I told you last week that one of my trusted sources is sure Sony will announce new product(s) at the Creative Space event around November 8th. While I am yet still not 100% sure what will be announced the odds are looking better for a possible Sony A9III announcement. I will list you the reasons why this is the case:

• The Sony A9II was announced four years ago at the Creative Space Event :)
• Sony registered a high End camera model on September 4th
• My super trusted source told me Sony has scheduled the A9III release for the timeframe between November and January
• Another trusted sours SAW(!) the A9III camera and shared ot me some details he asked me NOT to share to not get him into trouble. All I can say as keyword and proof that I am onto Bullshitting you is this: “Triathlon on the Beach“. You will understand this the day the A9III gets announced ;)
• And another “hint” I got I cannot share yet…but it’s another good news!

I am sure I will get some details soon I can share on SAR ;)

As you know back in September Sony registered three new Sony cameras. I think I now know nearly for certain what 2 out of these 3 cameras are:

• Sony A9III (100% certain)
• Sony video focused camera (100% certain)…it might be a new FX camera (70% chance).
• Maybe a Sony A7sIV (50% chance)

A more technical analysis of the Sony registrations:

I thank our Chinese reader E8M for sharing valuable information on how to interpret correctly the China registration codes. In short:

• Multi band models have “A” in the code (which means they support both 2.4 and 5.1 Ghz) and short range models have “D” in the code (2.4Ghz)
• Devices produced in China have the “P” code and imported devices have the “J” code

Nearly all mid to high end models from Sony have multi band support (“A” code). And Sony produces most (not all!) higher end camera in Thailand/Japan and therefore they have the code “J”.
That’s why most of the higher end cameras are labeled “AJ”. Most of the mid label camera the “AP” code (multi band device produced in China).

This isn’t 100% accurate because there are exceptions (like FX30 and A7rIII). But it’s most of the time a good indication of what to expect. Hope it’s clear now :)