Good Morning…and a Happy new Year! :)

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First off…Happy New Year!

I hope you will keep following SAR even in 2013. There will be plenty of new stuff and don’t miss to read my prediction to see what could come this year. And now let’s start with the new years rumors. I had no sleep tonight and worked on the next bunch of rumors. The first thing you should know is that Sony will soon have an announcement right before the CES show (start January 8). But there will be compact cameras only and no, not one of this compact camera will be a more advanced model like the RX100.

I still didn’t get a reliable confirmation but there is a fair chance that new SLT NEX stuff may be announced a couple of weeks later right before the start of the CP+ show in Yokohama (January 31).

Stay tuned on SAR! Subscribe the RSS feed (Click here) and Twitter (Click here) stream and the Facebook fan page (Click here)! And agai…Happy New Year!!!

 

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Gloxy 12mm fisheye for NEX in Stock.

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At Photokina Digital King announced the new 12mm f/7.4 fisheye lens for NEX. This lens is now for the first time in Stock via [shoplink 16268 ebay]multiple eBay resellers (Click here)[/shoplink]. Not exactly a main stream lens and the 8mm [shoplink 16269 ebay]Rokinon/Samyang lens (here on eBay)[/shoplink] may be a better choice unless you need exactly the 12mm focal length.

Here are the Gloxy specs:

  • Focal distance: 12mm
  • Coating: 7 layers multi coating to reduce aberrations to a minimum
  • Lens construction: 4 elements in 4 groups
  • Focusing distance: 0.5m to infinitive
  • Aperture: f/7.4
  • Weight: 220g
  • Dimensions: 65.00 x 58.5mm

Here are some image samples (Click on it to see a larger sized pic):

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My 2013 Sony release prediction…

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The following post is a mix of rumors and speculations about the possible new cameras and lenses from Sony. This is not an SR5 rumor :)

RX Cybershot:
Sony is quite happy with the success of their RX100 and RX1 cameras. And they definitely will keep going on with new camera release. It’s pretty obvious that there is plenty of room for an RX10 camera with ASP-C sensor. The question is how will they make it? My guess is that it will have a fixed prime lens to make the camera very compact.
Another question is, will there be a variations within the same series? For example an RX2 with a 50mm f/1.7 equivalent lens. Or an RX101 with a wider (and slower) zoom range.

Sony NEX:
There will be plenty of of new cameras and lenses. I expect a new NEX-3 model and probably a NEX-7 successor too. Unlike previous years there will be finally more new lens than new camera announcements :)
We know three new Zeiss primes with full electronic support are going to be launched in Spring 2013. There will be a new 85mm f/1.8 lens and a 3-4 more new Sony E-mount lenses. But let’s not forget that we can pretty much be sure that also Tamron, Sigma and other manufacturers will announce new lenses too.

Sony FF NEX:
As I told you last week Sony is working on the camera development and an exact time release hasn’t been set yet. It all depends from how things will work out. They want the camera to be damn good, like a Pro DSLR from Nikon and Canon. My guess is that the camera will hit the stores in early 2014 only. There may be some announcement or prototype shown in late 2013.

Sony SLT:
I already told you about four new A-mount lenses that will be launched within the next six months and the most interesting one is the Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 lens. We will have both, new entry level and new semi pro SLT APS-C cameras. It will be highly unlikely that Sony will launch a new SLT FF cameras in 2013.

Surprises:
Unlike Canon and Nikon Sony is always good for a surprise! Never be sure what’s in the engineers head. So how could a surprise look like? A 50+ Megapixel A1x SLT camera, a new 3 layer sensor (foveon similar), or the come back of optical viewfinders. But those are just dreams for now…or not? :)

And now, what is your Sony camera wish for 2013?

What new product(s) are you most likely going to buy?

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Some more info about the Contax G to E-mount adapter (coming in February)

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I just got an email from Camera MX with a link to a new youtube video and a delivery estimation of the new Contax G to E-mount adapter: “We believe we can launch this adapter around Feb. One more thing, Contax G16mm and G21mm cannot used on this CONTAX G – SONY NEX AF adapter. If you want to use G21 with this, you must cut the rear lens flange. G16 cannot use on it. In future, international version is renamed as “DEO TECHART” or “DEO””

MXcamera
Tel: 2388 1178
YH Store : http://hk.user.auctions.yahoo.com/hk/booth/mxcamera_hk
Web Site : http://mxcamera.com/
face book: https://www.facebook.com/mxcamera

Reminder: list of great G lenses with links to eBay price:
Hologon 16mm; 1:8 on [shoplink 16235 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] -> (will not work on the DEO TECHART adapter).
Biogon T* 21 mm; 1:2,8 on [shoplink 16236 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] -> (will not work on the DEO TECHART adapter).
Biogon T* 28 mm; 1:2,8 on [shoplink 16237 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Planar T* 35 mm; 1:2,0 on [shoplink 16238 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Planar T* 45 mm; 1:2,0 on [shoplink 16239 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sonnar T* 90 mm; 1:2,8 on [shoplink 16240 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Vario-Sonnar T* 35 – 70 mm; 1:3,5-5,6 on [shoplink 16241 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

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And now a $170 price drop on the Sony RX1…

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After yesterdays price drop on the A99 for the first time we also got a price drop on the Sony RX1. And it’s a quite big one! You save $170 at [shoplink 16254 ebay]Cameraland (Click here)[/shoplink] and at [shoplink 16255 ebay]BigValue (Click here)[/shoplink].

Deal found via Slidoo eBay.

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Sony TidBits

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Peru – Bring Your Kids – Trailer from Scott Booker (Shot on the RX100)

Short Sony news roundup:
ThePhoBlographer posted the full Zeiss 135mm f/1.8 lens review: “Not only is it super sharp, but it is extremely well built and focuses fairly fast. When the images are ready to be imported into your post-processing software of choice, you’ll have little work to do aside from some retouching.”
The ten cameras that amde history in 2012 at Quesabesde (translation here).
Nikon’s Series-E Lenses Compared (Matthewdurrphotography).
35mm f0.95 e-moun Mitakon lens test at TalkNex.
Sony 50mm f1.8 review at ThePhoBlographer.
Sony World Photography Awards 2013 (ePhotozine).

Murat: “I video recorded these scenes here in Hawaii with my Sony nex 6 with 50mm f/1.8 lens and also with the new 16-50mm power zoom. This is not a time lapse footage out of photos.
I recorded 60p videos as avchd and later on premiere speeded up the footage 800% for a creamier look. It was an extremely windy day. I had to park my car against the wind the protect my camera on the tripod. Still it is not 100% steady. But it looks good overall. I did not color correct nor sharpen the footage. http://youtu.be/hZdgVkYlq4Q“

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A99 price drops to $2,550 at BigValue…

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The A99 price dropped down to $2,550 at [shoplink 16246 ebay]BigValue (on eBay)[/shoplink]. That’s now $250 less than the regular price. Still not a huge price drop like we had on the Nikon FF cameras but we are getting there…slowly :)

Small price drops are also ongoing at Wex and eBay Europe. I think another $200-300 price drop would help Sony to significantly increase the camera sales. But that’s of course just a instinct based opinion. Sony will know it better what they need to push the camera sales.

Some A99 news: A99 review at Digitalcamerareview. A99 First Impressions at Echenique.

 

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