Cryptic message by highly trusted source: “everyone will be surprised”

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A Highly Trusted source who first told me about today’s event and knows what’s coming…just sent me this:

Trust me, everyone will be surprised. In the good way. I was…

Please, give us a hint and tell us what’s surprising. Because it really sounds like the A7III is not the surprise :)

UPDATE: A second source confirmed there is something “game-changing”!

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Just my two cent speculations (and I am probably wrong on this): Sony medium format camera? Or new Sony A7rIII with 60+ sensor?

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(SR3) First possible specs of the Sony A7III make it look like a “low cost” version of the Sony A9

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Image above shows the A7II with Gariz case

I got these early specs of the a7Ⅲ that will be launched at earliest this Fall (there is still a chance it might get announced in early 2018). It’s from a good source but he himself told me that he cannot be 100% sure these specs will be confirmed on the final camera:

24Mpx
6fps with mechanical shutter
ISO up to 51200 (expanded to ISO 204800)
693 phase detection AF (which is same as a9!!)
minimum focus sensitivity is EV-3
4k 30p recording

So basically the A7III is an A9 without the crazy electronic shutter frame rate. It’s still unclear if the A7III will have the A9 body or keep the current A7II body design. My personal guess is that it will keep the A7II design which means it does not have dual SD card slot.

And this is from a new source (SR2 ranked):

The upcoming ILCE-7M3 will have the same sensor like A9 (almost same electronics inside), but technically down graded to justify a lower price. That means less frames per second speed, maybe no LAN-port and only single card slot. Battery could be the same.

One more thing: It’s yet unclear if the Sony A7rIII (I repeat “r” version!) will be announced with the A7III or a couple of months later.

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We have our own Facebook camera groups and pages you can join to discuss the upcoming new cameras in detail:
Sony A9 group and Sony A9 page.
Sony A7rIII group and Sony A7rIII page
Sony A7sIII group and Sony A7sIII page
Sony A7III group and Sony A7III page
Note: In groups you can post your own stuff like images, news and questions. While on pages you will read the specific camera news from SAR.

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony A9 Overview Tutorial – Full Camera Training Video

Help me decide 16-35 f2.8, 16-35 f4, 12-24 f4 (SonyAlphaForum).
The First Sony UK PRO Support Service Centre Opens At Fixation (ePhotozine).
Rokinon 35mm f/2.8 FE review by ThePhoBlographer.
Zeiss Batis 135mm test at Focus Numerique
Longsys Acquires Lexar Brand
Rental Camera Gear Destroyed by the Solar Eclipse of 2017 (Lensrentals).
WD My Book Duo Features New Design and USB-C (Explora).

 

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New lens reviews by Mark Galer, Photographyblog, SonyAlphaLab, Marc Alhadeff

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Lens review: Sony FE 100-400 F/4.5-5.6 GM OSS
1.4X Tele Converter Album: https://flic.kr/s/aHsm1ZoFPW
FE 100-400 F/4.5-5.6 GM OSS Album: https://flic.kr/s/aHskYWnqJR

Sony FE 12-24mm F4 G Review by Photographyblog:

The Sony FE 12-24mm F4 G is a very good, if pricey, ultra-wide-angle zoom lens for Sony A9/A7/A7R II/A7S full-frame cameras. It delivers excellent sharpness in the centre of the frame almost throughout the full aperture and zoom range and also performs very well at the edges of the frame too, although the performance at 24mm isn’t as good as the rest of the zoom range. The Sony FE 12-24mm F4 G lens does suffer from some distortion and vignetting, but chromatic aberrations are very well-controlled and it can even create some fairly nice bokeh effects when shooting wide-open at 24mm.
Lens at [shopcountry 60804]

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM Lens Review by SonyAlphaLab:

The images produced by the FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM Lens are optically phenomenal at the end of the day in my opinion. I would not mind having this lens in my stable at all! If I were shooting weddings for example with the Sony A9 or Sony A7r II, I would certainly have this lens mounted most of the time for my style of shooting.
Lens at [shopcountry 62046]

Marc Alhadeff tested the new Tokina 20mm FE lens:

The Borders / corners are clearly less good than the centre wide open and this persist until F4, at F5.6-F8 you get consistent excellent results across the frame
Lens at [shopcountry 62047]

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This week SAR readers photos selection

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Uldis Plinte‎
A7 II + FE 28mm f/2 @ f8 + Tiffen Variable ND + Smooth Reflection: 8 shots
https://www.instagram.com/bokeh_uldis/

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3) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me SAR admin will be posted weekly on SAR.

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Confirmed with actual measurements: A7rII has Higher DR than the new Nikon D850 (except ISO 64)

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Photonstophotos now published the real world Dynamic Range measurements of the new Nikon D850. And with the exception of ISO 64 and 400 the 2,5 years older Sony A7rII performed better across the entire ISO range.

Just to be clear, we are talking about minor differences that will certainly not make your photos better and worse. What is interesting about this test is:

1) There has been no DR progress on the D850 compared to the 2,5 year older Sony camera.
2) Sony needs to add a serious native ISO 64 support to squeeze out the best performance (Note: As reported by Jim Kasson the A7rII has a “fake” ISO 64 setting).
3) Sony might has reserved the top edge tech for the 2018 Sony A7rIII model (Note: Nikon surely uses Sony manufactured sensors).

And to not pass as a Sony fanboy. From a usability point of view the D850 beats hands down the Sony. Sony needs to improve a lot and with the A9 they surely did show they are on the right path on this.

Reminder: $200 off and free extras on the A7rII at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.

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