Countdown to the A/-A7r and RX10 announcement (Click play on the video)

UPDATE: First press text and pictures in french:
A7 at Focus Numerique (French), LeMondeDeLaPhoto (french),
FE lenses at Focus Numerique (French), LeMondeDeLaPhoto (french),
RX10 at Focus Numerique (French), LeMondeDeLaPhoto (french),

A7r:
– Lightest FF camera with interchangeable lens ever
– 36.4 MP
– gapless lens design on sensor (no AA filter)
– each on-chip lens is optimally positioned depending on its location to accommodate the sharper angle of light entering the periphery, which is caused by larger sensor dimensions being teamed with the E-mount’s short flange-back distance
– new BIONZ X image processing engine
– 14-bit RAW image
– ISO 100-25600 (with 50 ISO extension)
– Advanced 1200-zone evaluative metering
– 4fps (Max. 1.5fps, Speed Priority Continuous shooting)
– 1/8000 to 30sec shutter
– TRILUMINOS™ Color technology (color space)
– 1080 HD uncompressed, 60p/24p and 60i frame-rates. AVCHD and MP4 codec.
– 2.4M dot OLED EVF
– 25 points contrast AF
– +/- 5EV compensation
– tiltable 3.0” (1,229k dots) Xtra Fine™ LCD
– Multi-interface Shoe for flash
– PC control with remote video capture control
– Wi-Fi®/NFC control
– Playmemories App
– weight 465g (with battery and card)
– battery 1080 mAh for 340 shots (with LCD monitor always on!)
– weather sealed body

A7 (I do only list what’s different from the A7r):
– 24 MP (has AA filter)
– 117 points (phase-detection AF), 25 points (contrast-detection AF)
– 5fps (Max. 2.5fps, Speed Priority Continuous shooting)

On top you can see the first image of the RX10 1inch sensor camera with the incredible 24-200mm f/2.8 constant zoom! And here below the images of the back,side and top from the RX10 and from the A7/A7r! And there is also a leak of the specs…in french :) and some lens images.

Images via Digicameinfo, Xitek, Xjiurumo.

The video on top is the official Sony countdown (Click play to start). As you see Sony will announce the A7-A7r and RX10 at 7am London time. I will now take a short break and try to sleep a couple of hours.

I have one last request. At 7am London time things will become very busy and I would glad if you can help me to link to reviews, news and early preorder links to EU and US stores. Just send me an email at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com if you have something interesting to share.

Thank You all guys! It’s nice to live such an exciting time with you!

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A nice FF camera size comparison by Vaclav Mach:

Last minute good news for A-mount folks: The Sony 70-200mm G II A-mount lens is going to be announced tomorrow too!

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$1998 is what you pay for that kit (or 1999 Euro)

Got some more pricing info in Euro and Dollars:

Cameras:
– The leaked Samy price for the A7r could be wrong. Instead of $2198 the price should be $2298. In Europe the price is likely 2400 Euro.
– The A7 body only costs $1698 as leaked on Samys.
– $1998 (or 1999 Euro) is what you pay for the A7 kit version with the 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens.
– The RX10 costs $1298

Lenses:
– The Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 prime lens will cost 800 Euro and in US $800
– The Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 prime lens will cost 1100 Euro and in US $1000
– The Sony 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom will cost around 500 Euro (not sure yet about price in USA)
– The Zeiss 24-70mm f/4.0 zoom will cost around $1200 (not sure yet about price in Europe)

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via Mirrorlessrumors: That lens is quite huge but it’s said to deliver a very high image quality. One source said that the big size was necessary to deliver an impressive performance from center to corner. A f/1.4 lens would have become much larger. What does the “Sonnar” mark stay for? Compared to Planar designs the Sonnars had more aberrations, but with fewer glass-to-air surfaces it had better contrast and less flare (Source: Wikipedia).

The price is about 1100 Euro. More or less the launch price of the [shoplink 8450]Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 APS-C lens[/shoplink].

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Only for manual focusing shooter: There are many possible alternatives if you want a smaller 50mm prime lens:
[shoplink 21846 ebay]Zeiss ZM 50mm f/1.5 (here on eBay)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 21847 ebay]Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 (here on eBay)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 21848 ebay]Leica M Summicron 50mm f/2.0 (here on eBay)[/shoplink]

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I guess Digglloyd will not be happy to see me posting to his erroneously leaked A7r article (Click here). Just wanted to let him know that I posted the link yet because it’s already all over the web (because it was in his RSS feed and everyone linked to it on forums).

Some key info about the A7r and lenses:
– The sensor is new and RAW images 14bit
– The Sony A7R weights 465g with battery and card which is 32g less than the Olympus E-M1
– The 281 gram 55mm f/1.8 is a Sonnar design.
– The Zeiss 70-200mm f/4 OSS weights 840 gram (without tripod collar)

Mistake: Diglloyd writes f/2.8 FF is f/1.0 equivalent on MFT. Not correct, it’s f/1.4!

Reminder: Sony will stream live the A7-A7r and RX10 announcement at 7am London time. Be sure to be online on SonyAlphaRumors by that time to see the presentation, first reviews, preorders and so on!

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