There are a couple of new “Minor” rumors floating on the web:
First of all I got word the new A6xxx camera will ship in very early 2016. But I still don’t know the day of the announcement. At the same time SAR reports there is also a “mysterious” High End Camera coming. Not sure he is talking about A or E-mount here.
43rumors got few info about the Panasonic-Leica 100-400mm lens. It will be announced in February and cost $2,500. And Fujirumors reports the X-E2 firmware will be released in mid January.
In the meantime we still don’t have any official Samsung statement about the recent camera business closure rumor. I really hope they will tell us something about that soon!
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If the new Leica-Panasonic 100-400 mm zoom performs like a high quality prime between 300 and 400 mm it will be well worth it.
If it peaks at 100 mm and starts fading at 200 mm it will be a waste.
Any info on the possible announcement date of Sony a6xxxx?
Wow a whole extra X, no wonder that camera is taking so long to be released
This shows my current state of mind due to the endless wait for the a6xxx successor.
A6xxxx to ship early 2016:) rather odd as there are no real solid rumors – so I would expect later in the year – after June – and still no answer from Sony as to if it is a A6000 replacement or the long long awaited NEX7 replacement – but there are rumors that this might be the last APS-C E-mount body – which sounds reasonable as Sony has said they will be focusing on FF FE mount as their cheaper cameras for the future and the A9 FF A mount will be the high end – and they have also stated that they have a cheaper FF body coming out – so A7xxx will be where APS-C was before and then the A9 will be high end line – and the cheaper A7xxx will be to fill in for the A5100 etc line – and I expect they will drop anything below that and come out with a 1 inch sensor body to fill in that gap –
I personally feel that Sony might buy out Olympus camera division – they already own a chunk in it – therefore the 5 axis IBIS in the new A7/s/r – I just do not think Olympus would have given that away for a small investment – so my feeling is that they will inherit M43 so having the APS-C E mount would be to much – how long has it been since Sony made a lens for APS-C E mount ?? or third party makers? –
The big question for the A6xxxx – will it have 5 axis IBIS ? – or just have an updated 24 MP sensor and 4K and few other things – I suspect no IBIS as they want to keep the price close to what the current A6000 is as it has been a great seller for them and many folks would not upgrade if the price was $1299 –