There is a new Tamron interview at Dpreview. And there arw two Sony E-mount related info:

1) Tamron’s new 17-28mm F2.8 Di III RXD is slated to be available in the coming weeks (The lens is listed with no pricing at BHphoto and Adorama)

2) Tamron will soon launch a third FE lens, covering the 75mm+ range

Nice!

Sony published the 2018 full year and the Q4 financial report:

First the good news:
In the Imaging Business Segment Sony reported a +2% in sales and +12% in profit compared to 2017.

Now the bad news:
In Q4 Sony had -8,1% sales and -5% in profit

Back to good news:
As a whole the company is going great with increased sales and profit. Cashflow is increasing too and the semiconductor business is rapidly growing (thanks to mutilcamera smartphones).

Note: Sony has not released a forecast for the Imaging Business

Recently Yongnuo launched the two new Sony 50mm f/1.8 FE (Full Frame) and E (APS-C) mount autofocus lenses. Now we heard they plan to launch three more autofocus lenses this year:

35mm f/1.8 E
35mm f/2.0 FE
24-70mm FE (no info on aperture yet)

All these lenses are expected to be extremely cheap (around $100 for the primes and maybe $200-$300 for the zoom). Love that!

The Russian website Photorar interviewed the Sony Russia manager. He shared two info about the future cameras:

Sony A7sII:

In order for this camera to become as popular and breakthrough as the A7S and A7SII, serious fundamental improvements must be added to it. My personal opinion is that not all technologies are ready for this. What can be improved in comparison with A7SII?

Sony A6xxx or A7xxx::

there will be a further development of the A6500 line.

Sounds like Sony’s next three cameras will be the A6700 or A7000, followed by the A9II and than the A7sIII!

The following info comes from the sources who shared correctly those rumors: 100mm STF rumor (only missed the timing), A6500 and A9 rumor, 16-35mm GM rumors, 100-400mm GM rumor.
As you can see from the linked rumors he is quite reliable. But a sources alone isn’t enough to rank this SR5 and last year for example I had another reliable source sharing a wrong info. So for now I would say that there is a 70% chance this info is correct:

So this is the simple message he shared:

a9II
Fall (likely September)
revolution

I know the current Sony A9 just got an exciting new firmware update and some might wonder why the A9II has to be released in September already. Truth is Sony wants to have at least some presence on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. And they have to release a new camera early enough so that professionals can test it thoroughly. And don’t forget Canon and Nikon will release their new DSLR sports cameras this summer-autumn too….

Join our Sony A9 and A9II Facebook group for further discussions!

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One more thing: Nokishita previously reported one more E-mount camera should be announced within June. But I guess this will be the A6500 replacement and not a Full Frame camera…

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Let’s see if you can guess what’s coming next before I post the rumor on 15:00 London time ;)

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Note: I am out til 15:00 that’s why I post the rumor at 15:00 :)

Here is a new leaked image of the Samyang 45mm f/1.8 FE autofocus lens. The lens should be announced within the next few weeks!