Preorders:
Sony Alpha a7II  (Body Only) for $1,698 at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here), SonyStore (Click here).
Sony Alpha a7II  with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for $1,998 at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here), SonyStore (Click here).
Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II Lens for $1,148 at BHphoto (Click here).

Note on Preorders: Available in Japan only via Amazon Japan.

The full english A7M2 page is now online at Sony.net (Click here). It includes many new image samples here: Sony.net/Products/di/en-gb/products/v6cd/samplephotos.html?contentsTop=1.

In super short the A7m2 has 30% faster autofocusing (over A7), robust mount (yeah!), 4,5 stops stabilization, optimized layout (shutter button and grip replaced/redesigned) and XAVC-S recording.

And those are all the key features of the new A7m2:

Preorders:
Sony Alpha a7II  (Body Only) for $1,698 at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here), SonyStore (Click here).
Sony Alpha a7II  with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for $1,998 at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here), SonyStore (Click here).
Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II Lens for $1,148 at BHphoto (Click here).

The Sony A7II has been officially announced at Sony Japan! I will now continually update this post with info. Very strange that we have a “pure” Japanese announcement only!

Preorders:
Available in Japan only via Amazon Japan.

Press release:
A7II press and images at Sony Japan.
Image samples here at Sony Japan.

Hot notes:
This is a Japan announcement only and no other site has any info yet
The A7II indeed has an amazing 5 axis stabilization!
It has a faster hybrid AF.
It records XAVC-S (See specs below)
There are also many of small design change (see pictures below)
Release date for the camera is December 5.
Price is 190,000 yen (current conversion: 1300 Euro or $1,600). Although I am sure price in Dollar will be lower
Sony Japan also announced the new 70-300mm II lens (article on SAR here).

In deep details:

1) 5 axis stabilization:
There is a special page on that at Sony Japan (google translation here). It works up to 4,5 stops of correction (in video up to 5 stops). Shake correction can be checked in Live View too.

2) Hybrid AF:
Sony says the A7II autofocus is 30% faster than on the previous A7. And also the subject acquisition performance and motion tracking performance has been  improved.

3) Body changes:
Finally the shutter button is on the place where it always should have been…on top of the grip :)
The body also has another texture
Grip is now better suited to hold larger lenses too (so says Sony)

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Images (Click on them to enlarge):

α7Ⅱ from Sony: Official Video Release

α7 Ⅱ 5-axis SteadyShot INSIDE from Sony: Official Video Release

Image samples (Click on them to enlarge):

A7m2 specs:

Finally a great new for A-mount camera owners! Not only did you get the 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II today. Sony will also release a new 24-70mm II and 16-35mm II A-mount lens in 2015! Digitalcamera.jp posted a set of pictures from the Japanese A7m2 presentation and there is that image showing the two new lenses. The lenses will have
– Improved AF speed
– Updated design and weatherproof body
– Image Quality improvement (like ghost reduction)

This is exactly what we needed from Sony to let us know A-mount is continuing…

found via Digicameinfo.

And here is the new 75-300mmII lens:

And the A77M2 XAVC-S and Autofocus improvement firmware info (coming in December)

Good news for the A-mount A77m2 camera owners: Sony Japan announced they will release a new firmware update in December. Those are the two great features that will be added:

1. Auto focus up to 2.5 times faster at low light!*
* Internal measurement method DT 16-50mm F2.8 SSM when mounted

2. XAVC-S recording

wow!

Sony Japan at lats announced a new A-mount lens: The 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II!

These are the specs google translated via Sony Japan:

And sharp sense of resolution, it is a telephoto zoom lens that achieves a beautiful blur of unique G lens.
Sports and animal outdoor shooting, of course, ideal for close-up photography and shortest shooting distance 1.2m. I am also active in such portraits and flowers of shooting.

     Flare and ghost caused by surface-to-surface reflection is suppressed significantly by employing nano AR coating, further improve the descriptive power.
     Dynamic tracking performance of AF is about 4 times faster in the current model (“SAL70300G”) ratio.
     Adopt a conscious design to dust-proof and drip-proof.

<Release Date: February 2015 Manufacturer’s suggested retail price: 142,000 yen + tax>
※ For specifications, see the shopping site.

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