A bad and a good news on the previous fools day rumor :)

As I guess most of you find out by now the previous rumor about the A91 and A9 cameras was a fool days joke :) But I have a bad and good news for you:

Bad: The rumor is obviously false. There will be no A91 and A9 on May 1.

Good: Foveon sensor, 50+ megapixel sensor, Super fast AF. All the info I shared is based on rumors I really got. So there is a big hope Sony will make that fool camera specs…for real!

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And now I am at work to get and post some “real” rumors :)

 

A6000 test roundup (with noise comparison).


A6000 burst rate comparison. Cool video :)

Furst SAR readers got their new A6000 camera and here is a roundup of their tests:

Jinju32.tistory (Click here) posted an ISO comparison with the NEX-6 and Olympus E-P5.
A day with the A6000 (Sebimagery)
A6000 first impressions at Itsnotthecamera.
Erster Leistungstest mit der neuen Sony Alpha 6000 (Berlin Backstage).
A6000 AF video tests at Pantip (Scroll down to find the videos).
Indian wedding party on Youtube.
Detailed α6000 overview & first look on Youtube.
Chinese video review by Engadget.

Sony A6000 preorder list with US and Europe links:
Sony A6000 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at Amazon US, BHphoto, WexUK.
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore, Sony Canada, WexUK.
Silver A6000 with lens at Amazon US, BHphoto, WexUK.
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT

Roundup: Some fo the most liked SAR readers picture of the week.


Catalin Dumitrescu
Sony a99 + Sony 70-300mm f4.5 – 5.6 G SSM
sunset on Tihuta,Romania.

This is this week selection of some of the most liked pictures on our SAR Facebook wall (full list here). Take note that some of the pictures I liked most got zero likes. Just to say that there are some great pictures not posted here! As usual feel free to share your pictures, vote and comment the picture from our SAR readers.

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(SR5) You will definitely see new Sony stuff (including the A77 successor) at the WPA in London!

I have been told by a highly trusted sources that Sony will announce the new Sony A77 successor (and some more stuff) at the World Photography Award in London which starts on May 1!

And as you know Sony promised to launch new FE lenses soon too (and probably another camera surprise?). This is going ot be very exciting here on SAR…

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Reminder (SR = Sonyrumor):
SR1=probably fake rumor
SR2=rumor from unknown sources
SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources
SR5=almost certainly correct!

(SR3) More tidbits on the Medium Format Sony: “Imagine a sort of digital Mamiya 7”.

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Image of a [shoplink 25383 ebay]Mamiya 7[/shoplink] from Roma Nikolaev.

One of the anonymous sources that gave me tidbits about the Sony medium Format Camera is that you have to imagine it as a sort of digital [shoplink 25383 ebay]Mamiya 7 (here on eBay)[/shoplink]. But the camera should look better and be smaller :). This means it is definitely a mirrorless camera and probably has a built-in EVF. I still have no specs (a aprt of the 50MP sensor) or any confirmation from my trusted sources. That’s why I rank the rumor as SR3 only (50% chance it’s true).

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

Sony Korea slides unveils the plan to focus on the “High-End” market!

The Korean site Naver posted these slides from a Sony Korea presentation (translation on courtesy of Dicahub and SAR reader Park). There are a couple of interesting info:
– Sony is now entering “Phase 2” of their product startegy. From 2014 towards focsu will be on the High End A and E-mount market.
– In Korea Sony has the chance to become the leader of the system camera market (DSLR+Mirrorless) by end of this year! They have 31% of the whole market in Korea and 53% of the mirrorless market.
– Sony said they have 50% share of the global sensor market (on a quantity basis).
– Sony said A6000’s 24.3MP sensor is a newly designed sensor. On-chip design is applied on this sensor as that of A7 and A7r, which gives about 20% increase in sensitivity over NEX-7’s sensor.

Well, I am not surprised to hear they want to focus on the higher end market. It’s where you make the money in these days! Let’s hope we wills ee all these new stuff very soon :)

More slides:

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