It seems more and more likely that Sony will launch the new NEX-FF camera in September with availability in October. Little is known about the name and specs of the camera. But Sony developed three new FF sensors, a 24, a 32 and a 36 megapixel sensor. One of them will be the heart of the NEX-FF. At least two Zeiss lenses will be launched along the cameras.
And today I got a very “curious” rumors. It looks like Olympus could be involved too in that new NEX_FF project. Don’t know what this means. Probably some Oy tech will find his way in the new cam. it would be huge surprise if Olympus would make a NEX-FF camera or lens!
P.S.: Price of the NEX-FF body should be close to $3000….
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Didn’t earlier rumors already say that the camera will get the 5-axis in-body stabilization from Olympus?
I am really interested in this camera, and I hope it will tick all the boxes for me (little body AND little lenses, ergonomics like on the RX-1 or the Fuji X line, tiltable screen, built in viewfinder, aperture ring on the zeiss primes…).
Waiting for the announcement !
i would expect at least 3000 for a FF NEX given how Sony has been aiming for the high end market
you’ve already posted that the nex-ff uses olympus 5-axis IBIS
I heard there could be something mroe than that!
I guess it will have a 18mm flange distance since it’s an E-Mount camera. Is it possible to make compact lenses will such a small flange distance and a FF sensor?
My money is on IBIS.
It could be that Sony has realised that pushing this system without additional features and with just a few lenses would be most unwise. Not to mention lens size issue. Lenses without stabilisation will be smaller an more within NEX style.
Also those high density sensors will benefit from all the time stabilisation as well as video will.
I hope I am right on this one.
Please let it contain the 32 or 36 MP Sensor + a fast wide angle and a perfect 50/1.4 Zeiss…
They better come up with some lenses too…
NEX is not a very good platform for FF. The flange focal distance is too short to allow good sharpness near the edges. Near telecentric lenses should solve this, but those are bulky designs with relatively slow apertures. A more elegant solution would be a curved sensor, but I’m not sure even Sony is advanced enough to accomplish that. Besides, adapted legacy glass should work best with a flat focal plane.
For the 100th time, one just needs to make the lens a bit longer if needed, no disadvantage with a short flange focal distance,
on the contrary it gives more flexibility for lens design.
Could you explain?
You recess the rear element inside the len housing slightly, which creates a longer focal distance. It’s the same as when you use an adapter for an SLR lens on a mirrorless camera.
In the end it would likely mean that FF e-mount lenses will be rather larger than APS-C e-mount lenses. And that you might be better off using A-mount lenses with an adapter.
Not necessarily. With adapted SLR lenses you’ve got a reverse tele centric design to overcome the large mirror box. I’m not saying your wrong but the lenses would be akin to the size on an adapter M-mount or G-mount lens. Still much more manageable than their SLR counterparts–compare Zeiss’s ZM line with the ZF line for example. Many of the more modern M-mount lenses are already more tele centric to work better on digital M-mount cameras but are not as big as SLR lenses.
This approach isn’t a new thing (film lenses were often designed that way, pick up a planar) or exclusive to Sony. There is also the possibility that some lens designs could benefit from being able to play the final element so close to the sensor. Look at what Sony/Zeiss achieved with the RX1 or Fuji did the X100.
I agree… I don’t know where people pull this “Nex” can’t do FF thing from. Also they forget that Sony has done much more with the RX1. A FF Nex lens doesn’t have to sit extremely close like the RX1 lens does, so it should be easier to develop than what they have already made… but that’s not good enough for the armchair experts you get on the net.
Also, in the worst case, if they use the same “tech” they use on APS-C mirrorless, the lenses will be at most ~1.6X the size of APS-C lenses. But in reality it won’t happen that way… microFourThirds lenses aren’t particularly smaller than APS-C mirrorless lenses. Equivalence means, 16mm f/2.8 on APS-C can be matched (and exceeded) by a simpler 24mm f/4 design on FF. So equivalent lenses don’t need to be as big in diameter.
Price is OK. But I’d want it to play decently with M lenses. All very exciting!
Like so many I’m eager to see what is coming. Whether or not I move for this in time, it has certainly stopped me spending any more money on my existing NEX set up. Wonder if Sony saw that coming?
Looks very much like the camera I’d love to be able to buy, and will actually never buy…
Hey i have a thought.
Maybe the will just sell the body and sell lenses at uber markup with sensor attached to sell more sensors and prevent usage of old lenses
Sony from day 1 has promoted the use of third party lenses. They love the fact that people are using old lenses on their current mirrorless cameras.
I cannot wait to buy one of these and finally get the max out of those crazy good Sony plastic zooms! Can you imagine? 13EV of chromatic aberations, never seen before!
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Quality of the barrel doesn’t have anything to do with chromatic aberration levels… unless the barrel is transparent LOL
“Price of the NEX-FF body should be close to $3000….”
It well could be close to $3000, but if they want to sell it, it SHOULD be close to $1500 because it is what 6D is selling for.