This time we don’t have a new Megapixel race. It’s a complete ISO madness :)

Today Nikon announced the new Nikon D4s (specs here at Amazon) which uses a new 16 MP sensor and goes up to 409,600 ISO. This isn’t a revolutionary camera. It has plenty of small improvements and a nifty price tag of $6,500.

Sony flagship:
Sony never had a sort of flagship camera like the Nikon D4 series or Canon EOS 1D series. And honestly I never got any realibale rumor about such a Sony Flagship camera that could comepte against them. Sony’s focus is on the development of $2,000-$3,000 Full Frame cameras rather than $6500 FF.

Would you really suggest Sony to make such a high End DSLR, pardon SLT, pardon A-mount mirrorless cameras? :)

Ex-Ceo Hannsen with Buzz Aldrin at the Lunar launch event (Source: Hasselblad).

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AP reports that “Hasselblad has confirmed it has appointed a new CEO to replace Dr Larry Hansen, the man who oversaw the launch of the firm’s first [shoplink 22672 ebay]Lunar compact system camera[/shoplink], developed in a tie-up with Sony.“.

We don’t know yet if this has to do with any strategy change or if it’s just a personal matter.

Well, not only is Sony confusing customers by naming all A and E-mount cameras “Alpha”. Also their websites in US and Europe contain plenty of errors. So let’s make a game out of! Let’s start with this one: Click over at the FE 70-200mm Sony US page (Click here). Let’s see if you can find the (BIG!) mistakes on that page. And let’s see how long it takes for Sony to remove them.

Note: If you find other sites with mistakes feel free to send them to me at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com. I will keep doing this until Sony removes all errors. With a bit of fun we can help Sony to improve their sites :)

A7R with 70-400 G SSM by Patrice Gambini

What follows now is a selection of the most voted SAR readers pictures on our Facebook Image wall (Click here). Feel free to visit the site to share, vote and talk with the author of the pictures!

Well, this is a big release for Sony camera and lens owners! The new Adobe Camera RAW 8.4 release candidate not only adds RAW support for the new SOny mirrorless cameras, it also added lens profiles for a long list of Sony lenses:

Download links:
Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 8.4 for CC (Click here).
Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 8.4 for CS6 Release Candidate (Click here).

Image courtesy: Focus Numerique.

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I guess that’s a picture most of you didn’t see yet! it shows the new A6000 with the new Bluetooth mic fully compatible for the Multi-Interface shoe. The ECM-W1M can be preordered at Sony Store US (Click here).

AF speed:
Over at Dpreview forum, member Alithenake tested the A6000 and this is what he writes about the AF speed:

I’m blown away by the speed of AF, even in low light. Also the performance of the camera in low light situations is incredible, giving sharp results even hand-held.

Sounds great!

P.S.: A short AF test video has been posted by Mobile01 on Youtube.

James: “I’ve noticed you can only buy a A6000 with 2 lenses (16-50 + 55-210) only from the store tab on sony.de. If readers are looking for it…”
Well James I didn’t find it. Maybe some SAR readers can find me a diretc link to it?

Sony A6000 preorder list with US and Europe links:
Sony A6000 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at WexUK (Click here).
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here), Sony Canada (Click here), WexUK (Click here).
Silver A6000 with lens at WexUK (Click here).
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon (CLick here), BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT

In an Interview with Dpreview Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki have been asked: “Are you interested in creating lenses for Sony’s new Alpha 7 and 7R?”. The answer is:

As a major lens manufacturer we believe it’s our mission to support as many systems as possible but we have limited resources so we have to prioritize. But we’d like to.

I am sure they plan to make lenses for the FE system but as mentioned by CEO Yamaki their resources are very limited. And a proof of these limitations is that the 18-35mm f/1.8 A-mount lens (here at Amazon) got another shipment delay! Read that email from Sigma customer service:

Good morning,
Unfortunately this lens has been pushed back several times by our parent company. As of last week, we are expecting them to come in late March. However, that could possibly change again.
I’m sorry for the inconvenience. Have a great day!
Best regards,

[redacted]
Sales Operations Supervisor
Sigma Corp of America

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