The new Sony GP-X1EM Grip Extension will cost you $130 at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon. But there is an alternative. Our reader Alex Gee just sent me this message:

I’ve just made a 3D printable grip for the A7ii and A9 cameras. I’ve put it on shapeways for $40, so it’s quite a lot cheaper than Sony’s one.
shapeways.com/product/2676H4F7B/sony-a7ii-a7rii-and-a9-grip-extension

Cool :)

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Today Sony published the latest financial report. As expected the 2016 sales in the Imaging segment dropped by 15% mainly because of the Kumamoto earthquake. The good news is that Sony expects a 10% sales increase for 2017.

In the Semiconductior segment Sony forecast its chip division, which includes image sensors, to return to profit this year, at 120 billion yen. To meet increased demand, it will more than double capital expenditure on image sensors to 110 billion yen, raising production capacity by 13.6 percent by the end of March.

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Original Sony A7 with Nikkor Ai lenses : Freestyle Scootering (SonyAlphaForum).
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Kenji Tanaka from Sony (Photo: Rishi Sanyal from Dpreview).

Dpreview published the interview they had with Sony (before the A9 launch). There is not much detail about their future plans other than these three points:

1. Our biggest focus is to increase the market, not segment it.
2. Wedding shooters require more durability. We are actively working to address their needs.
3. In case of low sensitivities, we are working on increasing saturation capacities, or well depth, of pixels. In case of high sensitivities, pixel size matters.

Sony doesn’t just plan to eat up market share from Canon and Nikon. They are more focused to increase the overall market by continuous innovation. Global Shutter and 8K are for sure key tech they are working on while Light Field Cameras is a no go for now.

If Sony would give you a new A9r and A9s today. What camera would you buy?

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The image above shows you a text written by Sony Marketing. It explains in short whom the Sony A9 is aimed for. As you can see:

1. The High End Canon 1DxII and Nikon D5 are included in the main competitors list
2. The A7rII and A7sII are placed below the A9 which is the “Flag-ship” model providing Speed. I guess this means the future A7rIII and A7sIII will keep the “A7” naming?

What’s interesting is that they never mention “wedding” photography as a possible application!

We have our own Facebook groups and pages you can join:
Sony A9 group and Sony A9 page
Sony A9r group and Sony A9r page
Sony A9s group and Sony A9s page
The difference between group and page: On The Group you are an active member that can post own stuff. On the page you will find our own A9r or A9s news only.

Reminder: Today at 17:00 reviewers will be allowed to publish their A9 reviews and image samples. So expect a storm of A9 news. After that I am ready to publish some new rumors (starting off next week).

Sony A9:
Sony A9 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, BestBuy. Calumet.de. Park UK. Wex UK. Jessops.

100-400mm GM:
Sony 100-400mm GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumet.de. Park UK. Wex UK. Jessops.

Sony A9 accessories:
Sony A9 battery grip at Adorama, Bhphoto, Amazon. Wex UK. Jessops.
Sony A9 Glass screen protector at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
NP-FZ100 battery for the A9 at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon. Jessops.
GP-EX1 grip at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon. Wex UK.
FDA-EP18 eye cup at Adorama, BHphoto.
MQZ1 multi battery charger at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon. Wex UK.
BCQZ1 Z-series Battery Charger at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.