Toru Katsumotoe (Sony Senior General Manager) has been interviewed by ePhotozine.
The most interetsing parts are:
– no need to bring back-illumintaed tecnology on big APS-C sensors
– The A and E mount do not compete against each other (Alpha series will continue)
– The E mount distance from lens to sensor is 18mm and it needs to be at 44mm for A mount lenses to be effective.
– Autofocus should be working with the adapter and we have engineers still working very hard (maybe we can do it on a firmware upgrade).
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Good news all round.
“Autofocus should be working with the adapter and we have engineers still working very hard (maybe we can do it on a firmware upgrade).”
That’s good news, i’ve been taking a look at Sony’s lenses and there a quite a few interesting models.
Such as the SAL-50F14 (50 mm F1.4) and SAL-18250 (18-250mm F3.5-6.3) for example.
And the “The A and E mount do not compete against each other (Alpha series will continue)” is good for the people that were afraid the Alpha DSLR line would disappear. (Sony is just taking their sweet time ;))
To me this statement speaks volumes about the state of the alpha line.
Mr Katsumoto: At recent events we showed more A mount products and we are still heavy in developing that range of camera. This camera is aimed at the current DSC (digital still camera) step-up users and DSLR users looking for a second body. Today’s A mount Alpha range is targeting creative people that are using the manual settings who want a variety of lenses and other system accessories. We’re going to continue to make this high end type of camera on top of the NEX range.
I do not agree with the 1st point, looking at the results 😀
About the AF on the adapter, if they realize a working AF on A mount, it can be the “entry door” for Sony A system, you could start with a NEX + pancake and A lenses instead of E, and then jump to a DSLR body.