Sony’s slow start in 2020 compared with Nikon, Canon and Fuji

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Sony 20mm f/1.8 FE G in USA at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. FocusCamera.
Sony 20mm f/1.8 FE G in Europe at Amazon DE. Calumet DE. Amazon UK. Parkcameras UK. Amazon FR. Amazon IT. Amazon ES.
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I don’t recall Sony having ever had such a “slow” product announcement start in years. At that time last years we already had two cameras announced (A6400 and RX0II) and the 135mm GM. I also made a comparison with other companies to show how Sony had an unusual slow pace:

Nikon (6 products announced):
Nikon Coolpix P950
Nikon D780
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 120-300mm F2.8E FL ED SR VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200 F2.8 VR S
Nikon Nikkor Z 24-200mm F4-6.3 VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 20mm F1.8 S

Fuji (5 products announced):
Fujifilm X-T200
Fujifilm X100V
Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XC 35mm F2
Fujifilm GF 45-100mm F4 R LM OIS WR

Canon (4 products announced):
Canon EOS-1D X Mark III
Canon EOS R5 (granted just development announcement)
Canon EOS Rebel T8i
Canon RF 24-105mm F4.0-7.1 IS STM

Olympus (2 products announced):
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-45mm F4 Pro

Ricoh-Pentax: (2 products announced):
Ricoh WG-70
HD Pentax-D FA 70-210mm F4 ED SDM WR

Sony (1 product announced):
Sony 20mm F1.8G

Leica (1 product announced):
Leica M10 Monochrom

Panasonic (0 products announced):
no product announced (a part of a new L-mount lens roadmap).

So what’s up?
My guess is that Sony’s plan is to launch most of it’s new products from Photokina towards. We will likely get the A7IV and As7II successor during the second half of 2020. The new 12-24mm f/2.8 GM in summer and also a fixed lens camera and new telephoto lenses. Still, would love to see Sony surprise us with other new products too. I may publish my wishlist soon on SAR :)

 

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Fuji published this odd X-T4 vs A7rIV autofocus comparison….

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During the various press events for the Fujifilm X-T4 launch, Fujifilm has shown this video comparing the autofocus between their flagship camera and the Sony A7rIV. But as noticed by some it looks like the settings on the Sony camera where off.

First:
I do own the A7rIV and did never experience the tracking to be so bad as show in the video.

Second:
Readers of Fujirumors themselves noticed that settings of the camera seems to be off. For example they didn’t lock in the AF on the Sony

Third:
As a principle the more depth of field you have the easier it is for the camera to focus. So it should have been more proper to set the A7RiV lens aperture to match the X-T4 depth of field (in the video both cameras are at f/2.8)

But please check out the video. maybe you will find more odd things…

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This week SAR readers photos selection

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Un post condiviso da The Sony Alpha community. (@sonyalphagallery) in data:


by novian_altelucav⁠
⁠Sony A7RII⁠
Lens Voigtlander 15mm heliar III⁠
Filter H&Y GND Rev 0.9 + ND64
iso 100 | F11 | SS 45”⁠

1) You can submit one single picture per week only.
2) To submit your picture for the weekly readers roundup post you can choose one of the following three options:
– Instagram: Follow @sonyalphagallery and tag us on your picture to give us the permission to repost your image on the instagram gallery and on SAR (we will credit you)
– Facebook: Submit your picture on our group: facebook.com/groups/sonyalphacamera. Please add the hashtag “#sonyalphagallery ” to grant the permission for reposting on SAR. Without the hashtag we will not add your picture!
– Forum: Submit your picture on the SonyAlphaForum image section and add the hashtag “#sonyalphagallery ”
3) Like and comment the pictures from other readers here: instagram.com/sonyalphagallery, facebook.com/groups/sonyalphacamera and on SonyAlphaForum.
4) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me SAR admin will be posted weekly on SAR.

Note: When sending a pic feel free to also add a link to your site to promote yourself! And please do share one single picture per week only. Do not spam :)

 

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