Sony A7x lounge

xpfloyd wrote in post #18132949
Where did I say it never happens? I said it's never happened to me. Your sweeping generalisations are quite rude - "people using macs don't know what the correct terms are". Yeah I'm a moron, you got me

i apologise, i didn't mean you, or anyone specifically

invi2003 wrote in post #18132947
Sony a99 II Officially Announced ! (42MP, 12fps, $3,198)

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS from B&H Photo Video

42MP Full-Frame Exmor R BSI CMOS Sensor

BIONZ X Image Processor & Front-End LSI

Internal UHD 4K Video & S-Log3 Gamma

S&Q Motion in Full HD from 1-120 fps

5-Axis SteadyShot INSIDE Stabilization

Hybrid Phase Detection AF System

0.5″ 2.36M-Dot XGA OLED Tru-Finder EVF

3.0″ 1,228.8k-Dot Tilting LCD Monitor

ISO 102,400 and 12 fps Shooting with AF

Dual SD Card Slots; 14-Bit Raw Output

http://www.cameraegg.o​rg …9ii-officially-announced/

very impressive specs! now they need to shrink this down and bring out the a7rIII

Surely a very nice camera, but I have no interest in A-mount cameras.

Cheaper then 5D IV and will be available by Wednesday.

https://www.bhphotovid​eo.com …ny_alpha_a99_ii​_dslr.html

So this is basically the long awaited a9 but with the wrong mount?

jocau wrote in post #18132961
Surely a very nice camera, but I have no interest in A-mount cameras.

neither do I, but this is a nice preview of what to expect in next E-Mount a7.

That a99 is impressive for sure and a more solid offering than the 5DIV. The Hybrid AF which uses both on sensor and off sensor PDAF points is interesting. It offers the best of both worlds (tracking capability and critical focus accuracy).

Chinese Leica by Xiaomi for $330 bucks, with MFT sensor.

https://www.engadget.c​om …oyi-m1-mirrorless-camera/

20MP
MFT sensor
25,600 ISO Max
50MP High-res mode
4K at 30fps

available in 4 days

Random thought...if I had a need for a DSLR, the a99 would be the catalyst to fully ditching Canon. a99 with a-mount zooms, a7rII with primes or backing up the a99 via the LA-EA3 or LA-EA4.

Awesome, sony is not forgetting their customers. Good to see A mount well alive.

I find that rather puzzling actually. I thought the A-mount was all but dead. They should have made this an E mount DSLR, that would take full advantage of all the wonderful new E mount glass natively. Bring your customers to the latest glass, since you went ahead and came up with this new mount a few years back.
This moves makes no sense to me.

I'm still hoping that they announce some more interesting things on the mirrorless side.

Where is the E to A adapter lol

mystik610 wrote in post #18133004
Random thought...if I had a need for a DSLR, the a99 would be the catalyst to fully ditching Canon. a99 with a-mount zooms, a7rII with primes or backing up the a99 via the LA-EA3 or LA-EA4.

there is still one thing I would like to see, moving away from SD cards.

move to XQD or the new Samsung UFS

Puckman wrote in post #18133029
I find that rather puzzling actually. I thought the A-mount was all but dead. They should have made this an E mount DSLR, that would take full advantage of all the wonderful new E mount glass natively. Bring your customers to the latest glass, since you went ahead and came up with this new mount a few years back.
This moves makes no sense to me.

I'm still hoping that they announce some more interesting things on the mirrorless side.

As a finance nerd who reads Sony's annual reports, this surprised me too since Sony's bread and butter in their imaging group are its mirrorless and high-end compact cameras and it doesn't make sense for them to release this camera....if we're talking pure financials. To David F's point though, it seems that Sony wants to continue to serve their a-mount customers, even if there isn't a real margin opportunity for them. I like the gesture.

More info on the Chinese Leica

http://www.xiaomitoday​.com …-camera-dubbed-xiaoyi-m1/