Sony A6000 officially announced! It’s the world fastest autofocus camera!

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Preorders:
Sony A6000 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here), WexUK (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT
Silver A6000 at WexUK (Click here).
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (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

DSC-H300 at  Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
DSC-H400 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
DSC-HX400 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
DSC-WX350 Black at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
DSC-WX350 White at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
DSC-W800 Black at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
DSC-W800 Silver at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).

Previews, hands-on tests:
First impression at Dpreview, First impressions at ThePhoBlographer, First look at Digitalcamerareview, Hands-on at ePhotozine, First look at Amateur Photographer, Hands-on at Photographyblog, Hands-on at Pocket-Lint, Hands-on at Gizmodo, Hands-on at Imaging Resource, First impressions at Trustedreviews, Hands-on by Quesabesde (Spanish), Preview at CameraLabs.

Hot things to know:
Sony claims the A6000 has the “world’s fastest autofocus”!
The A6000 hybrid AF covers 92% of the imaging area!
The major letdown: EVF is smaller and of lower resolution compared to the NEX-6. But IR writes: “However, comparing the two side-by-side, the A6000’s EVF is the clear winner as it produces much more accurate colors and easy to discern details.”
There is also a Silver A6000 but it’s not coming in US yet.
AmateurPhotographer: “Looking at 100% crops of a garden scene containing a mix of stone and plant detail, the A6000, utilizing diffraction reduction technology, managed to resolve sharper edge detail and reduced haloing compared to the 24.2-million-pixel Nikon D5300, particularly at f/11. Colour and contrast also appeared slightly more accurate on the images printed from the camera.”
A6000 has selective focus speed for smooth video transitions and steady shot for video.

Videos:
First look at Cnet, First look at Whatdigitalcamera, Hands-on at Digitalcameraworld, a6000 Review and AF Testing First Look at It’s DanK, First look by Sony.

Image samples:
Sample images at Photographyblog, Quick ISO test at Expertreviews,

Press text:
Slashgear, ePhotozine, Gizmodo, TheVerge, Engadget, Pocket-Lint, DSLRmagazine (Spanish), Quesabesde (Spanish), SystemKameraForum (German).

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Top deal reminder: Up to $650 on Sony A7-A7r combos at Amazon.

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You can save $200 on any FE lens (including the new Zeiss zoom) when you buy an A7-A7r at Amazon US (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and SonyStore US (Click here). Amazon and Sonystore actually show a nice scheme and you save up to $650 if you include the external flash.

A similar deals runs on Sony APS-C A-mount cameras at SonyStore US (Click here) and Amazon US (Click here).

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(SR5) A6000 EVF and phase detection specs. Announcement at 4am London time!

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Top view of the A6000

I finally got the A6000 EVF and AF info:
– 1,400K dot EVF
– 179 phase detection points (on sensor)

I have been told the AF performance is impressive!

Further, the camera will be announced in a couple of hours at exactly 4am London time (that’s 5am in Berlin and 11pm in New York).

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(SR5) UPDATED: First images of the A6000!

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This is the first image of the A6000! The camera will be announced tomorrow around 4-5am London time and you can follow the announcement live here on SAR!

UPDATE: This is the top view of the new A6000!

It also looks like the sensor is Exmor and not ExmorR. Maybe the original message contained an error because the compact cameras actually use Exmor R sensors :)

Additionally we now know the 3 inch screen has 921,000 dots and is tiltable.

via Digicameinfo, via DRphotorumor.

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(SR5) Specs of the new Sony compacts.

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Image on top shows the new HX400v 50x zoom camera

Tomorrow (Wednesday 5-6am London time) Sony will announce new compact cameras and the new A6000. Here are the compact camera specs.

  • DSC-HX400V
    – 20.4MP back-illuminated CMOS sensor
    – Optical zoom lens 50 times. 24-1200mm equivalent. Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T *
  • DSC-HX60V
    – 20.4MP back-illuminated CMOS sensor
    – Optical zoom lens 30 times. 24-720mm equivalent
    – 60 times all the pixels super-resolution zoom for dealing with moving
  • DSC-WX350
    – 18.2MP back-illuminated CMOS sensor
    – Lens 20x optical zoom. 25-500mm equivalent
    – 40 times all the pixels super-resolution zoom for dealing with moving
  • DSC-W810
    -20.1MP CCD sensor
    – Optical zoom lens 6 times. 26-156mm equivalent
  • DSC-WX220
    – 18.2MP back-illuminated CMOS sensor
    – Lens 10x optical zoom. 25-250mm equivalent
    – 20 times all the pixels super-resolution zoom for dealing with moving

The HX60v.

via Digicameinfo.

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Top Sony US deals: Up to $650 off on A7-A7r bundles and on Alpha bundles!

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There are many new deals ongoing in USA:

1) Up to $650 off on A7-A7r and lens bundles:
– You save up to %650 on A7/A7r and lens bundles and to see all possible combinations check out the deal table at Amazon US (Click here).
– At Bhphoto click on the A7 (Click here) or A7r (Click here) BHphoto links and than click on the “Save $200 On Select Sony Lenses” to add the $200 discounted lenses.
$450 off On The Sony HVL-F60M External Flash when you buy the A7 with 28-70mm kit lens (Click here).
–  Adorama too: A7 (Click here) and A7r (Click here) and than click on “Save up to $650.00 with bundle.”.
– $650 savings are also running at SonyStore US (Click here).

2) Up to %650 off on Sony A-mount camera bundles:
At SonyStore US (Click here) and Amazon US (Click here).

3) The number one :)
And you guess what camera is still the most sold camera in US largest online store Amazon (Click here to see the ranking and the camera). More Sony deals (inlcuding on NEX and QX) can be seen on that Amazon page (Click here).

4) SD cards
$18 off on the Lexar 32GB SDHC Platinum II 200x Class 10 UHS-I Memory Card (2-Pack) at BHphoto (Click here).

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(SR5) Some more A6000 tidbits. Has Bionz X processor and “improved” RGB filter

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I got some info from trusted sources about the A6000:

– 24,3 Megapixel Exmor-R sensor
– Improved RGB filter
– Hybrid focusing, contrast and phase detection (though phase detection pixels)
– Fastest AF of all E-mount cameras
– Bionz X processor with adaptive noise reduction, increased sharpness and diffraction reduction
– ISO 100 up to 25,600
– Price around 650 Euro for body only.
– Built-in EVF in the corner just like the NEX-6 (an anonymous non verified source said it has the same quality of the A7/A7r EVF).
– On the back similar controls as the current NEX-6
– Camera replaces both the NEX-6 and NEX-7 cameras

I also have been told there will be no real new E-mount lens. But as you know one more (bigger) announcement has to come in 4-6 weeks from now. So there is hope to see new E and FE lenses by than!

The A6000 announcement will be made on Wednesday (Feb 12) at 5-6 am London time.

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