(SR5) The NEX-6 is coming! The “mini-NEX-7″ :)
Almost exactly one year ago Sony launched the NEX-7 camera that quickly became a hotseller. Despite the price the camera still constantly remains in the top 20 of the Amazon mirrorless rankings (Click here to see). And now Sony is going to expand the concept with the new NEX-6! Coming in September this will be a sort of “mini-NEX-7″. It has an integrated viewfinder like the NEX-7 but with a tiny bit lower EVF resolution. The camera will be cheaper than the NEX-7 and price right in the middle between the NEX-5F (also coming in September) and the current NEX-7.
I am still working on the NEX-6 camera specs. So stay tuned on SAR! Lot of Sony stuff coming in one month and I am here to give you the details as soon as I can! And if you are one of these guys knowing some “Sony secret” you can share it anonymously by using the contact form on the right sidebar. No identification requested! Or if you prefer, contact me (Andrea) at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com.
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Marcohard
10 months ago |NEX6 sounds interesting
Stevey
10 months ago |Interesting, sure, but is this the mystery NEX rumored before ? Or is this a third rumored body ? How many new bodies is that this year ?
Dulaney Ward
10 months ago |Doesn’t it seem clear that this is the rumored second body?
Stevey
10 months ago |Thanks – I guess it must be this from a few days ago:
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr5-nex-new/#comments
So three new bodies this year. Obviously no chance there will be an nex 4 (unlucky number) so maybe we’ll get a 2 and 8 at some point too. Why not. An NEX body for everyone seems to be the plan.
Matt
10 months ago |Well that would be one released and two to be released for 2012.
Ray oody
10 months ago |That is nice. I hope it’s 2million dots and I the screen is touch screen. Less megapixels and a new interface please !!.
MacT
10 months ago |Hoped for nex-5n sensor and same EVF. But it’s good to hear about a cheaper alternative. Would like to hear about long tele also
Zedrick
10 months ago |I hope it has the so-far hidden new 18Mp sensor instead of the 24Mp one.
C
10 months ago |A NEX6 with NEX5N excellent sensor, plus EVF and flash, but without click noise during a video take and overheat, and a pancake 16-50 would be a perfect winner before X-mas !
I will sell my NEX5N as soon as this is unveiled.
Go Sony Go, Sony be cool !
Marc
10 months ago |Will it have the same body and tri-navi?
jack
10 months ago |Personally, I don’t care for the Tri-Navi interface. I have used the 5N long enough that the latest firmware, which allows up to five assignable quick access functions, is a breeze to use. Tri-Navi seems cumbersome and repetitive, at least during my ten minutes with it in the shop. 5N with hot shoe and touchscreen would be the near perfect camera body. Is it possible to add a built-in adjustable ND filter?
Sebastian
10 months ago |Ok, almost all of those nice NEX bodies appeal to me, the really do. But as long as i don’t feel confident about investing in a good SYSTEM i won’t buy any of ‘em…
nagi
10 months ago |If it still has the EVF, hotshoe, trinav and the tilt screen, I might go this was instead of a 7…
Mike
10 months ago |Again, WE NEED MORE LENSES!!!
But that is actually interesting as far as new NEX bodies go. I wonder if they keep the hot shoe and how much worse the EVF will be? I tried a A37 lately and compared to my add-on EVF for the 5n it was juts, well, rubbish
But if the EVF is 95% as good as on the 7, they keep the hot shoe and tri-navi I might actually consider exchanging my 5n for it…
Thanks for the news, Admin! This way I’ll never get any proper work done
obican
10 months ago |I tried the A57 and liked the EVF(I have the EVF for Nex 5N and also a Nex 7)
Mike
10 months ago |I don’t know if the A37 uses the same EVF as the A57 but for me it looked just plasticy – I don’t know how to put it better.
The response time was worse than the 5n EVF and the colors looked much less natural. I had them both side by side and the difference was very notable.
Sky_walker
10 months ago |Nex 5N doesn’t have an EVF. What you use is an accessory EVF that’s taken out of A77 and runs for a half of entire A37 price.
Mike
10 months ago |Tell me about it, I paid for it…
My point was however, that the lower spec’d EVF are way behind the one offered in the NEX-7, A77 and as an add-on for the NEX-5n.
I think it would be advisable Sony saved on other parts than the EVF. Apart from lenses, the NEX system is technologically rather hi-end: the built, fps, AF (though not as good as Oly), focus aids the LCD etc. and… the EVF! Going for a far lesser quality EVF, as in the A37, would be watering down the whole high end touch of the NEX line, me thinks.
pariska.com
10 months ago |sony as always puzzling it’s consumers. the sony marketing department smokes the best weed possible. wtf just not make the 5th better? what next? nex 5 1/2, then 5 1/4?
Allan Olesen
10 months ago |I guess this is partly a question of filling as much space as possible on the shelves in stores so the Sony cameras get more exposure to consumers.
Remember that Sony is still a consumer electronics company. (And yes, I know that the camera division is now in the same family as the pro video division, but I think we will still see a lot of consumer targeted marketing from the camera division.)
oldclicker
10 months ago |Sony can’t do good to some. When they come with the Nex5(n) people are complaining it has not enough controls, they come with the Nex7 people are complaining it has to many pixels, they come with the Nex6 and even before we know any specs people start complaining…
Carl
10 months ago |and everyone is asking for lenses and there is nothing… Also, where is the firmware for the NEX7?
Sony is a consumer company not a photography one. They only focus on selling cameras and not constructing a business in photography. too bad.
oldclicker
10 months ago |three new lenses coming too, so what do you mean with no lenses? The rumored nex6 is less substantial as those lenses, as they are on the roadmap…
Beachrider
10 months ago |Sony OWNS pro video
Matt
10 months ago |+1 Billion!
Dulaney Ward
10 months ago |Carl, for what it’s worth, the future of photography is with the the electronics companies, not with the old “photography” companies. In fact, how many of them are left even now? You may have noticed, Carl, that both still and video cameras are now largely electronic. My friend in the industry believes that both Nikon and Canon will be reduced in the future to lens-makers. However, it appears to me that both companies are transforming themselves into electronics companies.
The distinction you make, between a “consumer” and a “photogaphy” company, is an entirely arbitrary, irrelevant, and misleading distinction. Do you really think that Canon and Nikon, or for that matter Pentax, are not “consumer” companies? They are all driven by the market.
shamb
10 months ago |It seems to me they are smoking the best weed:
- Initially release expensive body for first adopters. Test water with sales.
- If it takes off, wait for sales to drop off, then release a mid priced item to pick up the general market and/or as a second body/walkaround for existing high end DSLR users.
Seems like basic marketing practice to me: the NEX 6 seems an ideal companion for my A77
oldclicker
10 months ago |three new lenses coming too, so what do you mean with no lenses? The rumored nex6 is less substantial as those lenses, as they are on the roadmap…
John Thomas
10 months ago |I agree. What they are doing is extremely good business sense.
ns9rt
10 months ago |Its the usual snobbish response from the canikon fanboys.
“Electronic companies dont understand ergonomics”
“Its 1.5x the price but ITS A NIKON”
“Doesnt have the look”
Bla Bla Bla.
What matters are the photos and the innovation we are seeing from the “electronics” companies is greater than the “photo” companies.
Survival of the fittest, there is only so long nostelgia and a brand can carry you.
Bruce Bachand
10 months ago |Yeah you really have to wonder who is actually running their imaging department in terms of vision and R&D.
Every time I walk into a Sony store I literally just get confused at the myriad of options… whereas when you walk into an Apple store you have far less options numerically… but you have some very powerful and elegant/funky looking products.
Maybe this business model does work in Asia… but it just doesn’t cut it here in North America. I also heard that Sony really doesn’t care too much about Canada and the USA because they have such huge market shares in Russia, Asia and Europe.
nagi
10 months ago |For others, like me, the Apple stores are the complete LACK of options. And speaking of options, the number of bodies is getting there , but there is still quite a way to go with lenses.
I’d rather have a bit too many to chose from then having that option removed from me, like how Apple do it.
Maxx_NEXT
10 months ago |Perfect. Just what we need. More NEX bodies to go with that tremendously large selection of mature E mount lenses. I see the Sony strategy now: “sell bodies to go with that E mount lens”. Can’t wait for the next NEX body announcements: wide-angle body (NEX-5WB), then a tele-body(NEX-5TB), a fast-prime body(NEX-5FP ).
Patrick
10 months ago |I bet the following:
24mp sensor (because of mini 7 ish)
Maybe Tri Navi, but more likely F5/5n body-ish
Integrated EVF.
This wont drag NEX 7 sales (Tri Navi is still exclusive 7)
or F5 sales (16mp or improved X sensor that could improve on NEX 7 image quality that could also cannibalise sales) so it will retain an ‘edge’ for many users over the F5 (those looking for 24mp just to feel they have 24mp without the price tag)
My guess
mocha
10 months ago |after the hotshoe from JJC launched, I find that’s not a problem for the flash anymore, except EVF may be the reason to have one.
Rawfa
10 months ago |24mp, higher bit rate in video, mic input with audio control…and now lets dream…in camera image stabilization…
gadgetfreaksta
10 months ago |This is most likely the replacement for the 5N, does not make sense to add another body to the line up
Don Cox
10 months ago |Adding another body makes sense where there is a big step up in price between the 5N and the 7. This model is to fill in the price gap.
For example, imagine a chain of stores that sells consumer cameras and has a top price limit of $1000. Remember that Sony sells to the buyers for stores, more than to the retail customers.
p
10 months ago |(nex7 owner) oh god why
kalpurush :)
10 months ago |Why not!?
Ken
10 months ago |Agree. If it was a 5N replacement, it would be call something like F5 or 5F, but wouldn’t be a new number. This is a new series.
I have a feeling it might be something like a 7 without the OLED EVF
lensporn.net
10 months ago |Sounds promising, it’s a shame about the evf in as much as you can add a superior one to the 5n….
If the evf was the same as the 7 I would be more interested because adding an evf to my 5n will be expensive but I need that resolution for focusing with legacy glass!
People can argue that downsampling the output from the 7 gives images as clean as the 5n but the sensor still doesn’t have those offset microlenses!
If Sony had ignored the pixel race and dropped the 16mp chip in the nex-7 it would have been perfect for me and many others I’m sure!
Robert Bell
10 months ago |Like a lot of you have mentioned i would prefer the nex-5n with the nex-7 EVF not the nex-7 sensor with a cheaper EVF. However if its bundled with a pancake kit lens this will be the biggest selling CSC by a mile!
emopunk
10 months ago |+100000
Jean-Michel
10 months ago |+1 !
Mike
10 months ago |Admin, why do we get these news just 1 month before the release?
Just kidding.
Sony did a good job this time with keeping that secret as long as possible.
Chris
10 months ago |is it counted as a high end camera?
Douglas Grillo
10 months ago |Well Sony is cannibalizing itself. This new “Nex 6″ should be the new version of the 5n, as the the new NEW 3f upgrade take some similarities with the 5n, the new 5n should upgrade to some similarities with the Nex 7.
My guess for this: a upgraded version of the 5n sensor keeping the 16mpx, mic input, no overheating, same size as the Nex 7, not TriNavi maybe just one dial wheel on top, touchscreen.
Mike
10 months ago |You cannot cannibalize yourself. Not a single camera less will be sold by Sony if they have an additional model.
Customers can buy a higher end model otherwise not available instead of a lower end one. Good for Sony, good for the customer.
Customers can buy a lower end model otherwise not available instead of a higher end one. Bad for Sony, but at least good for the customer.
No reason at all to complain.
AX
10 months ago |No reason to complain for sure! From a stock owner’s perspective though, multiple products are more expensive to produce and cannibalization may therefore be costly.
Mike
10 months ago |I didn’t realize this was a stock owners’ forum. Now all the complaining actually makes sense!
Mary
10 months ago |Never have I been so depressed to buy a new camera for my upcoming September holiday. To miss the newer models by a month or two sucks! Looks like I have to content myself with the F3 and then it’s hitting ebay when the 5F & 6 come out with the pancake….
Sahaja
10 months ago |As Sony always seems to announce cameras around the same time of year – you’d better start taking your holidays in October or November instead of September.
Poki
10 months ago |The NEX-7 is perfect to me. So even if it’s a NEX-7 body with a slightly lower res EVF and a 18 MP sensor, I wouldn’t buy it. After all, put 150 – 200 bucks on top and you get the “best”. Not to mention there might not be the tri navi controls.
Frank
10 months ago |There will be many people who do not have the extra “150 – 200 bucks” to put on top. Just like the A65 vs. A77.
Boooe
10 months ago |16 Mpx sensor goesn’t give colorshift with 16/2.8 or 8/2.8
many would prefer nex-6 because they belive 24 mp sensor is noisy
also nex-6 is going to be newer than nex-7, may have many misc. updates like usb charging, wifi, etc.
Poki
10 months ago |Yep, that’s a point. However, the 24MP sensor clearly is outstanding – when you don’t use wide angle legacy glass on it. And that it’s newer … I don’t think it’s going to be better just ‘cos of this. Many dislike USB charging instead of a proper power supply, WiFi never seems to work on cameras (who the hell publishes unedited photos anyways?) and it doesn’t matter what they take off the NEX-7 to reduce the cost, it won’t be as good. The thing is I use a camera between 3 to 5 years, so why buy the cheaper one even if you don’t have this much money?
Benni
10 months ago |maybe just like A57-A65…essentially boring
István Gábor Takács
10 months ago |Why does Sony need to come out with new NEX versions so often (nex, 3,5,7, n, f etc.)? Is that the competition or that there is a real market for these different versions? It feels like there is not long enough lifespan for these great cameras
GunnarK
10 months ago |A set of different models is a good thing, actually. Each of us are interested in one model only (or cperhaps hosing between two), but out there are a lot of people interested in all kinds of levels of prices and specs.
More models is also a sign of that the NEX cameras are doing well. Look att Minolta during their haydays! They had a range of different cameras with model numbers starting with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 !
Could Minolta sell all these at a time when the camera market was much smaller than it is today, then you can rest assured that there will be customers out there that will opt for any NEX from NEX-1 to NEX-10…
I did read not long ago a rumour that Sony in the future will do just that – covering all levels from NEX-1 to NEX-10 or NEX-11. Thought I did see it here on SAR, but couldn’t find it now.
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GunnarK
10 months ago |Ooops! Correct spelling in my comment above should have been “heydays”.
And the sentence “(or perhaps hosing between two)” should have been (or cperhaps chosing between two), of course.
GunnarK
10 months ago |WT…!
It really should have been spelled:
‘(or perhaps chosing between two)’
But it is 03:20 in the middle of the night here, so I really ought to head for the bed instead…
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Steve
10 months ago |Looks like selling more bodies is the way to make money.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/02/sony-q1-2012/
“There was better news in its imaging division, while sales of compact cameras fell, DSLRs and “Professional” products took up the slack, resulting in a profit of $160 million.”
Carl
10 months ago |A smaller/cheaper NEX with an EVF and hotshoe wouldn’t go amiss.
The Lotus Eater
10 months ago |I wonder if it’s reasonable to think that the NEX-6 might be to the NEX-7 what the A65 is to the A77. It might have an NEX-5 series body (A57/A65 share body design), but with NEX-7 24mp sensor and EVF. That would contradict the rumour of a lower res EVF though.
Personally I’d be happy with a 16mp sensor and lower res EVF, but with NEX-7 body inc. Tri-navi.
Tex-Nex
10 months ago |Does it come with an articulating or flip-out display screen? The 6 (without the F) indicates not ????
RVN
10 months ago |wow! this is a good new
i hope nex 6 will delivery good IQ like nex5n with small MP so we don’t have problem with noise. as long nex 6 have EVF, tilt LCD, hot shoe, tri navi dial, AF assist, flash build in, then i will buy this camera!!
Pierre
10 months ago |The autofocus of the nex7 is not as good as the olympus om-d, especially when there is dim light. My only wish is that Sony manages to get an autofocus as fast as the Om-d!
RVN
10 months ago |+100000
hope sony improve speed AF on nex camera
Tom
10 months ago |I do not like Tri-Navi, touchscreens, and higher than necessary megapixel sensors. I sound too grumpy.
Sky_walker
10 months ago |Great. There are countless other cameras for you to choose from! Just imagine how screwed you’d be if you’d love tri-navi – only one camera on a market got it :O
FujicaFighter
10 months ago |We definitely need a few new NEX body options for the dozens of lenses we have … oh wait …
Lemon
10 months ago |Looks like they maybe following their alpha line…
Nex
3 = A37
5 = A57
6 = A65
7 = A77 (perhaps future NEX 7 will be weather sealed too)
They could have stick with 3 variant and make each more distinct…
Steve
10 months ago |Sony likes to do this!
remember the a850 was added with a few changes from the a900 just to lower the price.
That was a 9 series to an 8 series
This looks to be a 7 series NEX-7 to a 6 series Nex-6
Steve
10 months ago |Okay Sony……………
We know you can pump-out cameras like mad and nobody can match you at that, clearly!
But can you make lenses?
Pei
10 months ago |Why lowering the EVF’s resolution? SONY is the one pushing EVF technology as replacement for OVF and if they keep lowering the resolution (A57, NEX-6), people will hold on to OVF longer. As it stands, SONY have nothing on Nikon and Canon’s FF OVF.
passer-by
10 months ago |It’s called product differentiation. Lower model, lower resolution. Even OVF based cameras don’t have equal OVF. Higher end model uses pentaprism while lower end model uses pentamirror. Higher end model has a 100% viewfinder coverage, lower end model has less than that. BTW, most EVFs show 100% coverage regardless of class.
Almazar80
10 months ago |A NEX version of the A57 would not be a bad thing. In fact, it will be a best seller.
Kevin Alpha
10 months ago |The problem with Sony is releasing un-necessarily series, then this series will compete with other Sony’s series, for people who buy NEX for family camera, they will buy this NEX6 instead of NEX7 because that’s all they need if it shares the same sensor with NEX7. Same story on Alpha line, the A57 is so close to the A65, except the EVF and Megapixel, Sony market development dept sucks!
passer-by
10 months ago |“they will buy this NEX6 instead of NEX7 because that’s all they need if it shares the same sensor with NEX7.”
On the contrary, those who want to buy NEX7 but were restrained by financial constraints, might be very interested in this.
foggyflute
10 months ago |I think Sony taking more money from me if they have Nex6, I planned for a Nex5, love the Nex7 but dont have that much money, if this thing is around 750 for body, deal!
Mike1
10 months ago |I also hope it would be a 5N sensor with the same EVF. My contax g lenses perform much better on the 5N sensor.
One More Thought
10 months ago |It seems that Sony can often release too many models to the market and confuse the customers. I’ve been a longtime user and watcher of Sony, and I remember their early consumer camcorders, CD players, walkman, etc. In every market they would start off with success with a few models, but then flood the market with too many iterations. It got to be baffling.
Sony needs to learn from Apple: offer a kind of good-better-best lineup with each product line, and be happy with that.
Consumers want choice, but there can be too much choice, and that confuse customers and paralyzes their buying decisions.
pancanikonpus
10 months ago |old sensor again
JB
10 months ago |Where are the lens? Hello?
Rooru S.
10 months ago |If it does have the A-mount/RX100 User interface and same level of customization,5N sensor, hotshoe, audio jack and At least the A57 EVF with a price between 5N and 7, I will get it for sure!
Denis
10 months ago |24Mp SLR (I mean microlenses alignment) sensor with inferior EVF?
Worst from both worlds?
No, thanks
Portmixus
10 months ago |Funny
I silently hope the best of both world
Touchscreen, same body with same EVF and the well known 16MP sensor…price? 900-1000$
Nevertheless, very curious!
LR
10 months ago |I had bet one of the two nex would have an EVF but no flash. I thought it would be the nex5 replacement, it’s finally not.
So what is going to be the nex5F then? I tought they would release a NEX-1, very cheap with no flash nor EVF, but even more compact than the nex5n.
I hope one of the series will keep a nex5n compact size and not become a Nex3F – Nex7 size. Because i want a compact camera along the promised pancakes.
AG
10 months ago |They should have marketed the RX100 as a NEX-1A to keep it all in the family.
LR
10 months ago |the Nex series beyond to the mirrorless, interchangeable lenses , APS-C sized sensors cameras…
Steve
10 months ago |Or maybe an Alpha since the Rx100 shares the same menu.
passer-by
10 months ago |I also like the compactness of the 5n. It is an amazing engineering feat.
Nico
10 months ago |Boring about new camera, what about good lenses ?
ns9rt
10 months ago |Please let it have a sensor like the 5n (ie good with legacy lenses).
Please please please.
Robert Bell
10 months ago |I’m guessing its going to be the a65 EVF. Is it any good?
kalpurush :)
10 months ago |a65 EVF is the same used in a77, which is an excellent EVF.
AG
10 months ago |The A65 EVF is same as the A77 EVF, so they are really very good. The A57 has a lower-spec’ed EVF, but Sony did a great job on it.
I don’t shoot pro-sports or pro anything, but it works great for me in the bright outdoors of summer with kids running around.
Sony should just make a cheaper module like on A57 for all the NEX.
Something as a convenience option.
Robert Bell
10 months ago |Oh right i got the 57 65 mixed up. So the 57 EVF is ok?
AG
10 months ago |Why not just release a cheaper EVF module for everyone to use.
I vote for Sony to make a $99 EVF for NEX. The key is low cost modular options that help the entire NEX ecosystem.
Anon
10 months ago |MORE BODIES! MORE BODIES! MORE BODIES!
This is actually past the “is this a joke” level and even past the face-palm point. It is, quite literally, beyond understanding.
Booe
10 months ago |you are probably forgot that bodies and lenses are designed and manufactured by different people.
in fact, many people need a viewfinder in camera; closing gaps in lineup is good
todays, nex-7 is expensive, and additional evf for 5n & f3 is expensive too. nex-6 probably will cost less than 5n + addon evf
AVESTA
10 months ago |Jeez how many bodies do we need… Just make 3 (beginner, intermediate and advanced) and get it over with. Concentrate on R&D and make some lenses.
nandadevieast
10 months ago |If they put a 16mp sensor in it, i will buy it.
Maybe they will learn something from OM-D success.
a55 shooter
10 months ago |“If they put a 16mp sensor in it, i will buy it.
Maybe they will learn something from OM-D success.”
I agree, they should learn from the success of the 16 Mpixel OM-D! With a pixel pitch of ~3.75um, for an APS sensor that’s about…
26 Mpixels
Actually, maybe they should make the pixels even a bit larger than the OM-D! How about 24 Mpixels?
Robert Bell
10 months ago |The om-d is a sony sensor a teeny weener m4/3 sensor. Olympus have gone and made the same mistake twice backing the 4/3 sensors first with the dslr’s and now with there CSC. When Nikon release there APS-C CSC later in the year Olympus will be left out in the cold with the small sensors again, this time with some company from Panasonic.
Björn Utpott
10 months ago |They had company from Panasonic the last time as well. There’s no mistake here either. Looking at the reviews of Sony NEX lenses at photozone.de, it’s looks like its been quite a struggle for Sony to produce lenses that are both compact as well as optically decent. I’m not saying it’s impossible, just that the relatively large sensor and short register distance force more concessions when designing lenses.
Micro Four Thirds seem to be in more of a sweet spot when it comes to the relationship between sensor, camera body and lens size. In some situations the larger sensor can make the difference while in others the somewhat smaller sensor with the higher specified lens can be better for the job. Or you can just chuck any notion of compactness out the window and there’s no limit to the quality you can achieve.
nandadevieast
10 months ago |To follow up on the last post: But i’m sure that they will put a 24mp sensor in it so that they can feel good about having a A77-A65 situation in NEX line as well.
Robert Bell
10 months ago |Samsung seem to be doing a good job of making decent pancake lenses.
AlphaK9
10 months ago |Where are the professional FF bodies? Oh, I forgot all of the great full frame sensors that Sony has made are in the Nikons. There seems to be no problems or setbacks when it comes to point and shoot or crop sensors being released. So what is the hold up? If Sony dose not want to produce Professional FF cameras just let me know?
GunnarK
10 months ago |Sony have said all the time that they will continue to produce high-end interchaneable lens cameras.
That’s why they haven’t let you know that they don’t want to…
Sony again stated its strategy in this area in their first quarter Financial report of 2012-AUG-02 (second quarter of the year for most of us).
“Sony endeavors to strengthen its HIGH VALUE-ADDED line-up of compact digital cameras and INTERCHANEABLE SINGLE LENS CAMERAS that are enjoying increased sales, Sony is working toward further profit contribution by focusing on the expansion of sales.”
stflbn
10 months ago |Having an A77, I’d be much more tempted to buy this if it had the 16mp sensor in it. As it is now I’m waffeling between picking up a Nex-5n (Which I used to have) or an A57. A57 makes most sense for me as I’d end up adding a viewfinder and LA-EA2 to the 5n, and lose Stabilization.
Weakling
10 months ago |Oh my. Just as I was getting excited about the F5 as a possible upgrade for my 5, Sony pulls this 6 rabbit out of its hat. On the other hand: I own the RX100 for a week now and I might leave the NEX range altogether if this little gem keeps amazing me as it did the last few days…
bubulah
10 months ago |It’s the lenses that need shrinking not the bodies. Sony should make some decent IQ pancake lenses or even telescoping lenses like that Panasonic X thing. If a camera doesn’t fit in a jacket pocket at least, then why get one over a DSLR?
GunnarK
10 months ago |It seems as Sony is going to launch two new NEX pancake lenses this year, and at least one more next year.
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CTPhotographX.com
10 months ago |Forget the NEX-6 and give us a full accessory and lens lineup.
Look at these cool accessories for Nikon 1 J2:
http://nikonrumors.com/2012/08/01/new-nikon-1-j2-camera-and-other-mirrorless-products-to-be-announced-in-august.aspx/
Roberto
10 months ago |Nex6 + 35 mm f/1.8 and 16-50 pancake: my ideal set.
BillW
10 months ago |I wish the NEX-6 will retain the NEX-7 body and EVF, even a lower resolution EVF with either the proven 16mp sensor or the new and improved(?) 18mp sensor. I for one likes the bigger body of the 7. I just sold my 6-month old 5N while waiting for the F5. But now it seems the NEX-6 might be a better option with EVF and Flash(?).
My hands are not big, still I don’t like to poke the tiny buttons on the tiny body of the 5N. Besides, the small bodies of the old 3 or 5 series look disproportional to the larger lenses for NEX. The physics of a camera kit is important as well, at least to me.
woof woof
10 months ago |Nex 6 sounds lovely.
Just show me a Sony AF Nex 30/35mm f1.4/1.8 to go with it and I’ll buy both and build a lovely little system from there.
Why Sony has no fast “standard” lens I simply don’t know.
Ryan
10 months ago |This^^^
B
10 months ago |If this is true, that would be a welcome addition (at least for me) as I’m looking to ditch my SLT camera.
Assuming of course that it has dials (like the NEX 7) and no touch screen. The NEX 5 would be a decent camera for my needs, however the touch screen drives me mad, and the lack of proper dials (for aperture/exposure time) is a deal breaker.
Ray
10 months ago |I’d love to see a lower pixel 7. Not only be because it plays nicer with legacy glass but, it will be easier to hand hold in the absense of in-body stabilization and improved high iso.. Weird line though with the F3 and the 5N being so similar in basic function.
GunnarK
10 months ago |No, the lower resolution of the NEX-5N has nothing to do with it playing better with some *) legacy lenses. It has all to do with that the NEX-5N microdiodes are provided with offset microlenses outside the center area, while NEX-7′s are not. However, this means that the NEX-7 is able to use arbitrarily long focal length lenses without problems, while the NEX-5N will perform worser with those.
*) The non-offset microlenses in NEX-7 will cause colour shift and some vingnetting when using symmetrical legacy wideangle designs only, not with asymmetrical designs.
The reason for this is that the light rays coming out from the classical symmetrical wideangle lens designs will be much more angled than those from the asymmetrical ones.
Steep light ray angles woun’t give problems when using cameras for chemical film, but when using cameras with digital sensors, it will.
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Pei
10 months ago |Any news on the new 18mp sensor?
passer-by
10 months ago |18mp is just so Canon, hahaha.
Birsinger
10 months ago |The new nex 6 Is coming with efsc ?
adam
10 months ago |Not that excited for the news. Pretty happy with my 5n. I guess it’s always better to have more options though.
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Tom
10 months ago |SONY camera systems are superb.
But there is always one problem that persists.
They are like efficient guns but lack bullets !
Where are all the necessary zoom and prime lens ? ! ! !
JohnnyRyall
10 months ago |Would be good if it had offset microlenses….