Sony announcement: Few hours to go!

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Few hours to go until Sony announces the new lenses. And hopefully we will finally now what that fast large aperture prime lens is :)  Here are a couple of notes for you:

1) Zeiss 16-35mm will ship within end of this year. All other lenses that Sony will Pre-announce today will ship 2015

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3) I haven’t found any live streaming video yet. Please contact me if you find one (sonyalpharumors@gmail.com).

Announcement at 15:00 London time:
7am in San Francisco
10 am in NYC
16:00 in Berlin
23:00 in Tokyo.

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Photokina competition announcement: Samsung NX1 restarts Megapixel war :)

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There are a dozen of companies announcing new stuff today! The first news comes from Samsung. It’s interesting because it’s sets a new record of resolution on an APS-C sensor (28 megapixel). It is also the third company after Panasonic and Sony to offer 4K video recording on a mirrorless camera!

NX1 specs at BHphoto (Click here). More info and full press text at MirrorlessRumors (Click here).

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Reminder: Sony announcement in a few hours at 15:00 London time.

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In a few hours at exactly 15:00 London time (16:00 in Köln at the Photokina) Sony will introduce new lenses. As usual you can follow the event here on SAR where I will give you all links to reviews, news and preorders for the new products. By the way 15:00 London time is:
7am in San Francisco
10 am in NYC
23:00 in Tokyo.

What can we expect? The Zeiss 16-35mm f/4.0 for sure. And Sony will also likely show more new (pre)production A and E-mount lenses and an updated FE lens roadmap.

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Reminder (SR = Sonyrumor):
SR1=probably fake rumor
SR2=rumor from unknown sources
SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources
SR5=almost certainly correct!

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Sony US launches great new savings on the A99 and A6000!

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Sony US launched two new bundle deals:
$520 off on the A99 at SonyStore (Click here).
$199 off on the A6000 at SonyStore (Click here).

All other current Sony deals:
Refurbished RX100m2 now sells for $399 only via [shoplink 28904 ebay]Secondipity (Click here)[/shoplink]
Sony A6000 with kit lens with a $100(!) discount at [shoplink 28733 ebay]BigValue eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
$349 only for the Sony RX100 at [shoplink 28700 ebay]BigValue eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished NEX-5t with kit lens for $349 at [shoplink 28890 ebay]Sony eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished RX1R for $1,819 at [shoplink 28894 ebay]Secondipity (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony A7r with free extras for $1,863 at [shoplink 28892 ebay]6ave eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony 32GB SDHC Class 10 UHS-1 R40 Memory Card – 2 Pack for $34 only at [shoplink 28814 ebay]FocusCamera eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Reminder: With the “secret” code “Olympus20” you get $400 off (and fre LR5) with the Sony A7r sold at FocusCamera (Click here).

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(SR5) Full Zeiss 16-35mm FE lens MTF and design graph.

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I got more images about the new Zeiss 16-35mm f/4.0 FE OSS lens that will be announced tomorrow. As you know you can follow the event live here at SAR at 16:00 Berlin time!

Here are two graphs about the new lens:

The Zeiss 16-35mm should ship within end of this year. But I “fear” that all other lenses that will be announced tomorrow will hit the market in 2015 only. Because so far I didn’t get detailed info on them…probably because Sony will not unveil the final info tomorrow (just general introduction).

To end with a good news: After Pohotkina I can probably start with new rumors about the High Resolution cameras and some RX camera info I got in these days.

Follow the Sony announcement live here on SAR on Monday Sept 15 at 16:00 Berlin time. That’s:
7am in San Francisco
10 am in NYC
15:00 in London
23:00 in Tokyo.

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SR1=probably fake rumor
SR2=rumor from unknown sources
SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources
SR5=almost certainly correct!

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Refurbished Sony stuff: Rx100m2 for $399. NEX-5t with two lenses and bag for $449.

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[shoplink 28904 ebay][/shoplink]
The officially Sony refurbished RX100m2 now sells for $399 only via [shoplink 28904 ebay]Secondipity (Click here)[/shoplink]. A huge good deal and hotseller at eBay is the Refurbished NEX-5t with 55-210mm & 16-50mm 2 lens bundle bag at [shoplink 28893 ebay]Secondipity (Click here)[/shoplink].

All other current Sony deals:
Sony A6000 with kit lens with a $100(!) discount at [shoplink 28733 ebay]BigValue eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
$349 only for the Sony RX100 at [shoplink 28700 ebay]BigValue eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished NEX-5t with kit lens for $349 at [shoplink 28890 ebay]Sony eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished RX1R for $1,819 at [shoplink 28894 ebay]Secondipity (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony A7r with free extras for $1,863 at [shoplink 28892 ebay]6ave eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony 32GB SDHC Class 10 UHS-1 R40 Memory Card – 2 Pack for $34 only at [shoplink 28814 ebay]FocusCamera eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Reminder: With the “secret” code “Olympus20” you get $400 off (and fre LR5) with the Sony A7r sold at FocusCamera (Click here).

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