The Sony press release and mockups do not reveal anything about concrete specifications and release date. So we thought it would be nice to make a small summary of all the rumors we received from reliable sources.
Important note: What we post here are rumored specs, not official Sony specs! We collected the rumors from reliable sources (which gave me correct informations in the past) and added a probability percentage.
1) 50% chance this information could be true -> The System name will be “NEX”
2) 50% -> The first two cameras will be on market within June-July (The NEX3 and NEX5?)
3) 50% -> A more advanced mirrorless camera should be unveiled at Photokina and compete against the future Panasonic GH2
4) 80% -> In Lens stabilization (Sonys goal was ot make the mirrorless cameras as thin as possible)
5) 80% -> Built-in Flash
6) 80% -> Body price under 1000 USD
7) 80% -> First three lenses: 18-55/F3.5-5.6 / 16mm f/2.8 / 18-200mm (900-1000 USD)
50% = rumor comes from one trusted source only (the trusted soruce gave me correct informations in the past)
80% = rumor has been confirmed by one trusted sources + one or more new soruces
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More rumors in Taiwanese Website
About successor of a700:
-New reflex mirror & shutter, motors operate seperately
-Huge pentaprism VF
-Metal body like a900, slash-proof
-Contrast detection AF with face detection, AF-C not operate while recording movie
-1080/24P, can record picture/movie at the same time
-LED light for accessory
About the mirrorless camera:
-metal body & mount
-Exmor HD CMOS, aspect ratio maybe 16:9
-Contrast detection AF, AF speed same as Cybershot cameras
-Image quality not good as DSLR
-35/2 and 85/2.8 DT lenses may come
-Lens anti-shake
-Accessories include FLASH LIGHT
-Zeiss lenses may come
-SSM lenses may come
-Larger zoom lens shown at PMA should be a lens that competitive to Panny’s HD lens
-Some fancy functions as on Cybershot
About 24/2 ZA SSM:
-Should be a very great lens, otherwise it would be 24/1.4
-Not to be F1.4, maybe there are some agreements with Carl Zeiss
-Price should be quite expensive
I found that : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yge-drK3aiM
It’s uploaded the 19 feb !
Sorry for my english…