a Franken A7 (RX1+NEX-7+EVF) put together by a SAR reader based on the design rumors posted today. Obviously not a picture of the real camera and the real camera will be much nicer :)

Sony decided to name all high end cameras as “Alpha“. No matter if these will be real A-mount cameras, E-mount DSLR shaped cameras or more compact E-mount cameras like the RX1 and NEX series. All High End models will be Alpha. That’s why the first two E-mount Full Frame cameras will be named “A7” and “A7r“. Both have exactly the same design (with NEX-7 grip, EVF in the middle and RX1 size). The difference is in the sensor. The A7 has 24MP sensor, more fps and different AF speed. The A7r has a 36MP sensor and less fps (and I have been told a bit “different” AF).

I am collecting your questions and forwarding them to sources. Than I triple check their answer before to post them on SAR. There is really a lot going on in these minutes and hours!

P.S.: Looks like Sony’s final decision to get for a middle EVF design has been taken to keep the size down. And a source said that the [shoplink 21528 ebay]Minolta XD7 viewfinder design[/shoplink] is similar to the one from the A7/A7r.

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SR5=almost certainly correct!

The [shoplink 21520 ebay]Olympus OMD[/shoplink] shape. Something like that can be expected for the E-mount FF camera

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There is one big surprise concerning the design of the NEX-FF cameras. Sony had three different prototype designs and instead of going on the classic NEX-7 design they decided to go for the….[shoplink 21520 ebay]Olympus OMD[/shoplink] alike design! It means the camera has a Full Frame E-mount, has many of the NEX-7 controls and NEX-7 grip…but the viewfinder is in the middle!!! And no, it doesn’t have the design from the A3000! It’s really something new, has just a tiny bit bigger size than the RX1. Both models (cheap and more expensive camera) do have the same design. And as I told you yesterday, the cheap model has a 24MP sensors and the more expensive model has a 36MP sensor.

I keep receiving rumors every hour. Stay tuned on SAR!

P.S.: one of the trusted sources actually saw the NEX-7 designed prototype version with the EVF in the corner. What I am checking now is if that kind of design will come in a future model or not!

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I got 100% trustworthy info on the new NEX-FF cameras:

1) The cheap NEX-FF has a 24MP sensor

2) The High end NEX-FF has a 36MP sensor

There are also some small…”surprises” I am working on. Just give me the time to triple check everything because some of the info is really…weird…like the…name! But now I am really 100% sure there will be two E-mount FF models.

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The RX1 components.

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The last 24 hours were very busy on the rumor front. I got many messages from different anonymous sources saying that there are two new E-mount Full Frame cameras to come in mid October. One model is a cheap and another one is a more expensive model. I have bene told that both do have a fixed EVF. And two of them also told me that the cameras are not branded as a NEX-9 series. And there may be a surprise too because there could be one substantial design change compared to the NEX-7.

I am working on the specs yet and hope more sources can share details soon. Use the anonymous contact form you see on the right border of the browser or contact me at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com if you can share more details.

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The PhotoPlus website listed Sony within the Medium and Large format category too. There were some rumors saying Sony could produce a medium format sensor for other companies (like Hasselblad). But this isn’t a rumor from my trusted sources and that’s why I wouldn’t give it too much attention for now. Don’t dream about a digital [shoplink 21165 ebay]Hasselblad 503cw[/shoplink] liek I am doing :)  Could be a simple error too! May some source can enlighten me a bit on that?

UPDATE: Also Nikon is listed there. And according to patents they are indeed working on a medium format camera (Source: PetaPixel). And they alreayd made lenses for Bronica and Plaubel Makina medium format cameras.

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Thanks Bjoern for finding and sharing the link!

Image source: Pchome.

I keep receiving many mails from readers asking me about that NEX-9 image posted at PChome. I only post this to tell them all that this one is fake. This is a NEX-6 with a photoshopped NEX-9 writing. That said the NEX-9 is indeed very close to the NEX-6/7 design. So don’t expect any radical changes!

The new Sony cameras “WW328261” and “WW328262” are also listed on a Taiwan agency website.

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Two new sources just told me that Sony will announce new products on October 16. It may be a different date depending on the time zone (October 15 in Los Angeles for example).

And a trusted source contacted me to tell me more about yesterday’s leak at public Indonesian agency Postel. The two “WW328261” and “WW328262” cameras should be a new NEX-FF and a new NEX-APS-C camera.

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SR4=rumor from known sources
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