So far the only new generation E-mount camera with touchscreen is the Sony A6500

A source just sent me this:

New update that I would like to share with you SAR. The new A7 series coming includes touch screen controls. Next A7 is also coming in a few months as its still being optimized by the engineer and software department for issues like bugs, which they ran into recently.

It’s unconfirmed yet when the new A7 generation cameras will be announced. All we know for now is that Sony’s next press announcement is on April 23 and that Sony registered two cameras in Asia (but it may take til May/June before we see those).

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Before we move on to some more “serious” rumors I want to share this:
With such an important Sony announcement ahead, I obviously keep receiving some crazy or improbable rumors too.  It’s highly unlikely these rumors will become true…although from time to time it happens!  But let’s share some love for highly potential Clickbait Rumors :)

So this is what I got the last couple of days:

Source named “Zorro”:

“The Sony A7R MK3 will have a 63 megapixel sensor.
Sony will introduce a new flagship cine camera (still below the F65) with internal X-OCN raw recording in April 2017.”

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Source named “St….”:

The new compact camera WW620081 is the RX1RM3.

Improvements:
– Faster operation
– 4k Video
– IBIS
– Improved finder (similar to Leica Q quality)

42 MP will remain the same.

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Source named “D….”:

Sony will make a special camera for drones having 24mp BSI sensor

message for source: I am not testing you.  I got this via an anonymous message form  another source too!

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Here are the first real full size images of the new Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8 FE lens! The lens will be announced tomorrow (April 5) at 11:00 Berlin time. The lens specs are exactly those we rumored starting back in August 2016 (Thanks to our sources!). This is the first Zeiss FF E-mount lens with APO design for minimal chromatic aberrations.

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Lens specs:

• 135mm f/2.8
• Minimum focus distance: 0.87 m (working distance: 0.74 m)
• Maximum shooting magnification: 1: 5.3
• In lens stabilization
  
• Apo (-chromatic) design  for minimal color aberration
• Filter diameter: 67 mm
• Maximum diameter: 98 mm
• Focus ring diameter: 81 mm
• Weight: 614 g
• The price is about the same as the Batis 18mm lens ([shopcountry 56821])

On April 23 Sony has a product announcement (FS5 successor coming for sure and probably a new High End E-mount camera too). And in that very moment I got this from the source who unveiled first the A6500 specs and 100mm STF lens info:

The new camera is probably around 20 MP.
Maybe not α7 series.

He also confirmed a while back that this is a high speed AF, high-speed continuous shooting, high ISO sensitivity. What we know from other sources is that it could have around 20fps, dual SD card, touchscreen, Joystick control, and A6500 menu system.

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Sony published a new Sony sensor roadmap. And it contains first info about their new generation 100MP and 150MP medium Format sensors:

1) New 100MP 44x33mm Medium format Back Illuminated sensor would be announced in 2018 (for the kind of cameras like the Fuji GFX and X1D)
2) New 150MP 55x41mm Medium format Back Illuminated sensor would be announced in 2018 (for the kind of cameras like the Phase One 100XF).
3) New 150MP 55x41mm Medium format Back Illuminated monochrome sensor would be announced in 2018

About the new 100MP sensor made for Fuji and Hasselblad Sony writes:

There is no info about their Full Frame roadmap but the PDF file contains a lot of info on their industrials sensors. Some of that tech will find its way on FF sensors too I guess: http://www.sony-semicon.co.jp/products_en/news/detail/170301.pdf

My wel known stalking point to Sony:
I would recommend you using the large 55x41mm to launch a new medium format system camera.