I am working on the A6000, A79 and RX rumor front. In the meantime I can confirm that next Wednesday at 4-5am London time Sony will not only announce the new A6000 but also four new HX and WX compact cameras with fast processor and fast AF.
So no RX coming now but as I told you yesterday it looks like Sony’s strategy is to release one camera after another and not all at the same time. This will help to gain more visibility. The next announcement is likely scheduled for March already (for the A79).
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Is the time for the announcement 4-5am London time or 5-6am London time?
I am still not sure. Will ask now…
So compacts are still selling after all?
Yeah, go figure. I guess there are still people who don’t have great dell phone cameras and would prefer a compact. The market must be shrinking rapidly though.
Totally understandable imo. Owning a smartphone I think they really suck. At first they’re awesome with all the added utility but slowly the software gets slower and slower, interfaces stop working etc…
The best part is that it freezes for more than a second after accepting a phone call. Pure awkwardness.
Check if the internal memory on your phone is almost full.
Thanks, I’ll do that but I suspect that more memory won’t help with at least some of my problems such as:
– headphone jack -> when I plug in a headphone and plug it out afterwards, I don’t get any sound whatsoever
– SIM card recognition is instable
– extremely noisy sound output (but no problems in speaker mode/ with headphones)
and so on…
it’s actually astonishing that so many features can break. if I hadn’t given away my old phone, I’d just send this one to repair…
Here are some figures for the UK.
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/photo-news/540356/slr-cameras-outsell-cscs-four-fold-in-uk
Thanks for the link. Interesting figures.
One thing I’ve been wondering is to what extent manufacturers expect us to upgrade to a new camera. I’ve been using my NEX7 since it was released and it is still going strong. I don’t really see a need to upgrade right now. In other words, now matter what the replacement model for the Nex7 is, I’ll probably skip one generation. The same goes for my 5+ year old a900. It is still working brilliantly and I don’t see the need to upgrade to the a99. I’ll wait, at least, until the next version is out.
I’m curious what others think.
Since I got my a77 I’ve felt far less need to upgrade (but would still consider an a79 for improved af/evf performance). Back when I had lower end kit, I felt more pressure to upgrade (especially for live view, tilt screen and higher res back when I had my a200). Obviously Sony would like us to upgrade every generation lol.
Your buying habits are pretty in line with the market. As soon as technology matures, buyers tend to upgrade less and less often. Same thing can be seen with computers.
the zoom is the thing that make compact viable choice for a lot of consumers ( 30x zoom on small compact and 50x zoom on bridge camera is very attractive for some people )
+1 regarding the zoom.
Also, I think that ergonomics have a part to play. The cameraphone interface isn’t great, you learn this after spending an entire day trying to take photos of things you want to memorialize, such as when you are traveling.
Working an actual camera is easier and more enjoyable.
But again, I agree wholeheartedly that the “superzoom” or “ultrazoom” lenses are a big draw for at least the consumers that I talk to.
completely agree with you
ergonomics are very important .
No lenses (e-mount or a-mount)?
Good question…
I have more or less given up about the idea of a sealed A6000 (at least if 800€ is the real price) but if there won‘t be any new lenses then it certainly won‘t be.
where is rumour about FE wide zoom? 🙁
How about underwater cameras, do they have any plans to compete with 2 y/o Olympus TG-1?
I pity admin having to get up early for Sony’s pre-CP+ presser. Sounds like a bore-fest. Sony is saving all their better cameras for later in the year. We’ll see if Sony can recover and gain some enthusiasm for 2014. Right now I see no momentum, just the opposite.
When do SAR 2015 rumors start? 😉
Bye bye A-mount!
Wait for March amigo =)
I think you will start crying when reading new A-mount cameras Specs.
Even E-mount is now “Alpha”, haha. Please wait, i’m calling Sony for their E-mount lenses roadmap…. ohhhh, good news, a Zeiss fisheye with F/1.2 and OSS is listed for 2015 ! haha
let them do no matter what, as long as the photo to give nikon 7100
Seriously, since I started reading SAR I can’t buy a camera. A77 would be my wish, and I ordered it and then cancelled when I read A79 might be available in March. Now I read that it will be only announced in march, which might as well mean a release towards summer or fall.
Do I buy the A77 or wait? No one can help me 🙁
Kosta, I feel your pain. I haven’t bought a new Sony for years, skipping the entire SLT and RX lines.
I guess it depends on how satisfied you are with what you are currently using, no?
I have no camera yet, this will be the first I own. I am no beginner in technical sense, just experience. I know a lot about cameras, functions, how they correlate, I sell cameras for life. Now it’s time to get my own too. This is why I am looking at something in the higher range, but can’t afford A99 or any FF.
A77 would be the camera of my choice, but can’t decide to buy since A79 is knocking. I know also about the price and buying used is a no-go for me personally.
You can buy a used A77 for like $700. The A79 at the beginning will probably cost twice this much. I say buy used.
Shouldn’t there be announced a lens or two for the fullframe FE system? They have promised 10 lenses by 2014 and only 4 released……
Pretty sure it was 10 lenses by 2015
No.
It was 10 by end of 2014 and 15 by end of 2015.
Oh so you were including the 4 (and then presumably the 70-200) in that 10… well it’s February for crying out loud
Yes, including the 70-200.
You are right 5 was announced with the cameras in october last year and as of today only 3 are widely available and the 24-70 is slowly appearing.
It is indeed February and rumors doesnøt point to that there will be more than the 4 lenses already out available for the next 4-5 months and then we are in mid 2014. I’m a bit disapointed that they will not announce anything in Fenruary and have not given any date for the 70-200 and that the 24-70 is delayed and that there is no more info on what to expect on the raodmap that was seen in October.
Are you expecting a successor of the sony rx1?
Really looking forward to RX announcements! Hope release sooner rather than later.
+1
Hi from CH
I would like more rumors not facts
– please more gossip
– this is a rumors side!
A cup of tea or coffee and a lot of cookies and a lot of rumors
– what is not coming
– who is developping what at sony’s
– who makes whitch decision
– and what rumors do you have about flashes? Or sony batteries?
news – sony will leave their pc-division to???
Best wishes from Bad Dürrheim Germany
Mac-baar on a ome-day-holiday
Thinking of buying a sony rx1r this weekend. Or would it be better to wait if there will be a successor…? What do you think?
Same here. But its quite an old camera (assuming they do not consider rx1r new over rx1) and worth waiting I guess. Paying 2800$ and seeing the new one after a couple of months would be annoying.
The other thing is that with such a lens and sensor will go for years. Dont think that there will be quick a successor for the sony rx1r.