A Malaysian friend sent us that picture from the Sony show in Jakarta. According to the guy who made the photo that is the final design of the new Sony A560 and A580. Both models will replace the current Sony A550Sony A550
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UPDATE: That camera looks like the camera shown at PMA in February. SO no leak here 🙁
If one of our readers has seen the final A560 camera can he please tell me if that is the final design? Feel free to use the contact form on the right and avoid to give me your name and email address if you want to be anonymous (P.S.: We do not store your IP-address!)
Reminder: we expect 4 cameras to be announced on late August.
1) A55 (translucent) 16MP 10FPS EVF-1.44M 1.1X magnification 95% AVCHD full hd
2) A33 (translucent) 14MP 7FPS EVF-1.44M 1.1X magnification 95% AVCHD full hd
3) A560 14MP 7FPS MF recording AVCHD full hd
4) A580 16MP 7FPS MF recording AVCHD full hd
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SR= Sonyalpharumor
SR1=probably fake rumor
SR2=rumor from unkown sources
SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources
SR5=almost certainly correct!
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That looks like the A7xx mock-up.
note MR position on dial as well as top LCD.
A560 will probably not have either of those.
Yea, looks like A700 successor. Sure, it might be A560 or A55 but… I wouldn’t be so sure that it’s A560. The same camera was show on Film Foto Video trade show in Poland, take a closer look at the photos in link – it has the Depth of Field preview button under the lens, just as expected cameras are suppose to have, and have the AF Assist Lamp suggesting better AF. It’s nothing new, but I highly doubt it’s A560 – it’s just too good to be real (but, hell, surprise me Sony!!!). My bet would be or that it’s A55 or that it’s planned A700-series camera, though not to be released before 2011.
Ok, another thought – Do you recall that out there, during the PMA 2010 and later on on the traid show Sony have shown two cameras? One for “Mainstream” and another, the “Amateur”? Both with video AVCHD? Now: What if these two were mock-ups of A560 and A33? The Amateur camera looked bit too primitive comparing to current A550 but… who knows, recent camera releases show that Sony goes towards more and more simplicity/less buttons in low-level cameras, so this might be it.
Actually, this is a picture taken at PMA earlier this year. And here is the source:
http://www.photographybay.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-dslr-models-to-be-refreshed-soon-with-avchd-video/
This is an old photo from PMA mockups .. SEE this
http://www.photographybay.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-dslr-models-to-be-refreshed-soon-with-avchd-video/
This photo was from the old PMA show back in Feb…. this is old news… It’s not confirmed to be a A560 as it was just a prototype at the show. If anything this is the A7xx… the MR mode on the dial, rear wheel, 16-80 CZ lens, rear metering switch…. unless Sony plans to upgrade the A5xx series to semi-pro… this is the A7xx. Pic was posted back in Feb. here: http://www.photographybay.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-dslr-models-to-be-refreshed-soon-with-avchd-video/
nothing to see here…time to move on.
As someone pointed out in the dpreview forums: it looks as if this picture actually is from PMA, doesn’t it?
http://www.photographybay.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-dslr-models-to-be-refreshed-soon-with-avchd-video/
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Yes, exactly the same 🙁
Maybe is not the same camera from PMA.
This one is sitting on a white bottom, at PMA the bottom of the cage was orange.
IMO
No reason for disappointment. Anyway we have one more picture of the A7XX. Nice top.
It should be a7xx, I think. This body obviously has two wheels and AF-assistant light.
Nope, this looks like the mockup of the thinner little Body design shown at PMA, look at the Grip precisily it’s surely more little than the mockup shown at PMA and press release of the Alpha 700 successor. Maybe Sony have got add the monochrom on-top LCD (from the Semi-Pro Alpha 7xx?) to the Alpha 560 to fit a more valuable design etc.
Look here the Alpha 7xx mochup has a much more bigger grip
http://www.photoclubalpha.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/a7-a5-glasseyes.jpg
http://a.img-dpreview.com/articles/pma2010/Sony/SAM_0841.jpg
Than the little Alpha mockup:
http://a.img-dpreview.com/articles/pma2010/Sony/SAM_0839.jpg
As Andreas noted, that’s am image I shot at PMA of the Alpha mockups that were behind glass.
To me, the body size looked like the A700-style of camera. Lots more here:
http://www.photographybay.com/2010/02/21/sony-alpha-dslr-models-to-be-refreshed-soon-with-avchd-video/
I think it surfaced just now because I used it as a lead image when linking back to Sony Alpha Rumor’s previous A55, A33, A560 and A580 post from last week.
http://www.photographybay.com/2010/07/31/new-sony-alpha-models-named-a55-a33-a560-and-a580/
thats a one hell sexy camera
Just to state the obvious so that its obvious enough to those who didn’t notice it (e.g. contraspirit): No one confirmed that the camera shown was the A700 replacement.
But in fact sony stated that this was the replacement of a700 months ago, in PMA2010 …
Maybe Sony wants to compete with the A560 against the D90 category (top lcd, AF Lamp,2 dials,magnesium alloy ..)
Two dials and a top panel LCD may look weird if we look the A560 as a A550 successor.
But it’s not so weird if we look the A560 as Nikon D90 direct competitor (or successor of D90 that probably will be launch at Photokina).
Don’t forget that A550 and D90 are in close price range…
Just to state the truth so that it will be clear to those who miss it (e.g. E.Z): No one confirmed that the camera was NOT the a700 replacement.
No one from Sony has to state it, it’s too obvious (very similar buttons and button layout, top LCD, large viewfinder eyecup, larger camera size than the A5xx and smaller APS-C Sony cameras.
Could this be true a5xx model with two wheels and metering knob?
Sounds like Sony product management got brain implants after the a390 fiasco
there is the A1XX, the A2XX, the A3XX, the A4XX, the A5XX, the A7XX, the A8XX and the A9XX. Could we be looking at an A6XX?
clay mock-ups do not have holes for the microphone, AVCHD without a voice:)
I never denied that the camera is the mock-up of the a700 replacement, but rather bring out the possibility of that being the mock-up of the a560/a580. There is no definite answer from Sony that it is indeed the a700 replacement. So, try harder, contraspirit.
I think it is very possible for the camera to not be the a700 replacement. Look at the nikon’s d90, top LCD, video mode and solid ergos. To compete with that, this current mockup would apparently make a very good competitor against it. So, if Sony is serious in using the a700 replacement to compete with the likes of the d300s and 7D, the design and apparent features seem lacking.
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The only difference with the A700 type of class (thus not being a successor to that camera), could be a lack of weather sealing and metal body.
Everything else is almost a carry over from the A700, allbeit slightly rearranged. See the picture of the backside also.
I won’t believe it till I see it….three years of rumors and nothing to show for it…