Curiosity: Sony will be fined 17 million yen for new product announcement turmoil on July 7 in China

You surely remember how back in July Sony decided in last minute to postpone the ZV-E10 announcement. This because the original July 7 is the day where China commemorates the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War. China considered Sony’s move like an insult.

Tath’s why this week Beijing imposed a fine of 17.7 million yen on Sony China for damaging the dignity of the Chinese state.

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via DClife

RUMOR: Sony A7IV teaser will be posted tomorrow (October 18). Camera will start shipping in early December

We should get a first A7IV teaser on October 18 ahead of the official launch on October 21 (15:00 London time). I have been told the camera will start to ship out the first week of December.

Sony A7IV rumored specs:

  • launch on October 21 (if chip supply permits this)
  • Newly developed 33MP sensor
  • 15 stops of DR
  • 3.69m dot EVF and LCD is improved too (1.44m dot???)
  • 4k30 video is oversampled from 7K
  • 4k 60p will be oversampled from 4.8k s35 mode and 10bit 4:2:2
  • 4k streaming (and FHD 60p streaming)
  • 5.5 stops of IBIS (+ AS)
  • Same A7sIII body design and same heatsink system.
  • Full size HDMi
  • Fully articulating LCD screen
  • Improved touchscreen functions
  • UHS-II SD-cards and CF Xpress cards
  • Same new Sony menu system of the A7sIII
  • I am still not sure about this but price might be around $2,499???