The Sony RX1 is marked as discontinued at Digitalrev (Click here). They invite you to buy the RX1R instead but a real successor is likely to appear in early 2015. And I bet high this will have a curved sensor and 35mm f/1.8 Zeiss lens as shown on the patent here:
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony-patent-discloses-the-new-35mm-f1-8-for-full-frame-mirrorless-nex-with-curved-sensor/
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Yeah, A-mount is also discontinued.
what will happen to all my a-mount investment? Sony better give me an update LAEA4 Adapter so I can use my lenses on E-mount with IBIS.
Thanks for confirmation, Kaz.
Most reviews did not complain about image quality which was excellent but AF speed.
Will the curved sensor improve on this?
will there be a viewfinder for the real successor in 2015?
You mean built in EVF? Because there are two viewfinders for the current models.
I hope they make a 12mp version with internal 4k and great high ISO. Even if they limit 4k clips to five minutes due to heat that would be ok with me.
I agree that the 12mp sensor and processor from A7S make a lot of sense. AF should be faster too.
I hope Sony is listening!
Nnnnoooo!! My wonderful, fully capable camera is now pointless!! Guess I should toss it onto the pile of obsolete tech instead of continuing to use it to produce wonderful pictures.
;^)
yes just make sure you wrap it in at least 20 plastic bags before tossing it into the landfill
Speaking of RX rumors….anything about the RX20 yet?
Yes admin. What about it ? I’m tempted by FZ1000 … but I’d rather have the RX10 body with 4K.
There is very, very little indication that this model is discontinued. Some web site out there may say that.
I say it is rubbish. Same story as with the Panasonic GX7 which appeared as ‘discontinued’ on an Australian web site a couple of months ago.
Tiny outlets such as Amazon and Sony Shop US still feature the product.
When will professional wedding photographers get support from Sony?
we need wireless radio trigger flash that doesn’t overheat after 10 pops.
we need VG for a7000
still waiting for a9 with IBIS so I can use A-mount lenses.
Since when are wedding snappers called photographers ?!?
he, he, just kidding, don’t jump on me 🙂
Caution: it’s bad for you eyes to repeatedly flash a high power strobe directly in your face. The helmet you normally wear that protects your head from repeatedly banging the wall will provide no protection for this high intensity light.
0-Mount is dead.
Woo hoo RX1 M2 on its way?
Perhaps the first camera to use a new FF sony sensor with A6000 AF speed?
IQ cannot be much better than the RX1, unless it is 36MP, which is not something that interests me personally. What would get me pumped would be a new AF system on the level of the A6000. Any chance of that happening?
…with E Mount!
Better image quality doesn’t interest you, but most buyers will be interested in an improvement in both image quality and focusing speed. Image quality is very important for the RX1, it’s what sets it apart from the posers.
The point I was trying to make (poorly) is that the RX1’s IQ is already so good that there is little room for improvement other than greater resolution, and in my own case, 24MP is quite sufficient. In truth, what I am waiting for is an A8 with top notch AF, so I will probably take a pass on the RX2.
It must have been perfect out of the factory because still not a single firmware update since its first production . . . I know . . . I am repeating myself.
waiting impatiently for the next gen rx1.. i have a feeling we’re in for a real treat.
Be interesting to see if Sony uses the curved sensor and a concurrently engineered lens for the next generation.
This has been marked as discontinued at Digitalrev for months.
It’ll be the perfect camera for me if they replace the flash with a built-in evf and improve high-iso performance to be comparable with the A7s. I’d be okay with going down to 12MP to get that, but the way things are going they might be able to pull it off at 24MP.
Why not just buy the A7s, which is available now instead of wishing for something that will never be built.
There is a RX1R version, so why are you so sure they won’t make an ‘S’ version?
What feature are you people most interested in?
– Faster AF, like the on-sensor PDAF on A6000;
– A 12mp high ISO RX1S version in addition to the normal and ‘R’ versions;
– Pop-up EVF like the RX100 III;
– Different focal length, 50mm or 85mm, perhaps via adapter attachment in front;
– Slightly bigger more comfortable grip with room for a second battery;
– 4K video, slog2, whatevah.
But a minimum is to get an external battery charger!
Yes I also like this, but I demand that companie start making them without the cable (directly pluggable into the outlet) in Europe like in other countries. I am tired of these cables.
Someone from Sony at a Salon de la Photo, told me it is a tendency to camera makers to have cable to charge the batteries.
I guess it will make more money that way! They will sell charger’s kit separately!
They had a small sale on it over the weekend.
They likely sold whatever units they had left, aren’t getting more in, and this is their way of saying so.
Lots of their Leica lenses are “discontinued” too.
Sony A6000 are out of stock in many places. It is a super big sellers for Sony.