The Sony A99II is selling well (but the A68 is selling even better)

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I was just checking the sales ranking of all new cameras at Amazon US (Click here). The ranking counts both items that are available and preorders. Well the small and unexpected surprise is that the A68 is selling even better than the new A99II. Nope, A-mount isn’t dead yet :)

All new Sony stuff on preorder:
Sony A99II at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Calumet Germany and WexUK.
Loxia 85mm f/2.4 at BHphoto and Adorama.
Tamron 150-600mm G2 A-mount lens at Bhphoto.Rokinon 35mm f/1.2 APS-C E-mount lens at BHphoto.
Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 autofocus FE lens at Amazon and BHphoto.

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(SR5) Be prepared folks: Sony has one more E-mount surprise in October/November!!!

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Trusted sources confirmed that Sony has scheduled one more E-mount product announcement this year. The timeframe for the announcement is October/November. As usual the exact date is hush hush.
But we can be confident the rumor has an extremely high chance to turn out to be true! This is the very same kind of trusted sources who just recently leaked the to us the 18-100mm E-mount image, said the A99II was ready to be announced and also shared the exact A99II specs.

The sources did yet not share WHAT will be announced by Sony (they only told me it’s definitely “E-mount”).

From other trusted sources we know that Sony has developed a new High End E-mount camera placed above the current A7 series. But I have no confirmation yet if that’s the camera they will announced in October/November. Still, the specs we know about that camera are from one of the highly trusted sources:

“The next generation flagship mirrorless camera from Sony will be a giant leap. It will drop a huge bomb in the imaging industry. It will not be A7III or A7RIII. It will be a new model above A7 series. I would say A9 (let’s name it as the new model). So the new A9 will have [shoplink 46602 ebay]dual XQD card slot[/shoplink], no CFast version, only XQD. A9 can do UNLIMITED RAW burst, UNLIMITED. The camera wont pause for buffering. The size will be bigger than [shoplink 46453 ebay]A7RII[/shoplink], but smaller than conventional DSLR, such as [shoplink 46766 ebay]5D3[/shoplink].”

But I repeat, I am sure there is an “E-mount” announcement in October/November but I am not sure if this will be for the new High End Camera (A9 or A8 or whatever) or a new A5300 or A7m3…

Don’t forget to join the A9 facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sonya9/

These are the rumors (from SAR and not from other sites!) that were correct the past 12 months:
Leaked image of the new 18-110mm E-mount lens
Leaked images of the new Tamron 150-600mm A-mount lens
New Zeiss Loxia
RX1rII specs.
A99II specs.
A99II ready to be announced
New A6xxx (or A7xxx) is weather sealed and gets fastest autofocusing of the world.
Sony 85/1.4 G to be annound in September/October?
A6xxx announcement again(!) delayed til February 2016.
Trusted source: Yes, Sony will launch a 85mm G lens soon (creamy bokeh)
This is the logo of the new Sony “G-Master” lens line! First lens is the 24-70mm f/2.8.
New Zeiss Otus is a 28mm lens!
Zeiss to announce a new Loxia 21mm f/2.8 FE lens in mid October.
There is a “Sony event” coming the first week of February
The new A6100 looks just like the “old” A6000.
Sony to announce a new A68! To be unveiled in early November already!
First image leaked of the new Sony Action Camera.
First rumors about the upcoming new f/2.8 FE zoom lenses!
First image of the new Irix 15mm f/2.4 lens!
HX80 specs
Sony A6xxx will ship in March!
Batis 18mm f/2.8 lens
Sony will announce a new A-mount camera in early November!
New Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 FE lens gets listed at Sony Assist system!
Next Batis will be a new 18mm wide angle lens.
24-70mm f/2.8 FE will ship in March?
Another fast FE prime will be announced in 2016 (It was the Zeiss 50mm Planar).
Sony price increases will start on August 1!

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First images of the new Voigtländer 65mm macro lens on the Sony A7rII

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At Photokina Vogitlander displayed the new Voigtlander 65mm f/2.0 FE macro lens. Mathieu Gasquet posted a new video showing the lens on the Sony A7rII. It’s really a huge lens! What’s also unique on this lens are the colored stripes on the front. Personally I don’t like those…

Watch from minute 2:40 to see more about the lens:

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony a7Sii vs a7Rii Which One I Use Most After 8 Months

SONY A7sii Still More Sensitive Than All Cameras for Still Photos or Videos (Youtube).
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN C Lens Review (ePhotozine).
70-200 GM vs Canon 70-200 ii (SonyAlphaForum)
Sony 4K/HD Slow Motion System Camera HDC-4800 (HD16x) on Youtube.
Sony 70-300mm FE review at ThePhoBlographer.
Why You Should Go Beyond the Kit Lens (Explora).
Throwback Thursday: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F707 (Dpreview).+
Sony Adds New High Dynamic Range and High Frame Rate Technologies to the 4K Sports Live Production Workflow (Sony Blog).

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