“Nico” the administrator of the dutch fotomateforum.net claims to have found info about the A77 on Sony Scandinavia and Luxembourg websites. But before reading the rumor please keep in mind that the rumor is not from one of our trusted sources! So take it easy. This could be fake. As soon as my sources will send me reliable info I will share it here!
Update: It looks like the original post at fotoforum has been removed! I downgraded the rumor from SR3 to SR2. A source just told me he didn’t hear anyhting about a release on April 16th. So please be cautious!
My girlfriend is from Antwerp but I don’t speak dutch and she is currently outside the house. That’s why I am posting the google english translated text:
“Following the publications on the production camera pack shots we could really expect these leakages.
Previous rumors about a launch in June, September and December are thus proved untrue.
On Saturday, April 16, the Alpha 77 launched at an event in the new luxurious Monaco, Porto Montenegro.
The entire European Photo magazine press is flown.
Sony shows this clearly shows that with this new APS-C SLT competition want to inflict a crushing blow.
The Sony Alpha 77 is in the near future, along with the also launched 500 f/4.0 G SSM SAL “THE tool” for the BIF, Sports Shooter and Wild Life to be.
The Nikon D400 sensor is exactly the same 24.4Mp half years later released. This connected with the Sony sensor and Nikon agreed clause.
A77-Specifications
– APS-C 23.6 x 15.6 mm 24.4 Mp (Effective) Exmor CMOS sensor Backlit
– 16 fps
– ISO 100-204800
– 51 focus points (15 cross-type sensors)
– Micro Adjustment for Sony, Minolta and Konica Minolta Lenses
– AVC HD Video / 24 bits (like the [shoplink 4718]Panasonic GH2[/shoplink])
– HDR
– Panorama mode
– GPS
– 3D
– New designed by Epson OLED Super EVF
– Able Tilt LCD Display
– Building and grip similar to the “Magnesium” [shoplink 3228]Alpha 700[/shoplink]
– The CF
– Newly designed battery provides up to 1,000 shots.
– The body A77 has a street price of 899 Euros. ”
I ask my trusted sources if they can confirm the rumor about the A77 beeing announced on April 16! If the rumor is true than we have also the good news that Sony is finally giving priority to Sony cameras instead of Nikon cameras!
Thanks Nico for those exciting news! And come visit me in Antwerp 😉
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83 Responses
I told ya people it’s april or bust, that’s how reality works
My summer vacation will be awesome if true !
If these are the actual specs of the camera, I WILL buy it on release. 16 Bps, does that mean 16 bit colour depth, or 16 FPS, because if it is 16 FPS, that would be insane!
If true, I will be even more broke than I am now. Still, the camera, if it sports these specs, looks quite good. Hopefully it performs well.
I have issues with the google grammar =p Please get your girlfriend to translate it quick ;p
Agree with Thomas. If they don’t lie, it’s a good deal.
Nice set of specs.. And there you go, to the people who wants camera for summer vacation.
By the way, the link to fotomateforum.net says that “The requested topic does not exist”, is this a good sign or a bad sign?
if sony really can release this full frame alike specs for semi pro dslr price and delivery good image easily would had astonish sales.
Ok if the specs are true for that price they are apsolutely insane! If this is true I’m forgetting about buying new lenses and flashes and saving for this! 😀
€899? Highly unlikely.
Perhaps this price does not include VAT?
P.S. I just noticed the ‘effective’ behind the number of megapixels, is there any chance that this could mean 3-layer sensor which was also rumored to be released in april?
I Hope this will be true.
I hope also they will have better save all images if shoot HDR Images. And HDR will also possible if RAW or RAW&JPG is activatet (not like a580)
I hope they will have better panorama functions.
Al other things sound very very good!!!
oh man, it is fake! look at sonyuserforum.de, the info is not true 🙁
April 16th is a Saturday. ’nuff said.
Great news.
I have a blog where I share my use of the a55 in video “pro” 🙂 aside my traditional use of HD cams.
It’s in french and I try to make a french community over the use of alpha 55 and coming 77 for video. I can write in English if needed. Will you give participation (messages) to such a english written blog ?
Thkx all
webcut
Yes I would man!
http://webcut.blogspace.fr/
I started with my first english post !
Happy to meet you there
Cheers!
What is wrong with the 16th?
It is my birthday.
The micro adjust is for Sony/Minolta lenses only – for those of you with a900/a850 – is that the same for you? Tamron/Sigma microadjust is out of the question then…
If 16FPS is true Sony will now hold the land speed record previously owned by the Canon F1 released 1986.
🙂
Sorry that was back in 1984 and 14 FPS!
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/canonf1/html/canonf1nhighspeed.htm
OK, if not completely correct, how much is correct? and specifically what? I have seen indications that I believe are from Sony sources that the camera will be coming in April.
The announcment data has been NOT confirmed by my sources. They are checking right now if they missed something but they never heard anthing about an April release.
What have they said about the specs in Nico’s post, Andrea?
If you post the original tekst, I can make a proper translation for you instead of google translation. 🙂
Yawn!
Aw.. gone.. sad…
Waiting for upcoming rumors..
Premature ejaculation!
🙁
Aww… There goes my April…
Street price of 900 Euro? No chance! That is only 775 GBP The A55 would only be 100 GBP less. That’s a load of crap right there!
I’m hearing reports that the person who posted this rumor on the Dutch forum did it as a joke, and told a German forum that it was a joke.
C Girard did the same thing last April 1st.
SAME camera(A700 replacement)…..LOL
😉
LOL, that’s great! Joke’s on us, I guess
Well at least I did that on April Fools Day 😉 It was pretty obvious.
C
🙂
Only news are price, ISO and 16fps,but any way these are unbelievable.
Hope for 1100USD, ISO 100k and 12fps.
definitely no juice to this rumor. it started SR3 now SR2. well i guess d7000 is almost on my fingertips.
Buying the D7000 in the next six months would be a mistake.
well go buy D7000. if later you can see A77 better than D7000, u can resell your camera.
not a mistake, just to have something for wedding photography as a back up until “the one” comes out. i can always find a buyer though a bit cheaper.
Then buy the A580, same sensor, much cheaper.
just brought a D7k 2 days ago, i somehow liked my sold A580 better, nicer grip and nicer access fn/menu then nikon… its so complicated and waste of time. planning to sell it and wait for A77 😀
Funny you should say that, somebody I know swapped to a D300 from the A700 and immediately swapped back to Sony due to the Nikon menus, handling and expensive VR lenses.
“backlit sensor” there’s the evidence that it’s fake 😉
along with the price ofc.
I agree that backlit sensor is fake BUT $899 Euro = $1,233.07 USD
Same price as canon 60D as previously rumored.
Exmor R is the only spec I truly doubt.
16 FPS is only for shock and awe but clinches Sony with the land speed record previously held by Canon F1 since 1984 at 14FPS!!
🙂
I Agree with you on the price. 900€ = 60D in Norway (Without lens. +- 50€)
Yeah, backlit sensor — total fake.
“51 focus points (15 cross-type sensors)”
You’ve got to be joking? I do think you are a bit too loose with the rumors you post. It should be obvious that this info is very fake. 😐
I will be satisfied with 15 focus point all cross type with additional f/2.8 central focus point.
With filming over heated resolve, 24p, I will jump in 😀 hope it is not like A55 stop me because of the over heat issue.
But talking about April it made me remember of 1st April 😀
It would be nice if this turns out to be true!
If the new a77 image quality is significantly better than my a850’s then I might have no choice but to purchase the a77, if not then I need to use my camera budget on a few new lenses and wait for the 850/900 replacement.
I’m afraid that will be some time from now, maybe in late 2012 or later.
Mayan said world end by 2012 😀
Perhaps it will, for Nikon and Canon. lol
great………then I will buy the a77 AND several new Zeiss lenses amd use my credit card
Thanks for the info.
SR5: On April 1, many announcements will be made regarding releases of the A77, A900 replacement, and all the other stuff that’s currently MIA. That’s about as real as this is going to get for a while.
The famous A77 will be presented the 14th April 2011 🙂
When the price close to $1000, I will buy it. I don’t mind breaking my US$1000 limit for body only. Seems that Sony is moving closer to 24fps that they envision when they buy alpha mount from Minolta.
I’ll take two and a diet coke LOL
ISO 204,800 is pure fiction and who needs it. Give me clean 100-6400 and I believe most here would be happy.
The Sony guy said that ISO was going to be in the hundreds of thousands.
So I figured this out. You’re just a Sony guy trying to help delay us.
where’s the weather sealing?where’s the weather sealing?where’s the weather sealing?where’s the weather sealing?where’s the weather sealing?where’s the weather sealing?where’s the weather sealing?where’s the weather sealing?where’s the weather sealing?where’s the weather sealing?where’s the weather sealing?where’s the weather sealing?
In Pentax.
Precisely 🙂
sorry to say that only little user require weather seal in whole market 😀 but may be not A77, but A750 will do 😀
I agree. It’s a pro feature and this is not a pro camera. I think people just want that, as well as no overheating when shooting 2 hours of video, for the reason that it’s cool but they will never use it.
ISO 204800 on a cropped censor? lol
Definitely not in a single exposure mode. They probably mean multi-exposure mode where they stitch 6 or more images together. Hypothetical value can be as high 6 times single exposure value-> example 6*25 000 = 150 000 ISO
Nice marketing move.
We should only care about “signal to noise ratio”
Maybe it’ll have ISO 204800, but every photo taken at that gain will look like a dodgy UFO photo, with the subject being too veiled in chroma noise to be able to tell what it is. That way, everyone will be right.
The dates I’ve heard are Aug/Sept of 2011.
Source?
The dates I’ve heard are 2009/2010/2011/2012.
As everyone knows including Sony the world ends Dec 21/2012 so….its coming soon.
🙂
Perhaps they are waiting for the World to end so it doesn’t get bad reviews?
😀 lol 😉
No DRO+ in the specs.
No SSS in specs either.
I guess Sony are now going to force us all to buy their future OS lenses.
LOL
😉
CMOS backlit will not be applied for DSLR in next few years. Of course, this is a fake rumor
The 899 euro price tag seems a bit low to me, when the A700 came out the first prices were around 1400 euros.
😀 😮
No OVF no Sale.
Why do people insist on hating an EVF they have not seen yet? It’s bizarre!
I was a bit anti” the EVF until I started using t on my A55 and now all fears have been dispelled. I shoot macro 1.1 and critical focus is so much easier along with DOFP which is stunningly clear. Honestly, the people too afraid to accept this new technology better go buy a Canon as they are just ignorant. Try it in the field.
BTW, Live View on a single hinge LCD creates many photoghraphic opportunities that once were very difficult to acheive.
Micro Adjustment for Sony, Minolta and Konica Minolta Lenses…
What? is that?
It allows you to calibrate your lenses so the focus is spot on. The camera will store the setting for each lens.
Some lenses can back-focus or front-focus, this is a problem when you have small DoF like on a 50mm f1.4 for example. The lens will focus slightly in front of, or behind the subject by very tiny, but measurable, amounts.
Ah, interesting feature. I have a lot of those kinds of Minolta lenses.
My biggest concern now is the 24mp on an APS sized sensor. I have to see it to believe it. I think it would be hard to obtain a high quality high iso performance with such small pixels. The future will tell I guess.