SAR reader Alan got a confirmation from metabones that they will start to sell an A-mount Speed Booster adapter for NEX cameras in August! That’s great news! All current Speed Booster for NEX can be found at Adorama (Click here).

And in the meantime a third company is now offering a “Speed Booster” alike adapter. Fotodiox launched the Vizelex Cannon Nikon G to E-mount adapter which is in Stock at Amazon US (Click here). But from first testings at personal-view

we know that the quality is inferior compared to the (more expensive) Metabones.

Watch the video on top from minute 31:10 (once you click on play you have to wait a few seconds before it starts). The Sony US manager basically he says he cannot confirm that a Full Frame NEX photocameras is coming but he believes in rumors :)  I know this is just my personal wish but I hope to see a sort of digital version of the [shoplink 19360 ebay]Zeiss Ikon ZM (here on eBay)[/shoplink]. Solid build quality and hybrid EVF. That’s it  for me :)

I was a bit on hold with NEX rumors because I worked a lot on the brand new A-mount roadmap. But soon I will come back to the NEX and FF NEX rumors. Don’t worry. All I can say is that 2014 will be a ver Full…Full Frame year :)

This is the first Sony smartphone that shoots Cybershot quality photos too. And the specs and images are leaked on many websites. Xperiablog (Click here) published pictures of the UI and Justamp (Click here) has pics of the real camera.

What could be interesting for us A-E mount camera owners is the new JPG engine that will come along the Honami announcement. It may comes for our cameras too (via firmware update).

While rumors from trusted sources pointed out that the new A-mount mirrorless cameras (both FF and APS-C!) will hit the worldwide stores in very early 2014 I am now getting some interesting rumors about the announcement date. One source (and second anonymous source) told me that Sony will officially announce the new A-mount cameras in a couple of months already! I don’t know yet if Sony will actually show camera prototypes or just introduce their new A-mount mirrorless philosophy or the real final cameras. I hope the sources reading this can send me some clarification about that.

Overall there is a terrific exciting time ahead of us. New NEX-7 successor and NEX lenses (including fast zoom and 85mm f/1.4 lens). New A-mount mirrorless FF and APS-C cameras and FF lenses. I also got hints about some NEX-FF news. I am working almost any day to spill out as much as I can from all my sources :) I don’t think you will have to wait much to see first camera specs! Stay tuned!

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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!

I got a confirmation  from a highly trusted sources that Sony set the release date for the A77 successor. It’s going to be released in early 2014. The source also confirmed that this will be a full mirrorless A-mount camera (no SLT tech). I am working on the specs right now and hope I can get confirmation from other sources too soon. I have been told it has a slightly new design too (still DSLR alike).

P.S.: The A77 will be announced along a Full Frame A-mount cameras (also mirrorless).

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

Xperiablog (found via Thenewcamera) posted what they claim to be a real image of the new Sony i1 smartphone. The i1 will be the first smartphone that can shoot pictures as good as Sony Cybershot compact cameras. Sadly Xperiablog doens’t have an image of the back of the camera to see the lens.

But I have a good news too:
One of my sources sent me the specs of the camera (Thanks a lot!). He says the i1 phone (Honami) will have a selectable ISO range from 50-12,800 and it uses Super Steady Shot image stabilisation (2-3 stops). It also has an f/2.0 28mm equivalent lens. The sensor is a 20MP 2/3″ BSI Exmor R one using the same process as as the RX100mkII for superior low light performance. The phone will also have manual controls for shutter speed and some level of manual aperture control and it will have an all new Cyber-shot app which integrates with PlayMemories Online.

May the source can tell me when Sony will announce the i1? Thanks :)

P.S.: The sensor size is the same used by the Fuji X20. A comparison with the RX100-NIkon1 sensor size can be seen here at Cameraimagesensor.

As I told you many times before Sony originally planed to release new APS-C SLT cameras in Summer. The image on top has been sent by a source to prove this. But as I told you two months ago the new Sony CEO canceled that release (or at least that is the info I got). Nevertheless you will have to wait only 6-8 months more to see the new APS-C A-mount cameras. Mirrorless, new EVF, new phase detection on sensor and super fast AF. That’s what you have to expect to see!