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The following is a guest post from Jiri:

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Why

Since the introduction of the E-mount (formerly NEX) system Sony has struggled to offer a maximum power from a minimal body. There is no doubt that they succeeded pretty well in this respect.

I have bought my first E-mount camera (NEX7) five years ago and coming from DSLRs I had to learn how to cope with the petite size of the body. Still now, some forty thousand pictures later, I am fighting with what I feel as an insufficient size of my E-mount bodies. I kept adding various L-plates and grips to them in order to increase their height and to solve the insufficient battery capacity as well. As a glass wearer I also fought heavily with the small eyepieces on the EVFs. The well-known overheating problem has never been an issue to me as I am not a video guy, but it should be mentioned too.

The question for me was: could an increase in the size of the body help to solve at least partly these problems? How big should such camera be?

How

Techart Pro Review – Autofocus Adapter (Leica M to Sony E-mount)

Sony a6300 or Sony a6500: Which Sony Camera to Buy? (ThatCameraGuy).
Sony announces FRAMOS as North American distributor of Consumer Imaging Sensors (Pressbox.de).
Testing 120fps S&Q Slow Motion Feature on Sony A6500 Camera 1080p (MrCheesyCam)
Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D Full-Frame Lens – Hands-on Review and Comparison (Cinema5D).
FF or MFT (Nicholasgooddenphotography).
What I Shoot Vids With (Kai).
Sony wins the “Oscar” for sensor development (Image Sensor World)

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Sony semiconductor solutions showcases”LMX-001 Holographic waveguide display” at CES 2017 (Sony Semicron).
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Monopod Shootout: Sony Alpha 6500 on Manfrotto MVMX Pro 500 vs Sirui P-224S / Pan (Slashcam Youtube)
Using the Sony 10-18mm f4 lens on full frame (Scatteredlightbox).
Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS Review (ePhotozine).
sony a7rii review – a superb farce of a camera (35mmc).

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DxOmark tested the [shoplink 54823]Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 FE lens[/shoplink] and unsurprisingly it is the sharpest lens in the 50mm FE range:

If it’s outstanding low-light performance, first-class sharpness at very wide apertures, and snappy autofocus that you desire in an FE-mount 50mm lens, the Zeiss FE 50mm f/1.4 is unrivaled and an excellent choice for the discerning Sony a7 series owner.

Highlights

• Outstanding sharpness
• Excellent light transmission
• SSW autofocus motor
• Wide f/1.4 maximum aperture
• AF/MF switch and large manual focus ring
• Physical aperture ring with “de-click” option for video

Drawbacks

• Heavy vignetting at f/1.4
• Big and heavy

But still, the 55mm FE scores a tiny better result at DxO. It’s just as sharp and costs much less.

If you don’t need that extra speed or de-click option go for the 55mm lens!
Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 FE at [shopcountry 54824]
Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 FE at [shopcountry 54823]

Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary Review | John Sison

Budget Circular Fisheye for Sony E-Mount: Meike 6.5mm F/2 (TecnologiaMafia)
Sony a6500 – Prueba de campo (DSLRmagazine).
Five Luxurious Lens Wraps (Explora).
World’s First Graphene Integration onto CMOS Image Sensor (Image Sensor World).
Sony HDR-AS50 Review (Photographyblog).
Sony’s Production Technology Proves Integral to 60 Minutes’ Drone Story (Sony Blog).

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Anonymous: “Here are some time- & hyperlapses. Shot with the S&Q mode with 2fps and 1/4 shutter speed, without motorized sliders or dollies on Sony a6500. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyQhq0nDJl8“

Today Fuji announced the full specs and pricing of their first Medium Format system camera (here at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto). The camera uses the Sony 51MP 44x33mm sensor. The news matter for many reasons:

1. Fuji is going high end by skipping FF.
2. The GFX has a 1.7x larger sensor area than FF and 2.0x the pricing of the Sony A7rII
3. Fuji already hinted they could make cheaper medium format camera which could compete with the best and most expensive Sony FF cameras

The new Fuji strategy is not yet a direct Sony A7 competitor but in the near future things could change. If Fuji (and Hasselblad) new Medium format cameras will have success the sensor production will scale up and cost go down. I can imagine that Fuji could release a $4,500-$5000 in 2 years from now. And if Sony keeps raising the price on every new A7 generation camera I guess that quite some people will wonder if they should pay just that extra bit more to get a Medium Format sensor.

If I would be Sony I would strongly push to make a medium format camera too. but not with the just 1.7times larger sensor…but use your amazing 53x40mm sensor instead!  I now it sounds crazy to do that…but in my opinion that’s the way to go.