Here are more images of the Sony KW1 selfie camera which is the first camera using Sony’s new curved sensor tech!
This is also interesting for us because Sony stated they have developed a Full Frame curved sensor too. And that new Kw1 proves that kind of sensor is 100% ready for production. Let’s see that damn RX1s soon! 🙂
UPDATE: Now officially listed at Sony China.
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looks way more premium than the leaked pics
This will fly off the shelves for it’s niche market in china/asia
“This will fly off the shelves for it’s niche market in china/asia”
just what i wanted to write as well!
its sickening to see all those girls here in china taking pictures of themsevles all the time….i mean…..all the time! and now sony is even supporting this even more 😛
everywhere, i was at Seoul last month, this selfie madness is ridiculous ( but too be fair, at least Korean girls are damn cute)
You mean the work of Korean plastic surgeons is cute and I would say very impressive!
Here’s a true story: A husband was puzzled why both himself and the wife are good-looking and yet all their children are very ugly, then he found out… you know the ending of the story.
This? http://www.lolhome.com/img_big/funny-picture-75404597.jpg
probably, who care, after two weeks in Beijing, Seoul’s girls were shockingly gorgeous 😉 ( I should not even looking, i am married LOL)
crazy girls camera….the best market ever…
that group can get money to buy anything lol ..in almost any culture 🙂
would be very interesting indeed to see how well they are sold
I’m a bit surprised the lens doesn’t rotate…
It does ,180 degrees
makes sense. No lens cap though.
Fair enough – in that case I could actually see this working…
Sony China Official announced
http://www.sonystyle.com.cn/products/cyber-shot/dsc_kw1.htm
Not curved sensor…
Press release
http://www.sony.com.cn/newscenter/product/2026.htm
I don’t see Sony china confirm a curved or stacked sensor
I wish they would understand the desire for a variety of lenses for photographers as much as the desire for teens to be able to take selfies…
it will definitely sell like crazy in china, despite the price of $800
the look and weight is just perfect and make Casio selfie looks bad
As Sony’s targeted customers, girls generally don’t care about the geekish specs or sensor tech implements on this camera. However, the curved sensor is definitely worth mentioning as a solution to solve face stretching issue for people standing by the edge of the photo, which is a common distortions for most cameras with tiny lens and sensor.
They really should make this into a mobile phone and I’ll buy for the ladies in my family, the design is really nice.
At $800 it’s even cheaper than the Casio Selfie Holy Grail. How kind Sony…
Zeiss or Swarovski? Hmm.. tough to decide.
Good one 🙂
LMFAO
I want next RX1 in a pastel color! 🙂
This stuff will fly off the shelves in Asia
KW11! press release from Sony Asia Pacific
http://www.sony-asia.com/pressrelease/asset/593619/section/regionalpressreleases
http://www.sony-asia.com/corporate/resources/en_AP/pdf/AP%2822August14%29-TakeyourbestSelfiewiththeCyber-shotDSC-KW11fromSony.pdf
Facepalm… The most expected news at Alpha rumour ever
Isn’t it.. kind of awkward.. to smile or do a duckface to a bottle of perfume?
LOL… it does look like perfume.
I think it’s meant to.
love it
Too Expensive !!!
sony official price in china is RMB￥5199 (about USD $845)
RX100 Ⅲ is RMB￥4799 (about USD $780)
……
I think it reasonable price should be less than USD $500
The price is set so it will not be a toy for everyone.
Maybe smart, maybe stupid.
I’ll keep my a77 …
Casio selfie cameras are way more expansive, it’s aimed for ppl who regularly buy $2000 hand bags, and you wont believe how many ppl are doing that in China.
Sony all I ask for are camera apps for my A77m2 instead we get this shi*!
It comes in green
A mount cameras should come in green for wildife photographers
Selfie
So it’s not a phone just a camera?
Yeah, I can see why Sony would preempt an a99II announcement for Photokina to pimp this rubbish. Because Sony’s marketing department has a tremendous sense of humor.
some people say, that the new toilets in all airplanes make clear 4k selfie films
of all the parts we do not want to see but…
AXXE the new smell of selfie….. amazonaas fire….arctic freeze…..girlys smille…bedroom flight…
I am not personally interested in such a device, but having lived for half a year in China, I can understand Sony’s marketing: there’s a huge market for devices improving the “selfie” experience. Plus, the design of this camera, which makes me think of a perfume bottle, is perfect for the kind of public who likes selfies, especially in Asia.
However, what I don’t understand is why Sonyalpharumors keeps talking about it, since this product clearly doesn’t aim at Sonyalpharumors’ readers… Problem in marketing 😉 ?
If you think this is misplaced, wait till Gariz comes up with a case for it! 😉
I search for the
Casio EX-TR35 selfie cam to investigate how big a need (a market) for a selfie cam is.
Here the result:
At amazon.com is the cam Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,040!! in Camera & Photo
The camera is extreme overpriced (I estimate the sony cam cost approx 800 euro this will be overprices for this, too)
The Casio Selfie cam is not to order in germany
I think for this extreme high price very few people buy this superfluous product. I think only in china or japan (asia) is a relative good market for this, otherwise neither in europe or in the us or australian market. But also in asia has only a few people a so fat wallet…
The market for this is not concentrated in the western world.
I’m coincident in opinion
I’ve heard story about guys willing spending USD1300 for the TR15 just to get his gf to marry him. And even with that price he was having trouble getting one. And I’ve also heard people saying that the TR15 works better then a wedding ring. A Hello Kitty version of it would cost more then USD2000
In Asia is a (Selfie)Camera or a Smartphone better then everything else to win Woman’s hearts
Thx for the hint! 😉
So sweet:
http://www.casio-intl.com/media/news/images/2013/ex_tr15/kitty_tr15_2.jpg
I thought it was just the clear part from the earlier rumor. This doesnt mske sense. People stopped carrying compact cams due to size. This looks like it takes up an even bigger footprint. I thiink they woyld have been better off having the clear part attach to the headphone jack of any phone and autostarting the app.
You need to see the digitalrev video to understand who is this aimed for and why it will be very successful.
Read Pierre’s comment below.
Seems that Sony got some bad supply of crack.
Yeah, I don’t think this “product” will succeed
Looks like a lighter…cigars, cigarettes, selphy?
Reminds me of a perfume or make up bottle.
this looks fucking awesome.
It actually has the fugly bezel…and I thought the previous leaks were mockups. They practically put a 3.3″ screen on 4″ real estate.
Only camera you need on your trip to Africa or Antarctica.
You can take selfies all day long.
sony invent a phone with swivel camera ontop so it’s 20mp for selfie add an xenon flash and it’s all good …^^
so…
no curved sensor neither lense converter…
SAR you can kill that source now
WOW! Great news! So, if there’s no new RX-1s soon after all, there IS actually an alternative!!!
Right?
The KW11 has now been officially announced, but only in Asia.
I haven’t seen any mention of a curved sensor in the press release; they usually mention new technologies. The sensor is claimed to be an Exmor RS, which is Sony’s usual designation for BSI-CMOS sensors.
This seems to be Sony’s take on the Casio Tryx series, no more, no less. Nothing innovative about it.
So what exactly does a curved sensor improve on????