Sony is set to announce new RX, A7 and A6000 cameras series between now and June.
Just to keep you up to date: Today Sony has a press event and so far the only certain news is that they will show two cameras and that there will be no A-mount cameras. And another press event for E-mount is scheduled for May. So what we can expect today at around 14:00 London time is:
1) Sony just introduces the two 30x compact cameras in Europe (X90V and the WX500).
2) Sony announces new RX cameras.
3) Sony announces some other surprise too.
So far I am almost certain the new A7rII and A6100 cameras will be announced in 2-3 weeks around mid May. I guess either option 1 or 2 will happen today. Option 1 would be really a joke but hey…it’s Sony 🙂
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That’s really stupid of them to not announce new E mount today – a lot of people are probably ready to jump onboard after the Batis announcement
The venue for the event is a small bar in a London Hotel. I don’t think it’s likely they would do a highly anticipated launch here.
World Photo Org event is at the Sommerset House.
So, likely announcement to press there and then big show later at Sommerset House.?
So, if today there will be no A-mount announcement and in May they will announce E-mount stuff, then we can conclude that there will be no A-mount stuff for this year?
What if RX is code-name for A mount to confuse people
Nope. It’s Rebadged X-mount. 😉
We can conclude that there might never be another A-mount camera, once E-mount “pro” camera is released, which, much like the mythical A99ii, is always rumored to come in next few months 🙂
14:00? I thought it was 13:00!
That extra hour…I may not survive.
Theres a press lunch for an hour… the actual release is 14:15. Full journalist > Hungry journalists ?
Ah yes. Feed the troops.
Yes. Journalists have meeting at 13.00. We will know at 14:15 if there is some cool stuff or not.
I’m sure those journalists will be glad to have made the journey for those two 30x compact cameras.
We definitely need a countdown on this site for events like this.
Apparently, scheduled press conferences is not how Sony releases their best stuff these days. Instead, they do unannounced press releases now to “shock” the world with their flagship cameras. I wouldn’t be the least surprised if Option 1 happens today.
So, that will be the end of a-Mount system :-((
Yes dead and buried! Or could it be that in the end of the year there is an other announcement telling the super A-mount camera is comming? Then the A-mount will rise from the dead and serve us for years to come. 🙂
don’t be such a drama queen…
Yeah, and the e-mount, n-mount and y-mount will also die.. doh!
Oh man, what has this event to do with a-mount!?
Batis launch yesterday has again turned eyes towards FE system after a bit of a stale period with no high profile product releases in several months. It would indeed be perfect timing to launch a new high end body for those cameras the very next day. Oh well, in a few hours we’ll know if we need to wait some weeks more 🙂
Too much of unwaranted anxiety being expressed here. People are readying themselves for the most lukewarm of news, and disappointment.
More than anything else, this points at a lack of confidence in Sony.
I think nobody should be so nervous, not even the A-mount owners. What is the worst they expect? Demise of the A-mount? Look, if they were looking for a new body anyway, they could just as well get an e-mount body with an LA-EAxx adapter. At least one e-mount camera has IBIS already, and a Pro e-mount is going to be a natural step. It would be good time for Sony to consolidate its position, and if they’re serious about compact M4/3 or 1″ models, they’ll have to shed something anyway.
Ideal scenario? Exchange offer for A-mount bodies in return for adapters 😉
So no new a7 today?
4) Sony announces more Pentax cameras
Being on the next RX100….
RX2 with curved sensor in a supercompact body with a supercompact and incredibly sharp 35mm f1.8 lens. Yes please! Thankyou Sony!
how supercompact? rx100 or lx100 sized?
Panasonic CM1 sized…
that would be good, by the way, the Panasonic CM1 passed by without big hype, wile being very interesting camera, how cam?
Because it was sold in limited markets (GER, JAP and SK only I believe)
Also its price tag (EUR 1,000) was not so appealing for an Android based device.
Just like and old film compact would suffice thankyou! 🙂
There will be no RX2. The RX camera they refer is a RX4 style camera. Honestly, I don’t know. I’m just pretty damn confident. 😉 Come back and bash me if I was wrong, we’ll all know very soon.
With 143 Sony A mount lenses ( i dont know if it includes 3rd party manufacturers), i wonder why Sony would kill the Sony A-mount line. Unless ( i repeat again) Sony decides to build a real LA-EA adapter 😉 , the A line is maybe just in hibernation 😀 and it won’t worth to exchange a mount body against adapters ( even Metabones doesn’t offer electronic contacts on A to E mount adapter)
Why are the current LA-EA adapters “not real”?
I meant not very efficient… It’s more practical to use MF than AF with the LA-EA4 because AF system is center ( 15 TTL points in 3 crosses) not very fast nor efficient compared to Sony A6000, A77 and Sony A77II ( from what previous posts about that topic said)…
Announcements today: Only the two 30x compact cameras X90V and the WX500. It’s not a joke. 🙂
shit 🙁
Could it be a new filter?
ROFLOL
Is there some stream?
No. With time passing by I believe Option1 is becoming truth. They gathered the journalists to show them the 30x cameras 🙁
You got to be kidding me???? 🙁
Man, that sucks if true.
I’m gonna cry, “das leben ist hart, dafür aber unfair”…
🙂
#fail 🙁
I was ready to dump 5k on an A7 and the two Batis lens… guess that’s not happening today
But it would make sense form a PR point of view. RX would draw the whole attention from the zooms.
Hope they resolve the RX issue today – I’m holding off buying the RX100m3 in the hope that they either release essentially the same camera but with the larger sensor, or one without the viewfinder that will still drive down the price of the m3….mid May seems a long way away when suffering GAS.
Sony seems to be doing a much better job of keeping things from reaching rumor sites. No leaked images and no idea of what exactly is coming and we’re just hours away.
I wish they would keep exact form factor for RX100 cameras… I am still using RX100ii in the Recsea dive housing, but would be nice if you could upgrade the camera without getting another underwater housing, which costs more than camera itself 😉
Hmm…
“Future press announcements include:
23 April 2015 – Winners of Professional categories announced alongside L’Iris d’Or, Open and Youth Photographers of the Year”
RX10 II or RX20 with 4K pleeeeeease! A multi axis stabilizer would be a bonus! =)
Well, its time.. where can we read about the news?
Sony events is a joke with big J
What is it?
I don’t laugh at Sony events, but sometimes smile when a good innovative product gets released, which happens a lot more often than C and N 😀
Agreed……or Apple!
But it is the “Sony Photography Award” Press event. Why should they introduce new cameras there?
Last year announced the A77II. And this year they said they would “show” two new cameras. But I guess Sony really meant the 30x zooms.
Admin… you’ve build up a lot of wind in the past days… Hope you do better in the future… anyway, thanks for the work and lets hope sony does something out of the box with their previous releases.
yes… even an orangutang on a unicycle can generate as much wind
Make that “moments away”! It is now 14:05 British Summer Time, the event is about to end.
Dont you mean start?
The event is from 14:15 til 15:30
Nope. Press thing has ended – see story now published at top of the list on Sony Alpha Rumors.
Well, what are the chances of an announcement happening tonight at the opening of World Photo Awards?
Yeah, thats the standard awards ceremony happening tonight.
Wondering if any chance of Sony stuff being announced during that award because, arguably, more eyes would be there.
Apparently Fuji is announcing stuff in May.
Could Sony be waiting for that first?
Fuji’s are great but hardly a competitor to Sony. Sony is leading with in-camera stabilitaztion and video, two things Fuji doesn’t even address. Fuji makes sexy cameras with really nice lenses but the sensor is funky (should use Sony’s). So no I don’t think they are waiting on Fuji.
I can’t wait!….Giggitty…..
wow all that build up for Point and shoots…boo Sony! I’m going back to bed.
For zoom Nikon’s got the P900.
Compactness…people use their phone now days.
30x compact camera…not very enticing.