Image on top shows the current Sony A5100

UPDATE: The A6400 has been announced! You can read all about it on that special SonyAlphaRumors page.

Two sources now confirmed something that really sounds odd but I am sure it’s true: Sony’s new camera will be named “Sony A6400“. This is what one of my sources told me:

4K Video and target for bloggers. It’s like a big jump from A5100. The model name doesn’t make sense but it will be called A6400.

Many thanks to the one new source that has proven to share correct rumors! Can you please let us know about the new features? I know I am asking a lot :)

SAR note: I updated my previous rumors and this post with the following new and corrected specs. The rumor also has been upgraded to SR5 which means I am now 90% sure most of this is correct:

Sony A6400 recap (ILCE6400):
– Sony A6400 will be announced on Jan 15 between 4-5pm London time.
– It’s going to become the new mid-level camera replacing both the A5100 and entry level A6xxx cameras
– It has a classic A6xxx design but it has the A5100 selfie screen (SAR note: That’s why for a short moment I thought this was an A5xxx camera…but it’s not).
– new APS-C sensor
– Made for vloggers
– 4K30p (it has NOT 4k60p)
– No Z-battery and no dual SD card slot
– But has some new “exciting” features

It also appears that this is considered to be a “first small announcement” with a “second bigger announcement” following likely in February. Sources said Sony wants to add 4K60p on their next higher end camera that will be announced soon (my guess is that it’s coming at WPPI in February)

About the new name:
I know it’s a weird choice to name the A5100 and A6000 successor “Sony A6400”. And even more confusing to name a camera between the currently existing A6300 and A6500. This is going to confuse quite some potential buyers. My guess is that the A6xxx series is now going to officially become the new entry-level E-mount series while the A7xxx series will be what the A6xxx was (the high end APS-C series).

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Image on top shows the current Sony A5100

UPDATE: The A6400 has been announced! You can read all about it on that special SonyAlphaRumors page.

I am still not 100% sure but the evidence is getting stronger that within 24 hours Sony will actually announce a new Sony A6xxx camera. UPDATE: I corrected the specs with the new info I got!

– This is going to be a new entry-level camera replacing both the A5100 and cheaper A6xxx models
– has built-in EVF
– new sensor
– Made for vloggers
– 4K30p (it has NOT 4k60p)
– No Z-battery and no dual SD card slot
– But has some new “exciting” features (sources did not tell us more). Don’t read too much in this word. “Exciting” is very subjective …but it’s the word they used so I am writing it here.

It also appears that this is considered to be a “first small announcement” with a “second bigger announcement” following likely in February. Sources said Sony wants to add 4K60p on their next higher end camera that will be announced soon (my guess is that it’s coming at WPPI in February)

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Still all that info is SR4 which means there is around 70% chance it’s correct. My last SR4 rumor posted in late November was wrong so let’s hope I am right this time ;)

UPDATE: The A6400 has been announced! You can read all about it on that special SonyAlphaRumors page.

Three highly reliable sources confirmed Sony has a product launch event this week. One of the three sources gave me those info:

1) The announcement is tomorrow (Tuesday) between 4-6pm London time.
2) Sony will announce a new camera. And it will be a mid-level APS-C camera.

So this doensn’t ssound like we are going to get the A7000 yet which Sony hinted would come more likely at WPPI and CP+). But the good news is that this should be a new more “affordable” E-mount camera which should please many of our readers that don’t want to spend $1,500 or more on a new Sony camera.

I don’t know yet if tomorrow Sony will announce new lenses too. My guess is the answer is yes but I got no confirmation so far!

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UPDATE: The A6400 has been announced! You can read all about it on that special SonyAlphaRumors page.

I just a triple confirmation about this…stay tuned….more rumors coming during the day!

UPDATE: No A7sIII folks, it’s something more “entry-mid” level…

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I am getting some more confirmation that indeed Sony has organized a major Journalists and Blogger gathering for next week. This is by far no 100% reliable proof that there might be a product announcement. But for sure there is a major effort from Sony to get them all together.

Only one source which has been sometimes correct in the past (but also wrong 1-2 times) said that for sure Sony will announce new lenses. Here is his message:

Big Sony E-mount announcement is coming very soon. Lenses for sure, maybe APS-C camera too.

Still, I cannot rank this rumor with SR4 or SR5 yet.

All I know with 99% certainty is:
1) that No A7sIII is coming yet
2) that the next E-mount camera should be announced soon and it should be a High End APS-C
3) 135mm f/1.8 GM should be announced too along a new APS-C lens

Well this is an exciting news: I just spotted these newly published Sony patents describing the optical design of two new fast lenses:

135mm f/1.8 FE
100mm f/1.4 FE

Of course a patent is never a guarantee that Sony will bring those lenses into mass production. But I think in that case there is a very high chance these lenses are coming for real! I bet the 135mm f/1.8 will be one of the next E-mount lenses we will get from Sony!

Here are all details: