As expected Sony continues with the philosophy of small incremental updates on their A7 bodies. I will run naked on the street the day they come out with something really new :)

via SonyAlphaRumors

A7sIII now listed at BHphoto and in Germany at Fotokoch

SonyAlphaRumors spilled out pretty much the full Sony A7sIII specs:

• New 12MP sensor with fast readout
• records FHD 240fps, 4k120fps 10bit 4:2:2 and 4K120fps raw over HDMI
• ONLY Up to 4k60 will be 10bit 4:2:2 internal.
• Downsampled 1080p from 4K, making this the best 1080p hybrid ever made! No line skipping or pixel binning.
• No internal RAW.
• 600mbps bitrate
• Base ISO 160 for S-LOG3
• no Dual ISO
• Max ISO 409600 (video)
• 16bit RAW output
• Sony claims 15 stops dynamic range
• world’s highest resolution new 9.44 million dot EVF (QXGA resolution)
• same Sony A7rIV AF system
• new kind of passive (noise free) cooling system
• no overheating, no recording time limits (They are claiming to not have overheating issues for at least 1hr even at the highest framerate.)
• UHSII card and CFexpress Type A card support (each of th two slots takes them both!)
• Looks pretty similar to a Sony A7rIV.
• fully articulating screen like the one used by the Sony ZV-1.
• The video record button is now on the top of the camera, places behind the shutter button.
• Dials: Looking from the back panel of the camera, video dial for video mode selection left to EVF, photo dial for photo mode selection right to EVF. Exposure dial unchanged.
• Screen: Touch function available when navigating the menu.
• Ports: Removable port door. Two usb-c, one micro hdmi, no flash sync port.
• announcement late July
• shipment start mid August

Olympus ain’t’ death yet: In early August they will announce the new E-M10IV and 100-400mm lens

E-M10IV specs:

• 20.MP sensor
• 5axis stabilization (4.5EV)
• 2.36m dot EVF (100% 1.23x)
• 1037 dot 3inch LCD tilting monitor
• 121 point contrast AF
• 1/4000-60sec shutter. Live-bulb max 30m. Live composite max 3h. Electronic first curtain shutter (1/320-60sec) Silent mode (1/16000-60sec)
• Art filters
• Video 4K 30-25-24p FHD 60-30-25-24p
• 15fps in S-AF and 6.3fps in C-AF
• Dimension: 121.7 x 84.4 x 49mm
• Weight 383 (with battery)

100-400mm specs:

• Size: 86.4 mm x 205.7 mm
• Weight: 1120g (without the tripod adapter)

I know not really exciting stuff…but I hope they will still make a new PEN-F camera before they sell everything to JIP.

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courtesy of PR.

There is a long list of conspiracy theories I didn’t believe in:

• Aliens abduction
• Flat earth
• Vaccine causing autism
• Fake Moon landing
• 5G controls our blood cells once we will inject the Coronavirus antidote
• Sony A7sIII will be announced this year

Well I was wrong at least on one of them…or maybe all? I am unsure now because Sony just launched this teaser image to promote the A7sIII launch on July 28!

I was not invited to the press event but I don’t care. Now I am afraid to drive the car on the flat earth be abducted by an alien force that will inject me the Coronavirus vaccine to get autism and be forced to shoot my entire life with the A7sIII.

Nikon will soon announce the following new gear:

• Nikon Z5
• Nikkor Z 24-50mm f/4-6.3
• Z 1.4x teleconverter
  
• Z 2.0x teleconverter

Nikon Z5 main specs:

• 24.3 million pixel full size sensor
• 5-axis image stabilization
• 273 points of hybrid AF system with focus points
• eye detection AF compatible with animals
• 4.5 frames/second” Continuous shooting performance
• 4K video
• ISO: 100-51200
• 3.69 million dots EVF
• 3.2 inch 1.1 million dots touch panel tilt LCD
• dustproof and splashproof
• dual SD card slot
• new EN-EL15C battery

via Nokishita

Fujirumors shared details about the new XF 50mm f/1.0 lens

• announcement late 2020
• price $1,500
• weight under 1 kilo
• minimum aperture f/16
• 77 mm filter size
• more beautiful bokeh than the XF56mm f/1.2
• first autofocus demo (contrast AF only) at minute 43:07 in the live stream video
• the final lens will of course support also PDAF

Sony is usually very tight when it comes to leaks. But this time it looks like something has changed. Maybe under the pressure of the Canon EOS-5R Sony felt like to be a bit more relaxed when it comes to teasing a camera :)

That’s why the past 48h SonyAlphaRumors has shared a list of specs that re likely to be accurate or at least very close to the real deal:

Rumored A7sIII specs recap

• New 12MP stacked sensor with fast readout
• records FHD 240fps, 4k120fps 10bit 4:2:2 and 4K120fps raw over HDMI
• Looks pretty similar to a Sony A7rIV.
• world’s highest resolution new 9.44 million dot EVF (QXGA resolution)
• new kind of passive (noise free) cooling system
  
• no overheating, no recording time limits
• UHSII card support
• announcement late July

My bet is that the Sony A7sIII will be a better video tool…but I wish it would have that stunning 8 stops stabilization of the Canon EOS-R5 :(