Image courtesy: Focus Numerique.
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I guess that’s a picture most of you didn’t see yet! it shows the new A6000 with the new Bluetooth mic fully compatible for the Multi-Interface shoe. The ECM-W1M can be preordered at Sony Store US (Click here).
AF speed:
Over at Dpreview forum, member Alithenake tested the A6000 and this is what he writes about the AF speed:
I’m blown away by the speed of AF, even in low light. Also the performance of the camera in low light situations is incredible, giving sharp results even hand-held.
Sounds great!
P.S.: A short AF test video has been posted by Mobile01 on Youtube.
James: “I’ve noticed you can only buy a A6000 with 2 lenses (16-50 + 55-210) only from the store tab on sony.de. If readers are looking for it…”
Well James I didn’t find it. Maybe some SAR readers can find me a diretc link to it?
Sony A6000 preorder list with US and Europe links:
Sony A6000 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at WexUK (Click here).
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here), Sony Canada (Click here), WexUK (Click here).
Silver A6000 with lens at WexUK (Click here).
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon (CLick here), BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT
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When you click the Store tab on Sony.de, it shows a 16-50 + 55-210mm kit for €1049, but when you click it, that kit doesn’t appear to be an option…
Who cares?
Well, the admin asked for it.
Exactly. RTFA.
I like this mic. I hope it sounds good
Does anyone know what the sound quality is like??
Probably the same as the ECM-HW2.
How does the ECM-HW2 sound like?
I don’t know but there are reviews online – amazon, etc.
Depends on how much post processing they have seen, but those pictures by Alithenake on the DPreview Forum look definitely promising.
Btw, the post can be found here:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3627127#forum-post-53149901
I just spoke with a sony exec.
3 new A mount cameras anoncing real soon.
A79..32mp C
24mp ff
36mp ff
New hybrid camera will have z shift and 5 axis ibis.
New cameras with ospdaf will be compatable with most 3rd party lenses including tamron and sigma..high speed focus will work.
New 54mp stacked sensor will be 3 layers of 18mp.
Probably organic/silicon hybrid and probably anounced early to mid 2015.
And one more thing..
SAR IS REQUIRED READING FOR SONY EXECUTIVES.
So yes we are being heard!
Good to hear they finally give you the 54MP “barry sensor” so you can stop whining about it
I think you must have been dreaming when you had this conversation.
SR5
Never forget: The more you’re trolling your A-Mount propaganda into E-Mount News, the less others care for interests.
BTW nice option for E-Mount cameras to record sound via Bluetooth Mic
Actually it’s probably genuine. I’ve heard of three models, but the only info I have was on the A79. The other cameras are probably the two A88 models.
Lol, earlier today you said that a-mount was dead today and e tomorrow (in reply to dead dead dan’s usual rant).
I think you just hijacked the thread. I have been wanting to hear this for awhile. I thought the a-mount stuff was getting buried since there has not been much of a murmur for the past couple of weeks. What did you do just walk up to a Sony exec and asked the question. I want the 36 mpix camera. I just hope that Sony can put together a great camera with their great sensors. Sony if you are listening do not skimp on the processing power. A good flash system would be nice. Thanks Barry, I am getting a bit excited now. Any idea when soon is?
I contacted Sony told them who I was and about my concerns about the future of A mount and a Sony executive was kind enough to call me back.
We had a long discusion …he told me what he could.
The anouncements will come in the next couple of weeks and in addition to what I learned I was told there will also be a surprize anouncement..but I am not sure when the surprize is coming.
I also learned that Sony does not want to dominate the camera industry but rather maintain thier current positional and maintain technological equality so everyone can succeed.
Sony is not planning to produce a medium format camera and is extremely happy to continue to supply sensors to the mf manufacturers.
Apparrently Sony has technology that could be unmatched by the competition but that is not thier desire.They wish to cooperate and support the camera industry.
Canon has a 120mp sensor and has had it for quite a while.
Canon will probably introduce this when sony introduces thier stacked sensor or shortly therafter.
Sonys stacked sensor will not be exclusive..sony plans to make it available to thier competitors also.
Sony limits advertising because sony does not want to dominate the camera market and does not want to engage in practices that would make them a monopoly.
Sony remains a strong player in the tv industry even though it may appear otherwise to the general public.
There were also hints of something big coming for sony tvs.
Some of what I am saying is pieced together from other sources and some from todays discussion..I have chosen to be a little vague about which is which but I believe everything I have said here is very reliable.
Definitely exciting and will be looking forward to the upcoming news. It hard to believe the humility of Sony. I hope it’s not on purpose that they are failing short on producing great cameras. They are always falling a bit short on what a Sony camera could or should be. For example, a company with such self proclaimed prowess should be able to produce a flash that does not overheat. It would be nice if they could figure out consistent TTL performance. I just hope they build great camera. I could easily be coaxed into upgrading from my 99.
Sony is limiting the pace of technology advances because they believe that to introduce technology too quickly would result in government regulation as a monopoly. Sony is deliberately excercizing restraint to avoid the necessity of having restraint imposed on them.
Yeah, and because their world dominance is imminent they don’t build touch sceens and mic-ins and better sensors and IBIS and TriNavi into their cameras? Funny. No, it’s much more mundane: They don’t have the tech ready, or it’s just impossible to implement, or it’s too expensive to be competitive.
yes, I´ve heard they had alien technology, but the cia would close them down if they made it public to quickly
You do realize that that’s ridiculous and obviously just BS? Government regulation by having better technology than competitors? Give me a break!
This statement was a vaque hint so I cannot elaborateon it
Thanks Animals for posting. It was very interesting to read.
Thanks Barry for the valuable information you have here.
Yes, but who cares for a bluetooth mic and the umptenth APS-C test. We are coming for the rumors here, and the more the better :)!
32mp c
36 was a typo..sorry
Barry, I so hope that what you say becomes a reality!
The A7, A7r and A6000 clearly show that the new sensors are awesome. I bet we can expect the same, if not even better performance in the a-mount bodies. Combine that with the better comfort and functionality of the a-mount bodies, SONY can go ahead and take my money. I simply can not see myself mounting the 70-400II on an e-mount body. I need a-mount and I hope those three new cameras are really coming. The sooner the better!
Nice if you have all this information, hard to believe though. So why don’t you contact the admin and let him write a rumor article about it or double check with other sources? Do you need your own fame here on the comments?
I have already done that but I also chose to share this info with SAR imeaditly becaise I believe it is both timely and accurate.
My intent is only to contribute to this site by sharing the info I was fortunate enough to learn.
ok alright
troololo
Hybrid camera coming this year ?
A-mount cameras will have 5-axis IBIS, too ?
They were not specific as to when the hybrid camera will come.
Hopefully never!!!
Its just a bad idea.
“New cameras with ospdaf will be compatable with most 3rd party lenses including tamron and sigma..high speed focus will work.”
I highly doubt it.
Sony says they are aware it is a problem with current models and they plan to fix it in future models.
They were not specific which future models but intend to fully support 3rd party lens manufacturers.
Why!!!
Do you have any facts to support your statements?
So far, Sony OSPDAF on A99 or A6000 doesn’t support third-party lenses. Nothing but Barry’s statement indicates that’s gonna change.
Hopefully OSPDAF will be available to all new A-Mount lenses in the near future. I hope all Sony lenses are supported.
With the same reasoning (looking backwards) AF was impossible.
And IBIS. And SLR’s! , I guess even the whell was impossible.
But in reality, why should one PDAF sensor not work, while another works?
Exciting news or rumors. A79 36MP C ? Great.
32MP C
32 MP. Thanks.
You had me at 36mp. I will probably buy the A79 36mp APS-C, and the 54mp as soon as they launch.
The hybrid will utterly fail. Most A-Mount users have no interest in E-Mount glass. It’s generally not fast enough.
32mp c 36was an error
32mp is still incredible. The A79 is going to be an excellent APS-C DSLR (DSLT/DSL?) when its launched.
No more astonishing than 20mp 1″ sensors.
I’m serenely convinced that we are heading into what will amount to a ‘time out’ from technological progress as we know it.
James Howard Kunstler
AF test from mobile01 doesn’t really show anything. Just that he has a good wrist..
hm nice new comments now show 1st gj admin.
Sony needs to look at their fiercest, closest competitor, Olympus, as far as having a complete package of prime lenses to go with their bodies. Sony is still lacking a PRO level ultra-wide (7-14mm f2.8), longer primes like Oly 150mm f1.8 (their 75mm f1.8) & the 600mm (the recently announced 300mm f4), adequately specced macro, and other focal lengths to satisfy everybody 35mm, 90mm etc.
There is currently no 7-14mm F2.8 from Olympus though it is coming in the future it will be equivalent to a 14-28mm F5.6 lens on FF or roughly 9.5-18mmm F4 on Sony APS . The Olympus 75mm F1.8 is equivalent to a 150mm F3.6 equivalent meaning same DOF, same AOV and critically same total light on APS it is equivalent to a 100mm F2.4. .The 300mm F4 will be equivalent to a 600mm F8 { or a 300mm F4 with 2xtc } on FF or a 400mm F5.6 on APS. Equivalency is so simple it is pretty embarrassing that the only fools who do not understand it are mFT Olympus users , small sensor small brain ?
Yes, the Sony 10-18mm F4 OSS costs £590 the Panasonic mFT 7-14mm F4 costs a whopping £850, the Olympus 7-14mm F4 FT lens costs an outrageous £1449 , that is more than the Nikon 14-24 F2.8 faster FF lens. Wonder what Olympus will charge for an F2.8 version
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This is a neat little wireless microphone. It would have been great if the 3.5″ jacks were two-way for microphone line-in so a user could attach a clip-on lavalier to the transmitter and/or a line out from the receiver to a recording device or XLR-K1M.
That red 3.5mm port on the transmitter looks like you might be able to plug in your own mic? That’s pretty cool if it’s the case. Not crazy about bluetooth audio quality, but will reserve judgement until tested. Still wish they would’ve made space for a mic-input on the camera body, but at least we have an option here.
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You may want to post the comments I made today on a seperate thread because it is very current..you have my permision to repost them if you want to.
with that mobile01 video, how is moving the camera like that any different from doing that with a current NEX and watching the focus peaking changing all over the place?
focus peaking changing all over the place won’t change the focus of the lens. this time the info detected by the af processor is fed back into lens in real time to adjust the focus. note that phase detect info includes the direction the lens has to refocus, whereas the contast detect focus peaking lines can only tell if something is infocus or not, but will not tell which direction the lens has to move to get the focus. to lock the focus, the lens will have to be moved back and forth a number of times to confirm a lock.
Sony exec really reading it?
Hope they hav firmware upgrade for A7 DR performance… Or the future models…
I found out A7 DR really worst than A99 since the day i get it… Also worst than my old nex5…
DR really nice to use and i often use it… But since A77… DR performance getting worst than A900…
Dubious, Koinmove. DXO tests the A7R at 14.1 DR, the A77 at 13.2 (nearly a stop behind the A7R), the NEX5 at 12.2 (nearly two stops behind), and the A900 at 12.4 (nearly two stops behind).
Hi Dulaney, sorry is a typo, my bad. Actually i was mentioning DRO.. 😛
Hi Dulaney, Sorry was my typo… I was mentioning DRO…. 😛
Dynamic range of A7 and A7R is equal to that of NEX 6 / per DPReview measuring.
Nothing special.
This photo has been available on the Sony Press site since the annoucement. http://presscentre.sony.eu/content/detail.aspx?NewsAreaId=21&ReleaseID=9521
This photo has been available on the Sony Press site since the camera was announced. http://presscentre.sony.eu/content/detail.aspx?NewsAreaId=21&ReleaseID=9521
I remember Barry was almost ostracized and expelled from the forum for being annoyingly persistent. Happy that didn’t happen. Thanks, Barry!
Well done Barry.
Sony is reading SAR? so cool!
Dear Sony Engineers, if you can read this letter PLEASE design us a camera that is dedicated for wedding photography w/ the following features:
-24MP FF Sensor w/ a clean and usable image up to ISO6400 for low light photography. Please dont make it no more than 24MP so it will be easy for us to edit in lightroom. If you can tweak the sensor for ISO performance instead of Dynamic Range since we dont do much of shadow restoration for wedding photography but we do need a very usable image in high ISO for natural ambient light.
-please make a dedicated toggleable button for LIVEVIEW. it sucks going to the menu to switch the liveview feature on and off. Please put the button somewhere near the aperture preview button so it wont be confusing.
-please make the camera body very LIGHTWEIGHT as possible. make it a light plastic material since wedding photographers dont shoot in the rain or snow. Most of us shoot indoor for 6 hours long so we have no need for weatherproofing but we do need the camera in our hands to be lightweight so our hands wont get tired from holding it for hours.
-please upgrade your Sony NP-FM500H InfoLithium Battery to a higher mAh. currently its at 1650mAh. please make it up to 2700mAh or higher so we dont have to go through 4 camera batteries in session.
-please give us a good 3-way flash system with BUILT-IN RADIO TRIGGER so we can mount one external flash on camera as fill/bounce and the other two external flashes on stands/umbrellas. most of us use manual setting on flash for exposure consistency so give up full manual control since TTL is unreliable sometimes.
-your current Sony HVL-F60M External Flash overheats too fast and it isnt too reliable/useable after firing it 10 -15 times in a row. In order to fix the the heating problem in design simply move the thermometer away from the battery bay and use a large capacitor like that of ViVitar 285HV.
-If it possible to have an option to purchase a removable eyecup. Sometimes it is good to have an option to have a rounded eyecup like that of Nikon D800 because we are constantly switching from landscape to portrait in wedding photography so I think a rounded eyecup will be more comfortable for our eyes in longer hours of use.
-we dont need touchscreen, wifi, remote setting control, NFC, GPS as wedding shooters. You can cut those features off and focus on desinging us the best low light camera ever for capturing the ambient light that can be combined with our external flash for picture perfect shot 🙂
Thank you Sony! Im your biggest fan and I’m here to make more fans for you! I love the OLED EVF on my camera and it enables me to see in the dark when shooting a reception (liveview off+wireless flash). I dont think I will ever go back using an optical VF again for wedding shoot because EVF is so crucial for wedding photography to capture in split second that very special moment! THANK YOU I LOVE YOU!
Okay, here are the links for the A6000 in the German Sony – Online shop.
A6000 Body only (649,00€):
http://www.sony.de/buy/ilce-6000-body-kit?sku=ILCE6000B.CEC
A6000 / 16-50 Zoom Kit (799,00€):
http://www.sony.de/buy/ilce-6000-body-kit?sku=ILCE6000LB.CEC
A6000 / 16-50 + 55-210 Zoom Kit (1049,00€)
http://www.sony.de/buy/ilce-6000-body-kit?sku=ILCE6000YB.CEC
A6000 / Zeiss 16-70 Zoom Kit (1648,00€)
http://www.sony.de/buy/ilce-6000-body-kit?sku=ILCE6000LBZDI.EU
Have Fun !
More expensive proprietary audio kit instead of just giving us a mic-in….
If Sony execs are reading this I would respectfully request that Sony Corp. consider porting Sony Vegas over to Mac OSX. Final Cut ProX is a flop, which offers Sony an opportunity.
Oh and one more thing, I used Sony products exclusively until Sony dropped mp4 from it’s cameras. I can’t use AVCHD on a Mac.
Sony NEVER dropped mp4 option, it has always been there! You just had to choose mp4 or avchd … Only problem is it isn’t able to to 60p and is limited to 1440×1080 resolution.
And avchd 1.0 is mac supported, with 2.0 (read: 60p) support almost there… Apple has the pieces,they just need to implement it. Until that point you are forced to covert/remux the avchd files to access the mpeg video stream inside the avchd wrapper.
Thanks for your explanation. I appreciate your kindness.
I gave my Sony camera to a friend who had Vegas & a Windows PC. Using the GH3 now.
I am not a fan of the 1440x1080i format and would rather shoot my vids in a more standard HD format.
All that “remuxing” and the required extra steps is exactly why I gave up on the Sony Cameras. It’s like here we go again (Beta vs VHS).
You might want to check your Mac again.
After Mavericks came out, both Final Cut Pro X and iMovie (the latter now works in 64bit) were updated to directly ingest 60p footage, including AVCHD fmt, without transcoding nor re-wrapping needed.
I’ve edited several 60p AVCHD clips in iMovie without issues, also getting that beautiful 30p half-speed playback we all love so much!
For those lucky Brits http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/interchangeable-lens-cameras/ilce-6000-body-kit
Black and SILVER with 3 different lens options
(Since you didn’t have the links)
Problem is there is no purchase option for the 16-70 and two lens option is only available in black.
No GPS and no Touchscrenn? Is that true?! F*** you Sony! I will keep my NEX 6 until there’s one with GPS and Touchscreen.
Wow.. yeah how can you put up with a camera that doesn’t tell you where you are?!? Oh wait I have a photo of where I am……..
Sony, please just make a 3,5mm mic adapter with no bluetooth. I’d pay 100$ for that.