The next two product announcements: Olympus on August 22th and Sony on August 28th.
Getting closer to Photokina and next mirrorless stuff is coming. Olympus will announce the 60mm macro (with ring flash adapter) on August 22th (yes on Wednesday London time). The new PEN cameras will follow in a second announcement in September. A more “spectacular” announcement could be made by Sony on August 28th. New NEX5-R and NEX-6 cameras with Application support, WiFi, Phase detection on sensor will be announced. Along a 16-50mm pancake zoom, a normal 11-18mm wide angle zoom and a fast 35mm f/1.8 prime.
Oh the spectacular part may be that sort of “hybrid” E-A mount Full Frame mirrorless camera from Sony. I really want to see that monstrous thing for real 
Ranger 9
9 months ago |I’d be curious to see it too, but I’m puzzled by why anybody would buy one!
Presumably, to accommodate the 36x24mm “nostalgia-format” sensor, the body would have to be about as big as an A-series body. And since it would have access to all the A-series lenses, why would anyone want to use E-series lenses on it?
It would make sense in M43, since there are a lot of M43 lenses that are both very compact and very desirable (12/2, 20/1.7, 25/1.4, 45/1.8, 75/1.8 etc.) But the E-series lens lineup is both kind of lame and not much smaller than the A-series lenses… there just wouldn’t be much reason to buy a camera body to use both.
The truth may be closer to Admin’s earlier speculation: A very thin body would not only allow the use of E lenses, it also would allow the use of other “legacy” lenses via adapters. Can you say “M mount adapter”? How many admirers of a certain very expensive German camera brand would really like a camera with the technological features and M-mount adaptability of the NEX-7, but with a 36x24mm sensor? A lot of them, I’ll bet, and Sony would have a lot of pricing headroom on such a product (i.e., they could make it pretty darn expensive and it would STILL be a lot cheaper than the alternative.)
woof woof
9 months ago |“Presumably, to accommodate the 36x24mm “nostalgia-format” sensor, the body would have to be about as big as an A-series body.”
No. the body doesn’t need to be any bigger. It’s big enough.
Have a look at this write up…
http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2012/08/19/should-nex-go-full-frame/
NerdBuster
9 months ago |Nostalgia format? LOL learn two or three things, then post your “opinions”.
Dummy00001
9 months ago |> I really want to see that monstrous thing for real
A preview, previously posted here:
http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/a-bit-of-eos-m-camerashow/