Mirrorless still cannot sell as well as DSLR cameras? Than fake them! 🙂
What you see here is the first image of the A3000 which is a perfectly Sony DSLR looking camera with E-mount and without mirror. It’s going to be launched next week and features a 20,1 MP sensor, 230K LCD and 1,44 Million dot EVF. All that will cost you around $300 only.
And the “dramatic” question is: Does it still make sensor for Sony to make A-mount cameras if you can make them E-mount without that extra costly ST tech?
Image leaked via Digicameinfo.
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Sony will already abandon the SLT tech, something that I thought that was a waste as soon as emerged PDAF in-sensor.
I still questioning why can’t Sony make a higher quality lenses, optically speaking. By reviews even the Zeiss glass is not as good as people would want. Could this be a reason of why they can’t go all-in with the E-Mount? Some say that it’s the flange distance but Fuji’s X-mount has about the same flange distance and they manage to get great optical performance. This is also one of the reasons why I want to see what’s going to happen with the NEX FF.
Another reason is that Sony has been having a BIG trouble delivering the lenses, E-mount has 3 years old, lots of bodies, lots of zooms and a very small focal length selection for good primes. If they switch to E-Mount, they will basically lose the A-mount, people will need the adapter to use them and the E-mount is far from being mature enough to carry that.
That’s why they chose to keep both mounts and go mirrorless with the A-mount as well.
It seems that they don’t have the production capacity to deliver a very high quality Len in mass production scare.
$300? That has to be a typo.
It has been reported in several websites, but I thought it was 300 pounds, not sure if it would become US$300 but nonetheless, that’s around that.
OK, it’s now so obvious that it is hard not to notice: Panny and Sony are at it again and copy each other.
PZ 16-50 vs. PZ 14-42
GX7 vs. NEX-7
A3000 vs. G6
The TV business cat fight lives on, now in camera business!
I don’t get it. Why didn’t they just put this sensor & EVF into the nex-6 body? It’s much more compact and probably lighter than this DLSR-like thing…
Different form factors, some pople prefer “Rangefinder style” like NEX-6, some “SLR-style” like this new model. Makes sense to offer both IMO, it’s just different packaging.
SLR style are certainly more attractive to some beginners, as it looks more “professional”. Sony is aiming to profit from the vanity of some people.
A viewfinder on the left side of a camera is better located for viewing with right eye. Unfortunately many people the viewfinder above the lens where it had to be located in the old SLR times. There is no reason for it now just the customer’s habits.
Jan
thinking that this same vanity is basically what keeps Canikon marketing and selling low-end DSLRs – when people could be getting a more compact as much capable mirrorless cameras -, it kind of makes sense.
For me, the larger grip of the SLR body is a selling point. I’m considering the G6 as my next camera due to the generous grip. I have to use a wrist strap because I can’t use a shoulder strap. I bought the Olympus EPL-1 based on the generous grip.
well, for starters because Sony probably didn’t have this sensor back then and being this sensor limited to ISO 16000, we may question if the IQ at high ISO is as good as the 16MP – but this may be just software/hardware limitation. If this new sensor is good, this will be featured in more cameras from now on, don’t worry. You can’t simply question why they didn’t use a NOW new sensor on a camera from a year ago, that doesn’t make sense, it’s like why didn’t they use a Haswell CPU on that laptop computer last year – when it didn’t exist.
You are talking about NEX-6 successor, just wait 4-5 months and you will get it.
A3000 is not NEX successor, it is new line.
Unlike Samsung, Sony is bound to make a better hit in sales with this and the E mount.
This isn’t going to be a hit. People can better look at the Panasonic G6. It’s a better system.
I think the consumers will not understand the naming of the thing. They better called it the NEX-A300 or something like that. Just to make clear it is an E-mount camera.
no one wants the small micro 43 sensor.
+1, and there is no IBIS in G6
Natural development. Sony is just using bridge technologies to ease the transition to mirrorless tech.
Ne need for A mount. New lenses will be E and A can easily be adapted to be used on all future dslr like E bodies.
Heck Sony can even do a remake on all their pro lenses and make them built in adapter or even a focal reducer for APSC bodies
Am I the only one that thinks that Sony is making a huge mistake calling this A 3000. To most consumers A means the old Minolta mount, they are going to be very unhappy when they find out their lenses don’t fit their new camera. And don’t say adapter, they are not going to want to deal with that level of complication. I see Sony getting lots of bad press over this.
>To most consumers A means the old Minolta mount
hhahaha, oh wow. that is the most ridiculous thing i have ever read.
Great strategy! A lot of beginners will buy this camera! It is cheap, it looks DSLR (aka professional), it has a lot of MP, it has an APS-C Sensor…
Those who develop will buy E-Mount Glass and their next cam might be a NEX and voila you have built a Nex Consumer base! On top of that you get some people who change because of the FF Nex and this way you can compete with CANIKON in a slightly different field with better chances…
Now the only thing missing is serious glass… Ahja and good that I sold my A-Mount System a while ago, I would become nervious by now…
So what!
all out from last 2 years ( alpah 57 / nex5 …) is in this 300$ body.
The peole have NO MONEY….what was between 2008-till today?
And the smartphones fill out all…
And how it is called? Who cares, in 12weeks we see the a31023 the a32104
the…
all old 8 bit machines.
and silent….psst… do not tell it.