Image on top: The current AS-15.
Yesterday I posted news about the mirrorless market not growing anymore. But there is one market that is really “booming”. It is the action camera business. That’s why Sony will soon announce a new action camera named “HDR-AS30V“. It is a smaller and lighter camera than the current Sony AS-15. It’s compatible with Sony’s Smart Watch and has GPS and NFC. More features coming soon.
Note: I know this isn’t an A or E-mount related news. But it’s interesting to see what kind of development on these cameras. Some of their new features may be implemented in future A-E mount cameras too! There will be a NEX-5t announcement soon and a NEX-5t related rumor will be posted soon 🙂
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IMHO is not a blooming market. http://nofilmschool.com/2013/08/contour-closes-doors-gopro-competitor/
NEX-7n News incl. new Lenses w i t h o u t (!) OIS…..?!?!?!
idiot… learn reading it has IS and will bypass OIS
Charming response…
Anyway, even the basic camera dimensions in that NEX-7 rumour didn’t add up, so I don’t think you can rely on the rumoured specs, including IBIS.
Do we know the resolution, Full HD max or more?
Wouldn’t it be funny if this little cam got 4K, just to match it’s specs to GoPro HERO3 (or surpass it with 30p?). I’m thinking full compatibility with the magnetic mount of the Honami phone, although it would not make sense to launch the cam before the phone …
I think this is the same as the “lens camera” rumor?
Is their any info on the possibility of 10-bit output, hopefully uncompressed, via an HDMI port?
i had the action cam and love it.
but for sure i change 2 or 3 things.
1 the shape, it cant stand on its own
2 i cant put in a tripod either, without the case
3 im in the pool and want to change between FH or slow motion, to bad!!! the case just press 1 button
4 by the way, why not make it waterproof without the case, just basic xperia waterprofing is enough to complement the case
5 the menu is not very good, and the few options in the camera sometimes are excluyent, why had IS on/off, angle X/Y, video size, if chosing one automatically switch off the others
6 a faster lense, led ligth
7 i think the case could be a little more smaller
8 240 slow motion, i know it cant be 720p but maybe 960×540
9 it can time lapse, but how about also making the video in camera
10 grab some if not better all the features the jvc everios had, you already had the best sensor, just glass the cake
SADLY, the new action camera will end up being the same plus NFC
The problem with the first model (HDR-AS15) was, that it was just crap, nothing else. Every magazine which tested this sort of camera has placed the Sony behind all competitors. And in reality this opinions seem to be true. For example the last c’t (german Computer Magazine). I don’t trust the tests of Chip, but c’t does mostly good work in testing scenarios.
And the biggest problem ist, that even the video quality ist just average in comparison to the GoPro Series.
Sony produces a lot of good stuff – just let’s hope, that they learned from their mistakes with the first release and that they listened to the customers/users (action people).
If not, Sony will not survive in this market. Not with a product like the first one.
Good Light
Does anyone not know that GoPro 3 uses Sony exmor sensor. Gopro3 has Sony written all inside it. http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/GoPro+Hero3+Teardown/12457/2
By praising GoPro image quality you’re actually talking about Sony’s tech. Same goes with new Nikon dslrs