Sony announced a bunch of new products at the IFA in Berlin. There is the new 4K action camera but no new A or E-mount stuff (as expected). A full list of the new products can be found at sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201609/16-078E/index.html

P.S.: Don’t be disappointed there are two more Sony press events this month that can bring us some excitement or some more disappointment :)

A trusted source sent me the first images of the new Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 lens! There will be a version with VC (in lens stabilization) for Canon and Nikon and one without VC for Sony A-mount. The images leaked here are the VC version.
I don’t know what kind of optical improvements we can expect over the SP 150-600mm predecessor. But for sure the new version looks much more refined and very much of the same quality of their SP A-mount prime lens series.

We got the list of products that will be announced tomorrow by Sony (September 1st at 1pm Berlin). The only camera they will announce is the Sony FDR X3000 4K action camera that got announced months ago in Japan only. For more E-mount and A-mount news we have to wait til the next Sony announcement scheduled for September 19 at 15:00 Berlin time.

So what else is going to be announced tomorrow? We have plenty of new audio products and here are the images via Thewalkmanblog:

As reported by Nokishita Tamron will soon launch a new version of their popular SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 A-mount lens (image above). it is not clear what kind of improvements we can expect. Hopefully better AF performance or improved optical quality!

Venus Optics is known for making some excellent optics. So it’s great to hear they have one more new lens coming at Photokina! The lens is a “pure” E-mount lens which means it doesn’t come for any other mount and it’s designed for the FF E-mount cameras. I have no clue about the lens focal length yet…what’s your guess?

Their current FF Sony lenses are:
15mm f/4.0 macro at [shopcountry 50890]
12mm f/2.8 on Kickstarter (campagn just ended with a huge success)
105mm f/2.0 STF lens at [shopcountry 50891]
60mm f/2.8 macro at [shopcountry 50892]

Teaser via facebook.com/venuslaowa/

The mirrorless DSLR styled Sony protoype (A9 is rumored ot have such a style)

Time for out roundup of rumors from completely unknown sources and therefore unlikely to be true. Rarely one of those gets true but I hope some of the info here turns out to be correct because it really sounds too good:

Sony Medium Format

“Sony will introduce a Camera utilizing the IMX161 Image sensor soon. This Sensor has 50 MPixel on an area of 44x33mm (Middle format). Details still are a bit fuzzy but will be revealed soon
So resolution and low light performance will be even better than on the A7R2″

Sony A9 A9r:

“The Sony A9r will not get a new 70+ FF sensor due the Kumamoto sensor production damage. There will be two new A9 cameras with bigger A7 alike body and new battery grip:
a9:
– 24 mp (new sensor)
– 400 AF points on the entire frame
– 14 fps
– ISO 50-204800
– Shutter speed: 30″-32000
– dual XQD slot
a9r:
– 42mp BSI
– 400 AF points on the entire frame
– 8 fps Buffer 40 RAW
– ISO: 50 – 102400
– Shutter speed: 30″-32000
– dual XQD slot
– weather sealed

There will be also a new A to E-mount adapter.  Price of both cameras will be around $5,000.”

Next generation Sony A7 (or A9?):

The current A7 range was made from existing internal parts ‘forced’ into a new form factor to see how the market reacted to that style of camera. Obviously Sony’s experiment was fruitful so the next range will be made to measure and designed from the ground up to work in such a style of camera

Sony A99II:

“Killer speed af, 36 mpix bsi chip, 4k, 5axis ibis, dual slot, dual 2core bionz x2 cpu’s, weather proof”

Olympus 35mm FE lens:

Olympus Zuiko 35mm lens f/2.0. It WILL be branded as Zuiko and not Sony or Sony/Zuiko.

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My hope is that there is some truth behind the Olympus folks joining the E-mount system….

Sony invited the press for a press conference on September 19 at 15:00 Berlin time. This is by no means a guarantee of a new product announcement. We have seen in the past that Sony prefers to announce the most exciting stuff on a separate “solo” event.

While I have no confirmations yet I believe the chances are high that Sony’s next E-mount cameras may be announced AFTER Photokina. Sometimes between October and November.