(SR5) UPDATED: And one good Amount news too: 70-200mm G II coming tomorrow!

Last minute good news for A-mount folks: The Sony 70-200mm G II A-mount lens is going to be announced tomorrow too!

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(SR5) More lens price info (and A7r costs $100 more than Samys leak).

$1998 is what you pay for that kit (or 1999 Euro)

Got some more pricing info in Euro and Dollars:

Cameras:
– The leaked Samy price for the A7r could be wrong. Instead of $2198 the price should be $2298. In Europe the price is likely 2400 Euro.
– The A7 body only costs $1698 as leaked on Samys.
– $1998 (or 1999 Euro) is what you pay for the A7 kit version with the 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens.
– The RX10 costs $1298

Lenses:
– The Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 prime lens will cost 800 Euro and in US $800
– The Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 prime lens will cost 1100 Euro and in US $1000
– The Sony 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom will cost around 500 Euro (not sure yet about price in USA)
– The Zeiss 24-70mm f/4.0 zoom will cost around $1200 (not sure yet about price in Europe)

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(SR5) First image of the Full Frame Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 Sonnar E-mount lens. Costs around 1100 Euro.

via Mirrorlessrumors: That lens is quite huge but it’s said to deliver a very high image quality. One source said that the big size was necessary to deliver an impressive performance from center to corner. A f/1.4 lens would have become much larger. What does the “Sonnar” mark stay for? Compared to Planar designs the Sonnars had more aberrations, but with fewer glass-to-air surfaces it had better contrast and less flare (Source: Wikipedia).

The price is about 1100 Euro. More or less the launch price of the [shoplink 8450]Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 APS-C lens[/shoplink].

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Only for manual focusing shooter: There are many possible alternatives if you want a smaller 50mm prime lens:
[shoplink 21846 ebay]Zeiss ZM 50mm f/1.5 (here on eBay)[/shoplink] [shoplink 21847 ebay]Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 (here on eBay)[/shoplink] [shoplink 21848 ebay]Leica M Summicron 50mm f/2.0 (here on eBay)[/shoplink]

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(SR5) Full Sony A7r presentation at Diglloyd

I guess Digglloyd will not be happy to see me posting to his erroneously leaked A7r article (Click here). Just wanted to let him know that I posted the link yet because it’s already all over the web (because it was in his RSS feed and everyone linked to it on forums).

Some key info about the A7r and lenses:
– The sensor is new and RAW images 14bit
– The Sony A7R weights 465g with battery and card which is 32g less than the Olympus E-M1
– The 281 gram 55mm f/1.8 is a Sonnar design.
– The Zeiss 70-200mm f/4 OSS weights 840 gram (without tripod collar)

Mistake: Diglloyd writes f/2.8 FF is f/1.0 equivalent on MFT. Not correct, it’s f/1.4!

 

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Sony live stream event for the A7-A7r (starts at 7am London time)

As you can see from the video on top Sony will stream live the A7-A7r and RX10 announcement at 7am London time. Be sure to be online on SonyAlphaRumors by that time to see the presentation, first reviews, preorders and so on!

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(SR5) Hot! First full size images of the A7 and A7r cameras with lenses!

And finally after long search SAR readers found these pics on Digicameinfo! These are 100% real (confirmed via my trusted sources). The image on top shows the 24 megapixel A7 with the 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. The image below shows the 36 megapixel A7r with the 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss lens. The 28-70mm lens is quite unexpected big (and well made). A si told you before the A7 uses not the same A99 sensor and the A7r not the same D800E sensor (without AA filter). This is a new version made for these cameras and to avoid issues on corners because of the very short flange distance. I hope the A7r can beat the D800E IQ performance..not bad for a camera that costs $800 less than the D800E ($3000 here at Amazon). The body is weathersealed and has a [shoplink 21676 ebay]Pentax LX “tank-solid” feeling[/shoplink].

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A7 and A7r 5% off deal coming for you! In a couple of hours I will share a secret $25 discount code for the A7 and A7r on Dealsrunner.com (subscribe it). You can use it the day you preorder the camera in a specific (well known) US store.

Four days ago only 37% of you liked the A7 based on the sketch. After the low resolution leak from yesterday 53% liked the design. And now that you have the full size images of the A7-A7r…

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A7-A7r Specs reminder: In case you are confused by the many rumors I posted lately here are the SR5 info on the cameras:
– A7 has 24 Megapixel sensor with Phase detecion AF
– A7r has 36 Megapixel with no on sensor Phase detection and no Anti Aliasing filter for maximum sharpness
– A7 body costs $1698 and $1998 with 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS lens. A7r costs $2198 body only.
– Both cameras have a fixed OLED EVF with 2,4 million dot resolution. It’s the same used by the Olympus E-M1
– AF speed is faster than the RX series.
– Takes SD cards and uses the NEX battery
– A7/A7r Body is weather sealed
– 1/8000 shutter speed
– titlable LCD screen
– focus peaking
– Built-in Wifi and NFC
– Playmemories Camera Apps
– The menu interface is the same as the RX series (and not the one used by NEX cameras).
– optional vertical grip
– New LAEA Full Frame A to E-mount adapter
– Current NEX APS-C lenses will work in crop mode or Full Frame mode (with heavy vignetting or dark corners)

New FE lenses:
Zeiss FE 24-70mm f/4.0 OSS
Sony G 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
Zeiss FE 35mm f/2.8
Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8
Zeiss FE 70-200mm f/4.0 OSS (coming early 2014)
many more lenses coming the next 12 months (including fast primes).

RX10:
– 1 inch sensor camera
– fixed 24-200mm f/2.8 constant aperture lens
– $1298

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(SR5) Low resolution A7r-A7 image. Both do have same body.

 

Important: Be sure to be online on SonyAlphaRumors.com at 5-6am on Wednesday (London time) to follow the A7-A7r and RX10 announcement live on SAR! As usual I will continually update you with links to tests, image samples, interviews and first preorder links worldwide!

Images: The image on top shows you the A7 and A7r. As you can see the body is the same but the A7r has a red “r” mark. The A7r has also the Zeiss 24-70mm f/4.0 OSS on it! While the A7 has the Sony 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS.

Specs reminder: In case you are confused by the many rumors I posted lately here are the SR5 info on the cameras:
– A7 has 24 Megapixel sensor with Phase detecion AF
– A7r has 36 Megapixel with no on sensor Phase detection and no Anti Aliasing filter for maximum sharpness
– A7 body costs $1698 and $1998 with 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS lens. A7r costs $2198 body only.
– Both cameras have a fixed OLED EVF with 2,4 million dot resolution. It’s the same used by the Olympus E-M1
– AF speed is faster than the RX series.
– Takes SD cards and uses the NEX battery
– A7/A7r Body is weather sealed
– 1/8000 shutter speed
– titlable LCD screen
– focus peaking
– Built-in Wifi and NFC
– Playmemories Camera Apps
– The menu interface is the same as the RX series (and not the one used by NEX cameras).
– optional vertical grip
– New LAEA Full Frame A to E-mount adapter
– Current NEX APS-C lenses will work in crop mode or Full Frame mode (with heavy vignetting or dark corners)

New FE lenses:
Zeiss FE 24-70mm f/4.0 OSS
Sony G 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
Zeiss FE 35mm f/2.8
Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8
Zeiss FE 70-200mm f/4.0 OSS (coming early 2014)
many more lenses coming the next 12 months (including fast primes).

RX10:
– 1 inch sensor camera
– fixed 24-200mm f/2.8 constant aperture lens
– $1298

Stay tuned on SAR!

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