Sony knows how to fix the leak (and Fuji X-T1 has similar issue too!).

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Image courtesy: SLRclub.

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One more update on the Sony A7 and A7r light leak issue story:

A source just told me that “The Sony service centers know how to fix the light leak“. The cause was “an assembly issue“. This has been confirmed by a test run by an user on the Korean site SLRclub. It’s the mount ring that has to be fixed to solve the issue.

And if you think Sony is the only company having such troubles well….the porbably most popular camera of the moment, the Fuji X-T1 (here at Amazon) has been reported to have the exact same issue!!! But Fuji already offers a service where you can sind in the camera and get it back repaired within 10 days.

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Small rumor bits about the A77 successor.

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Two anonymous sources sent me small bits of A77 successor info:

– (SR4) Announcement will be made the first week of May (and availability in June!)
– (SR3) Camera can do 14 fps.

I am still not sure yet if Sony will also use new RX cameras and new A/E mount lenses. Hope to get SR5 confirmations soon!

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New Sony A6000 autofocus video tests

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Sony A6000 – movie AF test

The last couple of days new A6000 autofocus test videos have been tested by early reviewers. Here is a list of videos you can check:
http://youtu.be/RQKCztJHkvQ?t=1m14s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P80fKrazOEU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQKCztJHkvQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUEkMQ0xIDo
http://youtu.be/uHs-etevgCM
http://youtu.be/XwE4G-SSN-M

Sony A6000 preorder list with US and Europe links:
Sony A6000 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at WexUK (Click here).
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here), Sony Canada (Click here), WexUK (Click here).
Silver A6000 with lens at WexUK (Click here).
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon (CLick here), BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT

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Panasonic announces price of their 4K GH4. Sony will have to make an “affordable” competitor.

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Image courtesy: Camerasize

Sony is going to release at least one (if not more) 4K cameras this year. And if you had the fear Sony would price it very high well….there is good news! Panasonic unveiled the pricing of their GH4 4K camera ($1,700 here at Amazon) and it’s actually very low! It’s $1300 less than the comparable Blackmagic 4K camera and $10,000 less than the Canon EOS 1D-C.

The Sony 4K A and/or E-mount cameras are supposed to be unveiled this summer. But I am not sure yet if it’s the A77 successor that will be the first Sony camera have 4K….

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(SR5) A77II announcement in May!!!

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Image on top shows the silhoutte of the current Sony A77.

Many(!) trusted source just told me the A77II announcement is actually scheduled for May. They didn’t share any specs yet. All we know is that it has a very fast new autofocus system, no EVF lag and very speedy processor.
I also have been told that the announcement event is quite “big”. There is a fair chance Sony will also announce some other stuff like new lenses for both A and E-mount! Hopefully new FE lenses will be announced too :)
Stay tuned on SAR, I am working on plenty(!) of amazing rumors. Some of time are a huge surprise ;)

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New RCCDroid APP makes you control the A58 (and other Sony cameras too?) via tablet/smartphone.

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At rccdroid.glensk.com you can read about the new RCCDroid Android App (Download here at Pplay.google.com). It’s a new App that allows USB Tethering/Remote Control of the Sony Alpha SLT-A58. But someone on the Sony Germany community also discovered that it should actually work on other cameras like the DSLR-A700, DSLR-A850, DSLR-A900, SLT-A99, ILCE-7 and ILCE-7R).

This is what you can with the Android powered device and USB connection:
Preview of a taken picture on a large display (e.g. Tablet)
Long term exposure without touching the camera (BULB)
HDR Series
Selfportrait with correct focus

The following features are planned for future versions
Timershots (Time laps)
Change of camera properties
HDR Series with different adaptions
Automatic shutter by noise
Wireless mode via Bluetooth
Videotakes
Writing of GPS data to pictures
Support of further Sony models (e.g. A99)

Sounds great!

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Part three: Find the Sony website errors!

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Note: In an attempt to fix the many confusing errors present on Sony websites we plan to post them all on SAR. Let’s hope Sony will read us and fix them :)

On that Sony US page (Click here) you can find a big mistake on an image. Well with all the massive amount of NEX and A models we had the least couple of years even Sony website manager got confused! Can you find the error?

 

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