I know I am doing a mistake by writing that post…but what the heck! I am human and not a rational robot!
I am working all the day now and I can tell you that signs are huge that Sony prepared something terrific. This is the most exciting time I ever had on SAR. I strongly suggest you to follow me on Twitter (Click here) and Facebook fan page (Click here). It’s the place where I can express more tidbits and emotions about my work. Stay tuned on SAR. As usual I am trying to triple check the info I get otherwise you will kill me if that rumor turns out to be wrong 🙂
Juts one sentence: Neither Canon nor Nikon have this. And Leica is dead 🙂
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If Sony is going to do it – this is the time – no chance for mistake – Sony please make it right this time!
NEX-7 successor
FF NEX
Alpha Fox
Fast G zoom
Andrea please give us some hints!!!
NEX-FF
Interesting! Only on the NEX front then? Or also the A-mount cameras?
And please take my comments nto as SR5 rumors. Is till have to triple check the news ok?
Can we afford it ?
And if yes, is it gonna be huge front heavy and out off proportion to the body ?
Afford is relative. it’s cheaper than Leica 🙂
Of course the lenses will be huge. What a success, a tiny expensive attachment to huge (and non-existing) lenses. 🙂
NEX mount, plenty adapters, almost any lens fits.
Next rant please! 😀
So what if some lenses will be huge? Aren’t they already on DSLRs? I’ve never seen anyone complaining how big a 70-200mm F2.8 is for their normal DSLR.
Just for fun I’ve used my Tamron 70-200mm F2.8 on my NEX6 and didn’t find it uncomfortable at all. Only issue being lack os OIS/IBIS.
Also, you wouldn’t NEED to carry a big lens all the time. When just snapshooting, use the 16-50mm PZ and you’re done.
Leica dead? I don’t thin so ~ Sony may make a camera that takes pictures far better than Leica. But Leica’s main market is now wealthy people who want to buy a European branded staus product. That market won’t go away as “Sony” does not have the same aura as “Leica”
Leica still also happen to make very good lenses and, if the FF Sony mirrorless camera is as good as you suggest, some people will buy Leica lenses to use on this camera with an adapter.
Yep. Agree, mine was just a bit of fun. Obviouly I like Leica to keep making great cameras and lenses. But I also want to have a cheaper alternative!
Screw it. I don’t care if it says Sony. Slap the Hasselblad name on it and run Leica into the ground 🙂
… Or people who want RF focusing 😉 and there’s only one manufacturer who makes digital RF cameras and that’s Leica
IMO Leica died when they released the half-baked M8 back in 2006. Over-priced, under-featured, weird sensor that was susceptible to IR colour-shifting with synthetic fabrics…
Leica M lenses are fantastic. Expensive, sure – but they are good for a lifetime. If the latest designs are outside your budget then there are literally thousands of high-quality Leica older-model lenses on the 2nd hand market which are priced more reasonably.
The current M digital bodies, however, are rip-off over-priced. $7K for just a box with a digital sensor, with a hopelessly obsolete opto-mechanical rangefinder mechanism which constantly needs re-calibration if you are going to shoot with your lenses wide-open.
At one stage I owned three M film bodies and loved the things. I’m afraid that in the digital world Leica just doesn’t get it.
There is good news though in that Sony, with their NEX-series bodies, have stumbled onto a huge unmet market – a digital body that will work with almost any lens you want to use.
And yet year from year their profits go up, company expands (didn’t they just started working on a new factory?) and range of products gets better and better.
Well… seems like Leica doesn’t give a s*** about your point of view.
Strawman. Still overpriced and under-featured.
Very true!
sony should thank to leica for their “acceptable” overprice manual focus “pocketable” FF camera, at least sony should be confident enough to tag FF NEX bit overprice
Admin, will it have PASM mode dial?
I hope not 🙂
I have no info about that yet.
Thank you
Well I guess/hope that it’s a FF NEX compatible with all M lenses,
and in my dreams it would add autofocus to them by moving the sensor 😀
I heard its a NEX 7 with with a tiny front facing 28mm f/1.9 cell phone lens RF function with split prism overlay you can place anywhere in the frame which shows TTL. All with better peaking functions. Deigned internally as “the german”, this prototype was fast tracked when the Sony CEO saw the sales of NEX 6. I dunno if it’s a leica killer, but all high end NEX are supposed to have this function soon.
That sounds very intriguing, never heard of something like that. It would certainly bring the best aspects of the RF system over to mirrorless. Hope you’re right although it sounds a bit too good to be true. 🙂
Not much of a camera expert but I’ve been looking at getting an NEX-6. I was wondering though, with a FF NEX apparently around the corner, how will the future of the APS-C E-mount lenses fair? Will this mean a fragmentation of the e-mount lens ecosystem, or can the FF and APS-C cameras share lenses?
There won’t be much of a fragmentation – if at all. E-mount will still remain APS-C focused with A-mount being FF-focused.
Ofcourse. It has allways been like that.
(only Canon couldn’t do it right.)
Ofcourse. It has allways been like that.
(only Canon couldn’t do it right.)
The only way i can see it being such an awesome thing is a FF-nex with a sensor using some other type of technology then square pixels to improve DR, Iso, resolution and focus tracking. Something that nobody else has.
Maybe as well a sensor that can change it’s position depth, enabling any type of lens with specific adapters and an evolving API that can use those lens with full integration as if it was a nikon, olympus, canon etc mount.
If it’s just FF, I don’t see it as a huge thing. A good one.
Sony has patents on both of those technologies.
Must be A mount medium format that can do action?
Good one!
And Toyota truck to move the tele zoom is included in the price. 🙂
A-mount can’t support medium format. In theory something around 30mm x 30mm square sensor might be possible… unless they go for an overkill and put 36x36mm with both: vertical and horizontal FF modes. It’s still not a medium format though. They’d need to talk with Hasselblad, possibly re-using one of their mounts (V… let it be V!).
2500 USD body with IBIS?
More like $3000 plus $1,500 a pop per lens.
Sounds reasonable and in-line with previous rumors (including the fact that it’s cheaper than Leica).
Well, Admin seems really excited and we’ve heard that a FF NEX would be similar to the NEX-7, which I am very happy with. So, what could be improved that much? Some sort of OVF? Stabilization? Detachable LCD? New type of sensor?
new sensor for sure.
Admin
Is sony releasing a new type of sensor or just a new cmos sensor?
Foveon-like?
Cmos
Too bad i was hoping for new tech sensor.
Any non-Cmos sensor in the near future?
“Juts one sentence: Neither Canon nor Nikon have this. And Leica is dead 🙂 ”
These are two sentences. And we get it, FF NEX. Leica is not bought by those who would buy NEX instead cheaper, it is bought specifically because it is more expensive.
And hurray, the FOURTH incomplete lens system! Even more incomplete this time! What a joy! 🙂 🙂 🙂
LOL
SO TRUE.
Fourth?
There are some people who buy Leica to have a smaller full frame camera.
Yes, fourth. Let’s count:
1) A-mount FF. Almost complete, but still a few gaps – no lenses beyond 500mm, no rectilinear primes below 20mm, no lenses below 16mm period, no tilt-shift lenses, only 3 f/1.4 primes – 35,50 and 85 – and nothing faster (vs a few f/1.2 in Canon) and 35 is awful (as well as other film-era non-telecentric stuff, even workhorse 70-200, even 24-70 is subpar)… reliance on Sigma and paying off Zeiss for the name means they have no proper profit.
2) Sony A-mount APS-C – a joke, but at least at the long end you can use some FF lenses, although they don’t match the price and size.
3) Sony E-mount APS-C – even bigger joke
4) Sony E-mount FF – SEE, THIS ONE IS THE FOURTH – does not exist, and they should not waste their resources creating this one from scratch, instead making #1 and #3 good and FF A-lenses bringing NEX capabilities to FF levels through a proper adapter with focal reducer.
Extra 20mm of body depth simply don’t matter if you have big FF sensor and big FF lenses.
True, four. For the size though – people were saying the same thing for the current NEX. Yet, I have a 10-18 lens which is 225 grams with OSS and AF and performs great.
Why do you think that FF Zeiss 24-70 f2.8 is subpar? I have not heard this one before. Except that it is not weather sealed, but this is is rather minor inconvenience for most people.
Compare its sharpness (on FF) wide open to Canon L II or Nikon. Corners are always unsharp, and after 50mm everything is unsharp.
Sony will never understand that they are not Leica.
They’ve had some early successes with a couple of niche models and are now getting all giddy about it while ignoring their bread and butter market, it is doomed to failure in the long run.
Did Sony claim they were trying to be Leica or forgetting their “bread and butter” anywhere (not sure they have a bread and butter in photography, but that’s for another discussion)?
Stop being a moron.
huh? You wrote, “Sony will never understand that they are not Leica.” and I asked you where they made this claim. Your response is to attack me, which is uncalled for and strange. Cheers mate.
AlphaGuy your nick should be AlphaMoron !
I follow Leica forums. There’s a ton of interest in this camera.
My hope on Nex-FF specs and reason
1. IBIS (can use A-mount full frame lens with stabilisation, hoping olympus stabilisation tech)
2. Weather Sealed (extra protection)
3. No over heat issues (small size camera record video will be much more useful without overheat, nex7 continuos take many pic can overheat too)
4. Bigger than current nex size but smaller than dslr size and weight (this is one of the major reason(size) ppl choose to get nex not A-mount camera)
5. shutter speed 1/4000 (1/4000 will be enough for nex size camera, more than that just mostly for sports, high speed shooting, mostly require big quality zoom lens which more heavier not suit with nex size with handheld, can save some cost)
6. hot shoe (can use flash, why not?)
7. 2 memory card slot (if can, extra spaces or duplicate backup, but not so big issues)
8. evf (external view finder will just waste the space of hot shoe)
9. AF speed at least same like current SLT (that is good enough for me)
Own Extra dream spec ( i will buy for sure if having this dream spec)
1. uncompressed 4:2:2 8 bit output video record at least, but give me 4:2:2 10bit with higher mbps
2. 120fps video record! (i know this is nearly impossible XD)
i don’t care the price that much if really giving us a camera that worth the price. I do know they need to release for entry level full frame with low price, i believe if NEX-FF released, it will be giving us entry level full frame with low price soon too, this time i just mainly focus on watching Sony new roadmap, autofocus performance and technology moving, but starting for next year, i hope they can release more quality lenses (especially weather sealed, too rare compare with other brand) and also entry full frame camera for ppl that want full frame body with low price.
Hope about your dream spec on this Full frame Nex?
1. Forget it. IS is in the lenses.
2. not important
3. not important
4. not important
5. not important
6. for sure
7. battery is more important
8. probably
9. not important for targeted consumers
I am a targeted consumer and bought the RX1. I returned it when the AF speeds (e.g., initial locking on speed) was too slow and I missed shots of kids. I bought a Canon 6D and am happy with it and the lenses I’ve bought except that I prefer the size closer to my NEX 5N (which also didn’t have fast enough AF speeds). #9 is probably the only way that I sell my 6D and move back to Sony . . . and I’d do it in a heartbeat if they get AF improved.
That is not for you to decide. Sony decides wether you are targeted customer.
On what basis? NSA records?
I agree this camera is all about the lenses. It’s the folks that don’t have an alternative that have their attention the most focused.
1. It’d be great, especially given that Zeiss will never do OS.
2. It’d be great, no idea why any camera should not be weather sealed.
3. Overheat issues or not, the 30min limit will be there.
4. Probably.
5. 1/8000
6. Of course it will have a hotshoe.
7. That’d be great.
8. Probably. I just hope they make it with better eye relief than the NEX-7 and don’t overburden it with moronic OVF solutions.
9. That’d be great.
10. Customizable menus.
11. Dials similar to the NEX-7.
I think Sony is going to win big on this FF Nex, and it will win some people from Canon & Nikon also.
Sure it will. Anyone creating a cheaper leica will. Regardless of how good or bad this camera is. Just enough it’d have better high ISO and a price below 4k$ for body.
Oh, and just to remind you: “ISO of hundreds of thousands”.
Don’t get too excited before you actually see the reviews.
the problem is that you miss the main point: sony is not just creating a cheaper leica. a nex-ff is so much more than an overpriced leica.
you going maddddd andrea, too much info is making you madddddd, spill it out already!
Hi i am planning to buy Sony Alpha a65 or a57. Should i go for it or wait for the new cameras? Thank you.
Not really. This camera won’t be anywhere near your budget or interests.
Buy a57 or a65.
Buy the A65, shoot and when the thing comes out and you are interested, sell it.
The main point of NEX is size/form factor. What s the point of a FF NEX then? I don t understand the whole discussion and excitement. Sony understood to shrink FF body with the RX1, but it s hard to shrink lenses.
I wonder why so few understand this? Anything outside of 20-40 mm will be too big on FF NEX.
Anything longer than 60mm you would want to shoot on tripod anyway 😉
And if I lug tripod and big lenses, how extra 20mm in the body depth (which will be embedded into every tele lens anyway, so net loss with 2 or more teles) matter?
That’s my point. Up to 90mm this firm factor makes sense.
That’s my point. Up to 90mm this form factor makes sense.
Cause people like to live in a dream-land and think that E-mount is a magical solution to everything everywhere, including Famine and laws of diffraction. Forgetting at the same time that we’re talking here about lenses with AF, possibly also weather-sealing and OIS.
Not to mention the fact that they even won’t be able to use a lens from RX1, as it will be an E-mount camera, so it can’t possibly have a microlenses pattern that RX1 had, tailored to a one single lens. Or people will cry to death when they’ll find out that 99% of lenses got huge vignetting, loss of sharpness at the edges and purple artifacts. Just imagine an issues NEX7 has with M-mount lenses… multiplied times ten. So if you imagine now an RX1 with E-mount: forget about this dream before Sony will burst it in most painful way.
Get slightly skeptical. In worst case – you will be positively surprised. Otherwise a fail story titled “ISO of hundreds of thousands” will repeat.
You keep repeating the “ISO of hundreds of thousands” phrase. That was no one’s story or rumor; that was a mistaken statement by a British Sony employee who thought that Sony was preparing such a sensor for the A77.
Well, as long as it is smaller than an FF camera, it’d be interesting for many. I have the SEL1018, which has OSS and it is 225 grams. Not many issues on my NEX-7. So, it is definitely possible to make somewhat smaller lenses. Micro-lenses are also a possibility, Ricoh did it, although admittedly on an APS-C sensor.
Sure it is possible to make a smaller lenses. BUT if they won’t be portable than it’s meaningless. What’s the advantage of having lens 200g lighter and 20mm smaller if in the end you still need a big bag full of gear for any serious shooting? You’d most likely end up better investing in a real system with wide choice of lenses (unless you happen to be one of these people who shoot with 1 or 2 lenses… ever).
If they are not smaller, yes, agreed.
Yes yes, because the 85mm f/2.8 is a huge lens! Or my –>pocket<– rocket 135mm f/2.8….
Now add to them the 20-25mm now embedded into the body.
And how 85/2.8 on FF is any better than existing 50/1.8 OSS on NEX?
Same way the RX1 beats a NEX with a fast 35mm equiv. lens. There’s more to it than DOF and light gathering. The DR of a FF sensor is higher so when shutterspeeds aren’t the limiting factor, you can get a higher IQ to begin with. And the 135mm plus 20mm is still small. No FF camera with equivalent lens will come close to a NEX sized (similar to 7?) package and the 135mm lens, in size or weight. Besides the elephant in the room that says it’s a choice among other FL’s.
According to your logics, a FF camera plus 200mm lens makes less sense than an APS-C body plus 135mm lens and equivalent apertures too. Which as we all know, is a rather narrow scope when it’s not one FL you’re going to shoot with and the starting point just gives you more choice and depending on the lenses and situation, more light.
…actually no, it’s not hard at all as they already exist. all RF lenses are tiny in comparison to their DSLR counterparts, most of them are actually quite a bit smaller than the current Nex primes (go figure). Zeiss has a very good and rather wide offer of thoses lenses at a fairly reasonable price considering their outstanding performance (if you don’t mind manual focus). But considering the AF nature of the rumored FF Nex it seems much more probable that Zeiss will release an updated version of their AF lenses for the Contax G2 system, which are similarly good and are already AF.
To get an idea of the size and potential quality of those lenses you can follow the link to this fellow:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/contax/g-system.htm
Contax G was a film camera. This means that the angle of light falling on a sensor does not matter. NEX-FF will be digital. Digital sensors are very sensitive to the angle of light. Go figure the rest of a story.
…point taken, but I have a feeling sony didn’t just develop their high end camera with a new sensor without consulting with their high end lens provider Zeiss about how to go about it. They successfully build the RX-1 together so it is possible to assume that some efforts might have been made to provide a sensor design capable of dealing with the shallower angles of RF type lenses.
(that being said I have used the Voigtlander 15mm f4 quite extensively on the Nex-7 and while the color shift on the corners is about as bad as it gets with this combination I never had any trouble removing it, both on videos and stills)
All my fullframe lenses are smaller than current NEX lenses. Contax G, M, LTM etc.
35mm f2, 40mm f1.8, 50mm 1.4, 85 f1.8 could all be made reasonably small. the Minolta 100mm f2 is pretty small as well. (small enough to warrant a compact body I think)
The main point of the NEX series is adaptability, which comes from the short distance from lens mount to sensor.
So long as that distance is preserved, the body can be as big as you like. A big grip would certainly suit many users.
I wish Sony collaborates with Hasselbald and brands the FF as such (just like our Zeiss lens) .. however on second thought considering how much the Luna costs with APS-C I will never be able to afford one…
Canon, Nikon Dont have it.
I’m wondering admin, Does Sigma have it? (or have something similiar)
nope
…square sensor???
(apologies for being silly, I just had to ask)
@bob: You are not being silly, that is where the future is. A 30x30mm sensor fits into what classic FF lenses can deliver. 50+ mp will make it easy to choose portrait or landscape in camera or in post (or keep it Hasselbladish…). No need anymore for having the camera in awkward portrait position. It WILL happen, I just hope Sony is smart enough, Hasselblad must be, but do they have any credibility left?
Would have to be at least 36x30mm (if not go all the way to 36x36mm) or all will cry “foul!” when taking non-square images that the sensor is getting “cropped” on the ends…
@LifeStoryImages.com: Sorry, was unable to answer your reply, thus put it here. No, the FF lenses won’t give you 36×30 or 36×36, they are not designed for such a large radius. 30x30mm will though, will give same radius as 24×36. If you want more than that, you need to find new lenses catering for the bigger radius you require. Which will not happen…
@Lionheart: Ever Heard about crop-format? A 30x30mm sensor would only give an APS-H 20x30mm rectangular image in 3:2 format. A 36x36mm sensor on the other hand would offer choice of 24x36mm in both horizontal and vertical direction as well as a square 30x30mm crop.
Many with legacy lenses would not be happy knowing the so called FF NEX only will have an APS-H sensor for rectangular formats.
Having a 36x36mm sensor doesn’t mean all pixels need to be used at the same time!
@lionheart, I was silly because I have been going on about this square sensor thing virtually every time I post a comment here (which isn’t all that often to begin with).
I too believe that a square sensor would allow for fantastic ergonomics, and would therefore be a real pleasure to use. I however do not think that a 30mm x 30mm sensor would find much acceptance. I can already see the long list of complaints about the 1.2 crop in the classic 3:2 aspect ratio (30mm x 20mm). To make sure a square sensor finds a unanimous acceptance among consumers it needs to be at least FF (36mm x 24mm) and then some more.
Unfortunately as this requires wasting a rather massive amount of sensor real estate and I have some doubts that anybody at Sony would go for that.
36×36.
Rarely will full square be used usually vertical and horizontal.
Some different lenses and distances will effect vignetting which can be cropped or fixed if necessary
It’s rumored that Canon is to make a big announcement soon too for the EOS M. Maybe this is forcing Sony’s hand with NEX ?
Canon M big is not very big. Maybe the other way round?
I was wondering the same….sensor design?
sony has some of the best R&D in the world look at there inventions Compact Disc, Betamax, SACD, Walkman/Discman, MiniDisc, Trinitron TV/monitor, Blu-ray one PlayStation 1. why cant they beat lecia, were would we be with out sony’s R&D
It does not take a genious to “invent” that stuff, it takes a lot of muscle to market it, that’s all.
If this camera is well made – it would be the first since the Alpha 900 – it may be worth a thought. If it sticks to manu-based rubbish UI, svga viewfinder as the only means of controlling focus, programmed lifetime of 2.1 years, well… not.
“It does not take a genious to “invent” that stuff”
Said the guy in the armchair.
If they can’t beat Canon and Nikon in something as simple as dSLRs and a robust lens system, what makes you think they will be any better in the niche Leica market?
Sony will have a few months in the FF NEX limelight until somebody else does it cheaper and better. Sure they will pick up a few sales from those too cheap to buy Leica, but it will not last long term and then Sony will abandon it like they abandon all their other camera failures.
Sony imaging are USELESS at committing to something and then marketing it to success.
I can agree to Sony being innovative, but that doesn’t mean they will always be successful. Betamax is probably the best example… The best solution (from a technological point of view) doesn’t always win, the capitalistic market does.
Rumors of rumors!
Range Finder?
Leica has but (its dead)
I hope it is my long-awaited A-mount rangefinder body – in APS-C or FF sensor. Metal, black, with the appropriate heft…
Dave K
I hope it is my long-awaited A-mount rangefinder-type body – in APS-C or FF sensor. Metal, black, with the appropriate heft…
Dave K
Sensor shifting focusing? Turing any manual Leica lens into autofocus beast?
Yes, I’ve been dreaming about that modern digital Contax AX too. If it happens, my wallet will be sore before the end of this year. 🙂
I loved the AX but man that camera body was a beast. I don’t think a body that deep would fly in the NEX line.
It would have to be several inches deep for long or macro lenses.
Just want to say thank you Andrea. SAR is a fun site. Good rumors, info and discussions. It’s OK that you’re excited. I don’t like boring people. 🙂
🙂
My bet is on the interchangable lens version of the sony RX. After the huge success of RX1 and RX1R I think it is obvious to come up with a portrait lens version, but they most probably realized that it would be stupid to stop here and why not to make it interchangable with more lens. It will mean a new mount, no question. I guess we will see the announcement of a portrait lens, the 35mm f2 (debuted on RX) lens and a high quality but not so fast zoom lens. The camera in kit with the zoom lens will be not more expensive than the leica x vario and at image quality department it will blow the leica out of the water.
It is not easy to beat Leica X Vario image quality even with the Sony FF Sensor & Zeiss Zoom Lens combinations.
Hmmm, I know I said this before but… expensive really sucks… 🙁
Just wondering any news for last year 4k dslr prototype camera? or it will be after 2014?
rumor about that coming soon.
glad to hear that! hope to hear it soon, can’t make my decision, too many new camerassss from sony
What’s so exciting about NEX FF? Rumors in the works for a while…
And it’s hard to get super excited because:
— It won’t be a simple upgrade for anybody, as nobody is sitting with E-mount FF lenses.
— FF lenses won’t be so tiny… so even if the body is smaller than an A-mount body, the total package is still going to be pretty darn bulky.
— With a bulky lens, and a huge price tag, what is the advantage over an A-mount of Canon or Nikon FF dslr?
While it may be an exciting product, it’s hard to imagine this product really taking off with a mass market. No matter how exciting the RX1 is, for example, I’ve still never actually seen one in real world use. (I own and have seen others with RX100s, but there is a difference between a high end $650 product, and a high-end $2,500… 3500? product).
>> FF lenses are big.
That is certainly open for debate. They don’t have to be big because of the mirror. There are other reasons for making lenses big, but it’s a matter of choice. So who knows?
Wake me up when Sony makes a medium format RX.
Sounds to expensive for me.
But the RX line is very interesting.
Medium format RX. I lol’d.
@Andrea: A few days ago you mentiooned a FW-Update for A99 and A77 cameras. Do you have any news on this? Maybe an announcement date? What will be the new fesatures?
Please, give us existing customers something.
Regards.
+1 waiting here to for some news
working on that front too. Nothing certain yet.
Sounds great! Really looking forward to FF!
Just an idea, but is it possible to have interchangeable mounts?
For example, you could take an E-mount off the camera and put an A-mount on, or even M or F mounts. No adaptors, just an interchangeable mount camera.
I am wondering sbout new senor type.
If sony developed the new ycg teo layer sensor then the unique arrangement of pixels woud allow special interpolation.
A 40mp native res of bayer like quality would interpolate to both a 80 and 20mp file of foveon like quality and SUPERIOR to the native res
Appreciate all your hard work Andrea!
I am sure the “Canon and Nikon don’t have it” refers to an auto-focus system that is as good as the phase-detect auto-focus from the DSLR, yet is included in sensor. This is the only way for Sony to give up the SLT. They MUST have an auto-focus replacement that is as good as the SLR phase-detect auto-focus.
my thinking as well–hope we are right
We’ll see, we’ll see… so far noone managed to get even remotely close (all flaws come out as soon as you shoot in low-light or AF-C), so I’m not too enthusiastic about that.
its got to the an ice cream making accessory.. what with this good weather were getting just now, sales would be sky high..
seriously though i’m really interested in the ‘affordable’ FF A mount. whenever that comes.. just hope all my current glass is compatible
Hmm Leica dead, not sure they first need to show me a lens that can beat the IQ of my Summilux 50 ASPH. But if they manage to offer a better Sensor, Rangefinder focussing (digital) and small, great lenses then they will get my Money!
Admin when you say you are ‘working’ all day, do you call what you do here ‘work’? I hope you also have a real job for living, c’mon it is just a blog!!!!!! It is having fun, don’t call it ‘work’. Seriously!
“just a blog” – lol
You have no idea how many people can make a living with the money they earn from “just a blog”, do you?
I do documentaries and commercials. I often have to sit on desktop to write. But today I didn’t really write anything 🙂
Hut ab, Andrea
clueless
Hi Andrea,
… Just double triple check 🙂 🙂 🙂
… Do not forget the integrated flash story in the A99.
I’m a Nikon Guy..But.
Fuji x 100 was great step forward. Fufi x-1 pro was adorable.
Sony RX1 was so admirable Sony NEX FF wil be next step in evolution. I believe. It will be innovative matrix, set of supreme lenses and i hope it wil be desired small body..I believe..and wait
Is it definitely an NEX? It seems like a FF NEX doesn’t actually fit in the NEX system as there are no FF NEX lenses. High end, FF, expensive, Zeiss lenses to me seems to point more towards an interchangeable RX system. I can easily see a big brother to the RX1(r) using the E mount and making the near perfect Zeiss 35 f2.0 an interchangeable E mount lens. Add a 24, a 50, and a 90 to that system, and that would be the Leica CL like camera that everyone wanted from the “Mini M.” Imagine if those lenses all had the RX1’s leaf shutter. That would be a truly bold move. This of course would expand the Cyber-shot line and not the NEX line, but again, high end + full frame just doesn’t sound “NEX” to me.
That’s something that would sell, I’d go for a system like that straight away. That’s pretty much what Fuji did with their APS-C X-Pro1 and first three primes – 27-50-90.
If Sony can do the same with FF sensor and RX1 build quality, they would attract a lot of photographers.
+1000000000000
that’s what i think since RX1 come, with internal EVF, Tilt/swivel screen LCD, superb three small zeiss lens; 21mm/4 or 24mm/2.8, 50mm/1.8, and 90mm/2, shutter speed constant at 1/4000, internal wireless flash capability, that would be killer and dream camera 😀
Medium Format RX is a good Idea! a digital version of the Mamiya 7, but with a fixed collapsible lens. Ahhhh to dream ………
Admin…. A while back, we heard ruomrs about a possible square format sensor (36mm x 36mm) for the a-mount… Are all rumors on this gone?
No rumor about that yet. sorry 🙁
Sony bought Leica.
And again a Sony wonder that will shake the world! I am so excited.
Sony-ragefinder?
Well, nobody said anything if this new camera came with an M mount instead of an E mount. Maybe that is where the Leica killer phrase was inferring to? Maybe it is just a RX2 with removable M lens mount. In any case it should be good news.