We are already excited because of the soon to come Sony NEX-FF. But it looks like Sony engineers went almost crazy on this: The image on top shows the first Lens Camera from Sony. This is a Lens with built-in sensor, battery and memory!!! So how the heck can you see the images and download them? Easy, you connect your smartphone or tablet via Wifi or NFC to see the images (in live view).
This is an amazing little toy. But It’s hard for me to say if that new kind of doing photography is something really needed. What do you think?
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I’ve got an incredible smartphone, because it has a build in camera and lens!
That’s phantastic, you can see the images in live view too and store it at the same place, and it has Wifi too.
I am moving to Leica
The tech geeks gonna love it as their smartphones are the center of their universe.
Personnaly, I’m just asking for a real good small camera like that future Gx7 or the Ricoh GR.
I love Sony’s new direction with cameras. And I didn’t really want to, because I’m currently a Nikon shooter. They’ve literally won me over with superior technology and design.
But this doesn’t make any sense at all to me. Do I stick this in my pocket? Because it can’t stay mounted to my phone. Then, it is replacing an RX100, which probably works better overall.
At the size of this thing, I’d rather just carry a NEX.
This has to be a fake product to throw off the rumor sites. I can’t imagine that anyone would greenlight this and be concerned about P&L statements simultaneously 😉
why not? the rx100 when closed is a fairly compact camera, it’ll only shave off a few mm and add that to the thickness of your phone
So I’ve got my lens/camera in one hand to point it, and my smartphone in my other hand so I can see where it’s pointing, and then when I want to take a picture I use my THIRD hand to… uh, I think I see a problem here…
I was thinking about that too. I think it should (somehow) work to take a picture with your thumb. But i can´t imagine that´s convenient. Maybe Technology is evolving to fast in respect to human physics and mind 😉
@ Ranger9 Perhaps touching the smartphone screen with your thumb, as usually. But the photo will be capture by the lens/camera, via wifi. Just a hint/idea.
the lens will be able to attach to the body of the phone magnetically….. so you can hold both when you’re holding the phone with that 1 hand
Think as if it is a gopro cam,just smaller. Many people love gopro.
Or maybe a GoPro with live view.
More like a Contour or iON POV cameras, except with better lens and sensor. I think there is a market for it.
Add a little VF on the back of that lens, and you don’t need a phone.
🙂 you’ll have a point&shoot compact camera!
Actually both lens and phone together make a NEX camera.
Forget the lens. Just make it with a NEX mount and FF sensor. Now that be awesome.
I suppose this is not Mirrorless, this is Bodyless.
junk