Just for fun. Here are two rumor with only 1% chance to be true as it comes from first time anonymous sources. Only very rarely those kind of rumors turn out to be true. But for the sake of our clickbait instinct :) we post them here in this SR1 post:

Source 1:

the a7s iii to be realeased in 2020 then sony decided to anounce it in q4 2019. the camera is fantastic 15.4 mpx sensor capable of 5k recording organic sensor 0 rolling schutter 10 bit 422 and a big surprise..

Source 2

The a6900 will be the connecting element between the A7 and the a 6000 lineup.
It will have IBIS and a staggering 40MP Sensor (7680×5120) to feature 8k video recording.
The price point of this camera is to be just below 2000$

The new APS lens is a 10x zoom 14-140mm f3.5-6.5

If one of them turns out to be true I would surely be happy!

If the A6900 (or A7000 or whatever the name will be) has indeed 8K I would be really surprised! 40MP on APS-C seems like an overkill but the question now is:

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Here are leaked images of the new Profoto A1X for Sony. It will be announced next week (May 15).

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Thanks to the anonymous tipster!

The current Profoto A1 is selling for $995 for Canon and Nikon cameras. According to our sources the Sony version will be released on May 15!

Time for a rumor recap:

Sony Cameras:
FACT: Sony confirms professional APS-C cameras are on their roadmap and said an enthusiast model is on the way (article here and article here).
FACT: Sony confirms new APS-C E-mount gear will be announced in 2019 and “exceed” expecations (article here).
FACT: Sony said the A7sIII will have more than people expect (article here).
FACT: Sony said A6500 successor is on the roadmap (article here).
RUMOR: Sony A9II to be released in September and have some revolutionary new features (article here).
RUMOR: Sony A7sIII is going to be announced this fall and feature a completely new kind of sensor (70% reliable – article here)
RUMOR: Sony 8k sensors and new codec specification (90% reliable – article here).

Sony Lenses:
FACT: Sony said f/1.2 FE lenses are a possibility (article here).
PATENT: Sony patented new 100mm f/1.4, 500mm f/4.0 and 600mm f/4.0 FE lenses (article here and article here).
RUMOR: New APS-C lens to be announced within Q2 (70% reliable)
RUMOR: New 35mm f/1.8 FE lens is on the roadmap (70% reliable – article here)
RUMOR: New 200-600mm FE lens is on the roadmap (50% reliable)

Third party lenses:
FACT: Sigma said first lens designed for Sony FF mirrorless will be announced whitin 2019 (article here).
FACT: Sigma said first compact lens primes (f/2.0?) designed for Sony FF mirrorless are in development (article here).
FACT: Tamron said a new FE zoom lens will be announced as next (rumored to be a 70-200mm f/2.8 FE – article here).
FACT: Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 E-mount lens to be announced soon (article here).
RUMOR: Yongnuo will also announce new 35mm f/1.8, 35mm f/2.0 and one 24-70mm FE lens this year! (90% reliable – article here)
RUMOR: New 50mm f/1.0 FE lens being developed by a chinese manufacturer (90% reliable – article here)
RUMOR: Samyang 45mm f/1.8 FE to be announced soon (99% reliable – article here).

One more thing:
PATENT: Sony patented a new drone camera (article here).

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The preorders for the new Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra-Macro APO will open in three days! Here you see the size and cost comparison with other macro lenses including the Sony 90mm FE.

I just got this from a new source (Note: not a reliable source):

Sony will stock a new camera product towards end of May.
Sales will begin on 3rd of june
they even bought extra display space in a major store.

I don’t know what this product is called

UPDATE: Reliable sources contacted us after this post and said so far they heard nothing about a possible camera announcement in late May. I therefore downgraded the rumor from SR3 (50% it’s correct) to SR1 (10% it’s correct).

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But for the sake of discussion let’s assume the info is correct:

We believe the A7sIII and A9II will NOT be announced by end of May. The question is….what else could we get? Here are possible candidates:

1) Sony RX
The May-June timeframe has been often used by Sony to announce new RX cameras. So a new RX100x or RX10x camera could be announced

2) Sony A6500 successor:
Sony said multiple times there will be an A6500 successor. So this could have a good chance to be announced in late May..

3) Something unexpected:
A new A5 to compete against the Canon RP?

What do you think about that?

There is a new source who shared some A7sIII specs. He insisted these are correct. As this is a new source I will rank the rumor very low (10% chance he is right).

Sony executive says 4K 60p 422 no problem because it is with SLVS-EC. A7s3 will be an 8K 60P 10bit 422 low light powerhouse. The delay on the camera is because it takes time to develop the new XEVC 8K codec. IMX435 + SLVS-EC + XEVC = mirrorless revolution. The sensor is not officially a global shutter but the read out is so fast that it is damn near global shutter. Till next time!

Just to be clear, the leaked info about the nee IMX435 is 90% reliable. But what’s yet not confirmed at all if that’s the sensor that’s going to be used by the new A7sIII.

Reminder: This is the info I got about the IMX435 sensor:

“IMX435 STARVIS use Hecx Native Conversion Gain to Produce more SNR in Dark Scene:

(ISO 15 ~ 17.5EV/ISO 100 ~ 15.4EV/…/ISO 409600 ~ 6.9EV)

If readout all Conversion Gain, the Landscape can be extended to 120dB, like the high SNR sensor sony displayed on IEDM 2018. But IMX435 seems impossible to do this. It’s not a still picture style sensor.

 

The IMX435 sensor has 6 native sensitivities (from base to top as seen in the table):