We are approaching the end of the year and it’s time to express your wishes for the coming new year 2014. What new Sony camera are you hoping to get in 2014?
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The list is based on rumor we posted or posted by other sites. I think most of these cameras will really come in 2014! 🙂
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I want a A7 like body with buildin flash and touch screen
We don`t need more cameras. We need more lenses!
What he said….
+1+1+1+1…+1
All of us here…which Sony don’t realize.
They think people will buy more cameras…once they own a Sony Camera.
If you have a look, Sony released only 6 new lenses since 2010. On top of that they did release the refreshed 70400G, 70200G and 500G. The 70200G performance is no improovement over the old version, it just costs 50% more. The 500G is priced double of what the Nikon or Canon equivalents costs and the 70400GII is using the same optical formula then its predecessor.
So I dont see how Sony wants to maintain the A mount with so few lens releases. They should actually release 4-5 lenses per year at least in order to catch up with other systems. And we are talking about new lenses, not just refreshes of old lenses with just added nano-coating.
What Sony does not get is that for every sold Sony DSLR or NEX or A7 one will buy most likely 3-5 lenses. So it should be way more money for Sony in lens sales than in camera sales.Yet, they keep shedding out cameras where there is no need for them.
Actually, what the majority wants are lenses that aren’t horribly overpriced. I don’t think that the latest FE lenses are overpriced given their level of performance (which is certainly higher than similarly priced CaNikon lenses, at least for the 35 and the 55). But most E-mount lenses and some of the recent A mount lenses (esp. the notorious 24-70 2.8) are totally overpriced given their overall quality and most importantly, their ridiculously bad QC (which probably lowers the final production cost significantly).
Most people talk about lenses being decentered to the right or left… I have one lens sitting here which isn’t even sharp in the center at f8, manually focused.
Hi Tony ,Nikon only has the ancient 35mm F2 but Canon’s recent 35mm which is F2 with IS built-in is £200 cheaper than the FE 35mm. The diminutive 40mm STM pancake which is a fine performer right from wide open is a whopping £500 cheaper than the FE 35mm .
On the other hand I think due to its wide open performance the 55mm deserves its price premium over the Canon/Nikon fast fifties.
the EF 40/2.8 STM has very good resolution, one of the very best according to DXOmark;
however, it is terribly slow, slow, slow focuser – optimized for smooth videoing, which
sadly affects it’s AF’ing speed – alas !! 🙁
Notorious 24-70?
That’s been my point ever since I bought my first NEX.
Plus, it’s hard when you look at the options and or you pay $300 or you pay $1000, how about something in the middle like the 35mm? I’ll pay between $400~600 for a good optics! I’d buy any of Fuji’s lenses in that price range.
My only possibility to stay with Sony is if they can put IBIS on the NEX-7 successor so I can take more advantage of legacy lenses in video, if not I’ll go invest in a system that IS a system, in another words, one that has lenses.
Yes!
None of the above. I need an enthusiasts mirrorless A-mount DSLR that can beat the Nikon D7100 and Canon 70D. I already have the A99 which I use for studio or general use and the D7100 which is great for action wildlife and use cheaper lenses than the A99 needs to get the reach. One that can replace the A77 or A580
+1 for A77 replacement
+1000
I can and will not afford a whole new set of full frame lenses! I have some decent A-mount (ff and crop) lenses which I want to keep on using on an A-mount camera. Don’t care if it’s mirrorless, SLT, DSLR or flux capacitor based technology! Just a decent NATIVE A-mount APS-C camera!
So my answer to the vote:
NONE OF THE LISTED!
Agree on a77 successor and “None of the Above”!
And, I don’t care about mirrorless, but the speed needs to be there!
+100
+1
The only thing a mirror-less A-mount will bring you is a third stop of light, are you THAT desperate to gain a third of a stop over the A77? Do you take all your pictures in the dark or something? What’s wrong with your A99?
Oh I guess the other thing a mirror-less A-mount will bring you is terrible AF performance on your A-mount lenses! Good luck with that!
It would be far better to gain that third-stop from a new sensor in a replacement for the A77 sensor. Sony can learn a lot from Nikon in that respect.
NEX 3/A3000 successor with A7 VF. Don’t need the NEX 7 specs like fps, build and controls. Touch screen would be nice.
I want aps-c a mouth low mgpx for a hight iso killer ML! And with bothe electronique drapes
+1
A mirrorless, FF, 36 MP camera with a full size grip and a Nikon autofocus lens mount.
If there is a god, Sony will release a Full Frame in an NEX 5 series body. Or an A7 WITHOUT a viewfinder.
That would be the most coat pocketable Full Frame interchangeable lens camera ever, and leave the competition with a long time to catch up.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
+1
The EVF is ruining the look, taking up space, and keeping costs and prices high.
Yep!!! NEX 7 w/out viewfinder but w/ hot shoe to permit accessory EVF when desired or necessary. Effectively, just take the fake prism off the top of the A7 / A7R. That would be excellent.
i think it’s missing the most important camera there…
Fullframe A-mount
high FPS
big buffer
A99 body
the FF sport camera sony never had
+1, and with flip-up mode.
Yes!!
High frame rate with killer auto focus. True full time live view when shooting at high frame rates…No skipping to review mode of buffering images 🙁
+1
You can turn off automatic image review for faster operation.
With integrated flash, like D800, useful in certain shots.
+100. No need to have 1 Gpx, just high fps and good AF please.
Exactly. I’d like to see rather a 24 or even a 20 MP sensor with 1 Stop less noise than a 36 MP Monster.
A99 body, 2 or 3 more FPS (not this useless crappy Burst mode…), triple the buffer, better AF – then shut up and take my money
My only wish.. I wish sony read this poll and dont ignore our needs.
Whats missing fron this list is higher mp c size A mount which if inexpensize i would get to fill in the time before the new tech high res sensor comes in late 2015 or early 2016.
a great A77 successor?
Full frame sensor in NEX-5 body with touchscreen and attachable VF please. I too used to versatility of these things. I found bells and whistles (read as buttons and wheels) improves workflow only slightly, while the touchscreen and attachable VF changes it a lot in a good way. Oh, well, no sh1tty on sensor PDAF as well: it just doesn’t worth it.
Will swap my crappy A7 to NEX-5FF body immediately.
+1 for a rangefinder FF with touch screen. Ideally as quiet as possible.
Full-frame with touchscreen, touchscreen, touchscreen, on a tiltable Full-Frame E-Mount camera!!! Like on the Nex-5 R/T, just for Full-Frame.
I want A-mount FF –
6 – 8 FPS burst (but 1 push button 1 shot, long press burst shooting)
2 Gb buffer
Precise AWB – (like was at A580)
Real clever metering system (not that dumb module, that limits shutter to 1/60 when external flash is attached)
Body from 99.
Camera that can charge internal battery without battery grip dismount.
9 very precize AF points placed like at A100 – and selectable with one joystik move.
And in M mode wheels, that couldnt change setting occasionally (like it was at A850)
Level, exometer and and battery info in one screen – without icons of Fn button functions
6 digits counting for foto name
All expo and ISO Settings saved independently for each shooting mode.
ISO 1600 noisless
And price not much than 4000$
Did I want too much????
“1 push button 1 shot, long press burst shooting”
that wont work
And forgot –
32 mini foto for fast search fotos on 64 Gb flash
non compressed RAW – until Sony made compression method, that didnt delete details in low light
I just wish Sony would do something like the Nikon DF and make a high end digital still camera that sticks to classic photography. No video and no unnecessary bells and whistles. Imagine how much smaller the firmware and ROM requirements would be, how many fewer menu items there would be, and how much less confusing the whole thing would be if it only needed to take still images and write them to the card in RAW! No Program or Auto Modes, just Aperture and Shutter Priority, each with their own dial, and Manual. Like the A900, keep the separate buttons for ISO, Drive mode, and exposure comp. A Pro camera for Pros.
+1
Adding video to a camera isn’t complicated or expensive, the sensor is already doing live-view so recording the output is as trivial as taking a still image is.
If you don’t want video, then don’t press the movie button. Simple huh?
I’ve never understood this having a camera that doesn’t do video nonsense. It will not make the camera simpler to produce, nor simpler to write firmware, nor cheaper to buy. What it WILL do is make the camera less appealing to purchase and it WILL get crucified in reviews for not having video.
Think people.
Ff e mount with 36mpx no aa, pdaf, global shutter and 5axis and improved evf. Well, thats more like 2016, but realisticly: software improvements, evolution of focus peaking, min shutter speed for auto iso.
SLT-A77 successor with Vertical Grip and improved in-body stabilization.
AAless 36MP FF E-mount with a size around NEX-7, NO HUMPPPPPP, no EVF even, if it means losing the hump, a usable burst, EFC…and since E-mount IBIS is doomed then I guess nothing else than a full metal body, maybe feature upgrades like fixing the unbelievable absence of auto ISO in M mode on NEX-7, it makes me hate native lenses even more, damn electronic lenses.
I only want a NEX 6 with a touch screen to be happy 🙂
…need more Zeiss full-frame FE prime lenses for A7R e.g. 20, 24, 28, 85mm….camera is superb!
Nex “classic” camera (WITHOUT that faux-prism), fullframe, weathersealed, IBIS.
It doesn’t need to have 3-dial system like the Nex 7. Something like the Nex 6 would do just fine.
In fact, a Nex 6 with fullframe sensor and IBIS (and perhaps a new menu system) would be enough. No need to reinvent the wheel here.
Yes, camera will be bigger overall. It’s fine as long as it keeps its rangerfinder style.
And then my second wish would be “to be able to afford such camera” but that’s another question 🙂
If that camera did come I’d find the money. So many banks ‘needing’ to be robbed out there…. :o)
However, you can’t have full frame sensor and IBIS at the same time for e mount. The mount diameter is simply too small for any sensor movement.
Nex-7 full frame, A7 full frame successor, either is ok with me. But whatever it ends up being, all I’m truly itching for is for it to include Olympus IBIS.
I Hope to get in 2014 an A7r alike with 5 axis body stabilization…..or an Olympus M1 alike But FF, full frame. ….
Why more FF???
What about a ASP-C Amount A77 replacement????
Not even on the list . . . are you kidding me?
I am guessing you are looking for the A77 successor. It’s there but it scored near the bottom. Others cannot obviously find it either. I would like a descent flash that worked without the adaptor. It can’t be that difficult.
It’s been added afterwards.
A77+ with A7/RX10 electronics generation in side, i.e jpeg engine, video processing from RX10 ,i.e. not line skipping, bigger buffer would be really nice.
Sony thinks…cameras are like phones….which people will upgrade to every new year or in couple of years….when there is no major change in functionality. This is what all camera makers need to do to survive…
1)Concentrate on Software upgrade to add features to old cameras. Sell this with additional features..every year.
Otherwise they will end up like old time phone and mp3 makers. (Apple and Google killed them all due to better features through software)
2)Sony should focus on lenses for E mount…if they want the category to live.
Otherwise people with Nikon and Canon mounts are more happy having more choices of lenses and the cameras are not that big enough they should switch to costly Sony E mount system. (With the pain I am going through..have started advising all in my newsletters and blog…which is reached by half a million people…to not get tempted by e mount…as satisfaction level of owning camera is better in Nikon and Canon….You dont have to keep waiting for lenses and then switch to Canikon after getting frustrated.
3.Reduce number of models..so people dont get confused. Why do Nex 3 and 6 exist.
Only Nex 5, 7 and A7, A9( for full frame’s emount) should have been there. 2 models for APSC and 2 for full frame. You have confused people with new Nex series and once established …again brought Alpha….
4.Invest in proper accessory R&D…rather than redundant flash system etc
5.Focus not Usage of camera …..like Macro, Birding, Street Photography…and evolve your R&D around it….This research will tell you did nothing till now and hence your sale is still down.
6.With sensitivity of sensors increasing…a 1 inch would be able to do all that which your full frame was doing…Soon full frame will be dead…
The camera market will end with special superzoom lenses for small sensors.
Look at Canon’s patent for 100X zoom for 1/2.3 size sensors…I think Canon SX 60 HS or 70, 80, 90…will have more sales than its interchangeable lens cams…because of very good quality and versatility…all in one’s.
I think soon you should have a hybrid of superzooms and interchangeable lens cams.
(with small sensors)
“Reduce number of models..so people don’t get confused. Why do Nex 3 and 6 exist.”
Each person who has posted in this thread wants a different model for himself. If you have fewer models, they will all be unhappy.
The NEX-3 exists to provide an entry level model. The 6 is the most liked by its owners of all the NEX models.
1)Concentrate on Software upgrade to add features to old cameras.
U mean like RX100 mkII?
I want a A99 mk II that is the best on the market on high iso. No mirror. A silent shutter . Very good battery capasity. 36 mp. A switch that makes it a 1,5 crop. No AA filter so i will have the sharpest camera on the market that dont need to sharpen up the pictures in Aperture/Lightroom,
On the lens side i want. 24-105 f.4, 100-300 f.4. 8-16 mm f.2,8, 150 mm makro f.2,8 that dont expand when im using it
a99 features aps-c mode.
i vote for RX2 with fast prime 35mm/1.8 and successsor a99 with no high megapixel race, and cheaper FF
I’m starting to see Sony’s problem. Lack of commonality in requests. 8^)
None of the selection. A77 replacement that will knock the stuffing out of the D7100
I would like to see a aps sensor in the a7 body. Give it high frame rate and Sony could end up with the best sports & event camera on the market (what is missing from the lineup).
Moving parts will eventually be a thing of the past, therefore, I do not see much sense in engineering new A mount cameras. Adapters will work fine for the legacy A mount lenses (focus issues can and will be overcome, soon I am sure).
I can easily see owning a a7r and a APS a7(about 20-24 mega-pixel for the aps version) for professional work, the size is ideal. The batteries, lenses, and grips should all interchangeable.
The 24-105 f4 lens is also needed, (21-105 or 24-135 would really be a show stopper though).
E-mount APS-C with IBIS
i have nex with semi tansparent celophan
FE-Mount 4K Raw Video camera in an SLR body, rather like the Canon 1DC, with up to 120fps.
That would really put Canon and the rest of the market on notice.
I’m looking forwards to 4K video. Even if the first versions won’t be perfect (probably not raw, probably will have rolling shutter artifacts warping horizontal motion in some frames, etc.) each step of the way will allow for more post-production options on video shoots, and each step will be more potentially useful as a “burst mode” collecting 30 stills a second (I’d really like a new shutter approach and 4K raw for that, probably a few years out.)
I think the new a7 and a7r are really promising. My a99 is just too big, and I’d like my next camera to be smaller and more portable. Just add better AF than the a99 (especially the ability to focus on points that aren’t in the center of the image), add wifi, 4k video, and a built-in flash, and the next iteration of that family might be my next camera.
a77 replacement
I don’t necessarily care about a VG900 successor (soon), its only a year old and I just bought one. Great camera. but it has yet to get a firmware update.. and it could use one.
30p – Idk why this wasn’t in to start, 60i is NOT the same
Higher Bitrate (50mbps) – IN CAMERA
Movable expanded Focus
1080 120p, would be excellent, this is the more dedicated Video camera with the premium price tag over the A99. Needs more unique features. (Idk if there are hardware limitations here or not)
plus
A constant aperture + OSS power zoom (f4 24-105 preferably)
If they do a successor, all the above plus
Large control dial with more friction
Dual card slots
A detachable side Grip like the Canon C100. For better doubling as a (backup) stills camera.
Built in NDs
In this particular case, 60i is actually the same as 30p. The signal is stored as an interlaced encapsulated progressive read. In post, you will end up with a progressive video. There will be no interlacing artifacts.
Interesting. I honestly haven’t used it because I assumed it was standard interlaced.
That and 60p..
A77 A MOUNT REPLACEMENY
Replace the 24mp c size EXMOR sensor with
36MP EXMOR R. C SIZE SENSOR.
The exmor r will easily handle the increase resolution without losing any low light ability or without any increase in noise.
I would use it with these 4 tamron lenses i have or have ordered
60Mm f2 macro
90Mm f2.8 macro
180Mm f3.5 macro
150-600 @ 600MM F6
Each of these lenses will easily handle the resolution
Not only is this easily doable but it would be a total winner in the market place, inexpensive, and require no new technolgy.
NEX-5FF with external EVF. Sure A7 owners would love it to be upgradeable, in a year or so.
What the heck – let’s do a 1″ sensor RX100 with interchangable lenses (ala the Nikon1)! Sony could do that, and do it well.
What the heck…if you want that why not get a Lumix GM1. It’s tiny and has a 4/3 sensor and can accept all the 4/3 lenses by Lumix and Olympus!!! 7.2 ounces for the body and 2.5 ounces for the Lumix kit zoom 12-35 (24-70 equiv).
I like the M4/3 gear, but I’m also a fan of the 1″ sensors and hope we see more of them.
In some situations the 2.7x crop factor (vs. the 1.5 of m 4/3)can be an advantage.
Plus I think m4/3 has matured enough that it’s really to the point where it’s as small as it can be (apart from maybe fixed-lens cameras) but CX/1″ cameras still have room to ‘grow’ and get smaller/better 🙂
Or an RX2 with a *retracting* 50mm f1.4 lens.
I’d like to see it retain the same overall ergonomics of the A99 but make it a big thinner and give it some edges. The A99 isn’t exactly a looker. Better ISO, faster buffer and I”m happy.
Nex 5 alike body with FF sensor and global shutter. OR, cut the RX1 price in half.
Those percentages after the number of votes are about as accurate as Sony’s AF system.
I explain. everyone can vote one or many cameras! That’s why the sum isn’t 100%! If a camera gets voted 24% it means that 24% of all single voters picked the camera. Obviously the sum is gretaer than 100% because people may votes for many cameras!
+1 LOL
An updated refined Nex7 with 3:2 screen and Zeiss 16-70 f4 kit lens…please
I NEED FULLFRAME NEX 5 BODY, WITH LIGHT WEIGHT TINY PRIME 16 and 35 f2 i dont care about focus
What I like to see most is a fw update (asap!) for
the A77 including significantly improved jpeg engine.
What would make me upgrade my A77?
A cheap (sub £1000) Full Frame A-Mount body with cheap FF A Mount lenses similar to the existing 30/35/50/85mm budget lenses but with FF coverage.
Improved focus peaking.
Eye detect AF
Audible horizontal level
Oh, and a “mark this as a favourite” function in camera
Add auto-ISO in manual to that list.
NEX 7 – same as it is – with about 1 or 1.5 stop improvement in low light performance, please.
That is all.
#1 REQUIREMENT: ANY ROBUST FF A-MOUNT CAMERA THAT WILL BE FULLY SUPPORTED AND SERVICED FOR A MINIMUM GUARANTEED PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, AND REASONABLE SERVICE PRICES AND EFFICIENCY.
I’d like an option that says I already have the Sony camera I want for 2014.
I am very happy with my A7, and don’t plan to replace or upgrade in the next year.
A NEX with IBIS to take better advantage of all the lenses I can attach. I’d be willing to give up the EVF and FF for IBIS.
FF with NEX 7 body?? Seriously? Not gonna happen! Sony thought about it, and that’s why they came out with A7/r cameras for mirrorles FF.
+1
If you had the alternative “continue develop A7-line” you had a winner!
“NEX-7 alike with Full Frame sensor” … uh, that’s what the A7 is…
Are we seriously saying that Sony is building a full frame camera even crappier than the A7/r? How much smaller could it get? How much flimsier could the build quality be? How much slower / underpowered could the processor get (seriously, the A7r is unusable, the processor is appropriate to a camera with a third as many pixels. I can shoot and check focus on 37 photos with the D800 by the time the A7r saves one)? How much longer could shutter blackout (both cameras) and shutter lag (A7r) be? How much shorter / useless for eyeglass wearers could the EVF eyepoint be?
They need to be going in the other direction. I want to see “Nikon D4 alike full frame e-mount” on this list.
Ah, a Nikon Fanboy. Any place I can see the the 37 Photos you shoot and check for focus by the time I make one with my crippled A7r?
It muster be very hard for some guys that the tiny little A7r challenges the big , heavy , D800. D4 size…. why not MF size? Oh,do you know there is a battery grip as well? Highly recommendable.
It has nothing to do with being a Nikon fanboy. I used the D800 as an example because it’s the same number of pixels and the D4 as an example because its ergonomics and build quality are best-in-class. And obviously I said 37 to make a point, but it literally is 2-3. Plus another 2-3 in the difference between the cameras’ start-up times.
You’re the one who sounds like a fanboy. The A7/r are a fantastic IDEA, especially since Nikon and Canon haven’t really given us any new ideas since the first generation of DSLRs, but the execution of that idea is fairly mediocre. So absurdly tiny that a not-nearly-powerful-enough-for-the-pixel-count processor was required to avoid heat problems. So absurdly tiny that the EVF eyepoint had to be too low for eyeglass wearers. Such an absurdly low weight target that build quality ended up only a smidge better than NEX’s which are a third the price. Awful shutter mechanisms, especially in the A7r. Yet absolutely awesome sensors. It’s almost like a “first try” camera (uh, didn’t you learn anything from three years of NEX?). The A7(r) v2 might be amazing – if they don’t try to make it even smaller and lighter chasing the idea of “NEX-7 alike.”
NEX-7 alike Full Frame E-mount camera with touch screen. More importantly, more affordable lens, a Fuji alike detail lens road map, better QC, and FW update to your “older” camera please.
I don’t think “new” camera is what the market want from sony in 2014. It is the lens.
A7R with PDAF and touchscreen.
Done.
It’s a vanity thing, true, but I simply don’t like the center faux pentaprism look of the A7. When I vote NEX-7 alike FF, I simply mean an EVF located over on the left corner of the body “where it is supposed to be”. A GX7 style articulating EVF would be nice. I personally have no use for a swiveling or tilting LCD (would actually like to see the LCD go away entirely or be removable) but wouldn’t complain one way or the other. One thing I hate is touchscreen and will never buy a camera that relies on a touchscreen as a major feature. Must be defeatable or better yet, not included in the first place. More manual controls – uber customization not necessary. Classic style camera controls please.
And then there’s the 25% of us that shoot with our left eye…
A viewfinder MUST BE CENTERED over the lens in order to aim a long lens at the subject.
Off center eyepieces are ONLY USEFULL FOR SHORT LENSES AND POCKET CAMERAS not for real cameras.
I’m only interested in a FF alpha- no e-mount for me. If I want something small I’ll go with an Oly OMD EM-1. Don’t care that its MFT’s. For what it puts out and the extremely small size of its lenses it’s worth it. I hope Sony and the Olympus partnership yields some great stuff for alpha shooters. Outside of that, I’ll stick to two camps for my needs.
Forget full frame, we already have A7/A7r, Long live APS-C NEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nex-7 Successor please!
I want a camera with a capable and competitive smart HSS flash system. It should have dedicated slaves, modifiers, battery packs, interchangeable heads (bare bulb, video) and no performance issues.
I still get flash overexposure on my A77 + F58 with bounced flash, the firmware fixed direct flash, not bounced. It’s appalling that I have to use anywhere from -1 to -2ev when bouncing, it wouldn’t be so bad if it was consistent, but it isn’t, it’s all over the ev scale shot-to-shot!
Sony are really bad at flash systems.
Admin continues with this poll his campaign against A mount. Where’s the A mount APS cameras? And not mirrorless ones or SLT. True DSLR would be my choice, in APS
Walt you are with the wrong brand if you want a dSLR.
Sony already has a killer APS-C camera. It’s called the D7100. Some other company makes the shell that goes around the sensor and puts their name on it.
Why are you asking Sony to compete where they are certain to fail? Meanwhile the A77 is a serious, serious camera body. Forget low light (it’s not what APS-C is for anyhow) and remember how amazing the photos are.
Take the A77…get rid of the 24mp emor sensor and put in a 36 mp EXMOR R sensor…then youvwill have a real killer camera. (Note i put up an appropriate avatar for this comment)
I don’t mind the megapixels… but at 36MP on a crop sensor, I’d be very nervous about the corners and Sony’s typically heavy-handed noise reduction.
Will take your word for it, though.
The exmor r is backlit therefore the microlens is closer to the sensor…shorter fpcal lenght..therefore same iso with smaller pixels.
If we were to scale up the 18mp exmor r in the point and shoot cameras we would have about 80mp in a c size.
Therefore 36mp in a c size exmor r should be relatively easy.
As I posted elsewhere in this page I already have a collection of appropriate lenses for such a camera.
+1
The D7100 does not have a Sony sensor it has a Nikon designed and Toshiba manufactured sensor.
The D7100 Sensor is made by Toshiba – it has no Sony content in it whatsoever.
Will somebody someday take the A7, EM1 and GH3 and give me a hybrid mirrorless wonder camera. I guess not that would hurt camera sales.
An RX100 III or RX2-APS-C with _integrated_ NEX-quality _EVF_ in a body similar in size to the venerable Olympus XA.
(the Lumix-LF1-EVF is crap compared to that of the NEX – about 1/3 the size -> 1/9 the area)
Arno
I’d a like an A-Mount FF camera on par with 5d3 and D800: pro-grade AF, not blurry video etc.
Full Frame QX camera….lol
I would vote for this one. LOL. 🙂
I see no interest here so far in what I want: a replacement for my a55. The a57 was an acceptable replacement, the a58 not at all. I’m not interested in a full frame camera, too big and heavy for me. If Sony’s not coming up with a camera for my uses, I’m ready to dump all my lenses and start over with a system that will. I have no interest in switching to the NEX – it still would mean getting rid of current lenses and why support Sony now when they’re just as likely to dump that line too a few years down the line?
I’d love a nice mirrorless full frame A-mount body, but I’m currently in the crappy situation where I only have enough money for either a full frame body or lenses for my A77. The catch is that the lenses I currently want/need right now are especially made for crop sensors, making them less than useful on a full frame body later on.
RX200 with inbuilt EVF. They can skip the tilt-able screen if they have to(dont really care for it anyway). But it must have EVF inbuilt!
Is the vote finished. I vote for:
1- A rangefinder form factor Full Frame E-mount (no hump)
2- 36mp
3- Optional EVF
4- Touch screen (capacitive type)
5- As quiet as possible (electronic front shutter curtain and ideally electronic rear shutter curtain)
6- Higher mbps compression for video and ideally 4K video.
7- Availability of a thorough Android based remote control application which covers hdr photography, time lapse and other camera functions.
(It may not be a bad idea if the camera’s firmware/OS is based on Android
And more importantly, more affordable FF E mount lenses (primes).
Please no more FF E-mount cameras. You know it’s too hard now to develop any really good lens for this system and you waste the time that could be spent to offer finer A-mount lenses and real FF cameras rather than toys for fanboys.
I would like real A700 and A900 successors, DSLRs good enough to compete with newest C/N cameras, not SLT.
Lens and camera department don’t quite overlap. They must be kind of separate. Now camera models doesn’t mean less lens in general. What you are better suggest (that is I think is a good idea) is suggesting Sony is to expand their current lens/optics department by hiring new engineers/scientists/personnel in order to boost and accelerate their lens development capacity.
There’s too many advantages with EVF for Sony to go back to the old optical.
I miss A57 successor on the list.