(SR4) New Sony announcement planed for May 26. But Fukushima disaster could change everything…
One of our very good sources told us that Sony has the plan to announce new Sony products on May 26. That includes the 55-200mm lens for NEX cameras. But all my sources do confirm that there is now a very “uncertain” situation. Sony like other Japanese companies is facing many production problems. While the product announcement planed for May 26 has yet NOT been delayed there is a fair chance that the announcement could be delayed. Let’s hope Sony can fix some of the current production issues.
Editor’s note: It’s very difficult for me and my sources to get reliable info about the upcoming products. If you have some info about the new Sony roadmap (including the NEX-C3 and A35 new announcements plan) feel free to contact me at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com or use the contact form on the right sidebar. As you know you can avoid to send me your name or email address. It’s 100% anonymous (it doesn’t store your IP address).
Alan
3 years ago |What you are seeing are all E mount lenses – existing ones and those planned for release in 2011 and 2012. Sony used this picture at Photokina last year. The 3 lenses to the right are the current trio, the four to the left are planned for 2011, with the three central ones for 2012.
More specifically (from left to right, quotes are the exact wording used by Sony at Photokina): “Macro”, “Portrait”, “Carl Zeiss wide-angle fixed focal length” note blue/white Zeiss logo, “Telephoto Zoom”, “High Performance Standard Zoom” G lens, “Middle Telephoto”, “Wide Angle Zoom”, existing 16mm, 18-200mm, 18-55mm lenses. This should give us a range of 10 lenses by late 2012.
It seemed to be Verboten to handle these new “lenses” on display at Photokina but I was able to look closer at them during the Focus exhibition in March. They are not actual lenses, but mock ups consisting of a machined barrel, mount, and plastic? blanks for front elements. I’m not sure how advanced the plans are, or how subsequent events in Japan may have altered the scheduled “road map”.
Sony have given very little firm information about specification, but rumours seem to suggest a 30mm macro, 24/1.7 Zeiss w/a, 55-200 zoom, and the portrait lens (a version of 50/1.8 or 85/2.8?)this year. Could the rumoured 16-80mm be the high performance G lens for 2012, along with a “middle telephoto” (a version of the 85/2.8, or something longer?), and a w/a zoom – which judging from the appearance of the mock up appears to be not particularly wide?
Is the plan just to feed us a few little scraps so as to keep us interested, or is information so scant because some designs are far from finalised? It seems a little strange to give us such a specific road map, plus lens mock ups, yet on the other hand so little firm information even about focal lengths. Any ideas why?
SonyA77
3 years ago |Not really. No such risks where I live. No earthquakes, no forest fires, no tsunami, no nuclear power stations, no hurricanes, no tornado, just a bit of rain really, it rarely snows heavily too.
SonyA77
3 years ago |It will not reach the same level as Chernobyl, simple as that. Chernobyl was a completely different scenario.
SonyA77
3 years ago |Huh?
SonyA77
3 years ago |It is too expensive to produce goods in the USA compared to Asia.
pancanikonpus
3 years ago |laugh or not laugh we still doom at dec 2012.
ieR
3 years ago |that’s the problem, raw resources in asia is 10 times cheaper then in US. hence, why they didnt move. taiwan faces the same issue with natural disaster like typhoon and earthquake too, hence the pricing for computer and digital gadgets goes up and down.
Željko Kerum
3 years ago |Sony is like a to much buzzing bee, little honey provides.
GH
3 years ago |Actually, the NEX-3C doesn’t have Eye-Fi. I’m posting this, because it could simply be that your source is confused, and it could be that the NEX-C3 is no news at all.
pnpbios
3 years ago |A good reason to bring production to america. Simple to escape tax loopholes, and geographical stability where available.
shevko
3 years ago |it seems you are the only one laughing.
digitalia
3 years ago |Japan is super patriotic. Unfortunately keeping most of the jobs and manufacturing in Japan is going to cost them in this crisis. Most of the cameras below the a850 are made in thailand anyway. I know parts are shipped from Japan which will slow production. As far as nikon goes everything below d700 is made in thailand or china as well. I work at a large camera store and d 7000 are not in short supply here in the US. the big one is the canon 7d, canon 5d, d700 d3 and d3x,s will be hard to get. I am more concerned about the lenses the good ones for sony and nikon are made in japan. Unfortunatley we are not a direct sony dealer and treat it like a red headed step child? All I can say is that the 70-200 g is readily available because i just ordered one!!
Vlad
3 years ago |For now. Hopefully it will stay that way.
Jacco
3 years ago |Each place on the world has it risks. “Mankind” chose to live there because it also has its advantages.
For example most of my country is below sea level, so we risk floods. On the other hand it also produces a very fertile soil.
Same thing with vulcanos. Dangerous every now and then, but also very fertile. You accept the risks of your everyday life and fear the ones you don’t know.
Right now Japan is suffering from earthquakes. But the people there live with it and stay strong.
You should do so too.
We can wait for our latest gizmo’s.
pancanikonpus
3 years ago |good lesson remind others around the world.
in fact, at the main picture, many are seen it are E mount, A mount;
i see it as many volcano probably 8-9 spread across japan and the largest is the fuji volcano on near to the top right picture. Sound bad!
beg God have mercy to mankind!
SonyA77
3 years ago |It is nowhere near as bad a Chernobyl.
admin
3 years ago |No non no! I am talking about the NEX-C3 not the NEX-3C with eye-fi.
john
3 years ago |The nuclear crisis is now at level 7!
There is no level 8
It is on par with Chernobyl.
The poor people of Japan can not get a break.
GH
3 years ago |It looks like both the NEX-3C and NEX-5C are already mentioned in the manuals, and they’re virtually identical, save for Eye-fi.
See here: http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/nex-cameras-talk-thread-part10_topic73380_post852740.html?KW=#852740
Mafiosito
3 years ago |nahh people in japan need their job, I will wait.
Vlad
3 years ago |Looks like only e-mount.
pancanikonpus
3 years ago |china have more nuclear power plant. sound good the idea! power plant #1 fail, got power plant #2, if #2 fail, got #3, lol..
SonyA77
3 years ago |Indeed, they will shift production elsewhere.
00aeiou00
3 years ago |for sure they start to move all operations to china after this.
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pancanikonpus
3 years ago |Then the game change at Sep, may be at that time D7K also out of stock. Japan will continue with earthquake until 2012 Dec. I believe we will not see anymore future Sony product. or you can see but you hardly can get due to limited productivity.
john
3 years ago |Many more aftershocks in Japan’s future.
http://www.gpb.org/news/2011/04/07/why-more-shaking-is-in-japans-near-future
“Large earthquakes have more, larger aftershocks,” says Sevilgen. “The basic rule is if you have one magnitude 9 earthquake, you can have 10 magnitude 8s, 100 magnitude 7s, and a thousand magnitude 6s.”……
10,000 Magnitude 5.0 and so on.
Cnn says aftershocks will likely be frequent for up to 1 year.
Between this and the rolling blackouts it doesn’t bode well for Sony’s production of image sensors where sensitive equipment has to be re-calibrated after such aftershocks.
John Sison
3 years ago |They’re E-mount lenses.
SonyA77
3 years ago |Since Japan is still suffering a month later with 6.6 magnitude after-shocks, it’s not surprising things are uncertain! Imagine having what is pretty much an earthquake every day/few days.
Steve
3 years ago |I see this wonderful picture of lenses, but what I’m I looking at?
A-mount E-mount or both?