Sony A5100 officially announced!

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Preorders:
A5100 specs and price at Amazon (Click here).
A5100 black body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony Store US, Sony DE, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony NL, Sony IT,
A5100 black with kit lens at Amazon, Adorama, Sony Store US.
A5100 white with kit lens at Amazon

First impressions and previews:
First impression at Dpreview. Hands-on at Dpreview, Hands-on images at Engadet, Amateur Photographer,

Image samples:
Sony.net, Fotomagazine (Click on the red link to download).

Video samples:
Touch screen AF speed on Youtube. VDO af-speed on Youtube.

Press release:
Dpreview, Sony.net, Sony press, Fotomagazin (German), DicaHub (Korea), Photoscala (German), ThePhoBlographer, Techradar, Cnet, Imaging-Resource, Tom’s Guide, TheVerge, Engadet, DSLRmagazine (Spanish), Imaging Resource,

Curiosity:
Announcement was expected to be tomorrow but Sony decided to anticipate it today. That’s why you don’t see many reviews now :)

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Sony TidBits…(with BlackBerry APP for remote shooting!).

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Sony A7s – Menu System, Buttons, and Camera explained at SonyAlphaLab.

Sony Alpha A77 II Digital Camera Review at Cameras.Reviewed.
Sony Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50 mm f/1,4 ZA SSM test at Focus Numerique.
Apple adds support for the A7s, A77II, RX100m3 and A6000.
Sony A7R, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH with Phigment tech adapter at MyPhotoJourney.
Sony A7R, 85/1.4 Zeiss + LA-EA4 at MyPhotoJourney.
Zeiss Biogon ZM test on NEX_5n and the A7 at Photofrans.
Camden Town with the Sony A7 at Derrenhodsonphotography.

J: “Sony AX100, a6000, Nex5, A7, FS100, bmpcc, bmpc in a Morie Shootout. IMO the Nex5 is looking better than the a6000! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weL0N_uwN8A”

Christian: “As you know, several Sony high-end cameras allow to use an Android/iOS app to  take pictures over WiFi, but there are no applications for BlackBerry smartphones to do that. Since I’m a developer, I thought I’d like to use that feature from my phone, a BlackBerry Q10, so I developed a free app, and I just posted it in BlackBerry World (the app market for BlackBerry smartphones). I’ve seen you sometimes post some information about apps, so I’d like you to consider if it’s worth to be shared. The app name is “Remote Shutter”, and you can find it under this URL: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/59935482.”

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Lowest price ever: Sony NEX-3n with lens for $300.

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Getting an E-mount camera for few bucks is easy: Just grab that NEX-3n with 16-50mm kit lens for $300 only at TechForLess (Click here). The Open Box versions sells for even less ($279). And if you need a built-in EVF just get the NEX_6 with kit lens which sells for $499 at Amazon (Click here).

And there is a new bunch of refurbished Sony stuff to save some $$$:
RX10 for $799 on [shoplink 28072 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
RX100m2 for $499 on [shoplink 28071 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
QX100 for $329 on [shoplink 28070 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
RX1 for $1,899 on [shoplink 28069 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

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(SR5) This is the first image of the new Sony A5100!

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Soon (on August 19) Sony will have the first of a long series of product announcements. And we will start with the new A5100 APS-C E-mount camera. These are the full specs and images on courtesy of Digicameinfo.

– 24,3 MP APS-C sensor
– Full HD, XAVC-S, AVCHD and MP4 video recording
– Max bit rate is 50MPs in XAVC-S
– Hybrid AF (same as A6000) with 179 AF points (25 of them are contrast AF points)
– 3 inch and 920.000 dot Touch LCD. 180 degree tiltable
– 1/4000-30 sec shutter. 1/60 syncro. Electronic front curtain shutter
– ISO 100-25,600
– Built.in Flash
– Wifi NFC
– APP support
– 6fps
– SD card
– The battery is the NP-FW50. 400 shoots autonomy
– The size is 109.6mm x 62.8mm x35.7mm
– 224 g Weight (body only)
LIke I told you before this is a A6000 camera without EVF and for less $$$. I think it’s a very advanced nice little camera!

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News about others: Nikon in deep financial crisis. (And sells D610 with A7 sensor for $1399).

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A couple of years ago nobody would have ever questioned the leadership of Canon and Nikon in the system camera market. But things are quickly changing and Nikon reported a huge loss and forceast drop at their latest financial report. Why should we care?

1) First question is if Nikon will try to compete against Sony’s A7 series or not by proposing a sort of mirrorless [shoplink 28078 ebay]FM camera[/shoplink]. I guess we will see soon at Photokina if Nikon will finally react.

2) In the meantime their latest D610 with Sony’s 24MP sensor sells for $1399 only on [shoplink 28077 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. May be a sign that they are trying to force sales. And I bet we will see soon Full Frame cameras for just $1,000 too.

3) Will Nikon still try to rely on Sony sensors or try to break boundaries with something more revolutionary made from their own house or non-Sony partners?

My bet is that Sony will surpass Nikon in terms of system camera sales in two years from now… :)

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