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[shoplink 42593 ebay]21mm f/1.8 Ultron[/shoplink] on the A7r (Image by Andrew Xu).

SAR reader Billi sent me this:

“I emailed Voigtlander the other day asking about the possibility of a [shoplink 42593 ebay]21mm f/1.8 or f/2 lens (like the Ultron)[/shoplink], being redesigned for the Sony FE system like the 15/12/10mm they’re about to drop; although slightly cryptic (perhaps because of translation?) this was their response:

Dear,
thank you for your mail. To your question: …time will tell…., but not in the next time.
regards
xxx“

I do hope Voigtlander will read this: Please give us some fast lenses in native E-mount! Thanks :)

Well, if the just announced Sony A68 was supposed to get back some “confidence” in the A-mount system well it seems it’s definitely not enough. A couple of things that not look…right are:

1. The new Sony A68 can be predordered in Europe only (See Technikdirekt). There is yet zero info if the camera will be ever available in other regions.
2. Sony Australia officially said they will no more sell A-mount stuff. That seems to hint that no major A-mount stuff is supposed to be announced in future?

So we are back again at the start: What’s Sony’s real plan with A-mount? Please Sony give us some “solid” answer. A new A99II example would do just fine :)

A source told me what Sony plans to launch as next high-end fixed lens camera:

They are planning a rz version with 24-70 f2 zoom

Well, that sounds like a very nice lens! But the source did not tell me what the sensor size of the camera will be. My guess is that it uses an 1 inch sensor. Full Frame sensor would make little sense as such a  lens would definitely be huge.

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The one trusted source who correctly told me in advance about the A7rII shared a second cool info: There will be a Sony 50+ megapixel camera from Sony within the next months. He said Sony told him that directly but didn’t mention to him if this would be an A-mount or E-mount or RX camera. All they told him is that image quality would surpass the one from the current Canon 5dS cameras. Let’s hope the source is right on that rumor too!

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The Sony E-mount FS series is having a huge success among filmmakers. And this certainly helps to make the E-mount system as a whole even more popular. So let’s hope the following rumor turns out to be true:

A source told me Sony is developing an Internal Compressed raw set of codecs which will be released when the FS5 gets its (most probably paid) update. An internal raw would be huge for these cameras. He called it “FS Raw”.

This would certainly be a big news! And it would be even more impressive if it could be added on the A7sII too. But honestly I really think that’s just me dreaming. Don’t think the A7sII hardware could even handle this…

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I am sorry to tell you guys that Leica messed up with the press release images. So here is the real picture of the Leica SL!

P.S.: A7III the future Leica SL competitor (SonyAlphaForum).

Another rendring of a high end A9 DSLR alike camera (SonyAlphaForum).

A few days ago I told that trusted sources told me that Sony is about to announce a new High End camera. But other than that I have no reliable info about the possible specs of it. In those last couple of days I got some info from anonymous sources which I think are at 99% wrong. But I figured that you might want to read what I got in my mail box. Maybe a miracle will happen and one of those will get true  one day :)

Anonymous Source 1:

I wanted to tell you that I saw a new mounting system on a lens. It was not A or E mount nor Nikon or Canon but advertised as for Sony. Judging from the specs of the lens it is for Full Frame 35mm, but a pinch smaller.
The engineers told me they can not disclose what for it is…

Anonymous Source 2:

8k video recording with 32 mega pixel still shot from each frame.
Native iso below 50.
Instant connectivity via wifi & Bluetooth to most popular phone apps, Apple and Android.
Flexible touch screen.
Super hi Rez EVF, higher beyond A7ri
Minimum 100 mega pixel.
Built in 1trb flash storage with usb3 & C output
More to follow.

Anonymous Source 3:

You are close … Just
Not A mount , E mount
And the Key is true 16 bit ?  
Massive Picture quality increase.
N+C don’t expect it…

Anonymous Source 4:

I believe there will be a CML (compact mirror less) “A9” or “A7-Pro” with BSI 56-58 Mp (effective) in appr.late November. Also a mirror less A 99 II with same BSI sensor 56-58 Mp. OLED-EVF! In spring 2016 an A 88 II, equiv to Pentax K 1 FF, will appear. Same BSI sensor but scaled down to 42 or 36 Mp. Sony now uses only two FF sensors – one BSI appr 60 Mp, one FSI appr 50 Mp. All FF cameras are scaled from those.

Anonymous Source 5:

The new secret weapon camera to be unleashed is a medium format Rx style camera with changeable lenses and evf.
It comes with the Sony 50 Mp backlit sensor and instead of zooms it will have a 50mm, 80mm and 150mm primes. It is aimed at landscape artists. A new 55mm lens is also being made which will have tilt/shift to facilitate architectural photography which requires a high format and tabletop photos for ads.

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It only rarely happens that anonymous sources are spot on with rumors. Last time this happened was in January when a source shared the Zeiss Batis lens specs. id dint’ belive him…but at the end he was 100% spot on!