(SR2) And SLT-A57 replacement name will be SLT-A58?
I am still collecting and sorting out the rumors about the next new Sony cameras and lenses. For now it looks like Sony is going to introduce entry level SLT and NEX cameras within the next few months. One may be the A58 coming as successor of the A57. I didn’t get any double confirmation on that yet so it’s rated with “SR2” only.
One more thing. While I know some details about the lenses (4 new A mount lenses and the Zeiss E-Mount zoom) I am still not sure if those lenses will be announced yet at the CP+ show or 1-2 months after it. I ask my sources to clearly specify if the month info you send me is the actual announcement period or the period when the camera will be shipping. Sometimes this confused me 
Thanks!
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Reminder (SR = Sonyrumor):
SR1=probably fake rumor
SR2=rumor from unknown sources
SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources
SR5=almost certainly correct!
Joe
5 months ago |when is the FS100 replacement due?
ahshing
5 months ago |FS700 already replaced the FS100,isn’t it?
Joe
5 months ago |they are different class of cameras, the FS100 was released after the F3, now that the F5 is out, the FS100 replacement will probably follow soon.
beachrider
5 months ago |timing notwithstanding, ashing is right.
Joe
5 months ago |No, Sony needs a camera to compete in the sub-$5000 (especially now with cheap alternatives like the blackmagic), the FS700 is an entirely different animal, it competes with the C100 and in many ways the C300
Rob
5 months ago |ZZZZZZZZZ – wake me up for 2014.
Carl
5 months ago |Incremental improvements and repackaging of old glass. Asking for anything more would be greedy.
Fire1
5 months ago |No CZ 50mm for other 3 months? Really?
Sean Lancaster
5 months ago |I won’t consider the A99 until the Zeiss 50/1.4 is shipping (assuming the lens has good reviews wide open). But if it takes another 3 months then maybe the A99 will drop in price by then. Sigh, I doubt it.
Kursad Sezgin
5 months ago |A57 is a good camera. Actually I believe that this is the last point that sony can develop 16mp sensor on A57. So expecting A58 to have a tilting swivel LCD, OLED EVF, increased number of focus points (along with cross points), GPS and battery grip option won’t be wishfull thinking. All in all, minor changes… What else can there be?
Mike
5 months ago |AF micro-adjustment
The Lotus Eater
5 months ago |Yep, Sony need to follow Nikon’s lead and use the A77′s AF module in the A58 (Nikon used the D7000′s AF in the new D5200, I believe). If they can’t, then they should a least give the A58 micro-adjust – God knows that particular AF module needs it.
OLED EVF from A77 would also be nice – then they can completely blow competitor’s pentamirror OVFs out the water.
I also think they need to give the A58 some degree of weather sealing to compete with the Canon 60D. Although that might be more applicable to the A65 replacement, they do share bodies.
Somebody
5 months ago |Heard from my source that this will replace both A37 and A57, and there will be no more A3x series.
Dob Bylan
5 months ago |i wouldnt be surprised, this is a trait of sony. One year its this, the next year its that.wouldnt surprise me if they made only two alpha camera in the line, and then when no one buys their stuff because there doesnt seem to be cameras, sony will piss off all its users and by that time, they wont have much left. im waiting to see when sony outs a mode dial or shutter release button on the bottom of their cameras just beccuase theyre a companythat likes to fix things that aint broke, piss of all their users, and then wonder why they cant gain significant market share.
Francisco
5 months ago |Makes sense. Canon doesn’t have a bazzillion versions of the T series cams going out either.
SALik
5 months ago |I think this is no real .. in china you can find sony a38 cameras, but if this cost as a37 and be as a57 that`s ok for me.
Alan Ting
5 months ago |Any new wide angle (less than 20mm) zoom lens or primes lens for full frame that having F2.8 or below? beside the 16-35 Carl zeiss i don’t really see which lens having F2.8 and support full frame anymore and as good as 16-35 carl zeiss. if there is really no new wide angel lens for full frame i think i just will save up to get 16-35 to work with me a99.
how about the carl zeiss 50mm lens? when will it be release, wanna see the performance of it, i wanna change my sony 50mm 1.8 to that because of the ssm motor with quiet auto focus which give me benefit on video. sony 50mm1.8 noise quite annoying and rotate outside.
John
5 months ago |What do you think the replacement for the A58 will be called.
Rurik
5 months ago |Andrea, may I ask a question. Very curious.
I understand, there is some “future strategy” talks in Sony. About mirrorless, future of FF, A-mount etc.
Have you heard any voice about bringing OVF back in Sony product line?
Frank
5 months ago |Sony hasn’t announced an OVF dSLR since the A580 in August 2010. It’s now January 2013.
You’d have though people would have got the message by now…
Rurik
5 months ago |Well, it looks like they’ve made the decision to cancel OVF some-when late 2011 – early 2012. And not everybody in Sony was happy about this. By now they might have some feedback from customers and who were forced to move to EVF and estimation how many moved to another brand due to this.
I still have hope that there are some people in Sony who recognize that OVF “is’t past yet”. If they are still making SLT’s, it’s easy to make OVF copy-products. At least for enthusiast cameras.
Frank
5 months ago |Sony have said that the success of the A55 convinced them that the EVF was the way to go. They stated that the success of the A55 is why they used the EVF on the A77 and ditched the OVF prototype. It’s also why they used the EVF on the A99.
Despite what you will read from EVF haters, who have NO access to internal Sony sales figures, the EVF appears to have been successful for Sony, hence the reason they use it. It’s staring people in the face, yet they still don’t accept it.
Rurik
5 months ago |Frank, I’m trying to make a different point here. Let’s put aside how “successful” was sells of SLT cameras. I really don’t want them to stop making SLT.
My point is “There are people who doesn’t like EVF. For some it’s not as clear as OVF, for some it delays the view, for some it’s low ISO performance etc. There are people who are changing Sony to Nikon, Canon, Pentax because Sony force them to use EVF or to leave. This means not just less camera unit sells, but much lower lens sells volumes. Even for “happy” EVF users it means higher prices for lenses and less will of 3rd party companies to do lenses.
It wasn’t too hard to make 2 models like A77+A770. Similar but one OVF another EVF. In sum, it would be may be 20-30% more sells. But it means clear 20% more share for A-mount lenses. And more trust for company brand.
People buy Nikon or Canon not just for brand, they know that all the investment they’ve done to system will not be wasted after 2 years because company decided to stop making proper cameras.
Ren Kockwell
5 months ago |EVf better than ovfs? That is truly wishful thinking. the day evf is as good as ovf is when evf’s have no battery drain, when evf’s have no refresh rates, no jello effects, no noise whatsoever. As usual sony decides to fix things that arent broken, charge users more and call it a day and success. Ah..No.
Zoltan
4 months ago |I personally love the EVF in the NEX-7 and I don’t like OVFs.
admin
5 months ago |yep
Rurik
5 months ago |Ouch… *crossed fingers*. One A780 please
Frank
5 months ago |Not going to happen. The future is EVF, mirror-less and E-mount.
Sky_walker
5 months ago |Still trolling with NEX-fanboyism? Gash….
Rurik
5 months ago |Oh… thank you, Andrea.
Actually, thank you for the whole site. You are doing very good job.
john
5 months ago |People are STILL clinging to the OVF raft?
Rurik
5 months ago |Yep. Over 90% of SLR’s are “still” OVF.
Frank
5 months ago |Rurik, the majority of dSLR cameras sold have a Canon or Nikon badge, this has NOTHING to do with EVF/OVF and EVERYTHING to do with brand dominance.
Stick a Nikon badge on any Sony SLT and it will sell just as well as an Nikon OVF dSLR. Sony OVF cameras never sold as well as Canon and Nikon either, so the viewfinder is irrelevant.
john
5 months ago |But 100% of Sony A-mount are SLT
john
5 months ago |If you want an OVF camera from Sony you will have to buy it from Hasselblad.
Carl
5 months ago |Keep on thrashing those A900s.
JEFF
5 months ago |Hi, Andrea
May I ask when will true next generation 16 MP APS-C sensor be available?
certainly not this year 2013, I suppose
admin
5 months ago |2013
john
5 months ago |Naming the camera 58 leaves room for the 59 so 2 more generations of SLT’s
Sony all mirrorless in 2015.
WTH
5 months ago |*YAWN*
WHEN IS THE REAL A99 GOING TO BE RELEASED? ….
u05srb
5 months ago |It might make you yawn, but in fact quite a few of us aren’t interested in shelling out thousands for a FF camera and are therefore interested in the A5x and A7x series, thank-you.
Thanks for keeping us updated, Andrea.
butch
5 months ago |AF adjust and focus range limiter in body and i would be happy. OLED would be nice. is there any info on any more flashes with the new shoe (i have a f43 and guess i ll need an adapter for any new sony body anyhow )
Kiril
5 months ago |Andrea **one** Zeiss E-mount zoom means no primes for E mount this year? …and no 85/1.8 lens in E mount
Rurik
5 months ago |At least there will be 2.8/12, 1.8/32 and 2.8/50 macro from Zeiss this year.
admin
5 months ago |??? of course there will be primes!
Artichoke
5 months ago |What about the missing toothgap in the RX series–the RX 10???
ANY NEWS ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT BE…, AND WHEN???
Emir
5 months ago |Sony should release way more lenses, especially for FF, if they seriously want to compete against CaNikon
y2k
5 months ago |no a38??? with better lcd, evf & 60p video??