(SR4) UPDATED: The new “mini A9” will displayed at “Photokina or PhotoPlus” and probably NOT be named A6700!

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Just a rendering of a possible A7000 (article here).

A trusted source told me that Sony will announce this at Photokina (UPDATE: He now corrected it to “Photokina or PhotoPlus”):

All I know is rumor is mini A9 is coming

This will be a new APS-C E-mount camera and what the source also told me is that:

this camera might NOT be named A6700

This info matters because this camera might be different from the previous A6xxx models and not an A6500 successor!

Expect this camera to record 20fps and possibly even 4k 60p just like the rumored Fuji X-T3. The announcement of this camera can now happen any time between now and mid September.
I still cannot confirm with 100% reliability that Sony will announce new camera(s) the upcoming week. Stay tuned!

So to sum up the camera rumors:
– High End APS-C E-mount camera to be announced and displayed at Photokina
– New Zeiss fixed lens Full Frame camera with autofocus prime lens. This could be a rebranded and redesigned RX1 alike camera.
– The A7sIII is 90% likely to be announced within 1-2 months. But I can see this announcement happening in October at Photo Plus too.

The lens rumors:
– Sony 135mm f/1.8 GM probably to be announced at Photokina
– Sony 24m f/1.4 GM highly likely to be announced at Photokina
– Maybe new Voigtlander FE lenses coming
– Probably new 50mm f/1.4 APS-C E-mount from Sigma
– Highly Likely a new 70-200mm f/2.8 FF E-mount lens from Sigma.
– New Zeiss Batis 40mm f/2.0

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(SR5) Small rumor: Sony will soon announce a new “Tough” SD card series!

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Trusted sources told us Sony will very soon announce a new Tough SD card series. They will have the same speed of the current world’s fastest SF-G series which you can find here on Amazon US, AmazonDE, AmazonUK, AmazonFR, AmazonIT, AmazonES. But the new TOUGH card is impermeable and has 18x the durability (don’t know what it exactly means).

Now let’s hope this is a sign that Sony will announce a super weatherproof camera soon.

 

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Real Size comparison between the new Nikon Z7 and Sony A7 cameras

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The image on top shows the new Nikon Z7 with the Sony A7rIII (courtesy of Dpreview). And if you thought Sony gear was overpriced check out the prices of the Nikon cameras and lenses:

Nikon Z7 at BHphoto, Amazon, Calumet Germany. WexUk. $400 more than the A7rIII.
Nikon Z6 at BHphoto, Amazon, Calumet Germany. WexUk. Same price as A7III.
Nikon 24-70mm at BHphoto, Amazon, Calumet Germany. WexUk. $200 more than the Zeiss.
Nikon 35mm at BHphoto, Amazon, Calumet Germany. WexUk.
Nikon 50mm at BHphoto, Amazon, Calumet Germany. WexUk. $400 more than the Sony FE.
Nikon FTZ adapter at BHphoto, Amazon, Calumet Germany. WexUk.

And here are the size comparisons via CameraSize:

Few more real world comparisons from CameraJabber:

And here a comparison by Mirrorlesscomparison.com:

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This is Nikon’s new 58mm f/0,95 lens for $6,000+

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All that hype for that new Nikon clickbait 58mm f/0,95 lens and than we get this:

– Huge lens
– Manual focus…only!
– rumored to cost around $6,000 (via Nikoneye.com).

Don’t get me wrong: I am sure optically this lens will be superb. But will you pay $6,000 (or more???) for that? I love manual focus but how can I focus this lens while trying to keep it in balance? I prefer the much more compact [shoplink 55088 ebay]Leica Noctilux[/shoplink] (granted it’s expensive) or this much cheaper [shoplink 55085 ebay]Canon 50mm f/0,95 lens[/shoplink]:

UPDATE: Here is the size comparison with the Nocturnus lens (listed at BH):

 

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New Zeiss camera teaser!

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This is the next Zeiss teaser image. Like I told you before this is what to expect:

– Announcement before Photokina
– This is a fixed lens Full Frame camera
– It uses Sony tech (probably RX1II based).
– Price around $3,000
– Priobably has a prime lens (35mm f/2.0?)
– Slightly bigger lens construction than you get on the Sony RX1 series.
– lens is autofocus

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Hot deals for EU readers: 24-70mm GM for 1920 Euro

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This is for our European readers. You got a very hot (and very short living) superdeal on those lenses:

Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GM for 1921 Euro at Amazon France (Click here).
Zeiss 24-70mm f/4.0 for 786 Euro at Amazon France (Click here).

Every EU citizen can buy from the French store! This is a limited time deal offered by Amazon France directly!

More for EU readers:
Sigma 16mm f/1.4 APS-C E-mount for 353 Euro at Amazon Germany.
Sony 28mm f/2.0 FE for 365 Euro at Amazon Germany.

Thanks Ninja!

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