We need your suggestions for the next Sony fullframe cameras!
Dear readers!
Yasuyuki Nagata (Sony Imaging Division Deputy Senior General Manager) said that Sony is “seriously considering a professional-level SLT camera“, however, “the company will listen to what its customers demand” before it can reveal its next step (Source Techradar). And now it’s time to collect your ideas about the next fullframe camera features. Please comment this post to suggest your features/idea list. After a couple of days I will write a poll adding all your options.
I will show you an example by disclosing my idea/features list for the next FF cameras:
- FF NEX (I want that!)
- removable sensor (to have the freedom to use different sensors like it works for medium format digital backs).
- Capability to move up the semitransparent mirror to avoid the small light loss.
- APP store for Sony cameras. let users create applications for Sony cameras (See the amazing list of iPhone-iPad applications!)
- B&W sensor with extremely high dynamic range.
- Hybrid viewfinder system a la Contax G2 (Click here to see tha camera). The Contax viewfinder zooms as you change lenses! By the way, Contax is from Zeiss 
Your idea matters! Let’s start!!!
P.S.: Please do not suggest lenses for now. I will write a new post soon to ask you for you fullframe lens suggestions.
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Kurtis Walton
9 months ago |I’m going for a full frame professional Camera next year. Mirror lockout, Hybrid view finder, Noise reducer ISO, and audio input when taking pictures to help label them when doing a photo shoot.
alohalpha
9 months ago |Entry level ($1500)
Sony a9: FF sensor in a mirrorless nex type body BUT with an A mount, improved specs of nex7/a77
DSLR (no video modes, not as fast as DSLT)($2000-$2500)
Sony a95: more traditional DSLR with OVF geared toward events, journalism, lower MP with good ISO performance.
Sony a95s: more traditional DSLR with OVF geared toward studio and landscape, Monster MP
DSLT (with video mode, fast fps)($2500-$3500)
Sony a99: SLT FF geared toward events, journalism, lower MP and better iso, EVF
Sony a99s: SLT FF geared toward studio, landscape etc, Monster MP, EVF
Ultimate: (with video mode)($3500-$5000)
Sony a1G: OVF/EVF like the fuji x100, Pro body, Monster MP and Great ISO performance. Speed demon more than 15fps. Super fast AF, simply unstoppable!
Make it happen Sony and take your rightful place as KING lol!
Franco Castellari
9 months ago |Interchanges Dual Slot CF or CF + SD (or MS)
1) FF 24 MP SLT Super fast AF, High ISO, 1 / 12000 sec 12ff/sec
2) FF 36 MP SLT Low ISO sensitivity (25 ISO or less)
3) NEX FF 24 MP with SLT and A mount
Magnesium alloy body
Weather / moisture / dust proofing
hwelvaar
9 months ago |The same features as A77, but with:
- FF (obviously)
- dual-card writing (= data redundancy)
- increased buffer size
- great low light performance > Nikon D3
- maybe even higher resolution and faster OLED EVF (I haven’t tested A77 yet, I will buy it, but my current A55 is certainly not good enough for indoor action sport photography)
- a price range between current A77 and A900
- faster flash sync rate
- tethering
- intervalometer / time-lapse photography
- OLED screen on the back
No need for:
- more megapixels (unless with binning)
- more filming bells and whistles ; enough already on the A77
- moving mirrors ; that’s so 90′s. SLT technology with fixed mirror = great
- built-in vertical grip ; an external vert grip is fine
rudydb9
9 months ago |100% OPTICAL VIEW FINDER !!!
Sony a95/0: more traditional DSLR with OVF geared toward events, journalism, lower MP with good ISO performance – Nikon D3s 16Mp whit af from A77
Sony a95/0s: more traditional DSLR with OVF geared toward studio and landscape, Monster MP, Af from A77
JS
9 months ago |I would just be happy to see a full frame with an adjustable/rotating live view screen. and release it within the next year or less!
Ed
9 months ago |I know I’m dreaming but I want a nice large 100% OPTICAL VIEW FINDER !!!
StickingZoom
9 months ago |My FF wishlist:
- a big optical viewfinder like the current Canon 1ds because: In reality I *DONT* see in the electronic viewfinder how the shot will look like in digital because what I see in the electronic view finder is the intersection of the limitations of 1)sensor 2) image processing pipeline 3) OLED display. I’m aware about the advantages of an electronic view finder but I think it’s a grave mistake to offer an EVF *ONLY* full frame DSLR lineup
- high ISO performance is *MORE* important than megapixels. I have absolutely no use for a 34MP sensor that has troubles at ISO 6400 with visible noise. Peronally I think only a small subset of user will have a use for such high resolution. For me the sensor has to show low noise *AT LEAST* as good as the Nikon D3s
- high dynamic range. I love landscape photography and one can never have enough dynamic range
- fast, versatile, reliable auto focus *AT LEAST* as good as the Nikon D3s
- a set of good high quality exchangeable focusing screens to take full advantage of manual focusing lenses which makes the DSLR a true versatile imaging device.
- excellent ergonomics – well thought out, customizable buttons/wheels to make using the camera intuitive and adaptable
- excellent weather sealing for shooting in raw nature
- built like a tank
- I can live easily without video capabilities
tfd
9 months ago |A big +1, except I think it’s too early to judge what the EVF will be like on the A77, much less what it would be like on an A99 next year.
passer-by
9 months ago |Actually downsized 24mp pic to 12mp pic has comparable noise to a native 12mp picture. So large megapixels sensor is good for both noise peeper and those who want extra details who care less about noise.
ieR
9 months ago |i was thinking, 101% of us here will review out photo via the LCD anyway, the EVF is showing you the review of photo output before u even shoot them… what’s the different anyway?
Dickson
9 months ago |I really want a FF NEX that uses the A mount
Eugenio
9 months ago |Let’s think of a traditional 35mm SLR as it worked on the 70′s:
1) FF sensor on DSLR or pellix body,
Sony, put the best FF image sensor technology into a SOLID MINIMAL BODY, few buttons and sockets, just what is really needed to take photos. 
NOTHING ELSE !!! Let’s think of what astonishing pictures the great HCB took with a manual Leica + 50mm lens.
2) NO NEED for ultra fast autofocus or ultra rapid burst mode,
3) auto exposure A, S, M manual exposure,
4) bulb & mirror lock up,
5) easy access to exposure compensation and spot metering, iso setting and WB setting,
6) video recording, ok, why not ?
7) GPS …. whaaat ??? I want to take pictures, I’m not driving my car !!
9) I’m still taking FF pictures with my three Minolta 800si bodies and some good Provia or Tri-X. I haven’t any DSLR. I’d be very happy to use something similar to my film cameras, even less feautured than my 800si.
Gary L. Friedman
9 months ago |Let me propose a list of very practical suggestions which would make me happy. I’m a professional travel and studio photographer (and I even write books for the Sony cameras).
* First of all, go into the Konica Minolta vaults and have a look at the Maxxum / Dynax 7 or 7D. These cameras had the best user interface of any modern camera – real knobs and buttons so people can change settings quickly in high-pressure situations (like wedding photographers or photojournalists). I especially liked the top two knobs and ring arrangements – I could switch drive mode or the flash exposure compensation instantly (without having to press several buttons). See my review of the Maxxum 7 for more information: http://photo.net/minolta/maxxum7
* Your SLT technology allows the return of real-time flash metering (like in the film days). The old system had no pre-flash delay, and was more accurate in a greater variety of situations. Just place the flash sensor next to the phase-detect array.
* You MUST HAVE A built-in POP-UP FLASH to act as a wireless flash trigger. I don’t care what the marketing department tells you – the current solution you offer of using an F20AM flash atop an A900 is awful because the AAA batteries have to be replaced at least once a session. And putting a F58AM flash on top is not only more expensive but needlessly heavy as well. Make the built-in flash Infrared-only if you want (which will help quiet the critics).
* And speaking of wireless flash, the new wireless flash protocol is wonderful and capable, but I never use it because the user interface on the back of the flash is abysmal. (I have to endure six button presses just to adjust the flash ratio!) Contact me if you want me to show you how to design it correctly so working studio professionals can work FASTER and actually make use of your system.
* David Kilpatrick proposed swapping the phase-detect array and the sensor in the new camera design – this way the image is captured via front-surface reflection and will suffer NO theoretical ghosting or image deterioration whatsoever. (see http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2011/08/26/smoke-and-mirrors-why-sony-has-got-it-wrong ) This is a very practical idea and is much less “revolutionary” than the fixed mirror.
* You must include the option to use the EVF / LCD displays while plugged into an HDMI display. (I’ve needed this for technical functions in the past.)
* Face detection during video – I’ve discovered that wide-area AF makes miserable decisions in video mode, whereas thanks to face detection it does a wonderful job with stills. That might require a lot more processing power than is practical, but it would be a help.
* And speaking of video, all future cameras should provide an option for manual control of audio input for video! Lack of this feature has made video professionals write off the A77 without even having tried it.
* If the new camera has two memory card slots, would like the ability to store RAW on one card and JPG on the other. Or switch to the other one automatically when the first card fills up. Your competitors have been doing this for years.
* Nikon has an option to allow Auto ISO in manual mode – which sounds counter-intuitive but some photographers actually use it to good effect.
* I agree with others who have asked for an extra-large memory buffer – it’s cheap and will result in happier customers and more positive reviews for handling.
* I personally don’t care much if it’s EVF or OVF – each has their advantages. And believe it or not, more megapixels doesn’t impress me. I’d rather keep it at 24 MP but improve the high-ISO noise as compared to the A900.
Pie-in-Sky / Wishful thinking department
* Seriously, put the viewfinder / EVF at the BOTTOM of the camera body so we can get the viewfinder very close to our eyes and not get nose grease on the rear display.
* Would love a feature that would allow a smart phone to attach to the camera and provide tethered live view / camera control / intervalometer function.
* Actual radio for wireless flash triggering. (Can be used reliably outdoors without having to invest in PW’s and lose TTL.)
* As many have suggested, be the first to provide user-changeable filters in front of the sensor – Infrared (for astronomy and technical work), AA if possible.
* Capture 3D data of the scene so you can create dramatic lighting after-the-fact in software (see my blog post about this invention here: http://friedmanarchives.blogspot.com/2010/02/camera-of-future.html).
* Finally, stop calling the semi-transparent mirrors “translucent”.
LifeStoryImages
9 months ago |> Finally, stop calling the semi-transparent mirrors “translucent”.
Or call them what they are: 70/30 beamsplitters.
Craig Jeffries
9 months ago |Gary – great to see your input here – I love your newsletter, and own your Minolta 7D book – great stuff! Great well thought out comments.
* Couldn’t agree more about the controls! I love not having to go through menus on my 7D to change settings – please Sony bring back more manual controls – I care very little for a LCD on the top of the camera.
* Built in 2.4 Ghz flash control. We can fly radio control helicopters with 2.4Ghz, control our stereo’s from our smart phones via 2.4Ghz, we can buy cheap after market 2.4Ghz flash triggers – why persist with line of sight triggering that has greatly reduced range in Sunlight? Then we could use TTL with it too, and not need a pop-up flash.
* I don’t care about EVF/OVF if you can guarantee that when I look through the viewfinder that what I’m seeing is what the naked eye can see – and last time i researched this the eye has about 30 stops of dynamic range. I realise EVF makes room for the phase-detection AF etc and there’s some hard engineering to overcome – but I don’t want to look through an EVF in a dark studio only to see hints of what’s actually there. Of through an EVF on Sunset to see a glorious sky but a dark landscape or vice versa. So maybe OVF is still better at the moment? (i haven’t tried the new A77 EVF yet – so maybe this is okay…)
* Megapixels – I have only 6MP on my 7D – and most of the time it’s enough. If Sony is ramming up the up megapixel count and sacrificing image quality by increased noise then I’m not interested. I’d be perfectly happy with 24MP if it gets better dynamic range and better ISO capability than the current FF sensor
* weather-sealing – looks like you’ve started this on the A77, so keep it going please
* I was ready to buy the A900 when it was released – but when my pro friends who are using 5D MKII’s with HD video and getting pro work for video and stills and the high ISO quality on the A900 wasn’t quite up to scratch I decided to wait for Sony to better it. I thought (hoped) it would be only 12 months. Sony I’ve been waiting for you to deliver for a very very long time. I’ve learnt a hell of a lot in that time anyway, but still I’m over the waiting already…
C
9 months ago |My two cents – there are things here that I’m sure other people have said, but here’s what I would care about in a full-frame alpha body.
1) Video mode.
- Keep crop factor the same as the sensor. I understand with at least the VG10 (and others) that video mode had a crop of ~1.8x on a 1.5x sensor. If I wanted a tiny crop I would have gotten a GH2.
- Diminished Rolling Shutter. While it is mostly removable thanks to the guys at The Foundry, there is no other reason why I’d buy that $500 plug-in. That’s $500 more I can put into a full-frame camera.
- Removable SLT mirror. What everybody else has said, plus the ability to mount PL lenses without damaging something.
- Higher sampling rate. 10 bit colour sampling would be a nice addition. Considering the aliasing problems with other cameras, this should do something to alleviate the problem.
- Anamorphic friendly. Having a quality 4:3 video mode would allow people with anamorphic lenses to frame their compositions correctly and have a 1.85:1 picture in post without having to crop off the sides. If its a good-quality codec, you might steal everybody with an expensive anamorphic adapter.
- Clean HDMI monitoring. I personally could live without this but some people would enjoy it.
2) Stills
- Good low-light performance. Not saying that it is going to be bad on a full-frame camera, but don’t go crazy on megapixels with the cost on high ISOs.
- Focus Peaking. This goes for Video Mode as well, but in case somebody decides not to use the SLT mirror, they have a focusing aide.
- In-body stabilization. Also a good for video, but something to make me feel good when using it handheld. Speaking of handheld…
- Ergonomics. I don’t mind too much about camera weight because I have a lot of heavy optics, but I do want something that my large hands can handhold comfortably.
- Wireless off-camera flash. I’m just covering my bases, but it saves time during setup. I’m not a large fan of on-camera flash, and I hate when I have to do it. Its nice to control the light.
For storage, don’t just put in whatever gets the job done. Put in two. Also, some people want CF slots back – I don’t care either way, but it would be nice to see.
I’m sticking to my current gear for now, but if that awesome full-frame comes out I would not only be a Sony use for a long time, but I would probably pre-order it. Its why I’m not buying one of the new SLTs that were announced. I have to admit, I’m mainly interested in the video capabilities of the camera as compared to the aspect of taking a picture, but this could corner the 5dmk2 market that is so eagerly waiting for a successor that just isn’t coming. It mirrors the strategy done with the new CineAlta.
Nikita
9 months ago |1) I use a55 and it’s great camera. I only want to full frame slt will be same lightweight, same small size and nothing useless features like Top LCD (only conservative photographers use it). i’m never will use it and it’s will only occupy too much space (there can be some usefull buttons or something else) and increase camera’s value. Also, i’m absolutely serious, i’m NEVER, absolutely NEVER use viewfinder. I’m began to photography few years ago, and ALL my cams was with swivel display and liveview. So i so used to use swivel display and liveview that i always use it and i will never use camera without it, just because liveview and swivel display gives me so many possibilities in photography that i’ll never will get with viewfinder. I’m also think that really viewfinder is not necessary for even serious full frame camera. Because many photographers never use it, so for them and for me it’s only occupy place, and weight. It’s just conservative opinion that isn’t necessary. Really for me it’s just excess and you will find many non-conservative photographers that think same that i. I want full frame lightweight, small and without all that excess conservative but unnecessary for me and many same photographers features that make camera heavier, less compact, and more expensive. Why i don’t want full frame nex? 2 things: mount-a with carl zeiss lenses, and many other lenses and CONTRAST AF. Yes, you understand me right, i want exactly camera with slt mirror, but without viewfinder (at all), because i want compact, lightweight camera but with fast (like on slt cams), PHASE AF.
2) I want that you would fix that ghosts on slt, that makes some my great nightshots crap. When exist close a bright light source at night 25% that shot will be spoiled. It’s a very very big value and i have some beautiful pictures spoiled by this slt defect.
3) panoramas. vertical panoramas is great feature. i love it love it love it. i make many many many great shots using vertical panoramas (i just turn the camera on 90 degrees and get great, interesting shots just slightly longer than normal shot). But there is two BIG, NO BIIIIIIG problem with panoramas, that can be easily fix with modern technologies – moving cars and moving peoples. Vertical panorama make around 20 shots. And often, if in the frame moving person or vehicle – on panorama you will get weird effects like half man or half car or two same people or two same cars and it will be cutting or gluing on the boundaries of glued frames. I have invented genious and simple resolving of this problem. It can be hardly fixed by manually, but if you make such program in in camera software it will be easy fast and effective. Idea is – if i photograph building with panorama and i have road with moving cars in front of him – i will get photo with all that defects that i have described earlier. Solution is very simple – program analyze what i photograph – it analyze that on every of 20 shots i have building. So programs decides that it’s photo of building. Than suppose car pass in front of the building. Program decides – oh, on 20 photos i have same building (just shot with a little bit different position) . So car that i have on 2 or 3 shots it excess item, because on 20 i have same building and only on 2 or 3 i have some different object. So, program decides – this is excess object and program just cut this part of building (or anything that is the subject of photography) that corrupted by car or man, from this 2 or 3 photos and replace this part of corrupted photos from nearest photos, just a little stretching and adjusting part. It’s can be hardly and a long while fixed manually but with good program it can be easily and fast fixed. Program just must can analyze shots with a little bit different positions that i make when photograph panorama and compare it content (automatically stretch it and adjust it to make them almost identical and after compare it content – then just cut content that only presence on 2 or 3 photos but on other photos there no this content – and fix it with piece from nearest photo just stretched and adjusted). PLEASE SONY ENGINEERS it’s so easy to make this fix with panorama software, it’s really so easy solution that you have just do it, and i will can photograph panoramas even when cars passing by or man passing by. It’s so so so easy. Please just do it and consumers will be just happy with it.
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Will
9 months ago |FF NEX !!!!
Michael Lawton
9 months ago |Make it easy for developers to create their own firmware for the camera. People who don’t know how to make their own can pick ones made by other people and easily install it just like you can with android roms
Joe
9 months ago |And you will hear more about bricked camera, incompatibility with accessories, and a whole lot more problems with open firmware like that.
sgts
9 months ago |I don’t know if this has been said already, but the megapixel war is almost over, a1 prints without upscaling are now on the horizon.
Whoever takes the lead on dynamic range will be hard to beat.
More interactivity, more modding – sony could release an sdk and certainly provide support to create apps for their cameras – there are no one way processes any more. Sony need to create that feedback loop with their customers.
Better pro shooters using sony, by this I mean NAME fine art photographers – the big ones, theyre not hard to find, theyre not all still using only film.
stephan
9 months ago |Most professional users would stick with Canon or Nikon because of the lenses they already have and the large range available with proven quality. However I think more and more “Prosumer” are ready to go to full frame, so the question is what do they want? I for one would buy a full frame mirror less camera but only if it uses standard lenses (without any adapters!). Other specs could be similar to the NEX-7 (incl. HD video specs) with the exception of the ISO sensitivity. Here I would expect at around ISO 50,000. It has to have audio-in and a swivel viewfinder and screen.
Other features that would be nice but not necessary are some infra-red capability ala night vision googles and perhaps some double HD video capabilities… just as a thought though.
The price of such a camera would have to stay well below the $2000 mark! I could see this type of camera becoming the most sold FF camera.
If a mirror-less camera would not be an option, would I buy a fixed mirror FF SLR instead? No! I would get a Canon or Nikon instead. The same if mirror-less camera would use a new lens system.
So pppplllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeeee Sony, please build that camera!
Mike
9 months ago |I agree with ability to switch between IR filter and none.
Maybe auto hyper focal distance
GPS tagging
Dng RAW format
Wide exposure range for ato bracketing for HDR
Clear and stable path for lens mount
Some more MP ok
Good ergonomics and controls.
Please make one of the FF’s a great landscape camera for a budget.
John Day
9 months ago |Currently using A900.
I desperately want to be able to shoot tethered using Capture One Pro. Currently Phase One doesn’t support Sony. Maybe Sony could specifically work with Phase One on this….
I would like to be able to shoot tethered with Aperture, also…. Currently there is a work around using a “Hot Folder”, but the transfer is slower than a native implementation…., as when using Canon and Nikon.
I would use Promote Systems’ remote control device to expand my HDR options, but again, they only support Nikon and Canon.
Is there a way Sony can help third party vendors develop their products to support Sony’s more advanced models at least?
I use HDR techniques for some of my commercial work, and while I can “get by” with the current camera features on the A900, both Nikon and Canon offer more flexibility on their top models. Please Sony expand the features for professional HDR. (…., I shoot RAW only, so the automatic jpeg HDR feature on some of Sony’s cameras doesn’t cut it for pro work).
I am a bit nervous about the idea that there won’t be a full frame body with OVF…., but I am open to the idea. ( Need to try the A77…)
Extreme high ISO is not all that much of a priority for my work. I am more interested in outright resolution…, and large files don’t bother me.
The closer Sony edges it’s way towards Medium Format quality the better, as far as I am concerned, and large files go with the territory.
Gibba san
9 months ago |I just next FF to be a D3S in Sony livery so I can use my Zeiss and G lenses on it.
Hart Mac
9 months ago |Full frame NEX (or some other mirrorless/rangefinder format that is smaller than DSLR) because smaller really is better.
And please, perhaps magically, add image stabilization in the camera. It’s annoying relying on the lenses, and really awful knowing I’m paying extra for the stabilization instead of just paying for the optics every time I buy a stabilized lens.
Finally: waterproofing/weatherproofing. Not merely “weathersealing” but some actual proofing, please, ala the Pentax K-5.
Offer such a camera at around $2,000 and watch all the other companies, including Leica, weep.
Johann Kwan
9 months ago |Optical Viewfinder. I work in a camera store, and selling EVFs have nice aspects to them, but for studio work, a proper OVF is just key.
Jacky
9 months ago |1) Affordable FF option, compact body size, 3-way tilt LCD with no electronic viewfinder (reducing costs) or sold separately as accessory
2) Vignetting correction for all Zeiss lenses
3) Contrast-enhanced HDR mode (automatically boots contrast on flat HDR pictures)
4) 3-way sensor stabilization (if at all possible)
5) Magic-bright LCD screen
6) 4-inch OLED LCD with 1280×960 resolution
7) USB 3.0 connection port
8 ) Glassless 3D-capable LCD screen
9 ) Built-in bounce flash
ps. Additional 100-300mm Zeiss lens
jake
9 months ago |3D screen?? what the heck for? And a four-inch screen would make the camera HUGE. think of attaching an Motorola Droid to the back of your camera, and adding room for all of the additional buttons and knobs that Pros demand…..
Joe
9 months ago |LOL, obviously the guy is a gearhead, not a photographer. He just pulls all the current tech that would be cool to fit in the camera.
David
9 months ago |I would make it a 3.5-inch OLED LCD with touch screen. For a 36MP camera, of course you don’t want to just get stuck with a small screen to review your results.
Kelly
9 months ago |Yes, 3.5-inch OLED LCD (1280×960) touch screen will be impressive, especially when everyone else still uses 3.0-inch (640×480).
jim hadar
9 months ago |Of course FF NEX! Not only a camera to compete with Leica, but also a body for A mount that is less bulky than current FF DSLR.
FF SLT is ok, it probably does fill a certain niche for fast action shots. But what i really want to see is a FF NEX and a ‘photography first’ FF pentaprism DSLR (continuation of A900 and KM DNA).
jim hadar
9 months ago |And hopefully they can squeeze the FF sensor into a DSLR body the size of A700.
So, FF NEX, and smaller/less bulky premium FF DSLR.
jim hadar
9 months ago |Regarding the Sony app store, i rather see a kit for Sony cameras on iOS and Android devices, rather than another app store for another device.
The point is, I want to be able to connect, see live view, and control my camera from my tablet/phone with and without wires.
hanugro
9 months ago |What I thought will be cool:
1.dSLT with at least capability of translucent mirror lock up. what is better is capability of doing dSLR mode when in slow fps (<3) then dSLT mode for high fps (12)? In short kind of hybrid of dSLT and dSLR with EFV.
2.Even better EVF and high ISO noise capability. IMHO 36MP FF is more than enough with ISO up to 25600 and ISO 51200 in multiexposure mode.
3.If Sony decide to make 3 FF body (and point 1 is not feasible) then make 2 dSLT (1 plastic cheap body) and 1 dSLR.
passer-by
9 months ago |My wishes..
With currently available technologies:
1. Bigger memory buffer. (#1 requested feature I think)
2. Large megapixel with pixel binning option for those who prefer smaller resolution. Advanced algorithm should keep noise level low with pixel binning – suitable for lowlight needs. The option is to offer 2 models – one with low megapixel, high ISO and high megapixel.. but that is what Canon and Nikon offer and this is rather boring, I think. It’s better to have two cameras with the same sensor, with two price range – like a850/900 and a65/77. Not everybody is rich, please offer an affordable version.
3. High FPS – possible with SLT. Sony, can you make a camera with 16fps? just so we can brag to Canon..
Oh, and selectable FPS is a very welcome feature.
4. Articulated screen. Don’t care if it’s ala a55 or a77, either is better than a fixed screen.
5. Multiple card slots. 4 is reasonable, but 2 is already better than 1.
6. Make a very cheap version of SLT FF.. I don’t really care how much you have to strip it down, as long as it is usable and Full Frame. Many will go for a heavily crippled FF over a top APS-C DSLR.
Not so available tech..
1. Global shutter
2. Modular system – add-on buffer, upgradeable EVF, exchangeable sensor, plug-in CF reader adapter.. and most importantly – programmable camera. Wow, like the introduction of the first PC.. I know, it’s more of a business restriction rather than technology.
3. In sensor PDAF module. Eliminates the need for a pellicle mirror.
4. FF Nex.
That’s it. BTW, please keep the good features of your current line up – Peaking, AF point placement(Canikon’s is just too centered), Multi-frame Noise Reduction, 3D Sweep Panorama, Auto HDR..
MORE PIXELS
9 months ago |MORE PIXELS MORE PIXELS MORE PIXELS MORE PIXELS MORE PIXELS MORE PIXELS MORE PIXELS MORE PIXELS MORE PIXELS MORE PIXELS!
Tom_Tom
9 months ago |I am a full time professional fashion and beauty photographer. I have been using the a900 system since it’s release. Overall I am very happy with the a900 and continue recommend it to anyone.
These are my requests of for a future full frame and full frame support.
• Higher Megapixels 34 – 45 would be nice: the higher the better. This is important and the main reason why I would upgrade. Those sating they can’t handle the hard drive disk space, a 2TB hard drive can be bought for $80, so what is the gripe?
• Better more accurate AF especially on fast primes.
• Better AF controls for micro adjustment or auto micro adjustment over different focusing distance points. (The Sony built lenses seem to be the worst for consistent micro adjustments, minolta and third party are fine and usually don’t need adjusting, why is that?)
• More reliable actuation count on the shutter (had two break down at about or under the 50,000 range) please make the shutter good to at least 200,000
• Overall body reliability. On 3 of 3 the a900 bodies I’ve used all 3 have had the same flash sync problem: The flash sync connector goes crazy or fails after some usage, this is using normal very low voltage/amperage connections as well.
• Better communication and disclosure with RAW converting programs ( the IDC program is not at a professional level so at least just make custom profiles available for Capture one and lightroom etc). If you think the IDC software is just fine please reconsider. Although IDC renders tones and color beautifully, I could show examples where the IDC software fails miserably at resolving sharpness and details where other RAW converter excel, the difference is not minor/ pixel peeping by any stretch, the results are glaring and obvious.
As a result I was using Captureone software to properly resolve the detail from the a900 , as a consequence, since no capture one a900 profile was properly submitted, I was using a default profile that was not very good at rendering skin tones for about 9 months until someone created and submitted a proper profile.
• Better faster repair support / More qualified repair stores worldwide. In Vancouver for example (greater Vancouver population 2million) all “authorized sony service centers” by default just pack it up and ship to main repair center in burnaby and they by default pack it up and send it to Toronto regardless of the issue. This is not good, efficient service. Also it shouldn’t take 3 months for minor repairs or any repairs.
I think it would be safe to say that the continuation of the a900 series would be geared to the professional shooter. If this is true; Pros need the assurance that they can get their gear repaired fast. After so many flash sync failures and shutter failures, considering the time it takes each time for sony to repair the camera I must say I have lost a lot of confidence in my system, I don’t feel safe at all and find my self wondering if the camera will fail on me.
This is to take away nothing from the excellent and very helpful service staff, they are just working the best they can within their very limited resources and means. Please spend some money in this area it will give Sony more weight when considering to jump ship form more established comer companies.
Keep up the good work Sony!
ieR
9 months ago |wow, i love your reply, very constructive!
mine suggestion.
1. better flash sync speed, so global shutter is a good go, or digital shutter sync of 1/500 is really cool, WL strobe creativity can go up another level
2. i know sony is researching phase detect ON sensor… my humble suggestion, you dont have to build it onto the main sensor… make it on the secondary sensor/AF module… that way, LV works like ala A300/550/580, with phase detect on the LV sensor… and best part is, keeping the Main Capturing Sensor COOL!!! physical NR. A55 overheat! after bursting 400 shots! and the noise increase pass 150th burst (obviously)
3. pls have 2 model, hi MP,(non iso concern) for studio/commercial shooter. low MP, great ISO for iso shooter(i dont know how to name them). so its like D3s + D3x
4. magically hybrid OVF over the EVF or somehow… come on, sony manage surprise us with the fancy tilting screen of A77, i am pretty sure u can come out something OVF/EVF/Hybrid kinda thing.
5. more AF point, with Better/smarter errr ‘option’ like zoning etc.
6. upgrade the ducking Metering. its the WORST…, time to jump on RGB metering wagon!
ieR
9 months ago |come to think of it… if we dont need a model with video, say videoless… then there is not need for SLT… and there is no need for 10fps…
just make one OVF with lownoise, it could easily be best seller!
those 3xmp, 12fps, hd video is “NOT WHAT I PAY FOR”
sony should listen to ppl suggestion on “Not What I Pay For” not what should i pay for…
Tyler Leeds
9 months ago |I’ll put out some pro stuff that should be on here:
1) More autofocus points – Especially ones well past the APS-C crop-marks.
A body mounted lens weather seal
2) Faster continuous shoot rate + bigger buffer – Can’t ever go wrong with this
3) A good tethering solution – Start thinking about an open API. I want to be able to use my iPhone/Android as an intervalometer
4) Mirror Removal option
5) More dynamic range on the sensor. – Forget megapixels and high ISO. Give pro’s world-beating DR and it’s a new day
6) Keep improving the EVF – This is a place where bigger + higher resolution is better better better
7) Don’t reduce the manual control level like the A77. – Pros use the metering mode switch religiously.. they do not use the digital teleconverter
9) Quieter shutter – The A850 and A900 shutter sounds like a thunderclap. Can be distracting to people around you if you’re trying to be inconspicuous
10) 1/12,000 shutter. – Shoot outside on a sunny day with the 85z1.4 wide open… yes please
11) Ultra low ISO modes – ASA20 and ASA50 would be awesome
12) Bring back the STF simulator from the KM7D firmware – A rarely useful picture effect
13) 14bit colour.
14) Use the main sensor for hyper accurate metering / Tie the metering system to the AWB system – Most cameras have trouble metering monochromatic light… makes it difficult to shoot certain situations like performances.
matgay
9 months ago |sony beat the nikon d4/d4s (since most those nikon sensors are tweaked sony sensors) and market is yours.
next frontier for sony is a medium format mirrorless NEX.
one thing i would love to see that doesnt exist yet, is a dedicated black&white only sensor. if quality dynamic range is like film b&w, every professional photographer will want one to add to their collection.
Mark
9 months ago |In a new full-frame camera? Something like the a900, only moreso:
OVF. Please. 98% if it has to be.
Higher MP. Take the pixel density of the new NEX-5n and scale it up to full-frame. Pixel binning for low-light high-ISO. Perhaps 48MP and 16MP?
No anti-aliasing filter! Or at least extremely weak!
Live-view. Focus-peaking.
Phase-detect AF on the actual sensor. High-MP are going to demand really good, really accurate AF.
True 16-bit color, with a wider gamut colorspace like ProPhotoRGB.
Long battery life.
Three card slots: CF, SD, and memory stick. Or drop the memory stick and make it two slots, CF and SD.
Great ergonomics like the a900.
Just make it a great *camera*, like the a900, and not a wannabe video machine.
Completely alternately, make a FF NEX with high-MP and great battery life and I’ll go that way as well. Anything as long as I can do superbe work up in the mountains, hiking for a week at a time. Please?
passer-by
9 months ago |How about hybrid AF, PDAF and CDAF? CDAF is good in low light and can be applied to the entire frame, unlike PDAF that is fixed. Just a thought.
Olivier
9 months ago |Definitely MPG-2 video !
Gabriel
9 months ago |For me, the best FF Camera is Nikon D3s. If Sony will create a copy of that Nikon with clean high ISO, magnesium body and fast, accurate AF, than I will be happy
I don’t need translucent mirror, 12 fps and smile detection. I need a proffesional and solid body with good image output.
Ottawa wedding photographer
9 months ago |Here’s a list of things that would convince me to upgrade from my a850 to a 2012 Full Frame A-Mount camera.
1. a big, bright OVF (essential for pros) (essential for me) (in fact, make it bigger and brighter) (like a Pentax 67 viewfinder!)
2. an ultra high resolution EVF (see below for a wild idea that could make having both viewfinders an actual possibility whilst allowing for a higher number of fps in burst mode)
3. 30MP or 32MP or 36MP would be great. High ISO performance could remain the same (or be improved upon), I’m not at all unimpressed by the a850′s High ISO noise levels. Mind you, I like to light my photographs well with strobes or studio lights or the sun!
4. Voice recognition software that can add spoken text to the “caption” or “location” metadata header of the file. This would be really useful for photojournalists. (and would really knock the socks off of our Nikon and Canon colleagues!)
5. AF assist red beam of light could function much better. Perhaps if it was motorized and could “aim” itself at exactly where it was needed to be by making use of the AF distance and which AF point was used.
6. A couple more AF points. And it’d be great if all of them worked as well as the square-shaped centre point works on my a850. (my guess is that it’s a Minolta cross AF point as many of you have been requesting more “cross” AF points!)
7. Higher flash sync speed of 1/500sec or 1/1000sec would be wonderful.
8. GPS
9. video mode (if only to appeal to prosumer market) (any real pro who really needs a video mode and would like to be able to use his A-Mount lenses for video is also someone who’s willing to pick up a second body on eBay like an a560 or a580) (professional photographers need a professional tool for taking “still photographs”)
And now without further ado… Here’s an idea for how SONY could make OVF fans and EVF fans happy by giving us both…
Give us a big pentaprism OVF but give us the option of having a big EVF swing into place and into our view by toggling a button or perhaps a lever!
Better yet, make it so that our shutter button auto focuses (with phase detection autofocus) when we press part way down on the shutter, and then the EVF swings into view when we press an additional part way down on the shutter! It could be a three step shutter.
Now, obviously our dSLR’s mirror would swing into the “up” position in order to allow us to see an image on our EVF, but an interesting benefit to a system like this is that instead of us seeing black when each picture is taken, we’d see an EVF view of the scene! And… This could allow for many more frames per second in a burst, since when shooting a burst we’d keep the shutter pressed down and the mirror “locked up”.
Am I crazy? Would this work?
It might be jarring to be composing, viewing, and focusing on the scene as rendered by glass and mirrors, only to have a somewhat different looking version of the scene flash past our eyes each time we take a picture… But. It’d be great for pros who shoot in Manual exposure mode to get a quick reference as to whether the exposure needed adjustment from one shot to the next without having to stop and review.
Oh camera of the future, what wonders will you bring us?
LifeStoryImages
9 months ago |You may or may not be crazy
, but it wouldn’t work to “swing” the pentaprism out of the way. – where would it go? And where would the EVF be when viewing the OVF. I’m picturing a very steampunk contraption – I like it! I also like the out of the box thinking, though!
A hybrid system would need to be integrated with no moving parts to switch instantly between the two. Technology should allow (someday) for a see-through screen that could be turned on/off very quickly, so keep the dream alive!
Ottawa wedding photographer
9 months ago |Ha! I wasn’t picturing the whole OVF pentaprism “swinging” out of the way… I was picturing the EVF swinging INTO the pentatprism. It’d have to be an ultra high res and very thin EVF. I got the idea looking at my a850 and noticing the lever to the left of the eyepiece that “swings” an dark slide in front of the view of the pentaprism.
nuxar
9 months ago |Just get rid of the semitransparent p.o.s. in the light path. Nex bodies perform better than super-hyper-high-tech SLT… it’s ridiculous. However, if you can make EVF not influencing picture quality (no compromises!) and speed (some compromises possible) i could live with it. Especially, I could have some benefits from it like articulating LCD (like a77).
If you make it super-b still’s and intermediate camcorder – perfect for me.
Make it as much customizable as possible. See to other brands and adopt UI solutions increasing flexibility. Certainly, i will not use all functions but I will choose my own area I need and use it extensively.
2 card slots, I don’t care about the type, however you could make them both the same. It must be two and hot-swapping, automatically switching. I need to have a capability to exchange cards in the run. Then the camera has to know when one card is replaced and the other must be activated. No additional switch I could miss to move. It’s a similar mechanical action to remove the card as moving the switch.
Adopters, adopters, cheap adopters… i don’t have to explain marketing aspect of it. Make all lenses and camera software capable of using any lens and flash system. Or at least, as many as possible. Make it cheap to make it famous and popular. Make them thin to not modify optical functions too much!
Just do it! Things wear out and brake. There must be a replacement.
velasquez
9 months ago |A NEX FF with great DR and color, good video and prime pancake (mostly 35 or 40mm), non needs for huge zoom.
passer-by
9 months ago |Another thought..
Articulated Screen locking mechanism. Lever, screw, whatever.. as long as user can lock it when not needed. Can be locked with the screen facing in and facing out.
James
9 months ago |Optical View Finder model
piewee
9 months ago |Hey that dying city in Belgium your talking about is “Doel” right? I live like 15 minutes away from there. Cool place.
admin
9 months ago |Yes it’s Doel!!!
anon743
9 months ago |Not a KM/Sony user but have been impressed by Minolta’s quality and innovations back in the film days. My suggestions and expectations:
1. All the goodies and strong weatherproof construction found in a traditional hi-end pro DSLR, nothing less;
2. Traditional OVF please, no hi-res EVF (it’s more of a gimmick);
3. 1/12000s shutter with carbon fiber (or better) shutter leaves if possible;
4. 14-bit or better A/D;
5. High pixel count sensor (at least 24MP) with excellent dynamic range (10-12 stops) and high ISO performance;
6. Hybrid AF system; continuous shooting speed of 5fps or better;
7. Articulating screen preferred but not absolutely necessary;
8. Dual card slots (CF I/II and SDXC/MSD combo);
9. Switchable gridlines on viewfinder screens, plus swappable screen options;
10. Video capability not absolutely necessary, but if included, MUST defy the usual practice and include BOTH PAL/NTSC compatibility (24/25/30/50/60) for ALL units worldwide; also must enable full manual controls for video shooting, and include special features specifically for video (zebra pattern etc.); also body chassis must have excellent heatsinking capability;
11. Standard wireless remote control (it’s Sony, should be a piece of cake) including programmable remote shutter release, interval timer functions, dedicated mirror lockup control, core video control buttons, etc.
Claus
9 months ago |Wish-list for the next Sony-FF-Camera:
# Make two models, one high end, one VERY affordable
# big viewfinder
# possibility to flip the display on top of the camera, so I can use it like the waist level finder on my old medium format camera
# possibility to connect with laptops or tablets to use the big screen as viewfinder
# possibility to connect with external hard drive via USB (for long video files)
# peaking mode or AF control of manual lenses (I use medium format lenses from the 70ies)
# no sony-only stuff, make it compatible (use standard USB cable, CF Card not Sony memory stick, adobe raw format and tiff, jpg compression steps 1-12 like in Photoshop, …)
# built in second tripod mount for portrait (like in the Pentax 645d)
# built in vertical grip (camera will be smaller then an attached vertical grip)
# for Video: built in steady-cam software
Claus
9 months ago |things I forgot:
# Ergonomics for my big European male hands, in the winter with gloves
# direct dials for main functions (aperture, speed, iso, aperture compensation)
# bring the viewfinder closer to the eye, my nose needs more space
# widely arranged AF points
# possibility to shot in different ratios (1:1, 2:3, 16:9, 1:2,3 (cinemascope))
eric
9 months ago |I’m enjoy using my NEX C3 with the Leica m mount lenses I have. Great combination. Heaven would be a full frame camera with a focal plane to lens mount distance that would allow full frame use of such lenses. I’m guessing this is unlikely, though, since Sony would need to start yet another line of lenses when they should stay focused on filling out the existing NEX E mount series, right? Or maybe Sony should just give us another great body and leave the lenses to Leica, Zeiss, Voigtlander…. There may well be a market for that given the number of new and legacy range finder lenses already out there waiting for a well made, affordable, digital back end. Anyway, just thought I’d weight in.
Rob
9 months ago |Using A55 and A850 currently,
Would like to see the following features on new FF,
Improved JPEG engine,
High ISO usability – up to 6400 to be able to retain good IQ will be a winner
Built in wireless flash controller/ or an external wireless flash controller unit offering group , flash ratio control
Great 3way tillable back screen
Full digital shutter – allows silent shooting, and higher flash sync speed !
Start a new series of flash gun using radio n infrared control with weather sealing
Body should be weather sealed, and IP 55
Improved drive AF motor, this helps to improve AF speed of current lenses
Customisable creative styles slots- to customized our own set of colors , hues, etc
HDR combi shots up to 5 shots, in RAW mode
Min 10FPS with continuous focusing and manual controls available
Pls resolve the EVF blindness when using flash settings with 3rd party radio triggers, the trigger at pop up flash is not a gd design, should come via the contact points of hotshoe.
alex
9 months ago |redesign of the semi-tranparent mirror system in such a way that the main portion of light is REFLECTED and directed towards the sensor, using the transmitted light for the AF.
the current design is just the other way around and can produce ghost images, which would be a complete no-go for a expensive, high-end FF camera!
kaido
9 months ago |add an option to record [3...10] sec audio with each shot (with fade in/out). Imagine a slideshow with the audio from the time of making the shot: this sort of slideshow is the next step of slideshows! Or imagine this with 10 frames/sec photoslide.
Mike
9 months ago |Yeah…NEX FF. The digital version of Contax G2. G2 was the most advanced rangefinder and a Leica killer! By the way, the Contax brand has returned to Zeiss…How about a Contax D2 made by Sony…
tonybridge
9 months ago |Most of the above, plus
Multi-exposure!
why is Nikon are the only ones who can do it?
tonybridge
9 months ago |O, and an option to TURN OFF high ISO noise reduction!
tonybridge
9 months ago |And the same hotshoe as everybody else
patty
9 months ago |make a full frame nex9 that can fit adapters for leica-m lenses and i will soooooo happy sony. doesnt have to be e-mount, could be e.2-mount or something. but it needs to be
1.)mirrorless
2.)full frame
3.)can use adapters for leica-m lenses
Francis Wong
9 months ago |Imagine a traditional FF DSLR design like a KM7D with knobs and pentaprism and phase detect array below with two more hotshoes built into the vertical grip for strobists.
1. make the mirror electrochromic with two sandwiched layers of OLED or smartglass lcd panels The two panels darkened will be reflective and reflect light into the pentaprism and enable OVF while the top sandwiched layer can be used to effect metering and other info into the eye. So we see a optical image with data overlay or a crop factor view if attaching cropped lenses.
2. The two layers of OLED will effectively have total darkness as OLED is the darkest available panel now. The two mirror panels will turn transparent for the sensor to take the picture. OLED thickness is less than 30 micrometers per OLED so incorporating into a standard mirror system is not too hard. Also the mirror can be raised if needed to reduce ghosting effects.
3. The two OLED panels can effectively act as first and second shutter curtain so can act as a very fast global shutter system together from 1/500 to 1/8000 sec producing a very fast x-sync speed ( cutting one advantage of medium formats with their leaf or global shutters and high x-sync speed. )This way the Sony flashes will not have to do any high speed sync multi-flashing which reduces their effective power. Pro shooters with a lot of strobelights will want this for outdoor shoots as you can use the full power of the strobe.
4. The OLED panel mirror can also be used as a neutral density filter to reduce the scenery brightness by programmable stops. It effectively means we can reduce the ISO to 50 or even 10 so as to get building shots without people in public areas due to long exposure time. Graduated neutral density filter for scenery shots or even a crude adjustable neutral density which might be helpful for uneven or irregular horizons/skies, this can be enable using a touchscreen lcd panel on the back for drawing which part of the scenery needs darkening. Might even be good for wedding photographers who have to deal with extreme whites and blacks?
5. Pros have a need to always control their multiple flashes via the fastest method. Copy the Nikon Creative Lighting System. To change flash settings, press the flash popup button to enable either the flash syncs or the flash EV using the dual front and back dials. To change more flash things, do a double press to enable the selection of multiple flash ratios or switching off of main flash EV and only use as wireless controller. Make another two more hotshoes which have seperate on/off switches under the vertical grip for more wireless lighting options.
6. Use a laser grid camera focus assist lamp to produce a square pattern either on the left top of the camera or directly in line. The vertical grip can incorporate one also so that it at the bottom right of the camera. Sony F707 / F828 cams had hologram laser AF systems in 2003. On the subject of AF, why not incorporate a laser rangefinder function in the vertical grip also.
7. Most pro lighting shooters are Visual and kinesthetic minded so need tactile muscle memory dependent interfaces to use their cameras. Knobs best, if not programmable buttons and lots of them. progammable as single or multi press. And also two button press if possible like the Nikon system.
8. Enable custom hand grips for different holds and shooters.
9. When shooting multiple long exposure shots, just use the first dark frame instead of always redoing the dark frame noise reduction as it effectively doubles the waiting time. Only if the exposure time is changed then start another dark frame.
10. To improve the black white dynamic range don’t let the camera use the color information ( demosaic ) to reprocess the shot. Get the info right from the four same color Bayer point and use their pixel dynamic range which effectively reduces moire patterns ( due to demosaic ).
11. Speculation, for CMOS sensors, sample the sensor data a few times during the shutter capture cycle to see which pixels are getting blown or overexposure and then use the previous samplings averaged to reduce the brightness for those pixels. This makes for a more filmlike response to the sensor. Can be done if the camera has very good buffers.
tiago
9 months ago |I’m very excited about the A99!!! I have a A33 and after a year I can say that i’m totally satisfied with this camera. I would like to know how A99 is going to be (..another monster of camera, maybe?) But this is what I think about sony: although I do love products from SONY from TV, earphones to Cameras, I’m only worried about a thing…mirror less has been a huge success but see this, why you want 12 fps in a camera? cameras nowadays seem to be like camcorders!!! And sony is forgetting one of the most important thing in a camera: Low Light perfomance… The SLT cameras are great, but if you want to take some photos at night, forget it…That’s why I’m a bit worried about A99, because it can have 36 MP, 15 FPS, etc…but why is that matters, when the ISO performance is low? In my opinion they sould improve the mirror less in order to get 100% of the light into the sensor! Cheers :b
Mike
9 months ago |APS-C with OVF peaople are looking forward since A700 has left from market
Full Frame with the OVF something like A900 but with new sensor ‘
Full Frame with small amount of Mpix to have better ISO and DR
it could by very fast SLT
More SLT/SLRs with the Compact Flash cards slots
CF are faster than SD cards
Full Frame NEX
Radio wierless Flash controler to use and old and new Sony flashes together
Vertical Grip for A65
Why always operating temperature is 0-40 C even in A77
The other DSLR manufactures have some models with this parameter rised to
-10-50 C
Mark
9 months ago |16 bit image files
Will
9 months ago |Lower resolution (16-20mp) model with best in class noise performance up to ISO 6400.
Pocket Wizzard equivalent wireless flash support: Improved wireless flash control with TTL enabled via RF.
Maximize the distribution of AF focus points such that that they cover most of field of view
Adjustable EVF position (similar to NEX-5N EVF attachment)
Dual memory card slots (at least on CF)
Silent shooting mode with full electronic shutter
Wireless file transfer
EiTaro
9 months ago |I had a dream (literally).
A mirrorless FF having a “square” shape (like D3 but not so big in all 3 dimensions) with e-mount and both horizontal / vertical grips. It was made by magnesium but it was covered with rubber for near water proof protection.
And then I woke up…
pancanikonpus
9 months ago |Wow, I dont how admin going to filter your guys ideas and suggestions, it is huge scope =.=|sweat
Markac
9 months ago |I think Sony probably needs to make two models of FF that are markedly different unlike the A900 and A850 were. First up, a traditional FF DSLR with an OVF that will interest Pros and purists. The 100% OVF on the A900 is great and even the 98% OVF on the A850 was very good. No EVF will come close to those. A 30-36MP sensor with much better noise performance (than the A850/A900) is essential. Better autofocus and faster performance is needed to beat the Canon/Nikon FFs.
As a second camera, an SLT FF with all the video trickery that some people require. It will need a bigger and higher resolution EVF than the OLED finder on the SLT-A77. It can use the same sensor as the OVF model. This will give Sony 2 FF cameras that appeal to quite different buyers unlike the A900/A850 duo.
Personally I’d want the OVF model. I’ve yet to see an EVF that I’d be totally happy with, especially for full frame.
EiTaro
9 months ago |I made the calculation that if the new FF sensor would have the same pixel density as the one used in NEX 5n it’ll be 37,5MP. Looks like perfect for the next gen of FF.
G Sonata
9 months ago |I believe….make a better camera is easy for Sony (or minolta as the spirit) since a few decade…but make them “selling well” all around the world is a still a homework….make the selling well and be a market leader must become a Sony Alpha’s dream
Camless Photography
9 months ago |1, Sony should work on pixel level metering for increased dynamic range
or could be,
2, There should be sensor recording multiple ev values in same time, just
one click and a blending of properly exposed, neglecting dark and over
highlighted areas for increased dynamic range.
Ian
9 months ago |Highest mp sensor possible. 34 or higher
Heavy duty switches I use a camera all day every day in manual constently adjusting shutter and aperture and switching on and off auto focus.
Focus lock button should be located on back and not have to be held in with finger
Video with manual or auto exposure control
iso down to 50
High flash sync, 1/500th at least
Wired remoted jack
fast accurate focus, the a700 is a bit slow and I have to move the camera to focus sometimes.
some memory built in for storage when on site and don’t want to get a new card. 4gig after card is full
two axis leveler in vf for rotation and vertical squaring.
keep the price close to a900 or under 3k at least
up to seven shot auto bracketing in up to 2 stop ev steps
and last but not least…….hurry!!!!! Up !!!!!!!!
Keason
9 months ago |Adaptive EVF, which prevent straining the photographer’s eye, moving from dim environment (e.g. dark indoor) to the bright EVF or dim EVF to bright environment (e.g. Sunny outdoor).
The adaptive EVF should adjust gradually to the correct level of light emit form the EVF in order for the eye’s iris to adjust, so that there is no sudden change in light entering the eye between the environment and the EVF. That is the EVF brightness should also be based on the environmental light (e.g. dark indoor or bright sunny outdoor).
Keason
9 months ago |A camera with a noise response comparable to the Nikon D3s. We don’t need a 24 or 36MP sensor if the noise respond is not good, a 12MP is more than sufficient in most cases.
Keason
9 months ago |A user select-able complete electronic shutter-release for completely silent shooting at indoor events (e.g. for slower shutter speed – 1/250 and slower).
LEX MEOLL
9 months ago |The next upgrade to translucent mirror technology?
Remove the mirror itself! Imbed the autofocus sensors within the image sensor. a few Kilo pixels in a multi Mega pixel image sensor chip could be dedicated to the autofocus job. one chip dual purpose.
- LEX MEOLL
Malcolm
9 months ago |Quiet and light-weight but not too small
FF, 24Mpx, high dynamic range, low noise at high ISO
option for auto ISO even when using manual shutter & aperture
PNG instead of proprietary RAW format
100% EVF but has to be better in all conditions than OVF
EVF with ability to lock-up mirror (to remove glass from optical path)or better still, use main sensor for autofocus
Ethernet or USB3 support for tethered shooting (USB2 not fast enough)
Tethered shooting support in Lightroom and Capture One
Micro-focus adjustment for individual lenses
Camera-controlled radio wireless flash
standard coax flash socket
GPS built-in
Lens correction built-in, including option to correct RAW/PNG, plus database user-expandable (i.e. not limited to Sony lenses)
LifeStoryImages.com
9 months ago |> PNG instead of proprietary RAW format
Think you meant “DNG” — THAT would be ground-shaking! Amazing! Celebrated! The buzz would be deafening…
Won’t happen, Sony luvs them some proprietary anything.
> Camera-controlled radio wireless flash
I want to +1 that ! (With TTL, of course) (And PW compatible.)
Aiden
9 months ago |How about customisable UI..
Make it so we can choose what menu options come up when we first push the ‘fn’ button..
Maybe six or eight slots to fill…
???
Stuart1701
9 months ago |My Fullframe wishlist:
1. All features of the A77, including built in flash (don’t drop it as on the A900) – if they can be improved, then fine.
2. Definately keep the NP-FM500H. Different batteries are a pain if using multiple cameras.
3. Please, please go back to Compact flash. Keep the SD/MS slot by all means, but include CF.
4. Make sure the buffer is capable of storing 3 seconds of pictures at the top speed (so 12fps would need a buffer of at least 36 raw shots)
5. High ISO Capability – Noiseless at at least ISO6400.
6. If SLT (a thought would to be to have both SLT and SLR models) then allow the mirror to pop up when shooting as per an SLR.
7. Better dust control.
David A
9 months ago |2 Models please- 1 with all the video and stuff that people now seem to like and a more basic camera with a more basic price just for photography.
AF/MF-A/M/S/P-SSM and great high ISO.
3 years on the A900 is very underrated and a superb camera with a few quirks but my Leica body cost over twice the price and has 5 quirks/faults for every 1 on the A900.
David