What I imagined to be a bad looking camera looks far better once you see these full size images of the soon to be announced A7 and A7r E-mount Full Frame cameras! DOn’t think these will be Leica killers but it’s definitely nice to have the possibility to grab a $1700 camera(!) instead of the $7000 Leica M.

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Specs reminder: In case you are confused by the many rumors I posted lately here are the SR5 info on the cameras:
– A7 has 24 Megapixel sensor with Phase detecion AF
– A7r has 36 Megapixel with no on sensor Phase detection and no Anti Aliasing filter for maximum sharpness
– A7 body costs $1698 and $1998 with 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS lens. A7r costs $2198 body only.
– Both cameras have a fixed OLED EVF with 2,4 million dot resolution. It’s the same used by the Olympus E-M1
– AF speed is faster than the RX series.
– Takes SD cards and uses the NEX battery
– A7/A7r Body is weather sealed
– 1/8000 shutter speed
– titlable LCD screen
– focus peaking
– Built-in Wifi and NFC
– Playmemories Camera Apps
– The menu interface is the same as the RX series (and not the one used by NEX cameras).
– optional vertical grip
– New LAEA Full Frame A to E-mount adapter
– Current NEX APS-C lenses will work in crop mode or Full Frame mode (with heavy vignetting or dark corners)

New FE lenses:
Zeiss FE 24-70mm f/4.0 OSS
Sony G 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
Zeiss FE 35mm f/2.8
Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8
Zeiss FE 70-200mm f/4.0 OSS (coming early 2014)
many more lenses coming the next 12 months (including fast primes).

RX10:
– 1 inch sensor camera
– fixed 24-200mm f/2.8 constant aperture lens
– $1298

And here it is the first Full Frame mirrorless camera that is not a $7000 rangefinder Leica! The image shows the RX1-OMD mixed design. This is the A7 (24MP camera) but there will be also an equal looking A7r version with 36MP and no AA filter. Along the two A7 cameras Sony will also launch the RX10 1 inch and incredible 24-200mm f/2.8 (constant aperture!) camera. All that nice stuff will be announced on Wednesday Oct 16 at 5-6am London time.

Quite exciting what Sony is going to launch soon!

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It’s leaking day! First Fujirumors posted two new images of the X-E2 (announcement on Friday October 18). Not leaked…but “sketched” is the Sony A7:

And….you like the Sony?

Fujirumors just posted that image of the new Fuji X-E2 camera. If the image is real than there is really no major optical difference between that one and the predecessor. Here are also some more specs:

X-E2
16mega pix
3 inch screen
Lens modulation optimizer
0.08 sec autofocus speed
Exr II

XQ1
4 optical zoom
12 mega pix
12800 Max I so
F1.8-4.9
0.06 sec AF

Reminder: The XQ1 is a compact and fixed lens camera!

Nest week we will have a triple announcement: On Wednesday the A7 and A7R Sony Full Frame E-mount cameras, on Wednesday the ultrasmall Panasonic GM1 and on Friday the new Fuji X-E2. What we also learned today is that Olympus will announced a new high-end compact with 1:1.7 inch sensor on October 29. Here are some new info:

Sony A7 and A7r:
1) AF is faster than the RX series but still not as fast as the best in the mirrorless world
2) A7 and A7r have focus peaking
3) eye tracking AF
4) they are about same size as the Olympus OMD series
5) There is an optional vertical grip
6) They have Wifi and NFC
7) no Tri Navi, They had scroll wheels in front and back (which were very much like nex-7?s) and an exposure comp wheel from RX1.
8) One source the body quality is very good and the camera had a Pentax LX feeling.
9) 1/8000 shutter speed
10) both have tiltatble screen

Panasonic GM1:
1) Same GX7 image processing engine and sensor
2) built-in Wi-Fi
3) Touch panel
4) New 12-32mm lens has about the same size as a 14mm f/2.5 lens
5) Body quality is very high (like the GX7)
6) Size is as small as the Panasonic LF1 or Sony RX100

Olympus (XZ-3?):
The mini OMD looking fixed zoom lens camera will be announced on October 29. I am yet not 100% sure about the sensor size but it should be 1/1.7 inch like the one used by the current Olympus XZ series. I call it mini OMD because it will look like a small OMD (and yes it has a built-in EVF in the middle). Reminder: The Panasonic Gm1 and 12-32mm announcement will happen next week on October 17 at 5-6am London time.

There are plenty of new mirrorless camera to come soon. The ultracompact Panasonic GM1 will be announced on Thursday (October 17). The new Sony A7 and A7r FF E-mount cameras will be unveiled on Wednesday October 16 and the new Fuji X-E2 on October 18. Here are some more tidbits about the Fuji camera (via Fujirumors):

1) the WiFi on the X-E2 will have more options as the WiFi on the X-M1 (what option would you like to have?).
2) it will have face detection as the X-M1.
3) the Q menu moved to another, better position (where would you like to have it?).
4) video mode will be improved and allow full manual control.
5) no tilt screen / no touch screen.
6) the second generation X-Trans sensor with phase detection AF
7) faster EXR II processor
8) better LCD

Obviously the X-E2 will almost exactly look like the X-E1. I wish Sony would use the Fuji design team for their FF mirrorless camera design :)

Sony will launch their first Full Frame E-mount photocameras on October 16. And it looks like Sony’s goal was to price the new cameras as low as it gets! Here are some info:

The A7 has 24Mp and on sensor PDAF. It has a built-in EVF (middle of the camera) and is weather sealed. Price should be around 1600-17000 Euro/Dollars for the body and close to 2000 Euro/dollars with the 28-70mm FE kit lens.

The A7r has a 36MP sensor. Like the A7 it has a built-in EVF (middle of the camera) and is weather sealed. price is around 2,300-2,400 Euro/Dollars for the body. No info on the kit price.

The A7 and the A7r have exactly the same look but a different sensor. All current E-mount lenses will work in crop mode on these cameras. The new Full Frame E-mount lenses coming along the camera are the 24-70mm Zeiss (not sure about the aperture but it could be f/2.8), 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5, 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss and a 55mm f/1.8 Zeiss.

It may be that more high end FF E-mount cameras will come in early 2014 already!