A6000 to ship earlier than expected in USA too.

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I can confirm that those of you that preorderd the A6000 the very first days after the announcement will get the camera sooner than expected. And there are some rumor saying this first shipment will start the next week already. Still, the official release is differs from store to store: SonyStore (April 15), Amazon (April 20) and BHphoto (April 23).

The A6000 is already shipping in European and Asian stores and plenty of SAR readers contact me to share their happiness :) The A6000 is one of those cameras that gives us a clear idea of what we can expect on the future A77II and A9 cameras. Super fast AF on the full imaging area!

Sony A6000 preorder list with US and Europe links:
Sony A6000 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at WexUK (Click here).
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here), Sony Canada (Click here), WexUK (Click here).
Silver A6000 with lens at WexUK (Click here).
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon (CLick here), BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT

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(SR3) More tidbits on the Medium Format Sony: “Imagine a sort of digital Mamiya 7”.

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Image of a [shoplink 25383 ebay]Mamiya 7[/shoplink] from Roma Nikolaev.

One of the anonymous sources that gave me tidbits about the Sony medium Format Camera is that you have to imagine it as a sort of digital [shoplink 25383 ebay]Mamiya 7 (here on eBay)[/shoplink]. But the camera should look better and be smaller :). This means it is definitely a mirrorless camera and probably has a built-in EVF. I still have no specs (a aprt of the 50MP sensor) or any confirmation from my trusted sources. That’s why I rank the rumor as SR3 only (50% chance it’s true).

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SR1=probably fake rumor
SR2=rumor from unknown sources
SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources
SR5=almost certainly correct!

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Sony sensor business with 16% plus increase!

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For once we don’t have bad news to report about Sony financial situation. Reuters reports that Sony expects its sales of imaging sensor chips to jump 16 percent to 360 billion yen ($3.52 billion) in the year ending this month. And Sony is pretty confident to growth further because of an increased demand of high quality cameras for “selfies” on smartphones! Yep, Okamoto from Sony said that

Smartphone makers are upgrading their front-facing cameras for users who want sharper self-portraits, and that has opened up a whole new market for Sony

Sony has calculated that capacity at its existing factories would be unable to keep up with demand by mid-2015, even with a drop in demand for compact camera sensors. Now let’s see if they can sell more Sony cameras too :)

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Sony A7 and A7r Gariz cases now at Amazon US.

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Just in case you didn’t know it: The Gariz cases for the A7 and A7r are now sold directly via Amazon US (Click here). Of course, plenty of alternatives are available as usual on eBay:

1) Leather Explorer has A7-A7r leather cases in [shoplink 24599 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24600 ebay]Black-Metallic (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24601 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink].

2) Dignis has A7-A7r leather cases in [shoplink 24602 ebay]Black-Red (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24603 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24604 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24605 ebay]Yellow (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24606 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24607 ebay]Dark Brown (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 24608 ebay]Khaki (Click here)[/shoplink].

3) Ciesta leather case in [shoplink 24609 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24610 ebay]Dark Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24611 ebay]Black Red (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24612 ebay]Vegetable Leather (Click here)[/shoplink].

4) Kaza has them in [shoplink 24615 ebay]Vintage Brown (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 24616 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink].

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Sony Korea slides unveils the plan to focus on the “High-End” market!

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The Korean site Naver posted these slides from a Sony Korea presentation (translation on courtesy of Dicahub and SAR reader Park). There are a couple of interesting info:
– Sony is now entering “Phase 2” of their product startegy. From 2014 towards focsu will be on the High End A and E-mount market.
– In Korea Sony has the chance to become the leader of the system camera market (DSLR+Mirrorless) by end of this year! They have 31% of the whole market in Korea and 53% of the mirrorless market.
– Sony said they have 50% share of the global sensor market (on a quantity basis).
– Sony said A6000’s 24.3MP sensor is a newly designed sensor. On-chip design is applied on this sensor as that of A7 and A7r, which gives about 20% increase in sensitivity over NEX-7’s sensor.

Well, I am not surprised to hear they want to focus on the higher end market. It’s where you make the money in these days! Let’s hope we wills ee all these new stuff very soon :)

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New A6000 test videos (comparison with NEX-7-A65)

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AF-C (NEX7, A65, A6000)

You can’t have enough of A6000 autofocus test videos? So here are some newly released videos from Sony Korea!
AF-S with stopwatch (NEX7, A65, A6000): http://youtu.be/NQseRKGruRA
Adjusting settings: http://youtu.be/wscaEDaXdiU

Really, the A6000 new AF systems makes look the other cameras AF system as…crap!

Thanks “Soupnazi” for sharing these links ;)

Note: Many AR readers now received their preordered A6000 in Europe and Asia!

 

Sony A6000 preorder list with US and Europe links:
Sony A6000 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at WexUK (Click here).
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here), Sony Canada (Click here), WexUK (Click here).
Silver A6000 with lens at WexUK (Click here).
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon (CLick here), BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT

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Sexy images of the A7r and third party lenses :)

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LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100 mm f/2.8 ([shoplink 24905 ebay]lens here on eBay[/shoplink])

Joseph Lei sent me these images (Source: Pbase) of his Sony A7r and thrid party lenses. Quite some awesome lenses he owns! And the combination between the Sony camera and these fast lenses looks sexy too :)

Thanks Joseph for sharing these!
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Contax Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/1.4 ([shoplink 24906 ebay]lens here on eBay[/shoplink])

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Canon 24-105mm f/4 ([shoplink 24914 ebay]lens here on eBay[/shoplink])

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