I am among those people who highly praises Sony effort to innovate but actually wonders of gadgets like the ILCE-QX1 actually will really drive $cash$ into Sony’s pocket. Well according to the latest Amazon US sales ranking (Click here to see them) Sony is actually taking many orders of those QX1 cameras! It scores third in the mirrorless ranking beating “hot” mirrorless cameras like the Fuji X-T1 and the Sony A7 series. P.S.: Note that the ranking counts both sales and preorder numbers and changes hourly.
UPDATE: Sony also updated the Playmemories app. You can get it here on iTunes or Google Play.
I am also surprised our readers actually like the camera. See the poll results here (if you didn’t vote…vote to see them):
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I expected much worse poll results 🙂
Preorders of the new QX cameras (Click on store name to open the exact product page in a new tab):
E-mount QX1 in USA at Amazon, SonyStore US, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera.
E-mount QX1 in Europe at Sony DE, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony ES, Sony IT, Sony NL, Sony NO, Sony BE, Sony PT, Sony SE, Sony FI.
E-mount QX1 in Asia at Digitalrev.
QX30 in USA at Amazon, SonyStore US, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera.
QX30 in Asia at Digitalrev (Click here).
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Much wider applications as you can use all the E-mount lenses and any lenses in the world with an adaptor.
The Future Is Here~!!! Time to invest in FE lenses~
sure! next two lenses are expected in near future (15-20 years).
it’s a sony.
I’m sadden by your comment~ =(
APS-C has come, let’s see how long it will take to Sony to come out with the full frame version of the QX1…
Now what it lacks on the QX1 is a wireless flash trigger or something to trigger external flashes/studio strobes and it will be a blast. I know I asked too much… but for a product shots application, I see some unforeseen potentials~
you could trigger them with the built in flash?
I duno whether its built-in flash could act like the F20AM to trigger external flashes like all alphas does but if it could, the scope of application is much wider.
Another point that noone discussed is for astrophotography telescope crowd. Attaching this and tethering it to a tablet beats attaching a DSLR. Short register distance provides more possibilities.
For me on the other hand, nothing would be as exciting as a mirrorless/flip-up SLT A-Mount. That kind of news would really make my day.
But having it use wifi all the time would drain the battery quickly, which is not good for the astrophotography crowd…and how is this better than any other APS-C E-mount camera in that regard?
let me control more than 2 QX1’s wirelessly on a single tablet acting as the main control hub. with each camera window having complete touch controls to the camera’s functions and be able to record video simultaneously with timecode = awesome low budget multi-cam set up
New PlayMemories Mobile.app 5.0.0 is a big improvement here.
Still no PlayMemories Mobile app for Windows Phone 🙁
For that price, I really don’t understand why not just get a cheap APS-C camera? ie. the new A5100, or much cheaper old NEX models?
I simply don’t get it. I don’t see how saving a whopping 67g in weight makes the tradeoff between the QX1 and the a5100 worthwhile. It’s barely smaller (and notably thicker) than the a5100, has the exact same wireless control features (so no advantage there), but REQUIRES using your phone, rather than simply having it as an option. I don’t understand getting this instead of an a5100. I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of regrets for those who purchased this.
You don’t get it, you won’t buy it. It’s really that simple. Why feel the need to say what a million other people have already said?
67 grams or 2.4 ounces is a lot to a magnetic tripod stuck to a light pole, or the hood of a car perhaps. I use my qx100 on a bunch of situations that my nex 3n cant manage. I’m talking about weight here, the NEX 3n is too heavy for those little magnets. My qx100 isn’t just a thought though, maybe I’m wrong.
A new materiel was just talked about on the news that will be very usefull for lenses.
A carbon nanofiber materiel that can be coated onto surfaces and absorbs virtually 100% of the light that hits it.
Use of this for lens barrels and shades should improve contrast and sharpness by reducing reflected light.
This thing is very useful for anything that has to do with remote controlled camera setup. Be it drones/quadcopter, multicam, security camera, etc It’s a high quality replacement of go pro for things we don’t need weather proofing or shock resistance. Even with the bad olde 16mm it’s still better than the go pro.
But that’s an extremely limited scenario, and the remote control is no better than something like the a5100, which only weighs 67g more, but is a full blooded camera. Also, having used Sony’s Renote shooting, good luck with a quadcopter. Better be staying within 30 feet of you.
The problem isn’t that it doesn’t have some good technology and uses, it’s that all those uses can also be done with current e mount cameras.
Do not underestimate the advantages of the QX1 form factor.
Dunno about anyone else, but I for one cannot wait until it comes out. Will definitely buy it and use it with my sony pancake lens 🙂
Return ratings will be even higher!
I used to hate this idea, I thought this is the dumbest joke on the planet, then I went on a limb and though, I can just return it. What was I thinking? I bought the qx100; it is fantastic. It does stuff that other cameras cannot do; full stop. I put that liitle guy on a magnetic tripod, stuck it to stuff, 30 ft away took pics, took video, adjusted the scene, its just amazing, best angles ever, perfectly stable. Now it is very much a second camera (4th for me actually in my use) but it is a work of madness and sometimes madness is art.
I have a Sony NEX-7 which doesn’t have wifi. I have lots of emount lenses and Xperia Z phone and an Xperia Z tablet. This device makes complete sense to me. Number 1; Remote shooting from a tripod. This is possible with the NEX, but the sensor is on the front of the camera. Awkward. Number2: remote trigger of bracketed photos. This is not even possible with the NEX-7 remote control.