You got a shock? Don’t worry this is a fake picture and NOT real! A designer from SLRclub created it because he is missing the hot shoe on his Sony RX100. And he added a Silver strip that I personally really like a lot! It makes it look more…elegant. We may should open a contest and let our SAR readers “imagine” how Sony camera should look alike. But first let’s see the real new stuff that is coming soon!

The RX100 rules on Position four of the overall Amazon US camera ranking (Click here)like no other Sony camera we have seen before. RX100 price search links: [shopcountry 13014].

RX100 accessory roundup:
I made a short list of accessories in case you need them. Click on the item name (All links to eBay):
Cases: [shoplink 13347 ebay]Official Sony LCJ-RXA case[/shoplink], [shoplink 13344 ebay]Gariz case[/shoplink], [shoplink 13345 ebay]more leather case[/shoplink].
Batteries: [shoplink 13346 ebay]NP-BX1 Battery[/shoplink].
Special stuff: [shoplink 13343 ebay]Multi-Coated LENS ARMOR UV[/shoplink]. Magfilter at Amazon (Click here). RX100 filter adapter on [shoplink 13486 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]

Have to catch-up with some other small news before to post the next rumors:
Pentax is ready to announce a new K-3 APS-C camera that will use the same A77 24 Mega pixel sensor (Source: RiceHigh).
First image of the upcoming Samyang 24mm f/3.5 tilt-shift lens (Photorumors).
18-200mm lens tested at SonyAlphaLab.

The NEX-5R has been announced and the NEX-6 is coming next week. Booth have Application support and if you want to see how it works check out that well made site made by Sony: www.playmemoriescameraapps.com. Meantime NEX-5R preorders seem to be very low according to Amazon ranking (Click here). As yous ee there is no 5R within the top 100 while the $100 discount on the NEX-5N is selling well at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto too (Click here).

And here comes the NEX-5R preorder link roundup including a reminder to my new still in very beta phase AlphaCameraDeals.com website:

USA:
Black NEX-5R body links to Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Black NEX-5R with kit lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Silver NEX-5R with kit lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
White NEX-5R with kit lens at Adorama, BHphoto.

Europe:
Black NEX-5R with kit lens Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH
Silver NEX-5R with kit lens at Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH
White NEX-5R with kit lens at Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH
Important personal note: The next months I will create a lot of new features around my parallell AlphaCameraDeals.com website. The idea is to separate Deals news from SonyAlphaRumors. For now I will list all preorder options ont his website (like for the NEX-5R) If you are interested in getting detailed and localized Sony deals info subscribe the RSS feed and join the Facebook page. Thanks!

SAR reader Sean sent me this image and message: “Hey! I love your site to death, and I thought some readers might enjoy this. NBA star Carlos Boozer just bought an [shoplink 8461]A77[/shoplink] from my store in Chicago. Viva alpha!”

I hope Carlos will not go mad when he will discover that the A99 is coming out soon. He should become a SAR reader too :)

P.S.: Carlos Boozer on Wikipedia.

Last week I reported how Sony will announce an E-Mount Full Frame camcorder on September 12th. It’s the VG900 and will be priced a little bit above 3.000 Euro/Dollars. Today Zeiss announced E-mount lenses that will cover the full Full Frame sensor size! With Full Frame I mean the standard photographic size of 36x24mm!

The two lenses announced are:
The CZ.2 70/200/T2.9 E -> Click here to get a shock on the price :)
The CP.2 25/T2.1 -> more info at Zeiss homepage

The A99, the NEX-6, the VG900, all new Alpha and E-mount lenses will be announced on September 12th afternoon (London time).

Finally we have the proof for a statement I make from the day one of the Nikon D800 announcement. Chipworks analyzed the sensor and it has indeed been made by Sony!  The sensor name is “IMX094AQP” :)

Note: This page will be continually updated. Reload the page from time to time. The NEX-6, A99 and FF NEX will be announced on September 12th!

Preorders:
Black NEX-5R body links to Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Black NEX-5R with kit lens at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Silver NEX-5R with kit lens at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
White NEX-5R with kit lens at BHphoto (Click here) and Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH
Sony HDR-AS15 HD action camcorder at Amazon (Click here),  BHphoto (Click here).
White HDR-AS10 HD action camcorder at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).

Note: I will list all new Photokina Sony stuff at Alphacameradeals.com. Subscribe the RSS feed and join the Facebook page.

Previews Hands-on and Reviews:
Hands-on preview at Dpreview. First impressions at ThePhoBlographer. Playmemories news at Dpreview and available on iTunes. Cnet. TheVerge. Hands-on review at Techradar. Hands-on preview at Imaging Resource. Detailed info about the APP function at Photoclubalpha. Hands-on pictures at Photographyblog. First impression at Digitalcamerainfo.

Image Samples:
Image quality test at Techradar.

Press Release:
Gizmodo. Digitalversus. ePhotozine. Photographyblog. Sony Blog. Pocket Lint, SystemKamera, AlphaNumerique. Photoclubalpha. Quesabesde. Photoscala.

Videos:

Hands on video at Engadget. German hands-on on youtube. English hands-on on youtube.

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