I received that rumor from a new asian source:
“Perhaps sony will announce new DSLT(s) in CES 6,jan,2011
Similar level with Alpha 700 (DSLR)
and it have more powerful performance than A55 , A33
But pixels is similar with a55
Pixels – Similar with A55
Burst – more than 12fps
Movie – Same with A55
AF System – 25point AF System
Battery performance is more powerful than A55
Same EVF , but it can use at studio”
I bet this rumor is fake! I post it here because the rumor is floating around the web and many were asking me what I think about it. Now you know it 🙂
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That’s way too vague of a rumor. Didn’t we have a rumor that already said that A7x will have quite a few more megapixels than A55?
if tats A77 i ll jump the next day, haha!
announce new DSLT(s) in CES 6,jan,2011
fake but wish for dreams come true….
What’s so impossible about those specifications?
If the camera is an SLT, and since it will likely be a magnesium-alloy body, over 10fps should be easy.
25 point AF system doesn’t sound impossible, since the Nikon d300 has 51.
A77 has to be atleast 20mega pixel to put it at the front of the pack.
ISO performance equal to A55 a must.
I predict…. the a77… will be a camera! with megapixels! and viewfinger! with no extra cheese nor mayo nor pickles! It shall be so!
No pickles? Who would buy that? Clearly, Sony has lost their way and will be out of business in a week!
Well it would be cool if the A77 had 15FPS not that it is necessary just that it would give Sony the NEW land speed record previously held by Canon with their 1984 F1 which shot at 14FPS
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/canonf1/html/canonf1nhighspeed.htm
What if Sony announces an A66 model number? Better than the A55, but something to please fans while A77 is throughly tested and ironed out…
Yes it came to my mind.But in that case it will be called most likely A56 or A58 using Sony naming scheme. A refresh for A55 with some improvements, and more expensive. But somehow it’s to early. But again, there is a world shortage of A55 which is strange , and someone from Singapore said that a Sony deler told this is because an A55 succesor is coming. I would not call A77 a successor, it’s another class, but maybe there is an A56.
And then 3 months after that an A57.0.1 Mkii will come out with only slightly better specs. Then Sony will just give up with new models and make personalized cameras for everyone according to their individual needs and wants of 48 megapixels and 1000 fps video at 4K.
Quote: “Guy from Singapore”
But seriously, why would Sony come out with a slightly better camera than one that is flying off the shelves and offers more than any other camera in it’s price range? My guess is to sell more dead-in-the-water A33’s to the impatient people that needed to pick up a camera for Christmas.
i was thinking just yesterday that Sony has used at least one name from each “hundred” A1xx, A2xx, …, A9xx with the single exception of no A6xx, so maybe one da they’ll will use that name whether it be A6xx (SLR) or A6x (SLT), unlike other manufacturers Sony doesn’t seem to care at all about consolidating their lineup to a handful of choices, the actually seem to be doing the opposite as a strategy to win the largest possible number of buyers. Their SLT’s have been a great success, and when a product is successful expect to see many derivatives and versions of it.
In the Minolta naming convention, 6-series names were reserved for experimental or unusual cameras. I assume Sony is leaving the number open in case they want to do likewise.
Like they could make a NEX-6 whose main selling point is having a UI that isn’t dreadful. That’s basically what happened with the Minolta 600si.
To Carl: seeing that they released exactly two 6 class cameras, and one of them was marketed as “5-class” in Japan and the other (which was neither experimental nor unusual) was marketed as “7-class” in US+EU, there is hardly a precedent for naming. Also, Sony can do what they want.
X-600?
At CES 2010 Sony released the A450. But you can try to find one in stores…It may be the same game.
Geez, another brainfart from rabid asian fanboy.
Maybe they just roll a ten sided die marking 0-9.. or use a RNG..
Reading again the specs,(if true) this sounds more and more as a refresh of the A55 not the A77.
Let’s see: 12 fps – versus 10 fps – I’m sure the currebt BIONZ can handle this so is a simple software improvement. Probably A55 could do this also but they decideded to be more conservative.
Better battery ; well it’s either a bigger battery but this means camera redesign which is a posibility but will add cost.There is nothing in the rumour about a magnesium alloy body so in that case it will probably be same A55 body. Or same size battery with higher capacity. Current Sony battery is 1080 mA , but eBay is full of 1500 mA compatible batteries. Not imposibble for Sony to use new cells and get 1500 mA officialy or even 1800 mA, which will almost double the original battery capacity.
What’s left is the autofocus system, totally new. This may be the same as the one they will use in A77 so this may be a preview, a beta, or a stripped down version. May be the same chip but with some points disabled, let’s say.
Everything else is the same so this is hardly the A77.
I keep my bet that if this is not a hoax it is A56 not A77.
“I keep my bet that if this is not a hoax it is A56 not A77.”
well…
If this is an upgraded A55 that is just a few months old, and is released before the very first upgrade to the only 7 series Sony camera in existence the A700, which has been discontinued since September 2009,….
Sony should be shot!!
Every available amount of manpower should be concentrated in producing the 7 series THEN the 9 series.
After that all the wisher of upgrades to their 2,3,4&5 series cameras, either firmware or hardware can get their chance.