Again…Sony isn’t done yet with announcements: New High End Full Frame E-mount camera to be announced within 2-3 weeks?

Sony has registered a new High End camera  in Asia. It  has the same Wifi capabilities as the new A7rIV which suggests this might be a new High End Full Frame E-mount camera. I  think it’s a safe bet to narrow down the possibilities to two cameras:

A9II or A7sIII (or A7sIV)

Logically speaking the A7sIII would be the one camera that should be announced first. But there is no logic in Sony’s company marketing segment so this might be the A9II :)

It’s official: Veydra LLC has gone out of business

Veydra Co-Founder Ryan Avery posted this on Facebook:

Veydra LLC has gone out of business due to the conclusion of ongoing litigation between the founders of the company.

I offer special thanks to everyone involved in the success of Veydra; first and foremost all Veydra Kickstarter backers and customers. Specific thanks to those who made it possible from the start; Phil Holland, Illya Friedman, Matthew Duclos, Joshua Brown, Alex Jacobs, and all the supporters too numerous to mention here.

It’s been a wonderful journey and I thank you all for your support and kindness.

—Ryan Avery
Co-Founder

Sony is selling its remaining 5% Olympus shares

Reuters reports:

Sony Corp is selling its 5% stake in Olympus Corp back to the Japanese medical equipment maker for 80.4 billion yen ($762.88 million),

Sony said in a statement it decided to sell “considering that the initial purpose of the capital alliance to establish collaboration between Sony and Olympus has been accomplished and after reviewing the rationale for owning the Olympus shares.”

Sony bought 11.5% of Olympus in 2012-13, paying 50 billion yen in a much-needed cash injection for the latter after an accounting scandal sent Olympus’ share price plummeting. Sony later halved its stake to finance its own restructuring.

via Digitalcameraworld

Size comparison between the new Sony A6600, new Canon M6II and the best in class Fuji X-T3

This  week  both Sony and Canon announced new flagship cameras but honestly both failed to at least match the overall performance of the Fuji X-T3. I guess Sony/Canon are a bit “distracted” by their Full Frame range.

ON  courtesy of Camerasize you can  compare the size of  all three. And  today preorders for the new Sony gear started in the USA too:

Sony A6600 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera. In EU at Calumet DE, Park UK, WexUK.
Sony A6100  at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera. In EU at Calumet DE, Park UK, WexUK.
E 16-55mm F2.8 G at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera. In EU at Calumet DE, Park UK, WexUK.
E 70-350mm F4.5-6.3 G OSS at Amazon BHphoto, Adorama , FocusCamera. In EU at Calumet DE, Park UK, WexUK.

This is finally the day Sony announced some more APS-C gear!

After years  of nearly total neglecting the APS-C range Sony finally announced four new APS-C products:

Sony A6600 at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
Sony A6100  at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
E 16-55mm F2.8 G at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
E 70-350mm F4.5-6.3 G OSS at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.

Here is all you have to know about  the new gear:

Previews and hands-on:
Hands-on by Sony Ambassadors on Alphauniverse.

Official press releases:
A6600/A6100 press release on SAR.
Lens press release on SAR.
A6600 product page at Sony.
A6100 product page at Sony.
E 16-55mm product page at Sony.
E 70-350mm product page at Sony.
Press on Explora.