A trusted source got word from Sony a new E-mount camera will certainly be announced around mid May. And it’s said to ship in June. It’s yet not 100% confirmed but that should be the new A7rII. To sum up the recent rumors:
1) On April 12 Sony will announced the HDC4300 high end camcorder (info here on SAR). There will be no new E or A-mount cameras.
2) On April 23 Sony will announce RX or A-mount cameras (or both). No new E-mount camera will be announced. I am yet not sure what Sony will announce but the “best candidates” are the RX2 and A99II followed by the A58, RX20 and RX100m4. Also likely to be announced are the new HX60 and WX350 successors.
3) Mid May Sony will announce new E-mount camera(s). The A7rII is likely to come while it’s yet unclear if Sony will announced the new A6xxx/A7xxx camera because there was a delay because of some 4K recording heating issues.
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Yet another compromise camera I will skip before buying a new one:
– no internal flash
– no touchscreen
– bulky body with EVF-dome
– slow autofocus
– no global shutter
Yet another comment I will skip before reading it.
Then just skip Sony
You should just buy from another brand. There are plenty who offer internal flash (whatever that is), touchscreen, no EVF dome, fast auto focus and global shutter. Just buy one of those.
Or realize that ever camera is a compromise, if fact everything is a compromise.
Forget about the internal flash which is very much useless.
Get the pocketable Viltrox JY-610 for under $20. Which works really well. Don’t forget to buy a $3 diffuser for it.
Did I say it won’t cast shadow from the lens hood as with most built-in flash?
It’s not useless.
It’s like saying “forget about a bicycle – get a small car, it’s faster”
No it’s more like “forget you bike with training wheel, use a real bike”.
I use my popup flash rarely, only when I need a wireless commander, it’s useless on high end/semi-pro/pro bodies.
LOL
Is a wireless commander useless on high end/semi-pro/pro bodies? o.O
I meant wireless optical flash, like Nikon CLS or the Minolta/Sony one, not wireless triggers.
We were talking about internal flash.
It’s useless (almost) on a pro tool. It is indeed useful if you use that pro tool for your vacation pics (no offense).
I know so many people using more expensive FF bodies, just because they want it. Only few of them are making some money with their pictures.
And yes – I am a lousy amateur – I often go out to shoot people dancing in night clubs, using a real flash – and sometimes I do outdoor sports and I am happy that NEX5 has a tiny flash in popup-quality if I need it.
Like I said, no offense. Nothing wrong with being an amateur.
I have a NEX5N. It has no flash. Did the NEX5 have a popup flash?
exactly like NEX5N. It has the same tiny screw-on flash, mounted on the toy-hotshoe, only capable to fire forward (7m). A6000 has popup-flash that you can fire forward and upward (6m). No big difference at all.
When I take lowlight-pictures in a room I can use low ceilings and near walls to bounce the flash. I made a DIY bounce card for 10 cent being capable to reflect the flash into every direction. In that situations I don’t need more power, because everything between ISO400 and 800 is good to capture some background lights of the dance-floors. It is just a ugly looking camera with a little extra bulk on top for transporting. I rarely remove this flash; but I remove the reflector for transport. The pictures are really good, you don’t see there was a flash used at all.
In big halls I use it to trigger external flashs.
Here listen. I used to have 3 Sony flashes and so furious about over heating problems. Sold off 2 and saved 1 just for HSS when needed.
Bought a tiny Viltrox and use as a fill-in flash when a big gun is not needed. Get a couple of Yongnuo 560 IV works as commander/wirelessly.
Tiny Viltrox on camera can trigger Yongnuo via S1 mode.
You can get 3 Yongnuo flash as listed above and a Viltrox for under a cost of 1 Sony flash. They work really really well.
I have Yongnuo 560 IV and a Yongnuo 560 III – and I love both!
It is sufficient if only one of both can TX and I have different names on the flashes, so I know which one I have to use as master 🙂
I use them in big halls via adapter – but this is so flimsy on a NEX5. Sooner or later it will brake and I must get a new body (A7000 or rumored cheap-FF, I try to avoid A7-body-style).
Having no real hotshoe on entry-mirrorless (NEX5 .. A5100) was the biggest mistake of Sony in terms of camera-design ever!
But it was a great decission to get rid of Minolta hotshoe and switch towards ISO hotshoe since NEX6 an A99.
The naming is a little bit confusing. I had to convince my brain that the guide number was not…
/care
Can’t even begin to describe just how ignorant this post is. It is not even clear which cameras, and if at all, will be announced. And yet people whine and moan about missing features. Can’t you go troll another place, where they will make you happy?
Global shutter? You will have to wait another 4 years before finding that in a consumer camera.
Why do you want a pop up flash on a ff camera? I get it on an entry level body, but surely if you’re shooting ff that’s the last thing you need…
Why have D610 / D750 / D800 / D810 a popup flash?
It’s exaclty the same as saying:
Why do you want a articulating screen on a ff camera? I get it on an entry level body, but surely if you’re shooting ff that’s the last thing you need…
Why do Nikon D4s, Canon 1DX, 5Diii, 5Ds, 6D don’t have one????
Seems like a tie.
People, like me, hate popup flashs and tilt screens because they are fragile and do always break.
Popup flashs are in indeed useful for photos of your family party, where u definitively need an A99 or D810. 😉
So, opinions are different. Good thing!
The point of the fragile body is the only thing I can understand and likely the reason for D4S & 1DX. For “all other” bodies: if you don’t flip them out, it is unlikely to break it. If you broke already one, it is likey you have used it – so why complaining?
5Diii & 6D is this snobbery thinking of having a body that is more similar to the most expensive model of Canon.
Not long time ago, upper class APS and FF DSLRs had no flipout-screen. And people using those cams were proud to have it not, just to demonstrate they were shooting like a pro and not having an entry level camera. Then D750 came out and suddenly it is useful and people want it.
Same with touchscreen: “A smartphone toy!” / “A pro don’t need it” / “A pro has lot of buttons”. And then the Dual-Pixel Canon 700D and 70D have touchscreen – useful for video focus pulls. And now it is a real selling point vs the Nikons.
It’s a typical fanboy thing: if the feature is not existing in the own brand lineup, it is a garbage feature – until your brand gets it, too.
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“people don’t know what they want until you show it to them”
– Steve Jobs
Canon sucks!
“…5Diii & 6D is this snobbery thinking…” couldn’t disagree more.
I use a Mac and an iPhone. However, I thank god that Steve doesn’t ever made a camera. Terrible idea. Just have a look at Jony Ive’s “enhanced” Leica M design and you know what I mean.
I’m definitively a Nikon fanboy, but I hate their popup flashes. So, what now?
So – you are a lucky guy. You can get A7 lineup – the body will likely remain the same style over generations. Stuff like faster AF is just a matter of time – but not expected in A7Rii right now.
About AF-speed in mirrorless: Watch Tony Northrup on YouTube, there are 2 new videos with NX1 in comparison.
Too bad, that I hate Tony Northrup. He says so often things that are totally wrong, that I stopped watching any of his youtube stuff.
And yes, I’m saving for an A7S.
What has he said that’s totally wrong? Not defending him, just genuinely curious since I’ve only watched one or two videos.
see my 2 posts above.
I said :”He says so often things…”. I probably saw not enough of his videos to justify the term “often”, but it was too often for my taste.
I agree with myNameIsCondor, Northup sucks kind of hard, I remember I stopped watching him when he posted a video about d750 and A7II, comparing them, when he was comparing bodies everything went fine, when he started comparing lenses and he compared the 35mm 2.8 vs the 35 1.4 nikkor and said it was 900$ when it really costs 1600$ dollars. And the compared the very cheapest nikkor 50 1.8 with the zeiss 55 1.8. The video is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mid3yowuCJU and the funny part starts at aprox. minute 15 or so
Well, I did’t watch his videos on the olys, but I watched once about A7II he did when it came and at one point he compared it to the d750. Everything more or less fine until he goes to the lenses department: first he compares some zooms andthen goes to the primes section at aproximately minute 15 of this vid https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mid3yowuCJUmid3yowuCJU
First comparison is the 35mm 2.8 sonnar vs the nikkor 35 1,4 g which costs 1600 bucks but he says it’s just 900 and then compares the CZ 55 fe with the 200 bucks 50 mm 1,8. Making jokes about prices of the sony lenses. We all know they’re no the cheapest on the ballpark but they usually have more than average quality and he ignores it just comparing resolution, aperture, focal length and price.What about contrast? Corner sharpness wide open? Weight? Construction? Flare ressist?
You say he uses dxomark, yeah, we have to agree, but just the numbers that agree with his biased ideas and hides the ones he doesn’t like.
You hate Tony, I like him.
You don’t want popup, I want.
Sounds like the start of great friendship^^
I watched a lot of his videos and everything sounded reasonable to me. Do you have some examples in mind, where Tony was wrong? Maybe I have overseen something or watched different videos.
Thanks
http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/updated-the-errors-in-tony-northrups-cheating-accuse-video
E-M5ii Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeJn7ar41xc
He talks about the not so great AF (not usable for fast moving subjects) which is obviously false. You may argue that people may judge speed differently, but I just think he draws a wrong picture. He complains about missing PDAF but later he says it’s useless.
In general, the way he talks, always sounds like he is presenting facts, not his opinion. I dunno how to describe exactly what I mean, but he always sounds like a teacher, presenting the truth. Which he does not.
So, LittleCam, seems we we both are a perfectly matching pair. 😀
PS: Just in case you like Tony, because of Chelsea, I totally understand that. She is hot.
Hi Condor,
now I watched this video 2nd time, paying attention to the things you told me. In about 22 min talking about the camera, he takes a lot of Olympus-press-release stuff. He takes many measurements of DPreview (and he usually often refers to DXOmark). He is presenting facts of the spec-sheet and mixes in some personal opinions what he thinks about it. It is a nice overview about the camera.
And then there were in total 2-3 minutes he talk about Phase-Detect-AF and the speed of it. According to the specs listed in DPreview he is right. I don’t know if Olympus and Panasonic have phase-detect-pixels on the sensor or it is just not written in the spec. So again – I won’t say thats a lie.
I know GH4 has rocking fast AF, despite the same sensor (according Tony) – so he is wrong about the slow AF to be a sensor issue.
He owns an E-M10 and did a comparison vs A6000 according AF. (It’s a better video, cause you can see Chelsea running) – look @ 2:00:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIwTmGTuwlQ#t=2m
And it’s his own experience that Olympus E-M10 takes 1 sharp fps. And he applies that result to E-M5ii, too – maybe this is wrong and E-M5 is doing better.
hey lets cut the already low battery life by 50% with all these other power draining features.
Damn – forgot to mention a bigger battery. Inside A7ii lineup there is probably enough space in the handgrip. A99-battery looks good.
Absolutely love the pop-up flash on my NEX-6 and A6000. Didn’t think much of it on the specs before I bought the cameras, coming from DSLRs which only have a front-firing flash (yuck). But since it can be leaned back to bounce, it’s amazingly useful, not hideous looking like direct flash, and saves a lot of space and weight having it built in vs carrying a dedicated flash. Of course, it’s only so powerful, and will only work on lower ceilings and only in in landscape orientation, but it’s certainly better than not having one on hand or blasting someone in the face with one.
Agreed; I actually use it a lot as a bounce flash off the ceiling – works great.
Well.. for optical syncing an off-camera flash?
I used it all the time on the nikon D600 and a third party flash. Great way to use an old working flash with a new camera.
For convenience, maybe. But it’s not exactly without drawbacks…
Exactly. I’m not going to use it for a a primary fill-flash, but I would definitely use it to trigger an off-camera flash.
My one gripe with the a6000 is that it includes a pop-up flash, but they specifically excluded the ability to use it to wirelesssly control Sony off-camera flashes, of course then driving people to buy the HVL-20m to get that done.
What camera are you talking about. And as you have obviously already seen this camera, please share some images with us. I’m curious. LOL.
You decide to skip a camera that is not even announced or released. That’s what I call super smart!
Sorry – there is no camera out – it is just a wish-list with features Sony has already released in different models. (except global shutter)
I should have had bought A6000 when it came out – but I was missing audio-jack of NEX7 and touchscreen of NEX5N.
I was always thinking, it is just a matter of (relative short) time when both features are available in a single body.
Now FF and IBIS is added to my wish-list 🙁
And the deeper shaped handgrip of A7ii and the bigger tripod mounting surface on the bottom (but without the hump on top).
Looks like my with list gets longer and longer instead of shorter and I never get a new body. That’s really super smart.
A7Rii – with all the rumors and having A7ii out, it is very obvious what Sony will offer.
I bet 84% – 86% in DPReview – Gold Award^^
Ah, thanks for clarifying. I apologize for my misunderstanding and my ignorance.
Now I understand. You skip the camera before you even know the specs, because your wishlist is so demanding, that you are 100% sure in advance, that it will be just another compromise camera, no matter what Sony will release.
So you can at least save your money for other things.
cool !
RX2 / RX1-II pretty please!
Yes, please continue where you left off Sony: better-than-Leica specs democratically priced.
A58 is already on the market. What about the A6000 successor? If only minor details have to be improved, are there no rumors about the specs yet?
Just give me a fast AF, IBIS, 14bit and quiet shock proof shutter then I’ll be happy
All of that in A7II body style with 36Mpx and I’ll be happy too.
+1
Are you talking about the A99ii, A7Rii, RX2, A58, RX20 or RX100m4? Or all of them?
If Sony could implement all of those features on all models, sales would went through the roof. 🙂
What Martin said, RX2 pleaaaaaaase! I just want a real competitor for fuji x100 series, of course rx1 has IQ from another world compared to it but the shooting experience is lacking. Refined, capable rx2 with a built in viewfinder of any sort will just do it for me 🙂
Yes, RX2 please. With killer specs. Then maybe I can afford a used RX1 in a few months. Yippee.
Am I the only one who wants RX2 without the EVF built in?
I would rather invest in the (RX1) optional EVF than have a small/poor one built in like RX100iii. Of course, the EVF can be bigger but that means bigger body than RX1 which I think is a good size already.
We know Sony reads SAR from the photokina interview. Hopefully they will start leaking some information to here as they have gone too quiet. I’m waiting to see what the next lenses on the roadmap will be.
Once they’ve got 85mm and 24mm out of the way (I’d be amazed if they’re not on the next road map), we should see something a bit more interesting…
I agree. That’s what I am expecting as well. Hopefully there is a TC in there for the 70-200 as well.
I’d settle for a variable aperture 70-300…
I had it, again high costly camera’s, and no A7000, sorry Sony, goodbye, Olympus has also very good camera’s and especially many many much better lenses in there lens line up then Sony has, Sony only focus is on the FF stuff and that’s sad for all the other none FF customers, who can not afford FF camera’s and there pricy lenses.
Goodby Sony, it’s not even worth it to wait any longer for the A7000 I think.
why is Sony only focusing on FF ? there seems to be no movement what so ever on the APS-C front ? why ? is Sony abandon the APS-C ?
This to me is the big question. After using an a6000 I want to sell off my Nikon APS-C DSLR gear and go with Sony mirrorless. But not if Sony is just planning on nothing but FF. A single announcement is all it would take. But I’m starting to believe that the months of silence speaks for itself, and I’m reconsidering my plan.
I want a RX2
Do you have any news on when the 50MP A9 is going to be launched?
I love SAR always puts me off buying a new camera waiting for the next 😉 that being said, A7s with IBIS and 4K. Take my money, until then, no GAS
I have been waiting for High End A7000 for many months and now I doubt it will soon be released, if at all this year, I am tired of Sony’s decisions with dealying and canceling A7000 announcement, so decided to go for Fuji and wait for X-Pro2 – Fuji is really more trustfull regarding the time of announced cameras and lenses.
480fps 1080p – money is your! lol…
I wouldn’t buy it below 960fps, because 480fps would be obsolete too fast. And 4K of course, what else. My eyes hurt so badly from staring on that pixelated old 1080p crap.
Cheers!
Admin, your English never gets better….
How many languages are you master of ?
Most Europeans are fluent in 3-5 and many Scandinavians have 6-7.
Will any of these cameras have an 50 mpx sensor? If not, bye bye Canon (in front of Sony)..
It’s tough times for camera companies right now… why would Sony waste their efforts on an unprofitable RX2? They need to consolidate their successful lines.
HX60 with RAW in the same form factor (which is way better than RX100) pleaaaaase.
Just release a7sII already so the used price of the a7s will fall 😛
For sure it will.
However I would be happy if they could manage the same sensitivity with 16 or 18MP.
I’d prefer that because for me personally in times of 4k Displays/TV (8.3 MP) becoming standard there’d be not much chance left to crop a little bit for either arranging subject or cutting of bad extreme corners and/or borders.
Sony needs:
14 bit color
Sensor glass astigmatism fixed
Better EVF
EFCS
Reasons documented here – https://sonyvnikon.wordpress.com/
What about better battery life? GPS?
These are travel sized cameras without travel features or travel battery life.
They’re schizophrenic in design I think
Any word on resolution?
Prior rumor said the same resolution
Want to see a – mount camera on 23rd. 50MP, 5 axis IS, mirror that can flip, and 120-130 auto focus points. That’s the A77ii would make me happy.
Sorry A99ii
These rumors are getting boring. I’m starting to get unimpressed by Sony. This will just be an old a7r with the 5 axis Stabilization..
and the new awkward rubber dials
lol, why do you unimpressed with Sony because of lack of rumors
Love your use of the word ‘just’ there. smh
Hilarious. The most innovative camera company out there, with the most frequent ground-breaking releases, an unparalleled line of mirrorless FF cameras, and you’re “bored” and “unimpressed”? Sounds like you’re a spoiled little sht. Go over to Nikon or Canon and see how quickly you get bored with yesterday’s tech, repackaged over and over again.
tell that to TIPA !!! seems they only know Canon or Nikon maybe
Indeed… 6 months ago, all of the “forum experts” were convinced that IBIS couldn’t be implemented on FE mount, because of flange distances or heat or image circle or some such nonsense. 6 months later the marriage of that tech to the best full frame sensor on the market with who knows what other features is “boring”.
The entitlement is staggering.
*FACEPALM*
I wanted to make a comment, but I can’t. I have no words.
And I would be very very happy with that.
Hum, an A7r with 5 axis stabilization and a faster AF would be really cool ! Remember: Rome was not built in a day… I’d love fast but more compact primes though…
Please stop abusing the word “already” … thank you !
Andrea,….Sony has a live NAB press conference on Sunday night. Last year was the big A7s launch.
Im going to NAB next week. You are sure there will be no E mount products announced? (camera or camcorder)..or do you just mean to “photo” cameras?
NAB press conference? whats that?
and when Sony focus back to APS-c, OMG Sony is abandoning FF, where are new FE lens… waaaa …. waaaa
After A7(r/s) came out, its been all out FE. At least have some balance.
FE lenses fit on APS-C cameras.
A-mountcan be used on E-mount via adapter.
That’s Sony’s way of thinking.
Currently the new Samsung NX1 / 500 would be a good alternatives. Good IQ, 4K, touchscreen, snappy AF, … overall less compromises for me than Sony.
But change the complete system because of 1 body, just 3 months on market? Knowing Samsung will never go to FF with NX?
No – my hope is A7000 or the “cheap FF” will match my wishlist better than current A7.
Resolution means a lot but not everything
Its more important for people buying the A7R. The R stands for resolution
Really? 🙂
But “R” doesn’t mean that with every incremental camera evolvement resolution needs to climb unknown heights.
I am also interested in an A7RII, but instead of additional MP’s I would prefer the same ergonomics as the A7II, an improved EVF, EFC and XAVC. And UHS-II CL10 support would be nice to have, too.
It’s not necessarily an either or proposition here.
If it won’t come with new sensor, i’m not into it. for me it’s not an upgrade.
We might have several new choices by now if people would quit screaming about 4K video. Ask for ‘gluten free’ instead, that won’t delay major product launches.
Who are you kidding!!! Do you know how many years people have been waiting for the XPro2!!!
How do you know what is and isn’t unprofitable?
Yeah, Sony goodbye.
The A6000 is soooo bad. And the 24Z, 35/1.8, 50/1.8, Zeiss 12, 32 and 50Macro, and the Sony 10-18 are so horrible lenses…
Honestly.
Yes, Olympus has very good cameras. And they also do have very good lenses.
But their very good lenses do also have very good prices which you don’t like at Sony.
Same goes for Fuji and for Samsung.
So, what’s your point?
LOL. Spot on.
where are the a mount cameras?
No.
Bye!
A7r mk II , and A99 mk II. My dreams come true. Wide angel lenses for A7r, and tele lenses for A99 mk II
What tele lenses are needed for A99?
He doesn’t imply that any tele lenses are needed, just says that when he is using such lenses, they will be used on his a99II. Makes sense?
Faster autofocusing, better grip/handling/balance/battery life etc.
he’s saying that he’s going to use wide angles on a7r II and A99 II will mount only tele lenses. Not that he wants new tele lenses for his A99 mk ii
an 800 f/5.6 would be nice. I’d take a 400 f4 too please.
because FF delivers better IQ…? And that’s what counts. And what is wrong with an a6000? Do you prerfer a Canon EOS M???? Or if you are a-mount user: a a77ii….? Still to pricey? Go and get a point and shoot….
Bye. Have a good one!
IMO, A99 is the only one need to upgrade immediately.
Although it is not “very old”,
but the high ISO performance, AF, buffer size, writing speed, are lag behind others.
A99 as a FF only get DXO ISO score: 1555,
while a6000 get DXO ISO score: 1347 .
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RX20 with 1″ full pixel readout 4k video will be nice too.
a6000 successor? It’s only been out just over a year!
I heard that Americans are pretty good in English. Maybe Mrs. Rottenmeier is America. Sometimes I’m jealous of Americans, they don’t need to learn a second language. :DDD
Sadly, there are Americans who think they are good at American***.
In my experience, few Americans are any good at English.
“any good at English”
Is anyone else finding this Discus thing getting slower? I’m participating less in online discussions because I’m so tired of that spinning icon, and the “Discus is taking longer than usual to load” message. This thing is everywhere and it sucks.
Ha! Waiting for an X-Pro2 instead of a A7000. Never heard that one before. Really funny. 😀
Wait for the amazing A7Siii rumors following the A7Sii release. I promise you, that you will not buy the A7Sii.
Out of topic : Does anyone about TIPA Awards? Seems like Canon got four honours this year but i wonder if they already considered Sony A or E mount in their contest or only did between Canikon camera?
Don’t worry. It is currently a FF phase of Sony. I think Sony wants to be FF-mirrorless market leader with a big gap to anyone who want to step into the same market.
I think especially Canon is feared: It is so easy for Canon to adapt all their STM-lenses on EF-M mount, having full AF with silent mode for videos. Canon-mount has same flange-distance, making it easy for 3rd party lenses beeing adapted. Canon EF-M mount has furthermore a bigger diameter, results in less vignetting on some FF lenses.
you shd be getting down on your hands & knees & thanking Sony dude. you know how much time & money I wasted learning photography on apsc before moving to full frame & realizing that all the shots I took in apsc could have been many times better? save your money, buy a full frame that you’ll still be using two years from now, & then you’ll be thanking me too
I reckon it’ll be an RX2 with the new 50mp sensor. They introduced the 24mp sensor with the RX1… Seems logical
Because FF mirrorless camera is revolutionary and Sony is the only one making them right now.
They have no competition in this market and it is the right decision by Sony to dominate the market before other competitors comes in.
Is any camera better than A6000 right now?
What camera are you going to get?
Since when did Olympus lenses get cheaper?
Well Launguages are difficult. I live in Denmark and speaks German, English, understand Swedish, and Norwegian. So thats 5 languages I understand. Some better than other. Very few people master more than 2 languages and even fewer master more than one language to perfection. Even though I am a Dane I dosen’t even master Danish to perfection!
Right but would you have the sense to get an editor who is a master of the language your site is published in? Just wondering that is all don’t be mad
The wait for a new A mount has been very frustrating. I’ve just returned from a long road trip using both a Hasselblad and an A7r with Zeiss lenses and shooting landscape – predominatly using the CZ 24 – 70 zoom and the CZ 135mm – big lenses. The Blad though big and heavy did its job and peformed beautifully – simple camera that just did it. The A7r with LEAF adaptor and big CZ glass was a pain to work with. The A mount lenses on the little body are a mismatch, the camera ergonomics are annoying and too much time is spent fiddling with setup to tweak it. It was a difficult camera setup to work comfortably with.
I longed for the simplicity of my old A900 which had a superb optical viewfinder with a well laid out straightforward design. The simple FN LCD menu was a killer, BIG and easy to read. The A7r camera never felt right, I was always aware of its shortcomings functionally – the resuts are great, it was getting there that annoyed me constantly, the A7r is best thought of as a sensor platform for A lenses and best used on a tripod slowly. I also have an E mount 24 – 70 kit lens which which when used on the camera makes perfect sense, lighter, faster to use, weight balance feels great etc – except its optically inferior to the A mount lenses. Sony needs to get back to basics and deliver a perfect hi resolution, simple to use A mount workhorse or I’m afraid I’ll have to look at Canon or Nikon for a good working DSLR. Its crunch time.
I’d prefer 24-36mp and 8-12fps. Could care less about the tech of the mirror(or if it’s mirrorless). An AF system as good as the A77ii is a must. At least a DXOmark score of 2500 on high ISO.
Please stop *misusing the word “already”…
FTFY