According to one source Sony will unveil a “new special entry camera” on August 27. It’s my guess that he is talking about the new DSLR shaped E-mount camera named “ILC-3000”. Am I right?

This camera will compete against the Canon REBEL series and this is also the first E-mount camera that will get rid of the “NEX” brand name.

I know it’s hard to get used to the new definition, the “ILC-3000“! It quite remembers me the “HAL 9000” computer from Stanley Kubrick’s movie “2001: A Space Odyssey“. I do hope the ILC-3000 E-mount camera will not be as unkind to human being as the crazy gone HAL 9000 :)

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As I told you many times before the future is the A-mount mirrorless system. But that said it seems that Sony will still announce one (or more?) last SLT camera(s). An anonymous source reported that an updated A65 with same camera house, same functions will be announced in late August. The good news is that the price will be reduced by 20%. Let’s see if other sources can confirm or deny this…

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The last weeks were extremely busy. As you have seen I posted many QX and NEX rumors. Now I wanted tow write a short note just to say that I am working on A-mount news too. Within the next 2-3 weeks I should be able to get more concrete (and hopefully SR5 rated) info about the upcoming products. In very short this is what I am working on:

1) A-mount lens roadmap: as I told you there are definitely a 70-200mm II and 400mm lens to come. But I heard about two more lenses…

2) Firmware update: There is a silence around it. probably because there are bigger rumors at the moment. But I will try to ask my sources to tell me something about it

3) SLT vs A-mount mirrorless: While it’s almost sure that A-mount mirrorless is the future I am still not 100% sure that there will be no other SLT camera.

So be patient, I am on it :)

Here is the first leak of a part of the QX10 and QX100 manual:

1) Power Button
2) Microphone
3) Display Panel
: Indicates that the card is not inserted
: Indicates the remaining battery charge
4) Hook for belt
5) Tripod
6) Ring Control (DSC-QX100)
7) The power / charge / movie
Green: Power on
Orange: running charging
Red: running video
8) Zoom lever
9) shutter button
10) Multifunctional jack
11) RESET button

Dimensions (standard CIPA):
DSC-QX100: 62,5 mm × 62,5 mm × 55,5 mm (W / H / D)
DSC-QX10: 62,4 mm × 61,8 mm × 33,3 mm (W / H / D)
Weight (standard CIPA) (including battery pack NP-BN, “Memory Stick Micro”):
DSC-QX100: approx. 179 g
DSC-QX10: approx. 105 g
Power Supply: Rechargeable Battery Pack NP-BN, 3,6 In the
Power consumption (during shooting): 1.1 W

Reminder:
The QX100 has the same RX100MII sensor and  Zeiss lens ($600 here on Amazon).
The QX10 has the same 1/2,3 inch 18 megapixel CMOS sensor and  f/3,3-5.9 lens as the Sony WX150 ($400 on Amazon).

Announcement:
As I wrote yesterday the new QX lens-cameras will be announced on September 4th! We will follow the event live so be sure to be online on SonyAlphaRumors that day!

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SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources
SR5=almost certainly correct!