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Translucent mirror — Yes

36.9 Megapixel 3MOS Exmor sensor — Resolution is probably close, but I doubt the Foveon-style sensor will come into play so soon.

ISO 100-102400 extendable to 204800 and 409600 — I believe the 102,400 because the A77 is supposed to already achieve that, but beyond that it’s a bit of wishful thinking.

12 frames per second — Entirely possible with SLT, as long as the buffer can keep up.

No infrared or anti-alias filters — I’ll bite on the lack of an AA filter, because I think that at this resolution you no longer need one even with a Bayer sensor. But the lack of an IR filter seems a bit of a stretch.

Digital infrared filtering with three modes NO IR,WITH IR,ONLY IR — Would be awesome, but I don’t see it happening through software.

In camera moire remove — Why would you need this if you supposedly don’t have a Bayer pattern to create moire? Doubtful.

89 cross-type points AF — Given Sony’s track record with AF, this doesn’t seem likely. I’d think it would be under 50 points, with most of them being assist points.

Metering direct from sensor — Possible.

60/1-1/24000sec, time, bulb shutter (focal plane) — I don’t see this happening. We haven’t even gotten back to the 1/12000 performance of the Maxxum/Dynax 9 film camera, so this seems to be jumping the gun.

Flash synchronization up to 1/500sec and high-speed sync up to 1/24000sec — Also unlikely to be 1/24000.

Built-In GPS and Wi-Fi plus Thunderbolt — Since the A77 is going to use USB 3.0, why would they do an about-face and go with Thunderbolt for this camera?

Two CompactFlash card slots — Possible.

Price around €3000 — Possible, if this is to be the higher-end model of the twin FFs due out next year.

“No infrared or anti-alias filters
Digital infrared filtering with three modes NO IR,WITH IR,ONLY IR”

Wheeee … now this is what I call revolutionary (if rumor is true).
Why spend another hundreds of $$ to convert the camera to IR, if manufacturers can provide this superb IR options.

Of course, if Sony does this, I believe there will be all kinds of legal issues, civil rights, etc … so dream-on boys

Might work if Sony can add “clothes/body detection censor” so the IR can only be used for landscape photo and not for perverts

Andrea, any update on A-mount lens?

And, a-77?

Some of the specs can be plausible but some are really out of someone’s unreal wish list:

89 cross-type points AF?????? – where will you fit so many cross points in the viewfinder?

1/24000sec ??????

high-speed sync up to 1/24000sec ??? I wonder what teeny tiny fraction of the flash power will you enjoy at that speed?

Thunderbolt????? Sony following apple? no way

Fake !!! But Sony have had infrared capabilities on their cameras before. I owned the F717 which had a nightshot mode allowing you to put an R72 filter on the lens and shoot handheld at 1/60 sec. I’ve now got an A200 which is permanently converted to 720nm infrared so I’d love a future camera to have infrared capabilities again.

Surely a complete hoax. Removing the bayer filter would only yield colour with a Foveon type sensor which would mean it wouldn’t be an Exmor-type CMOS sensor as we currently understand the technology. Indeed the removal of the IR filter and in-camera digital filtering for this would imply that the sensor could also detect and distinguish IR from visible – so not just a 3-layer Foveon-type sensor, but a 4-layer one. That’s without getting into the 400K ISO ratings.

In short, the above would require nothing less than a completely revolution in sensor design, not something easy to keep quiet.

I guess the 12 FPS and other specs are technically achievable, albeit at far higher data rates than any other camera out there – I’d calculate at 36MP, 12FPS & 12 bit resolution the data rate off the sensor would be about 650MBps. That’s more than double any DSLR out there.

Basically it’s got fake written all over it.

I can see Sony doing a camera like this and still not replacing/revamping the lens line-up that came with Minolta purchase.
Just like the NEX product, a nice camera without a proper lens selection.

It’s the “1/24000 second” shutter speend and sync that’s clearly the most improbable (though with all due respect, not impossible… in the future) of them all that makes this a clear fake.

What I do agree with is that we’ll need a warchest of 3,000 Euros to buy the camera with all it’s other stuff that we’ll want (like lenses)

No Bayer filter, more light, cool)

This is not directed to the site owner, of course!
I’m not shooting the messenger.
But more than a leaked list of specs, it looks like a wish list from a fanboy.

They forgot one thing…

No FIRMWARE updates for the first three years… Oh sorry, that’s not ad hype… that’s truth. Never mind.

Purchased!