We got word from an anonymous source that Sony will announce the new Sony A7000 at CES in early January. And it will cost $699 body only which is only $50 more than the current A6000 price. But I guess A6000 price will drop $50-100 til January…
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Sony continues to innovate. My wife a d5200 user now uses her RX100 II. It’s a good sign for Sony and Chikon is way behind. Nikon no where to be seen and Canon with 1 inch cameras that on release is are a year behind Sony and has poor autofocus.
Samsung nx1 has just been killed 馃槈
jokes apart, if this camera has serious 4k, weather sealing, a better evf than a6000, an even improved sensor and the same great AF, it’d be very difficult to sell other aps-c cameras for 2.5x price.
You’re dreaming. I don’t see 4k as part of the specs, and I don’t see 28mp, and I don’t see backlit sensor and 30% better low light. Also, the Samsung rumor is that a NX400 is coming in February. That camera is supposedly going to have the NX1 sensor, so that’s 4k and 28mp and all that in the A7000 bracket.
Also, the “4k option” is a joke. You need a 2,000 dollar device that puts your camera on a tripod, a device that is awkward and iffy and NOT SONY. Nobody who wants 4k is going to opt in for that. If they want to stay under 2 grand on the body they’ll go to Samsung, Olympus or Panasonic. And at 4.5 grand (price of A7 with recording device), you may as well go to a professional video camera, which is what Sony wants, because Sony sells those. Sony is too busy holding back features to give you 4k.
I mean, maybe the NX1 specs won’t bear out, who knows, but on paper, the A7000 is not a threat.
Where did you read about 30% figure? From the first images out of nx1, I can’t see any advantage in high iso.
Anyway, what I’m saying is that few selected persons could need the very limited features in which nx1 excels over this a7000, but the majority of customers will watch at iq, weight advantage, sony brand and above all price.
99% of the customers will go a7000, 1% nx1. As it has always been in sony vs samsung mirrorless.
No wonder Samsung has already rumored to drop the price in the NX1 before it even shipped, Between the already announced a7 ii and the soon to be announced a7000, Sony has dealt a major blow to Samsung before they even get off the ground, Early reviews of the Samsung’s poor color accuracy will not help it either. I guess Sony is still sore from losing all those tv sales to Samsung…
When Sony will include the A7s ISO sensitivity in their APSC?
Sony keeps pumping out bodies – So NEX5n,NEX5r,NEX5t, NEX7,NEX6,A6000,A5000,A5100 and how many lenses for E-mount in this time ????? Sony really needs to add more lenses to the E-mount – so Zeiss has made few and not all gotten that great reviews and nothing less than $1000 –
So most likely the A7000 will have a higher res EVF and 4K video – and yes price will be reasonable but the same old issue – few lenses for E-mount – for example no 24-70mm F2.8 no 70-200mm F2.8 no 85mm F1.8 portrait lens – the 35mm F1.8 and 50mm F1.8 are decent and have IS and price not bad – but many more needed –
All depends what you do, your lens story is well known, but consider those who play with MF, like me, to enjoy the e-mount for the ability to use just any lens with an adapter. Those lenses at Zeiss that perform good are in MF too, but, there pricing is too high. I shoot with Minolta lenses and I must say, that except for the flare, I do not see what most actual modern lenses could do better. Try to beat the Minolta 24-2.8 and the 35-70-F4 with any new lens, you will not find many, and then, consider those to cost 150$ and 50$, while there are no correct priced lenses on the market for the e-mount. The super wide angle zoom for apsc, 10 to 16 mm is far overpriced and so are most Zeiss AF lenses. Here i agree with you, Sony should start developing affordable lenses. Selling bodies at dumping prices and lenses at high end jewellery prices is a paradox. It’s nice to get people in a system with a cheap body price, once they are in, they realize that the lens park cost them the ass out of the pants. This blue square policy starts sucking. I will buy this a7000, but, if the body is a plastic shell junk, they can keep it. NEX-7 is solid built, hope that the next one will be too, and, the main reason is the 1/8000 speed, without that they can keep it as well. What they should do now, is a 10 or 12 mpix body with much better high ISO sensitivity and silent shutter option. Any new 24 mpix will, in best conditions, make 1 to 1 1/2 stop better, compared to A7S performance, that is just hilarious. NEX-7 limit is 400 ISO, that sets me back to my D200 times.
On another rumor about A7000 is the quality of the kit lens (wide angle zoom) will be better. About having the Zeiss quality but not the word Zeiss! Only 芦聽Zeiss聽禄 it is an easy $300 more.
http://petapixel.com/2014/10/22/rumor-sony-a7000-will-arrive-2015-4k-video-capabilities-weather-sealing-18000-max-shutter/
Few lenses for E-Mount? You can use practically ANY glass with E-Mount, just buy a $20 adapter.
That $20 adapter is going to mean you lose autofocus. When Sony claims that it has the “fastest autofocus in the world”, I’d probably want to utilize that. Even lenses with expensive adapters and speedboosters will never focus like a native lens.
They’ve always made fantastic sensors. Now Sony is making fantastic cameras too. Each one is more revolutionary than the last. What worries me is that they’re becoming obsolete at the point that they’re almost disposable (a7s excluded).
We’re not going to see a XAVCS update for the a6000 because it would hurt a5100 sales as well as possible a7000 sales. We’re not going to see profiles like SLOG2 on the prosumer line because it would hurt a7s sales.
We’re seeing the same game as the major cell phone manufactures. Pump out a new model every few months that has an updated feature that everyone wants. Forget firmware updates, just keep pumping out new cameras.
If Sony wants my dollar vote, they’ll calm the hell down and work on establishing a firm foundation for E mount cameras. They’ll produce a variety of lenses while continuing to update firmware on current cameras. They’ll introduce new accessories and firmware support for non-Sony accessories.
Have you actually used a manual focus lens on a Sony with an electronic viewfinder? It’s actually quite a game changer in the right situations, Sony is cranking out models because the technology is evolving overnight and it’s what consumer electronics have always done, If you do not see a future in Sony then perhaps you should ask Canon, Nikon, Apple Computer, and others why they all use Sony camera sensors. You can always wait for the next year’s model/lens, or at some point you can jump in and start using something that is already quite good.
Why should we use an adaptor? Sony should provide E-Mount native lenses with the IQ required and demanded by Professionals. Great sensors and great cameras with poor offer of lenses, particularly good ones
yes true sony is really innovative at the moment but I need lenses also not only bodies!! FF-E 85 mm whatever 1.4, 1.8 2.0 lense I need really important for portrait work. Hopefully in spring :.-))
I have a 6000, A7, A7r nice to have cool bodies but no lenses with AF and emount as portrait lenses. I dont want tu use LAE-4 adapter, for totally away from the usage of this small mirrorless cameras
Andy & Joe,
You are right. Camera is great, where are the lenses? In my case (outdoor sports and action), a zoom with 300mm reach. Just about every maker has one (Pentax, Panny, Oly, etc. plus Canikon). 55-300mm would be great. 28-300mm would be even better. Or something like Panny 100-300mm and 14-140mm for closer everyday work. A good power zoom for video. Sensor crop, no resampling, for extended video zoom (like the GH4 and the GX7). And no adapters–either cost too much and/or you lose functionality. Plus it’s Rube Goldberg–a work-around.
Also hope they improve the video; a6000 vid is mediocre at best.
What’s wrong with the sony fe 70-200mm f/4? That’s over 300mm on an a6000/a7000 and is an amazing sharp lens wide open at f/4. Even better, it’s a zoom you are asking for. FE glass will also give you the opportunity to go full frame in the future…. I am sure there will be a better faster prime down the road but for now this lens would be great for sports. There is a review where this lens and the a6000 was used to shoot the Tour de France with great results.
Thanks for the observation. When I say “300mm” I mean the lens, not FF equivalent. On APS-C, of course, 300mm gives 450mm. On MFT, it gives 600mm.
200mm is still way shorter than 300; it *might* have enough reach for most of what I do if attached to MFT, but of course a6000 isn’t MFT. Also, 70mm on the near end is very narrow. That’s why I listed both ends, starting at 55-300mm (which can still be a bit restrictive).
As for video (if that’s what they used in the TdF), I have compared vid from a6000 and GH3 (also GX7) and it is no contest. a6000 simply lacks detail in textured areas.
And there are still the other features I mentioned.
Just a little wish, will it come with an external battery charger for this one?
My bet,
A7000 will have just 3-axis IBIS (in order not to compete with A7 II, but also not to be inferior to OMD E-M10 / Pen-PL7). If it is bundled with a NEW, fast (let’s say 2.8-4) standard lens (better 16-70 than 16-50mm), of really good optical quality, not too big and not crazily expensive (as Zeiss), it will be a cracking combo.
Only to remove the crest 芦聽Zeiss聽禄 with the same quality, it could be -$500 ! 馃檪
With a little IBIS in the A7000 I could use my Sigma EX DN trio _and_ my old manual focus optics (Nikon, Pentax, Leica, Contax) for outdoor shoots.
As for new Sony lenses, they already offer everything I’ll ever need. Ultra-wide, standard, and telephoto zooms of excellent quality are currently available. The aforementioned fixed focal length optics are already in place and adapted to E-Mount.
As a side note, I see absolutely no “need” for full frame. Even the mirrorless FF are a little bulky and clunky compared to the APS-C mirrorless I’ve used.
Yes, an A6000 has replaced my six year old Canon 5D MkII… with MUCH smaller size, weight, and mass, as well as greater image making flexibility, better dynamic range (the difference is subtle, but I see it mostly in the smoother blacks of the Sony APS-C), and better off the sensor resolution than I had with the Old Beast.
IBIS would only make things a little sweeter than they already are. 馃檪
I brought the A6000 for the wife when it came out, but have used it more than her because I like it so much and makes an excellent camera for holidays, day-2-day etc.
I’m tempted with the A7000 if it is good, but I’m trying to hold out for a Sony Full Frame with a quieter shutter (think Nikon D810) then I can finally give up my Nikon and switch to Sony. Nikon should be embarrassed with how overpriced some of their camera’s are, yet lacking features of the 21st century.
I just hope that Sony releases an action-oriented lens such as the Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO or Fujifilm XF 50-140mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR that are very fast, for APSC cameras and almost the same size and weight of the Sony FE 70-200mm f/4.0 G OSS that is good but, Sony lens is 1-stop slower (f/4) than the Olympus and Fujifilm counterparts.
I would not count on Sony to come out with a fast zoom for E mount
It has been quite a few years since Sony came out with the first E mount camera and still no F2.8 zoom. And I do not expect to see a F2.8 for FE either for years to come so Sony looses sensor size advantage as M43 has faster zooms
Good bye Nikon – Hello Sony 馃檪
I really need your help
Should i buy the a6000 or wait for this and the new Colon Sensor coming ahead?? I am just a enthusiast and going to have the camera for personal use.
Thanks !
Buy either the a6000 or the Panasonic GX7 (which is much better for video and also shoots good stills). I tried both and ended up with the GX7–a great camera at a great price.
Wow nice. Nice to see a person give credit to the very nice GX7. I have a Sony NEX7 and. A6000 and A7 Fuji X100/s OMD em5/1 but I have 2 GX7s as I just like it the best the A6000 might have a slightly better IQ but only slightly However the m43 system has so many more lenses and the GX7 has IBIS etc No f1.2 or f1.4 or f2.8 zooms for the Sony E mount The a6000 is very nice for sure but so is the GX7 I really like the Touch To Focus and Touch LCD C1 C2 C3. 9fn buttons etc etc The GX7 is fantastic and now price has dropped as I suspect GX8 coming late this year possibly October
For some reason the GX7 was under the radar for many people. I thought it was overpriced when it came on the market, but now you can get one with kit lens for $600-$700. I just sold my GH3 because after getting the GX7 I rarely used the GH3 and the GX7 did just about everything the GH3 did, and had some extra features. For video at long range, the sensor-crop 2.4x extra zoom option is incredible.
Sony still needs to add some lenses to the line-up (in my case, a good tele-zoom with 300mm on the zoom end).
Would love to see a GX8 with 4K video, but 4K generates a lot of heat which is hard to dissipate with a small camera body. Many users report overheating and shutdown after only a few minutes of video with the a6000, and that isn’t even 4K.
So many great cameras but so few great lenses for them. I’ll be psyched about this body but can’t buy it without fast, great glass. Maybe the FE and E lineup will arrive in 2015 and I’ll be a Sony owner again. And maybe the over heating sensor issues that burned me on my NEX7 will be history. I hope so.
Absolutely right about the lenses.
I would like to get a “S” version:
12 MP
better iso-performance
better EVF 2,7 MPix
Build in flash as a “Master” usable
Since they did not announce this camera, isn’t it about time to deactivate this blog? Why post rumors about things now known to be totally not happening?
So you are saying no A7000 coming?
I’m saying that the A7000 was not announced at CES 2015, which was the headline of the original article / blog post. An event was predicted, it did not happen, the prediction was wrong, why leave it out there? It’s really pretty simple.