Sony could once again lead the digital mirrorless camera industry in a new territory. SonyAlphaRumors reports that there is a 50% chance Sony will announce a sort of digital Mamiya 7 but likely with fixed lens within the next 5-6 months!
The sensor should be the one already in use by the new Hasselblad and Phase One cameras (50 MP Cmos). There is not other detail yet but it sounds quite amazing!
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Yep, it’s only matter of time. Sony understands that smatphones are creating incresing pressure for smaller sensor cameras. Next big thing with smartphones will be multi array sensors, and those will increase the pressure even more as the picture quality improves with that. So only way to fight is to go bigger and bigger with the sensor size. As the production cost for FF and medium format sensors decreases advanced amateurs and camera enthusiast will buy these, because they want to differentiate.
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Only interesting if pricing is not too high. About $2000 with a fixed focal lens or $2500 with a fast wide zoom, plenty of external controls and compact design. My guess, however, is pricing probably will climb to $3500 and $500 more for an “optional” viewfinder, and it will have a fixed focal f/3.5 “Zeiss” branded lens.
I doubt it will cost anywhere around $3500 more like $10000
Typical Sony but impossible. There are digital MF systems cheaper than that.
I really think Olympus should have done this. Have a leg in every door. Kudos to Sony for having the cojones to try something new.
Olympus was the first in making an efficient sensor dust cleaning system, first in going mirrorless (after Epson rangefinder), first in adopting 4/3 standard… Olympus is a very innovative company.
Yes, that was kind of my point but they must not be stubborn. As it stands, Sony will be in a great position to “brace” the existing DSLR tech from top and bottom while Olympus will be squeezed between phones and mid range DSLRs. Olympus relies heavily on a single ecosystem of cameras while Sony is prepared for basically everything. I’m not discussing the merits of individual systems but the strategy Sony takes seems more powerful and less risky.
44x33mm sensor is around x0.8 crop factor. So a fixed 45mm lens should give us a 35mm (35mm eq.). Probably a f/4.0 lens for size reasons, and we are ready to go shooting. 😀
Dear Sony: HURRY UP. That is all
Yes, please. I can’t wait for the debate about the inevitable superiority of “fuller full frame” to begin.
We have had a mirrorless medium format for some time – the Alpa Tc etc, interchangeable highest quality lens, optional optical viewfinder and used particularly by landscape photographers. Digital or film back up to 200mb on four shot, or 80mb single, or even 320 mb on the XY version otherwise and quality to make a Nikon 800e look like a point and shoot and weight to make your Nikon4s feel like an elephant round your neck. Silvestri, Sinar Handy and others all do mirrorless optical viewfinder versions and have done for some years, so whilst a fixed lens small mf sensor camera is new it is hardly groundbreaking!
Why not go for a square sensor and use a lens and the available space more effectively. 44×44 is around the old 127 film format, so a 60-65 standard lens and 40-45 w/a. You could have half a mini Rollei grey with a viewfinder on top and mid range mf lens, just like the cheaper Rolleis!