I got very good news for you! A couple of sources (Thanks!) confirmed the new Sony 28-70mm f/2.0 GM lens is surprisingly compact. Here is the info I got:

Sony 28-70mm f/2.0 specs:

• 86mm filter size (Canon is 95mm and Sony 2470GMII is 82mm)
• Weight is around 900g (Canon is 1430g and 2470GMII is 695g)
• Size similar to this lens
• IQ and AF performance superior to the Canon
• Price around $3000 (to be confirmed)

I think this lens will find quite some love from the community…don’t you agree?

Preorder links (going live on November 19)
Sony A1II at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, WexUK.
Sony 28-70mm f/2.0 GM at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FotoErhardt, Fotokoch, WexUK.

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At last! I can confirm with 100% certainty that Sony will be announcing the new Sony A1II flagship camera and a new Sony 28-70mm f/2.0 GM zoom on November 19th at 2pm London time!

As for the specs of the Sony A1II, I’m still working on final confirmation so please be aware that I’m not 100% sure of the following details yet:

Likely (but still not 100% confirmed) Sony A1II specs:

• 50MP Full-Frame Exmor RS BSI CMOS Sensor (same of the Sony A1)
• Sony A9III body
• New AI chip
• faster frame rate and faster autofocus
• More expensive than the current Sony A1
• New CFexpress Type A with 4.0 standard (doubles the speed)
• C2PA support for content authentication.
• Availability in early 2025 only

Sony’s first f/2.0 zoom lens:

• Sony 28-70mm f/2.0 Full Frame GM lens will be more compact than the Canon 28-70mm lens
• Price around $3,000

WILD rumors and probably FALSE:

• Got some wild totally unconfirmed rumors on a possible new wildlife lens (maybe an update of the 100-400mm GM).
• 99% bullshit rumor: New RX1rIII fixed lens 3000 dollar camera (I am near certain it’s BS)

Quick thoughts on the new gear

My take on the Sony A1II:

It will be hard to swallow the fact that this could be a $7,500-$8000 camera. But I’m told that Sony has improved every aspect of the camera and that the sum of the improvements and new features will make it a worthwhile upgrade. So let’s wait until I get the full detailed spec list before to draw conclusions.

My take on the Sony 28-70mm f/2.0:

My originally rumor from 10 months ago said this could be a 24-70mm f/2.0. But Sony is going for the 28-70mm probably to keep the size as small as possible. What do you think is this a god trade off for you?

Let me know in the comment system what your thoughts and expectations are!

Preorder links (going live on November 19)
Sony A1II at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, WexUK.
Sony 28-70mm f/2.0 GM at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FotoErhardt, Fotokoch, WexUK.

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A new source just sent me the image of an allegedly new Sony 28mm f/2.8 FE pancake lens with the following text:

Sony is about to launch a new full frame e-mount pancake lens to finally compete directly with the Canon 28mm f/2.8 and Nikon 26mm f/2.8 pancake lenses. This is a true pancake lens design (unlike the 24/40/50 G trio). It is not a G lens and will be priced very aggressively. They don’t want to lose sales to the recent third party Viltrox and Samyang pancake lenses and were very surprised with their popularity online and with the Sony alpha community wanting a pancake lens. Unlike the Viltrox and Samyang this will be a proper full featured FE lens with manual focus ring and adjustable aperture from f/2.8 to f/22 and high quality optics, sharp from f/2.8 with minimal vignetting.

This is coming from a new source so this could be total BS. I hope trusted sources can soon confirm if this rumor is true or not. If you happen to have some info about that please drop me a message using this contact box or at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com. Thanks!

Anyway, what do you think about this rumored lens. Would you love this to be true?

This has been an extremely slow year from Sony, but at least I can finally share a reliable rumor about one of the next Alpha Full Frame cameras. Two trusted sources confirmed:

• The Sony A7V will be on market between January and March 2025.

It’s unclear when the exact announcement will happen (it might happen in late 2024 at best). I have been told the camera initially should have been announced in October 2024 (so one month from now) but the announcement got delayed. So while announcement timeframe is unclear I am confident the camera will start shipping in Q1. I don’t have 100% confirmed specs yet but the main improvements on the A7V will be related to “speed” and “new AI features”. Definitely do NOT expect to get global shutter or 8K recording on this model.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Postponement of the entire Sony product launch!

Sony has once again postponed the launch of its new cameras and lenses. We were supposed to get a new FX9 successor camera in late summer, but that didn’t happen. There seems to be a production bottleneck in the entire industry, which has now also been officially confirmed by Canon Japan. This is probably the reason why the A7V will only be launched in Q1 2025 and not in Q4 2024. I now need to gather information on the announcement date of the following products that I know are on Sony’s roadmap:

• Sony FX9 successor
• Sony 24-70mm f/2.0
• Sony A7V
• Sony A1II
• One more lens (specs unknown yet)

Those 5 products should be announced within the next 6-7 months with the FX9 successor and f/2.0 zoom coming before the A7V announcement. – If you have more info about the next Sony cameras and lenses you can share send me a message using this contact box or at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com. Thanks!

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Folks, it’s time to get serious about the next generation of new Alpha cameras. Over the past few weeks, I’ve had several conversations with sources both familiar and new. And they all have the same leitmotif: no one has heard of a possible new Sony A7sIII successor. Now, I’m not omniscient, so maybe Sony has been keeping this super secret and the As7IV will be announced tomorrow :)
But realistically, I don’t think there will be an A7sIV anytime soon…. and now I’m wondering if the “S” series won’t be discontinued. I see the possibility that the future FX3II will be the official upgrade for the current FX3 and the A7sIII. What do you think about that scenario?

BIG Alpha camera teaser:
All those sources shared some reliable and some unconfirmed info about three kind of cameras: Sony A1II, Sony A7V and a “surprise” model. Not saying yet they are coming very soon…but certainly within 6-8 months. And you can expect me to share some info about that in the next days. If you have more info about the next Sony cameras and lenses you can share send me a message using this contact box or at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com. Thanks!

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A source just told me that Sony plans to announce a new updated version of the current 400mm f/2.8 GM lens. Apparently the aim is to make it better than the competition like the Nikon 400mm 2.8. The lens was announce back in 2018 so an update is certainly possible to happen in 2025.

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