Sirui is teasing the launch of new autofocus lens. The lens will be available for different mounts including E-mount. Sirui is well known for their good quality anamorphic manual focusing lenses. No idea yet about the possible specs of their first autofocus lens but I certainly expect it to have high optical quality.
Good news! The a6700 will have focus stacking in camera! Really looking forward to it!
Let’s hope this one is spot on!
Reminder: The new High End APS-C camera will be announced next week on July 12. Specs and name are still not 100% confirmed. But it might be named A6700 and might use the same 26MP sensor of the FX30.
Many are asking me about when we can expect to get the new A7sIV, A1II, A7V, ZV-E10II and RX cameras. In this videos I will tell you everything about this! But in short, As7IV (very likely) and A1II (somewhat likely) will be released in 2024. I heard NOTHING about possible new RX cameras while I got conflicting rumors on the ZV-E10II…
One of my best sources quickly saw the new Sony High End APS-C E-mount camera that will be announced on July 12. While he didn’t feel like sharing the NAME and the SPECS of the camera he gave me FIVE info I can share today:
Compared with the Fuji X-T5 (sort of benchmark in the APS-C world) the new Sony high end APS-C camera has:
better Dynamic Range (Note: In video I made a mistake and said “better image quality” instead of “dynamic range”.)
Note: In video I made a small mistake: A6700 announcement 4,5 and not 3,5 months after registration :)
In China Sony registered the next new camera code “WW499972” for a camera that still has to be announced. In summary we now have two codes of cameras to be released. Both seem to be more “high end” models as they have dual 2.4GHz/5.1GHz support:
WW499972 2.4GHz/5.1GHz (Registered today on June 25)
WW542541 2.4GHz/5.1GHz (registered on March 1).
I believe the “WW542541” registered back in March is for the A6700. While the newly registered “WW499972” might be for a new A7cII. You will notice that in the past Sony announced the cameras exactly 3,5 (max 4,5) months after the registration:
WW198387 was the ZV-1II (Registration on February 3, Announced on May 23 ->3,5 months)
WW694956 was the ZV-E1 (December 12 announced on March 29 ->3,5 months)
This would mean:
WW542541 likely to be the A6700 (Registered on March 1, announcement rumored on July 12 ->4,5 months)
WW499972 likely to be the A7cII (Registered on June 25, announcement would be around mid October)
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I got those two messages from new sources. Therefore take it with a grain of salt as this has NOT been confirmed by my trusted sources yet:
Source 1:
Next lens is… 16-80 f4. Is for July 12, second option for a6700. Like fuji 18-55 or 16-80 options. You pick.
Source 2:
I wanted to give you another piece of juicy info for all your hard work. Along with the 15-45 I told you about a while back, Sony will also be releasing a lens to update the 16-70. This is due to the fact that the Zeiss lenses are being faded out little by little. The 16-70 is the next to be faded out.
The new lens will be a 16-80 f4 constant zoom. It will also be kitted with the a6700, although more expensive than the 15-45. It will be optically superior to the old Zeiss lens. It’s going to be great! I will let you know when I have more info about the price/size and other details.
I definitely do believe the Zeiss lens is in need of a proper replacement. But I am not sure this is going to happen on July 12. So far trusted sources