In less than 24hours we will know everything about the new RX1R, RX100MII and whatever else may be announced. I don’t know yet if Sony will also announce their first hybrid smartphone-Cybershot cameras. I certainly hope so! No A or E-mount news is expected for tomorrow but I would happy if Sony could surprise us here too! After all the new firmware update is coming soon so they may hint about it tomorrow (that’s just a hope…not a rumor).

The announcement is likely to be made at around 6-7am London time. As usual you are invited to be online at SonyAlphaRumors. I will give you live updates about all news, tests and every other interesting bits I can find on the web. And here comes a reminder of what’c coming tomorrow:

The Sony RX1R: Same camera (and same lens) as the current RX1 but it misses the Anti Aliasing filter.
The Sony RX100MKII: It has an “updated” 20 megapixel sensor with Exmor R technology. The same Zeiss lens as the RX100. But there are plenty of other changes: new tilt screen, longer battery life, ISO 100, Built-in Wifi, 24p recording and Hot Shoe.
Sony i1 (not sure it comes tomorrow): Android smartphone with Sony G lens and 1/2.3 inch sensor.

By the way, let us know…

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Reminder (SR = Sonyrumor):
SR1=probably fake rumor
SR2=rumor from unknown sources
SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources
SR5=almost certainly correct!

After tomorrow (june 27) at 6-7am London time Sony will announce the new RX1R and the RX100MII. A new source sent me the following mail:

 “have just received confirmed information that RX100MKII will come with these optional accessories:
Grip Attachment, Made to match your RX100 or RX100M2, made from a hard-wearing elastomer and polycarbonate-like material to handle everyday wear and tear
Filter Adapter, Filter adapter for Cyber-shot™ RX100 and RX100M2 cameras with guide ring, base ring and remover, Works with a lens cap, Quickly connects to a 49mm filter and MC protector.”

Be sure to be online after tomorrow! Let’s see if there will be some kind of unexpected surprise…

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RX100 links roundup:
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Cases: [shoplink 13347 ebay]Official Sony LCJ-RXA case[/shoplink], [shoplink 13344 ebay]Gariz case[/shoplink], [shoplink 13345 ebay]more leather case[/shoplink].
Batteries: [shoplink 13346 ebay]NP-BX1 Battery[/shoplink].
Special stuff: [shoplink 13343 ebay]Multi-Coated LENS ARMOR UV[/shoplink]. Magfilter at Amazon (Click here). RX100 filter adapter on [shoplink 13486 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]

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SR4=rumor from known sources
SR5=almost certainly correct!

Image rendering (not the real camera) via Photoarena

Welcome to a very busy week here on SAR! As you know on June 27 (Thursday) Sony will announce the new RX100MII and the RX1R. We already know everything about these cameras except the price. But there may be one more surprise coming:

We never talked about smartphones on SAR. But now we have two good reasons to talk about the upcoming Sony i1:

1) It will be the first Sony hybrid smartphone-camera with 1:2,3 inch sensor and Sony G lens. And maybe an interchangeable mount too!

2) It could feature the new JPEG engine coming soon via firmware update on the A- and E-mount cameras

What is also interesting is that this kind of smartphones will slowly replace the compact camera business. Classic Cybershot camera development will be dramatically reduced. The future are these hybrid smartphone-cameras.

By the way, I don’t know yet how a camera like this can use interchangeable lenses. It may be that it has a sort of hybrid solution. A on camera fixed G lens and a mount ring around it. I don’t know if that patent (pdf here) has something to do with it…