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We are almost there! At 2pm Las Vegas time (10 pm in London and 11pm in Berlin) Sony will announce the new A7s E-mount Full Frame 4K camera with 12 megapixel and XAVCs recording. And if we are “lucky” we are going to see an updated FE lens roadmap too.
A7s rumor recap:
Over a month ago I started to get rumors about a 4K capable photo camera. As I have been told back at that time the camera wasn’t ready yet. So I assume the A7s will not come to market immediately and its main goal is to take away the spotlight from the currently only competitor in this class, the Panasonic GH4 (here at Amazon). The good news on the A7s is that while Sony focused on delivering a great 4K quality the positive side effect for photographer is that after a very long time we will get a new camera with low Megapixel count. A unique chance to grab a camera that has top clean High ISO, speedy processing and probably delivers enough resolution for most of our daily use. I just hope the price will not be much higher than that of the Panasonic GH4 ($1,700). Very important to know: The A7s is not the new A9 high end camera. The A9 is still scheduled for a late Summer release!
The surprise:
Sony could announce an updated FE lens roadmap. A couple of weeks ago mark Weir from Sony said new FE lenses would be announced soon. And he said fast primes are int he work too. Yesterday Sony FE lens designer said they would like to make a 85mm f/1.4 or f/1.2 lens. So let’s cross the fingers for that guys!
Again, be sure to be online here on SAR to follow the event live at 2pm Las Vegas time (10 pm in London and 11pm in Berlin).
Personal note:
Because the Sony A7s announcement took me by surprise this is how I ahve to work somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Tuscany (Click on picture to enlarge):
Hope this will work fine tonight 🙂
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1700 USD is not realistic expectation. I think it will be more expensive than A7r. Because of niche product and maybe new sensor type. Maybe even more expensive than a99? It is better to expect high price and being pleasantly surprised when it turns out to be less expensive.
maybe we see a big price drop as we had with the A7(R)
Most certainly
Not a single leaked picture of the camera or any news of the new FE lenses?
Previous rumors indicate that it would look exactly like the a7/r.
😉
http://i.imgur.com/Y0ThOz9.jpg
…is there any chance this camera could sport a global shutter like sony’s super 35 f55 cinealta?
even for photographic use a 100% electronic shutter is tempting and that even though up until now global shutter sensors tended to be a lot less sensitive because of the rather complicated electronics involved.
but just imagine what a completely silent shutter would be like.
in any case it seems just a matter of time.
That is the single aspect that I would like to see in the A7s. If that happens and the flash sync is sky high, I will certainly buy one. 🙂
None of the other leaked info (4K vid and 12MP) interests me.
Less MP can be good for either increased SnR/pixel or more space for the global shutter circuitry. A global shutter would be awesome for a truly silent camera, but I would also welcome the increased sensitivity in video.
The rolling shutter of AX100 produces some horrendous artifacts, making it close to useless for moving video shots.
FF global shutter is possible with a new sensor, but at a consumer price point..A bit much to hope for. You might see such a camera marketed to pros at Photokina.
I hope they finally make an affordable 15mm 2.8 tilt-shift pancake lens.
15mm 2.8 tilt shift pancake? Seriously? First of all, i like tilt shift lenses, especially for architectural work. But :
1. There is plenty more common lenses to release before a tilt shift lens for the FE mount.
2. If there is a tilt shift one day or another, it will probably be something like a 24, like competitors…
3. I’ve never seen a “pancake” tilt shift lense. Shift lense needs to cover a far bigger image circle than the sensor, they are never really compact…
Maybe your wish is about a lens for APS-C Nex line?
Just joking. I would prefer a 21mm to a 24mm lens though, wide angle is more mainstream nowadays and you can always crop in.
Damn! I should have understood this was too big to be actually serious… 😉
Can you point to at least one tilt-shift pancake lens?
tilt shift mechanisms on its own is not small so the lens cannot be pancake. Also tilt-shift lenses lack Af and lack aperture control.
If you desire that wide tilt shift perhaps your best option is Kipon Tilt Shift adapter and a Nikon wide angle lens
PS Was your post ironic?
Yes, it was 🙂 still wishful though!
http://www.photoru.ru/page.php?vrub=eqipment&vparid=170&vid=171&lang=rus
…with OSS, ofc
Damn, forgot that!
how about a 12-200 2.8 tilt shift pancake zoom?
Agreed, that makes even more sense!
Don’t forget 1:1 macro. ;^)
Andrea, the A9 rumour probably deserved a post on it’s own. so far you had not explicitly said A9 is coming.
A9 is a big thing!
Exactly, what are the current rumors for that camera?
What makes it a such a distinct model and not another last letter replacement?
A lot of people would be interested to know so its possible Andrea doesn’t have that info or for sure he would have posted it.
I would wager the A9 would be a bigger beefier camera with a bigger battery, faster AF and maybe a better EVF. Of course a higher price to boot.
You are so naive sweety! This website is here to make profits. Rumors are only posted when this is profitable.
If posting rumors was profitable, there would be more posts with. Profitability comes from redirecting to smazon, which can be done anytime.
Err a rumor about a FF flagship is bound to elicit more than a cursory response from the viewers of this website I believe. 🙂
Will write a post about it soon 🙂
how soon? i just get a dark chocolate (70%).
@Admin: is the new camera E-mount or A-mount ?
Its 100% E-mount.
A mount A77 II is scheduled for May end announcement.
A-mount A77II coming in 3-4 weeks from now 😉
Is there a FF A-mount this year? What is the a9 suppose to be? Is it a higher level camera than the 7/7r?
12 Mpix is good idea… BUT…I hope A7S will NOT inherit former A7 weaknesses: poor battery and AF, loud shutter, light leak, poor video codec.
According to SAR it will use XAVC-S, not AVCHD
Like their consumer-grade 4k camcorder FRD-AX100?
Nevermind. Decided to look it up myself. FRD-AX100 does AVCHD: http://store.sony.com/4k-camcorder-with-1-sensor-zid27-FDRAX100/B/cat-27-catid-All-Advanced-Camcorders?_t=pfm%3Dcategory.
Uses both XAVC-S and AVCHD
Other than the battery, everything else should be better.
Expect a painful price-point.
The end of the Earth will occur at 22:00 GMT. A-mount is dead for sure!!! Life as we know it will cease to exist with another E-mount offering.
The sarcasm runs deep with this one.
“The A9 is still scheduled for a late Summer release” now thats a news. Please bring more of that!!!!!
Like you, I’m into a-mounts and not e-mounts but it’s all news. It’s kind of interesting to see what Sony’s doing with the e-mount because some of it might transfer over to the a-mount. Though, frankly, the a7S is of absolutely no interest to me.
A9 will be a rangefinder body style e-mount camera, looks similar to NEX-7, weather sealed, 36 megapixel FF sensor, dual bionz x (8 core total), fast on sensor phase detection, 4K 24p, 1024×768 120fps oled viewfinder, NO touchscreen, NO in body stabilization
Nevermind then. That really sucks.
You forgot dual mount.
We should see it at Photokina.
Cool, Andrea! You are a techy nerd just as me 🙂 I know such WiFi setups perfectly well from my own vacations. How could one ever relax without internet, right?
At the moment I profundly HATE Internet 🙂
LOL I kind of understand – but in 1 hour we all will need it!!!
the place you are staying looks plain awful, Andrea! 😉
selfless as I am I am offering to trade my 24/7 4G East Village apartment for that internet-less condition you have to put up with
We should have had a poll on what the A7s price will be. I hope it’s closer to $2K than $4K.
since it is full frame, I am guessing just under $3K
That sound about right . I wonder if it gets the 4K AX100 60Mbps or 4K AX1 150Mbps bit-rate.
the problem sony faces with A mount is how to move out of SLT. If it’s only a E mount system in a A mount body with more processing power+toughness+even ibis. This means that A mount lenses can easily mounted to E with a non-SLT adaptor which undermines the E mount lens lineup. Or even worse refusal to produce such adaptor could lead to third party adaptor+anger from the users.
I speculate that the reason behind lack of A mount new recently is because Sony is still trying to fix market orientation of E mount A mount cameras and E mount videocams.
Andrea,..don’t you have any other rumors about Sony NAB 2014 by now? I’m expecting at least 2 other cameras too.
I am doing A or E mount only sorry!
I’m expecting (hoping for) an FS100 replacement. That’s an “E Mount” camera! 😉
Time for a new sister SAR’s site. “Sony Pro Rumors”. That would be awesome.
ANDREA, total geiles Set-up da in der Toskana! Besser gehts nicht, essen und posten.
Danke 😉
Oh damn! 20 minutes to go!
Yeah !
Yeah it’s starting finally!
c’mon c’mon c’mon
Echo Echo
Thank you.
Echo Echo echo, is Sony equipment they are using. It is terrible. What a BUMMER
This is a bit boring, they talks about video camera.
Did they interview any of the announcers before they put them in front of the camera? How many times did the guy say “actually”? and can the other guy please stop rubbing his hands together?
So it’s official, S stands for sensitivity
Did they mention the sensor resolution?
12Mp
409600 ISO ? Wow, what would that be used for ? Seeing how grainy things are from 6400.
Perhaps the “4K cropping” reduces perceived noise ?