(SR5) After the announcements in April more Sony stuff coming in May
It’s going to be hot here on SonyAlphaRumors. We will have many new products announcement right before the NAB show in Las Vegas (April 9). And now we learned that there will be even more Sony digital camera/lens announcements in May. And than we will have the A77+lens announcement in July. If you are planning a vacation and do not want to miss any official Sony announcement June is your only option 
A BIG question on my sources. Does the NEX-7 have built-in EVF or not? Let’s hope the answer is yes!
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SonyA77
2 years ago |Keep ‘em coming, it is very much appreciated.
rees
2 years ago |Since January I’m planning to buy a nex 5 but I told myself to wait until the NAB show … now that I read that the nex 7 will probably be announced in June I’m pretty doubtful about buying a nex 5 … oh man!
Kiril
2 years ago |NEX-7 will be sized like A55 if the rumors here are correct….
NEX-5 is just perfect. Tiny!
Myst
2 years ago |wait for the new nex with the 16mp sensor
Kimmo
2 years ago |I think the only thing holding me back from buying the NEX-5 (I’m also considering XZ-1, LX5 and G12, even though they’re quite different) is the announcement of the EVF – will it be a separate accessory that’s compatible with the NEX-5 or just a part of the NEX-7?
JB
2 years ago |Sounds good. Can’t wait for the announcement.
The only thing I worry about is how will the production of the new equipment will go with the Japan’s power saving black outs and damage production factories.
Canon Rumors are reporting delays on new Canon announcements due to the earthquake.
SonyA77
2 years ago |It may be that the Sony facilities required to build the camera parts and assemble them are not based in Japan. Probably Taiwan.
Josh
2 years ago |Factories being damaged by earthquakes is one thing, but I haven’t read anything about businesses being impacted long term by the scheduled blackouts. Obviously it’s residential users that will be impacted the most by blackouts, not the corporations that are generating revenue that the country desperately needs right now.
ty
2 years ago |My NEX5 was made in Thailand. Having said that, I believe many parts might have come from Japan. So it is really hard to say.
SonyA77
2 years ago |Doh! I meant Thailand LOL
ieR
2 years ago |all fabrication are in japan, thailand factory only able to do assembly, not fabrication.
Adi
2 years ago |Andrea, maybe your errors are related to people switching to Internet Explorer 9. Since I switch to it I need to push the “Compatibility View” button, if not the site does not work properly(for example you can not see comments). Just a thought…
Ezio
2 years ago |microsoft can fix their garbage.
ps, dosn’t the world use firefox now?
Jesse Lim
2 years ago |+1
AVESTA
2 years ago |hah so true
Sky_walker
2 years ago |Mmmm… looks awesome. Can’t wait for new A-mount lenses! And I bet NEX users are boiling right now in hope for many new lenses for their camers, hopefully more than original road map indicated!.
Kiril
2 years ago |Why built-in EVF on NEX?
This will make it bigger then NEX-5 i.e. humungous.
Add-on EVF compatible with all NEX is what we need.
Would be great if this add on EVF has x-sync flash socket
mwl
2 years ago |I agree. Just use liveview for the NEX cameras. I don’t even bother using the EVF on my a55. I’d rather look at a 3″ screen than a tiny EVF. Keep the size down on the NEX series.
Myst
2 years ago |some of us can handle the camera way better when looking trough the OVF or EVF, it feels natural, feels like the camera is a part of me, i can’t imagine shooting with the lcd screen, except maybe a few macro shots, not in a million years street, or sports photography.
AVESTA
2 years ago |even in street photography you might wanna change up on the perspective once in a while… so, I think sports photography and maybe wildlife is the only thing where ovf can come in handy
Kimmo
2 years ago |Yep, and low-light shooting handheld without OSS (below 1/15s).
Arepo
2 years ago |And July Announcement means October availability??? Darn!
Jimmy
2 years ago |Yeah, probably something like that. July announcement so you can buy the camera just in time for Christmas
Juan
2 years ago |I want to ask something. Are we positive that the a77 will have the A-mount? I want to say yes. It seems really irrational and unlogical not* to.
But the reason i ask is because the E-mount is making a lot of progress. And fast. Zeiss just announced CP.2 mounts for the e-mount. And It’s pretty obvios that sone is going forward with HD-video as a driving force.
Maybe see an adapter in the future?
Daniel
2 years ago |Where do you think the “A” came from? What does it stand for? Do you now what NEX means?
SonyA77
2 years ago |Of course it will be A mount!
ieR
2 years ago |since when ever there is more E lens then A? lol~
“A”77 is base on A
n”E”x is base on E
no worries there
Zstan
2 years ago |E mount has a lot of progress? All i see are announcement after announcements but actual new lenses(with AF!) are much left to be desired.
AVESTA
2 years ago |yup yup… but cant blame people for getting excited.
onggon
2 years ago |yeahh! cant wait..
RB
2 years ago |Hope that this time, the addicts to fine stuff are served… a razor sharp 2,8/70-200 (even at 2,8/200), a 1,8/135 SSM… a usable tele converter… stuff like this… And please in stores the very next day….
Would give a lot of confidence in future developments from Sony….
Daniel
2 years ago |These and a new 50 1.4 & 35 1.4 SSM would be more than welcomed.
Current 35&50mm are obviously Minolta designs which have been in service for many years. They need improvement the most.
There’s a big difference in performance at f 1.4 between the 50mm and the 85 Zeiss
The 70-200 still gets the job done and seriously, it doesn’t look soft when you look at prints(200mm f 2.8). Colors look very nice, a little bit saturated, but that might be at some degree the camera’s jpeg engine as well(a850 in my case). You can choose less or more saturation in each creative style according to personal preferences. The colors look very good in prints. The bokeh could be better but if you know how to shoot at the right working distance related to the subject you get wonderful results. It works very well on the a850, focuses fast in good light, but has some difficulties at 200mm at times, especially in low light. Still a very good lens but there’s room for improvement here.
Maybe they should have a new 70-200 2.8 and lower the price on the current lens and keep it in production as well for a perioud…
One aspect Sony should take into consideration is weathersealing for their premium lenses.