faster with the camera over wifi than the Z1 does over NFC. It’s a bad joke really and I am putting my Z1 up for sale. The RX100 is a great camera regardless but NFC is as useless as 3D televisions: it’s a dead end SONY is marching down.
3D is way more useful and nice then 4K…so may be NFC not as bed as what we will see in the next round.
BTW I miss the 3D panoramas on A7 it is a great feature. If you go up the mountains or to some magnificent place a 3D picture may look almost real when viewed at home on 50+” TV. 4K or else will just fall flat.
3D 1080p material on a 4k screen makes most sense as you can use cheap polarized 3D glases 😉
LOL
Sony hqs keep being stupid. Aren’t they been taught yet people don’t use these modules fixed?
Some do, some don’t. As long as they can earn money on that – they’re happy.
Is there E mount QX rumour?
or at least APS-C QX coming?
As I kept saying, Sony please hire or have a proper software development for your products! I give Sony A+ for their current attempts and innovations (QX, RX, A7/r and some of their tech demos at CES), but the problem will always end up to be software related, so please fix it! User experience and ease of use is very important, the Sony Playstation team understood it but somehow that the other departments didn’t get it. Come on Sony! Make Believe!
Come on Admin….
where is the rumor about NEX7 successor gone ??
Usually you get the fresh specs two weeks or so prior to the official release !
Are we sure this is gonna happen now ??
PS/ I am looking with envy after new Fuji XT1, and if it wasn’t so bulky and not cheap, I would go for it !
Because I got contrasty info on the specs I wait until I am sure. Sony is spreading false info and I want to triple check everything. DOn’t worry, you will get the specs soon 😉
Just post the possible versions of the specs and let us vote which one we would prefer. That’d be fun.
How could Sony be spreading false info? They are so honest, everything they say they are going to do with A mount they will!!!!
However, the QX does look like where Sony will go when they drop E mount. It’s not due for the A mount style promises from Sony yet.
Agreed… Pre-ordered the XT-1 anyway. Getting pessimistic about Sony’s next offering… However, my truty NEX7 won’t go anywhere. I guess I’ll just add Fuji to my bag for now.
Forget the rumors, there’s little doubt Sony will release full details on the a7000 (or whatever) in mid-February at CP+.
Personally, I’m not getting all the excitement over the Fuji XT1. All the e-mount fanboys thumbing their noses at ‘bulky’ DSRL a-mount lovers like me are going for a slightly larger body imitating the shape and dials of SLRs of the old film days? Really?
But my main disinterest in the Fuji XT1 is the IQ. Have you looked at the official image they’ve posted taken with it? Not horrible by any means but I’ll stick with my a65, thank you very much, forgetting Sony’s latest generation of cameras like the a7R which make the Fuji XT1 IQ look 2 generations old. Even compare them to, say, the guy shooting 365 days of Alpha using the discontinued NEX-5. I’ll take the NEX-5.
There’s some performance promise with the Fuji XT1 and, sure, it’s weather sealed for those who need those features but, personally, I’ll never sacrifice IQ for anything. 🙂
I don’t want to be rude but WHO is buying this QX? I simply can’t understand……
It’s BIG, clumpsy and ugly. Please tell me who and why?
You really don’t understand? I call THAT strange. There are very many gadgetlovers in this world, far more than photographers. Everyone who’d spend his last dime on a new cell phone, even if it’s a minor upgrade since the last version, will buy a toy like this, provided it’s very expensive and something to brag about. Get used to it. It’s modern life.
Please use VISION.
This lens-camera can take various view more than normal camera.
QX got more preorders than any NEX camera ever. So obviously people do use them. and don’t find them “big, clumpsy, ugly”. 😉
Just use your creativity – imagine you have a small camera that you can place anywhere and at the same time it gives you really decent image quality (unlike gopro or smartphone). Possibilities are endless.
At least the new firmware for the qx100 make it a little better and more usable
Still has the same wifi connection drop offs but to set ISO/EV/F/WB and speed is a great step forward. My version of the firmware was 0.01 and is now @ 2.00.
Hopefully it now becomes a device that is usable (wifi dropouts aside)
Good photos come from good composition and editing, not from a better camera. A good soccer mum with a passion for photography will beat someone with Zeiss lenses, full frame camera, and more money than passion.
A good camera does not make a good photo. The link is to an image I shot years ago with a 6MP Nokia N95,a far inferior camera to the QX.
http://howgreenisyourgarden.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/14112009100-2.jpg
I actually had a QX camera for evaluation – I am an Amazon Vine reviewer under their ‘Vine’ programme).
It is a good point and shoot, and I expected it to do well. My review for it is on Amazon.co.uk (the one titled ‘Camera 2.0, but not for photographer1.0 or non NFC phones’). I was amazed by the number of people contacting me for more information about the camera – its certainly a camera with massive interest.
The QX line is an example of the typical Sony off-the-wall idea (like their tiny mobile personal wrist worn device featured at CES) that leaves me scratching my head. The only difference is in this case Sony’s right and has a hit on their hands. I get the point of the QX but I don’t personally get the attraction for most people. It seems to have a higher nerd quotient than practicality. In fact, it won’t connect to my Windows Phone 8 (or Windows 8.1 tablet?) so I couldn’t use it if I even wanted to.
I read a review of sorts where a pro uses his off-body hooked to all sorts of things with a flexible legged tripod.
To some degree, the any camera in skilled hands will beat a pro camera in a noob’s hands makes sense but I’d argue most people regardless of skill level take better pictures with better tools. That’s no saying memorable pics can’t be taken with humble equipment, including pinhole cameras. 😉
Thanks for the response. Glad to here there are people that like QX. I use cameras from FF to iPhone. I just can’t get where QX fits in? We all have different views 🙂
A 18.5mm f1.8 with 1″ sensor would make a very interesting QX camera. I would buy that
If they want these QX buyers to eventually upgrade to Alpha, they should offer a raw writing QX with a very fast and good prime lens.
These are utter crap, incontrovertiblly.
So is a Ferrari if you need a SUV.
Does this mean the QX cameras have been selling well? Consider my mind blown.
Who in their right state of mind would buy something like this? Holding a tablet up high and taking photos?? How silly does that look!!