Finally a great deal for Europeans too: They can grab the NEX-6 with kit lens for 499 Euro only at Sony Germany, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Spain, Sony Holland, Sony Belgium, Sony Austria, Sony Switzerland, Sony Finland, Sony Norway and Sony Sweden.
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Out with the old, in with the new.
Surprise, surprise no Sony UK.
meh, you can buy a new a6000 for 30 euros more in ebay
Rather buy the A6000 but still nice though
This year’s pre-Photokina time is boring… 🙁
Two years ago Sony and OlyPanCaNikon threw tons of leaks and rumors prior Photokina
Yeah, Sony’s not building any excitement for Photokina, it’s creating angst. I was really excited about it. Now I kind of dread it, expecting the worst. Oh well, the good news is I’m saving lots of money.
Yes I agree with you. However if I mention my concerns on SAR, I get loads of grief. So again saving loads of money 😉
Neil (apparently “a complete whiner”)
It’s tough to know when you’ll get trolled on SAR. ;^)
Welcome to Sony. The PR department went out to lunch in 2006 and hasn’t been seen since then…
Well, think about how many of these companies had to negatively readjust their forecasts since then. Probably there isn’t the same kind of enthusiasm there used to be.
Canon is doing a little bit of leaking of a big lens announcement but that’s about it. As bad as SAR is, Nikon Rumors is far worst. Except for crickets chirping in the background nothing to hear over there.
What lens should/could that be? They have more or less everything existing as well for FF as for APS-C.
For Canon it’s time to come along with a new FF camera for the ones desiring high res. The 5D3 and the 1DX are superb FFs, but they have to go the currently market demanded ways besides their traditional ones.
They have more or less nothing amazing to attract brand neutral visitors.
Nikon for sure will concentrate on their recent releases D810 and D4S. For the prosumers there is only one item required to be renewed for now – the (imo) outdated 135/2.
Sony will do alot around the A7 series for sure, but they need to attract a visit at their stand for the A_Mount fraction. The A77M2 is not enough imo. I am pretty sure taht their stand will be as impressive as the last time, but a nice stand alone is not sufficient.
Let’s see.
I have my ticket for Sep 17th already. 🙂
The companion Canon Watch site is speculating it’s the Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS II lens. Canon is rumored to be announcing a replacement for the 7D at Photokina but that’s based on the 7D apparently being marked “discontinued” by online retailers, not so much some Canon leak (well, there’s a hint of a leak but no so much). The lens one is based upon Canon Facebook posts in India.
I got excited about Sony pre-CES and we got a QX ‘doggy cam’, the ho-hum a5000, a dull Powerpoint show hyping an a7R that’d been out for months, and the worst marketing interview with a Sony exec in the history of marketing.
SAR has degenerated into less of a rumor site and more of a pre-event press announcement one for Sony which will dribble some teasers maybe 2 weeks out. So, we have about a month to go for Sony ‘leaks’ meant to get us to watch their live pressers.
Maybe these trade shows are no longer important. The manufacturers marketing departments appear to be treating them that way. I sincerely hope you enjoy Photokina. Me? Not only would I have no interest in attending, at this point, I can’t even imagine staying up to watch any live streaming. Maybe Sony will dribble something out in early September to change my mind. Lets hope!
Thanks. I’ll enjoy for sure.
Visiting the camera manufacturers is only about 25 % of what I am visiting at Photokina.
I always make a plan, so I don’t get lost, neither in time nor in topics.
Photokina is so big, you can’t visit everything within one day.
And I am always going during the week and start early – I have best experience with that.
Best things are always happening when you don’t expect them. 🙂
In 2012 I had two nice ones – when attempting to watch the ugly Lunar at the Hasselblad stand, I talked to one of the guys about Hasselblad’s legacy, and he was impressed about my knowledge, he offered me to capture an image with the beautyful model and their ferrari convertible show car. The image (I got really a good one) was shown on the screens at the stand directly, and he made some fun with promoting me as a famous professional, and some other visitors came to me and asked for my business card… 🙂
Second was when I visited the Nauticam stand. I met an Australian marine biologist who was a profoessional under water photographer, too. And he told me some amazing stories of his work while drinking a coffee together. We are in email contact since then.
So as a resumee I can suggest to visit PK14, if you have a chance to, because this can happen to everybody.
Well, Nikon has just brought out their D810 so you can’t expect much from them at the high end. Their 1-series is dead given that much cheaper and better options like the FZ1000 have been introduced.
As regards Canon I’m curious to see if they do anything with their M system. Given their recent lenses, a high-res FF body wouldn’t be a surprise either (they can’t expect part of their user base to run around with that quirky A7r + metabones combo forever).
To be honest I think canon and Nikon are both massively underestimating the potential of mirrorless at the enthusiast and pro levels (and just saw it as a toy for people who want a Leicalike). My guess is they’ll keep burying their heads in the sand… The 5d iii might be the industry’s Ford Transit, but people are coming around to the notion that you can have 36mp and a fast prime in a package that weighs well under 1kg. I’m looking forward to 2015, even if the barrycam doesn’t put in an appearance.
Generally, Nikon’s rumors are easy to guess, just take any of their DSLR’s and imagine what it could look like with some re-polishing. For the V series, remove some futures, give it more pixels, give it a silly smart-card format, make a worse IQ and you’re in the good path. For the rest, nothing new at the West. I wait desperately to see something appealing to appear from Nikon. So, once more, let’s wait till it happens.
NEX 6 (and Nex 7) not available in Swiss Sony shop website…