May 1st Sony announcements?

[Guy Mancuso]

Okay was just at Tempe Camera and they had a A6000 on display. Very cool AF for sure , so let's hope this tech jumps in future bodies. AFC was really nice. But it just seemed a little to small for me. But for the money don't look the other way, it's really really nice and maybe the best APS cam I have seen so far. Make a nice little backup and travel cam for sure. Looking forward to this announcement. We need glass for sure

 

[Rand47]

Give me an A-mount version of the A7r. I'm sitting on a pile of A-mount glass, hate the a99, don't want an SLT adapter for A7r. Arrrgghhh... I'm not confident that the A-mount isn't dead & abandoned (albeit a slow death), but I'd be overjoyed to be proven wrong.

Rand

 

[Guy Mancuso]

Well no doubt a A77 replacement is going to be announced. Even though its APS it still takes the A mount

 

[bipbip]

Been reading a lot on the A6000 and sounds pretty good .../ ... Okay secretly been looking at the A6000 with the 16-70 f4 zoom at B&H for under 1400.

Read up a lot on this one too and ordered one, should be here next week. Still wanting to see what people think of the 16-70 on it; lots of cash for a lens I'm not sure about yet ...

 

[Guy Mancuso]

This is interesting just got this notice from B&H and read the 16-70 was discontinued elsewhere . Now not sure what announcements may happen but this may have something that relates to this.








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[dave92029]

I would like to see Sony announce a 24-70mm f4 II

 

[bipbip]

This is interesting just got this notice from B&H and read the 16-70 was discontinued ...

Thanks for the heads up. It's an interesting focal length range but I still think the price is way beyond what people expect an f/4 zoom to cost for APS-C. I'd pay 500€ for it, not double.

 

[Steve P.]

I'd be happy if they'd put me out of my misery and just announce the pricing of the A7s already.

 

[Rawfa]

My money is that Sony will announce a fast (an VERY expenssive) 85mm too:

(SR5) Also A7s pricing and two new (FE?) lenses to be announced on April 30. | sonyalpharumors

 

[Ben Rubinstein]

Hoping the 16-35 is one of those lenses. I'm assuming the 85mm is the other.

 

[Guy Mancuso]

I'm with Ben and I could bet a dozen donuts on this one. Bad part is I want both of them

 

[Ben Rubinstein]

Haha, I've go a great 85mm, the Pentax M 85mm f2, tiny cheap lens with far nicer rendition than my canon 85mm 1.8 ever managed. I do however need a wide though and have pursuaded myself that I'm best off waiting to see if the sony 16-35mm is worth the astronomical price they're bound to ask for it. If the corners are good I'll probably stump up the cash whatever it is. The question is will they be?

 

[Guy Mancuso]

Probably not a tough lens to design for sure.

 

[Ulfric Douglas]

I would like a revision on the price for the A7S to bring it into A7 territory ...

 

[dandrewk]

SAR's latest posting almost guarantees an announcement of the 85mm and WA zoom.

I am so ambivalent about the zoom. I need something wider than my FE 35, and I know there is a Zeiss 21 (24?) coming. Probably quite compact. The rumored 16-35mm is very useful, but it will probably be a bit bulky and expensive.

 

[Rawfa]

I would like a revision on the price for the A7S to bring it into A7 territory ...

I was super excited about the A7s when rumors were saying it would cost the same as an A7. If it´s more than us$2k I´m out...so I´m probably out.

 

[Uaiomex]

If true, my 6D will be my last Canon dslr.
Eduardo

It'll be the A99 replacement, which is a mirrorless DSLR-style camera. It'll have the 50Mpx 44x33 sensor in it, and interchangeable mounts - one for A-mount, one for something medium-format. New? Standard? I don't know. A-mount lenses work in crop mode, getting 29Mpx.

 

[Chuck Jones]

SAR's latest posting almost guarantees an announcement of the 85mm and WA zoom.

I am so ambivalent about the zoom. I need something wider than my FE 35, and I know there is a Zeiss 21 (24?) coming. Probably quite compact. The rumored 16-35mm is very useful, but it will probably be a bit bulky and expensive.

Dan, there are wider and there are longer and there are faster lenses coming. Sony is quite serious about developing out this line as fast as they can is the word I am getting. This is the future likely of the whole Alpha line.

 

[dandrewk]

Dan, there are wider and there are longer and there are faster lenses coming. Sony is quite serious about developing out this line as fast as they can is the word I am getting. This is the future likely of the whole Alpha line.

Chuck, understood. I currently have the FE 35, 55 and 70-200. I'm still lacking in the WA ranges. I've been using my Nikon 16-35 F4 w/Novaflex, which works well, but I want something with AF and VR/OSS.

I'm undecided to get the Sony WA zoom or wait for a prime. It would be great if they at least gave us a firmer roadmap this Wednesday.

 

[philip_pj]

Sony are very good at making wrongologists of us all, I suspect.
My shot is: FE 85mm f1.8 - $900-1000 - based on the generally well-received FE55, which it will look like and feel like, similar weight too. Sony's designers are very big on bokeh for FE primes - they are fans of the Summilux series.

It will need to be special to succeed well, as almost all short teles are excellent, so no CA and care to minimise LoCA, and great from wide open. AF (very important at this FL) and native mount will win them the day for a lot of FE users, and it completes a very good three lens setup for Leica type shooters: FE35/FE55/FE85.

I can't say anything nice about the WA zoom idea. They are all big, heavy and costly, not what FE needs. A WATE would be great however.