Panasonic officially opens the 4k battle. Sony’s answer coming soon.

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Today Panasonic launched the first mirrorless interchangeable lens camera with 4K recording feature, the GH4 (specs at Amazon). It has a 10bit 4K output over 3G HD-SDI and records on fast SD cards at 200mbit/s. It’s certainly a well made camera but Sony is about to answer soon.

Like in one month from now Sony will release their first 4K camera. It will be A-mount although I don’t exclude there will be an E-mount 4K camera too. The image of the Sony 4K camera has been shown last year:

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The 4K Sony displayed this year at NAB show (Image courtesy: Engadget).

Expect a 4K marketing bombardment soon. And after that 8K will follow (in 1-2 years). It never ends :)

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Source confirms: No IBIS on E-mount cameras yet. Sony website makers did a huge mistake.

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Well this is quite a story and an embarrassment for Sony. My sources confirmed that the next A6000 definitely has no on sensor stabilization. And one of the source told me that:

The Sony Europe sites are undergoing heavy changes. And the company outsourced by Sony to do the website thought that also E-mount cameras have on sensor stabilization. That’s why they made the design you see on top of this post. It means even companies working for Sony are confused about what’s the difference between A and E-mount cameras! Bad joke I know :)

After reading the post here on SAR Sony quickly reacted and removed the sketch from their sites.

 

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Tamron announces the APS-C 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 and 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Full Frame superzooms.

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No, you are not drunk! The image  doesn’t show the same lens twice…theses are two different new Tamron lenses!

On the left you see the 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Full Frame and on the right the Tamron 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 APS-C lens. Both will come in A-mount too. Imaging Resource reports:

Both lenses contain aspherical lens elements as well as Ultra-Extra Refractive Index glass, and both will be shown off at this year’s CP+, which is set to begin on February 13th in Yokohama, Japan. Pricing and availability for both lenses have yet to be announced.

Nice lenses!

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Engadget reviews the RX10 an says it’s the “best fixed-lens camera we’ve ever used”

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We all like interchangeable lens mount cameras but if you need one solid camera that can do 99% of the things you will ever do than the Sony RX10 will be the right camera for you. Engadget says:

Ultimately, we love the Sony RX10. In fact, we struggled to populate the cons section down below with anything other than a high price tag. But your $1,300 goes a very long way here, and if you need to capture sharp images and full-HD video clips in pretty much any lighting condition, with a vast focal range, you’d be hard pressed to find a more suitable shooter. This is the best fixed-lens camera we’ve ever used, and we wouldn’t be surprised if the RX10 Mark II, whenever that comes about, is the only comparable model worth considering.

Overall the Sony RX camera series is almost flawless. The RX1/R have a super lens fitted on a super small camera with super silent shutter. Te RX100 and RX100II are by far the best small compact camera to date and the RX10 is the only f/2.8 zoom camera with a decent sized sensor (unlike the competition which uses tiny sensors).

And on SAR you read many critics on Alpha A and E-mount cameras. But when it comes to talk about an RX cameras people never complains :)

RX10 store links:
Sony RX10 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Sony RX10 at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE.

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(SR5) New A6000 has fastest AF of all E-mount cameras.

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The current NEX-6 controls you see here on the back will remain almost unchanged on the soon to be announced A6000.

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A couple of sources told me that one of the very big improvements of the new A6000 is the autofocus speed and accuracy. The A6000 has the best AF of all E-mount cameras and the sources told me that you really “feel” the improvement.

And yes, the new A6000 will replace both the NEX-6 and NEX-7 models even if the new A6000 has the NEX-6 layout (no Tri Navi of the NEX-7). There will be also no new FE lenses yet but as I told you a couple of times now I expect Sony to make a major A and E-mount announcement before the NAB show in Las Vegas. This means some time in between mid March and early April.

Reminder: A6000 has 24 MP sensor with phase detection pixels on sensor.

Follow Sony announcement live on SAR: Readers should be ready to take some time off on Wednesday at 4-5am London time to follow the event live on SonyAlphaRumors!!!

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SR3=50% chance it is correct
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