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Image of a [shoplink 25383 ebay]Mamiya 7 (here on eBay)[/shoplink] from Roma Nikolaev.

The Russian magazine Prophotos interviewed Sony engineers. I mention a couple of points:

1. Sony says Megapixel number will keep increasing on future cameras.
2. The Sony A6300 has no IBIS because Sony preferred to keep the size as compact as it gets.
3. Sony confirms the plan to keep the A-mount well alive
4. About going medium format: “It is a matter of the future. It is difficult to say now. We analyze the demand.“

Over a year ago there were some first wild rumors about Sony considering making a [shoplink 25383 ebay]Mamiya 7 alike[/shoplink] digital mirrorless system camera. But I think Sony’s priority now is on FF E-mount. And I hope they will find the resources to bring some excitement on the A-mount system before to move on any other possible medium format project…

Sony has a big event in London because of the Sony World Press Awards. And Sony invited the press for a product presentation at 10.45 London time. They will display their new FE lenses. And I hope Sony will also finally announce the FE 70-200mm GM lens pricing. The lens is supposed to start shipping in May already.

Let’s hope the GM price isn’t much higher than the [shoplink 46652 ebay]Nikon 70-200mm[/shoplink] and [shoplink 46653 ebay]Canon 70-200mm[/shoplink] competition!

via MirrorlessRumors.

Some fake A9 rendering found on the web

Sometimes anonymous rumor are worth to be mentioned if they are unlikely to happen. I just got this from a new source and therefore just take it super easy:

A A9R with a full format sensor featuring only 2.4µm pixels. That results in an astonishing 150MP total sensor size.
But here is the kicker it will feature a “low res” mode where 4 pixels are coupled analog – resulting in a 37MP sensor with 2 fstops more sensitivity and dynamic range.

The rumor may be unlikely but that Sony can do that is certainly possible!

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Today at 2pm Las Vegas time (22:00 London time) you can follow the live streaming of the Sony product announcement here on SonyAlphaRumors. If you are visiting the NAB show here you is the list fo the Sony events: http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/show-nab/

What is likely to be announced:
– For sure new 4K stuff like camcorders and so
– Some 8K stuff (prototype or real products)
– Maybe finally some info about the 70-200mm f/2.8 GM FE lens price

What is unlikely to be announced…but we still can dream about it :)
– New Sony FF camera with high video quality performance (Sony A9?)

So don’t be upset if Sony will not announce the A9 today. As usual Sony tends to prefer to announce big stuff off the shows to get the full spotlight. So don’t worry if today may not be the big day, the camera is coming for real this year!

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[/shoplink] [shoplink 46453 ebay]A7rII[/shoplink] vs [shoplink 46766 ebay]Canon 5DIII[/shoplink] size comparison (CameraSize).

Last week I reported that a highly trusted source confirmed Sony will launch a higher than A7 model (let’s call it “A9” for now). It will have [shoplink 46602 ebay]dual XQD card slot[/shoplink] and unlimited RAW burst. The same source also added a small info about the camera size:

“The size will be bigger than [shoplink 46453 ebay]A7RII[/shoplink], but smaller than conventional DSLR, such as [shoplink 46766 ebay]5D3[/shoplink].”

The source did not tell us when the camera will be announced. As you know on Sunday at 2pm Las Vegas time Sony has a major product announcement event. But it’s absolutely unclear if the Sony A9 will be announced on Sunday or much later at Photokina. I know the NAB show is for broadcasters. But Sony introduced the A7s at the NAB show two years ago. And the A9 certainly would have a lot of advanced new video features. So it’s not illogical that Sony could use this event for a new A9 launch. But that said…this is all pure speculation. So don’t dream too much, there may be “only” new camcorders on Sunday :)

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A source told me that Sony invited many photographers at their Las Vegas NAB event on Sunday. This is highly unusual for Sony and you know…where there is smoke there is fire. I have absolutely no solid rumor yet, but I am starting to believe Sony announce a new Full Frame E-mount camera this Sunday.

So please mark that on your calendar: I will embed the live video stream of the event which is set to start on Sunday April 17 at:
2pm Las Vegas time Las Vegas
22:00 in London
23:00 in Berlin

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Photo Porst already listed the new Zeiss 18mm f/2.8 lens. It will ship on May 1 for 1.499 Euro.

Preorders:
in USA at BHphoto.
in Europe at Amazon.de. Photo Porst. ParkcamerasUK.