PhotoPlus 2016 – Sony Alpha A99 II Digital Translucent Mirror Camera (A-Mount, Full Frame)

The PhotoPlus show opened in new York City. Here are a couple fo videos from the Sony booth:
PhotoPlus 2016 – Sony Alpha A6500 Mirrorless Digital Camera (Camera Camera).
Sony A6500 awesome EVF, buffer and back LCD PhotoPlus Expo 2016 (Frozen Lessons).
PhotoPlus 2016 – Sony RX100 V Compact Digital Camera (Camera Camera).
Sigma 85mm f1.4 Art & Sony a6500 Hands on First Impressions (Eric Rossi).

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Reminder: There is a new long list of Special PDN show deals at BHphoto (Click here to see them all).

New Sony A6500 and RX100m5 preorder links:
A6500 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
RX100m5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
New Underwater housing for all RX100 cameras at BHphoto, Adorama.

All other new Sony stuff on preorder:
Sony A99II at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Calumet Germany and WexUK.
Loxia 85mm f/2.4 at BHphoto and Adorama.
Tamron 150-600mm G2 A-mount lens at Bhphoto.Rokinon 35mm f/1.2 APS-C E-mount lens at BHphoto.
Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 autofocus FE lens at Amazon and BHphoto.
Lensbaby Trio 28mm E-mount lens at BHphoto, Adorama and WexUK.

Newsshooter tested one of the new RX100m5 features that didn’t get on the screen radar of most reviewers:

One of the more interesting specifications of the new Sony RX100 V is that it can shoot still photos at full 20 megapixel resolution at a blistering 24 frames a second (fps). It can do this for around six seconds or so in either top quality JPEG or Raw at a resolution of 5472 x 3648 in 3:2 aspect, or 5472 x 3080 in 16×9. This raises the prospect that you could combine these photos in sequence to create a super high resolution/low compression video clip which should allow a high degree of image adjustment – albeit with no audio.

Teh caveat with this is that you can shoot 6sec only, you got no audio, the camera stops and needs a lot of time to write the data and in some situation it shoots at 17fps instead of 24fps. That said Newshhooter writes the overall resolution and detail of the images is really impressive though.

Few more new RX100m5 tests:
Second part of the RX100 V hands-on at Mirrorlessons.
Sony RX100 V: Video Quality Sample Reel (Dpreview).
Sony Cyber-shot RX100 Mark V Continuous Shooting (ePhotozine).
Sony Cyber-shot RX100 V Hands-on Photos (Photographyblog).
Sony RX100M5 Small Gallery on Flickr.
SONY RX100 V : course a l’autofocus (Le Monde De La Photo).
Una jornada en Londres con las Sony A6500 y RX100 V (Photolari).

New Sony A6500 and RX100m5 preorder links:
A6500 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
RX100m5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
New Underwater housing for all RX100 cameras at BHphoto, Adorama.

All other new Sony stuff on preorder:
Sony A99II at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Calumet Germany and WexUK.
Loxia 85mm f/2.4 at BHphoto and Adorama.
Tamron 150-600mm G2 A-mount lens at Bhphoto.Rokinon 35mm f/1.2 APS-C E-mount lens at BHphoto.
Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 autofocus FE lens at Amazon and BHphoto.
Lensbaby Trio 28mm E-mount lens at BHphoto, Adorama and WexUK.

Digitalrev attacked Sony’s A6300 and A6500 strategy:

This is a depressingly short-sighted approach from Sony (might I add, even for Sony standards), since the A6300 was only announced in February and shipped in March. Instead of launching an A6300/A6500 hybrid as a more complete product at Photokina for example, Sony released a good, but not perfect A6300 in February.

Well I have to play the devils (Sony’s) adovcate to balance the story:

1. The A6500 does NOT replace the A6300 and costs $400 more which is really a lot more $$$
2. The current A6300 did not get any price drop. If you paid $1,000 for your camera and are happy with it you shouldn’t feel screwed at all.

The real weakness with the Sony APS-C E-mount system are the lenses. Sony cannot expect A6xxx camera owners to buy FE lenses only! They are bigger, have not the “right” focal length and you pay more for it than you should (more glass in use in FF lenses).

And Dpreview posted an article about “what’s changed, and what still needs to change”. They have a couple of complains and imrpovements suggestions. The touchscreen is too laggy and one more annoying thing is:

the a6500’s battery life rating has actually decreased compared to the a6300 by over 10%. It goes without saying that’s a change in the opposite direction than we would like.

Preorders (Start on October 10 at 11am NYC time):
A6500 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
RX100m5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
New Underwater housing for all RX100 cameras at BHphoto, Adorama.

Watch from minute 4.20 to hear them talk about the Sony A99II. At minute 9:20 they interview Sigma CEO once again confirms they will make FE lenses. At minute 15:00 they talk about the electronic variable ND filter for Sony. Anyway, if you find them watch it in full!

Sony A99II at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Calumet Germany and WexUK.

Sony a6500 RX100V First Impression Hands-on

Those are the next three A6500 videos from Digitalrev, Mirrorlessons and Newsshooter.

Newsshooter A6500 touchscreen AF in video mode demo

A6500 hands-on by Mirrorlessons.

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New Sony A6500 and RX100m5 preorder links:
A6500 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
RX100m5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
New Underwater housing for all RX100 cameras at BHphoto, Adorama.

All other new Sony stuff on preorder:
Sony A99II at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Calumet Germany and WexUK.
Loxia 85mm f/2.4 at BHphoto and Adorama.
Tamron 150-600mm G2 A-mount lens at Bhphoto.Rokinon 35mm f/1.2 APS-C E-mount lens at BHphoto.
Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 autofocus FE lens at Amazon and BHphoto.
Lensbaby Trio 28mm E-mount lens at BHphoto, Adorama and WexUK.

Cinema5D posted that A6500 and RX100m5 hands-on video. About the A6500 heating they write:

The overheating problem that was a major issue with the a6300 is hopefully a thing of the past. In the camera menu you can now change the “Auto power off temp” setting from Standard to High. As a result, the camera will get warmer to the touch, but the recording time before switching off will be longer. How much longer depends on many factors, but future user experience will determine how good it is.

And here are more A6500 and RX100m5 tests:
Sony’s tiny RX100 V shoots 5.5K video using the high speed photo burst mode – with some catches (Newsshooter).
Sony Alpha A6500 Hands-On Review (ePhotozine).
The decisive moment & the sony rx100 v (Diyphotography).
Sony A6500 vs. A6300 vs. A6000- Which Sony Crop Sensor Body is BEST for You? (Jason Lanier)
Sony RX100V – Démonstration de la vidéo HFR à 1000 fps (LesNumeriques).

New Sony A6500 and RX100m5 preorder links:
A6500 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
RX100m5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
New Underwater housing for all RX100 cameras at BHphoto, Adorama.

Newsshooter tested if the new A6500 does overheat. In their A6500 vs A6300 head to head video you can see the A6500 running for 29min without any issues while the A6300s topped 18min earlier.

Sony appear to have fixed the single biggest complaint users have about its predecessor, the a6300. The new a6500 solves this with a new ‘Auto PWR OFF Temp’ setting. When set at ‘High’ it allows the camera to continue recording all the way up to its 29 min 50 second limit. According to Sony reps you can then start to record again immediately for another half hour in normal conditions. If you then start recording again a third time Sony make no promises about how long it will record for.

Sounds great!

New Sony A6500 and RX100m5 preorder links:
A6500 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
RX100m5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
New Underwater housing for all RX100 cameras at BHphoto, Adorama.

And here is a video showing the A6500 menu:

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Thanks Joe for sending this!