Wild rumors roundup: A7RV, medium format curved sensor camera, FX1
About those rumors: I have no idea who sent them and 90% of the times they turn out to be wrong. But, it happened in the past that a couple of those were right. So I will post them today, and we all together can eventually keep track of this. If one of the sources turns out to be right than we will know we can trust it a bit more!
Source 1 (SAR note: I think there is 0,001% chance this is true):
Sony A7R V announcement due in June 2022, 102MP.
Adaptive Pixel and Computational Photography Modes.
Simultaneous announcement about curved sensor medium format camera development (2 cameras, 150mp and 200mp, 9-12 prime lenses, very expensive, to follow quickly)
Source 2:
Sony will release an ILME-FX1 full-frame handheld camcorder in 2022. This camcorder is smaller than the ILME-FX3, has no ND filter and IBIS, no grip on the right side, but has a pluggable LCD monitor and is powered by an external V-mount battery or DC power. It looks like a full-featured UMC-S3CA.
Interestingly, this camcorder was introduced in honor of their first 1080i HDV camcorder, the HDV-FX1. So the ILME-FX1 also does not support 4K, it only supports 1080p for TV stations with high speed FOV footage.
It uses the BIONZ XR processor and has many features of the ILME-FX3. The 5-megapixel effective sensor with phase autofocus is only one-fourth the resolution of the PXW-FX9. At 1080p resolution, it can achieve 120fps recording with full frame super sampling, 180fps S&Q recording with super sampling of about 1.3x crop factor, and 240fps S&Q recording in Super 35mm (pixel by pixel, about 1.6x crop factor).
Obviously, it is a specialised camera. It has excellent 1080p quality, balancing speed and image quality. It is likely to be a strong competitor to Canon’s ME20F-SH.
Source 3:
100mm f/1.4 GM in 2022
World’s first review of the new Samyang 50mm F1.4 AF II reviewed by SonyAlphaBlog: “very good to excellent performance”
Thew new improved version is now available for preorder at Adorama (Click here).
SonyAlphaBlog tested the brand new Samyang 50mm F1.4 AF II and concluded:
The Samyang 50mm F1.4 AF II is a huge upgrade compared to the Samyang 50 mm F1.4 AF. It offers overall very good to excellent performances at a fraction of the price of Sony Planar T* 50mm F1.4 Zeiss or Sony 50mm F1.2 GM. Its main weaknesses compared to the Sony are : the AF that is a little bit less efficient and the bokeh balls that are not circular when aperture is closed down + a higher level of CA
Sony Tidbits…
Laowa 85mm f/5.6 2x Ultra Macro APO – 2X Magnification Showreel
Hugh Brownstone: Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8: SPECTACULAR
Why are all cameras Japanese? (Northrup).
Strobe and Flash Lighting for Photography (Explora).
How to Set Up for Food Photography (42West).
Sony 200-600mm vs Sigma 150-600mm vs Tamron 150-500mm (MirrorlessComparison).
Sexy and expensive: Sonnar 180mm F2.8 lens 120.000 Euro lens mounted on the Contax (MirrorlessRumors).
Personal photos and tests from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Facebook, Flickr and 500px.
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Sony 70-200mm F2.8 GM II review at SonyAlphaBlog: “establishing new standards for Sony zoom”
Sony 70-200mm GM II Lens at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. BuyDig. FocusCamera. FotoKoch DE, Calumet DE, WexUK, ParkUK.
Marc from SonyAlphaBlog tested the new 70-200mm GMII lens and concluded:
The Sony 70-200mm F2.8 GM II (3000 Our) is establishing new standards for Sony zoom. It is largely better in almost all aspects compared to the Sony 70-200mm F2.8 GM (2800 euros), the Tamron 35-150mm F2-F2.8 Di III VXD (1800 euros) and the Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VXD (1200 euros)
In Summary
- Excellent to Outstanding sharpness
- Super light and extremely well balanced on Sony bodies (centre of gravity near the body)
- Constant length design
- Extremely complete ergonomics : Aperture ring (click or clickless) , Full time DMF, focus limiter, panning mode….
- Super fast , precise and silent AF with a hitrate close to 100% and unleashing the full 30fps of the Sony A1
- Super smooth background blur and very good bokeh balls
- Excellent color rendition
- Excellent behavior in video
- Very good behavior with TC : minor loss of sharpness on TC1.4 and moderate on TC2.0, same AF
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