First: More trusted sources confirmed that Sony is going ot have an E-mount announcement within the next 7-8 weeks. So this is no more a rumor but almost a fact :)

As usual with Sony the exact announcement date is very secret. It is also yet unclear what they will announce but from trusted sources we know the new Sony High End E-mount camera and the 16-35mm f/2.8 GM lens are almost ready to be launched.

What else could be announced? We know the A5100 got discontinued but until now I didn’t hear any info about the A5300. There is also a rumor from Kakaku about a new STF FE lens. And of course there is the new A7 mark III. The impossible rumor is that there might be a A65000 with 5 axis stabilization.

While I am working to gather some reliable info let us know:

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A trusted Zeiss source told me Zeiss will have a new FE lens announcement at the PDN show in late October. Probably one new Batis lens. I am not sure yet about the focal length of the lens but previous unconfirmed rumors said this could be a tele lens (135mm???).

Links to all current Batis and Loxia lenses:
Batis 18mm at [shopcountry 47045].
Batis 25mm at [shopcountry 45790].
Batis 85mm at [shopcountry 45791].
Loxia 21mm at [shopcountry 46456].
Loxia 35mm at [shopcountry 47046].
Loxia 50mm at [shopcountry 47047].
Loxia 85mm at [shopcountry 51973].

UDPATE: Rumor got downgraded from SR4 to SR3 as there may be a delay on the product launch….

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SR1=probably fake rumor
SR2=rumor from unknown sources
SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources
SR5=almost certainly correct!

The following rumors have been sent to me via new sources and not via our trusted sources. So please take it with a big dose of caution. The reason I am posting them is that sometimes new sources are spot on. And I think it’s better to post a wrong rumor than miss a good one! But remember, don’t hold me accountable for those low ranked rumors:

Rumor 1:

α6500 with 5-axis image stabilization in October.
Please check with your trusted source.
α9 …hmmm maybe, maybe unveiling at CP+ 2017.
I’m sorry when I different.

Rumor 2:

I heard it from a person who have connection with sony.
SONY A9 20FPS 70MP
I don’t know A9 is one version which have 70MP with 20FPS, or there are two version 70MP version and 20FPS version.
In any case A9 is far out, he said.

Of course I would be veeeery surprised to hear Sony has already a new A6300 successor! The rumor is so strange that it almost looks to be true. Usually fake rumors sound…”real”. This one doesn’t sound like that…

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Trusted sources confirmed that Sony has scheduled one more E-mount product announcement this year. The timeframe for the announcement is October/November. As usual the exact date is hush hush.
But we can be confident the rumor has an extremely high chance to turn out to be true! This is the very same kind of trusted sources who just recently leaked the to us the 18-100mm E-mount image, said the A99II was ready to be announced and also shared the exact A99II specs.

The sources did yet not share WHAT will be announced by Sony (they only told me it’s definitely “E-mount”).

From other trusted sources we know that Sony has developed a new High End E-mount camera placed above the current A7 series. But I have no confirmation yet if that’s the camera they will announced in October/November. Still, the specs we know about that camera are from one of the highly trusted sources:

“The next generation flagship mirrorless camera from Sony will be a giant leap. It will drop a huge bomb in the imaging industry. It will not be A7III or A7RIII. It will be a new model above A7 series. I would say A9 (let’s name it as the new model). So the new A9 will have [shoplink 46602 ebay]dual XQD card slot[/shoplink], no CFast version, only XQD. A9 can do UNLIMITED RAW burst, UNLIMITED. The camera wont pause for buffering. The size will be bigger than [shoplink 46453 ebay]A7RII[/shoplink], but smaller than conventional DSLR, such as [shoplink 46766 ebay]5D3[/shoplink].”

But I repeat, I am sure there is an “E-mount” announcement in October/November but I am not sure if this will be for the new High End Camera (A9 or A8 or whatever) or a new A5300 or A7m3…

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These are the rumors (from SAR and not from other sites!) that were correct the past 12 months:
Leaked image of the new 18-110mm E-mount lens
Leaked images of the new Tamron 150-600mm A-mount lens
New Zeiss Loxia
RX1rII specs.
A99II specs.
A99II ready to be announced
New A6xxx (or A7xxx) is weather sealed and gets fastest autofocusing of the world.
Sony 85/1.4 G to be annound in September/October?
A6xxx announcement again(!) delayed til February 2016.
Trusted source: Yes, Sony will launch a 85mm G lens soon (creamy bokeh)
This is the logo of the new Sony “G-Master” lens line! First lens is the 24-70mm f/2.8.
New Zeiss Otus is a 28mm lens!
Zeiss to announce a new Loxia 21mm f/2.8 FE lens in mid October.
There is a “Sony event” coming the first week of February
The new A6100 looks just like the “old” A6000.
Sony to announce a new A68! To be unveiled in early November already!
First image leaked of the new Sony Action Camera.
First rumors about the upcoming new f/2.8 FE zoom lenses!
First image of the new Irix 15mm f/2.4 lens!
HX80 specs
Sony A6xxx will ship in March!
Batis 18mm f/2.8 lens
Sony will announce a new A-mount camera in early November!
New Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 FE lens gets listed at Sony Assist system!
Next Batis will be a new 18mm wide angle lens.
24-70mm f/2.8 FE will ship in March?
Another fast FE prime will be announced in 2016 (It was the Zeiss 50mm Planar).
Sony price increases will start on August 1!

SAR reader Abigail sent me this:

I spoke with a Sony Rep. @ photokina yesterday. I asked if he could give any insights regarding the Sony A7x systems. He said “In a month there will be a new firmware update that redesigns the menu system.” That’s all he said he could tell me. Lets hope this is true!

Wondering if SAR readers will be ahppy with this….

You can now preorder the new Sony A99II:
In USA at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
In Europe at Calumet Germany and WexUK.

The Sony A5100 got marked as discontinued at Digitalrev (Click here). The A5100 is certainly long due for replacement. But I suspect the Kumamoto earthquake did mess up with Sony’s replacement plan.

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Image above shows the [shoplink 50150 ebay]Sony 135mm f/2.8 STF A-mount lens[/shoplink] (Image from Jörg Haag on SystemKameraForum).

Back in early August Kakaku reported about a news shared by Sony lens designer Mr. Motoyuki Otake. He said a new FE mount STF lens was under development. I have no solid info about the lens specs yet. But I got this from an Asian source:

October
FE STF 100mm F2.8 T4.5
Look forward to it!

Let’s hope he is right on this!

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For those of you who don’t know what “STF” stands for. This is the description copied from BHphoto:

Sony’s Smooth Trans Focus (STF) technology has a very unique effect on defocused light sources, changing the way defocused areas appear depending on how it is adjusted. Smooth Trans Focus (STF) employs a special “apodization” element that controls the parts of the image that are not in focus. This does not affect the focused part of the image, only what is out of focus, and is set independently from the camera’s focus and aperture via the STF ring.