Competition on the horizon: Canon new camera mount system? Megapixel race is restarting again!

Mark my words guys. Early 2015 will be very exciting for the whole photographic industry with many new cameras and what’s more important new sensors and advanced features. I already told you there is something big from Sony on the horizon (coming January). The Megapixel war is restarting and Canon will likely try to fight back Sony too. There is finally going to be a big battle on the Full Frame Mirrorless and on the sensor ground. These are the reasons:

1) Canon is seriously considering to launch a complete new mount system (Source: MirrorlessRumors). Likely a Full Frame mirrorless system to fight back the A7 series

2) At Dpreview Canon said “In the very near future you can expect us to show something in terms of mirrorless and also a higher resolution sensor.”

It’s going to be strong battle. If Canon gets “serious” with the new FF mirrorless mount system Sony will have to fight against a very strong PR machine. Sony really has to do things right in 2015 to not lose their current advantage. And it’s certainly a good news for us to know they have finally some competition!

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2014年09月24日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました！

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New A7s reviews from Cinema5D, BestMCR, GVFX and more…

Shooting Sony A7s & S-Log2 – A closer look & downloadable footage from cinema5D on Vimeo.

Let me catch up with some interesting Sony A7s tests and review I got the last coule of weeks:

Shooting Sony A7s & S-Log2 – A closer look & downloadable footage (Cinema5D).

Full A7s review at BestMirrorlessCameraReviews.

Urban Exploration with the Sony A7S (GVFX).

Shooting Ephemerisle with the A7S and Voigtlander 35mm 1.2 (Judd Weiss).

kingfisher picture`s A7s + LA-EA4 + SAL500mm F4 SSM G (Dyxum).

Somewhere there you see the A7s (SAR twitter).

Sony A7s against Panasonic GH4 by Dave Dugdale.

Michaela Baranov and the Sony A7s at JoshMcLeod.

Luke: “Shot a short test video with my new A7s this last Saturday and am pretty happy with the results. Using SLOG2 was a little trickier than I had imagined so I think a few of the scenes are a little underexposed/overexposed, but by the end I think I had a handle on it. http://ift.tt/ZOklMR ”

Sony A7s store links:

Sony A7s in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.

Sony A7s in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PL. And Wex UK.

A7s Gariz leather case in Black (Click here), Brown (Click here), Red (Click here) and Orange (Click here).

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First full ILCE-QX1 review at Photographyblog and says it’s and “expensive gimmick”.

Image made by Usperedi.

Photographyblog just posted the full ILCE-QX1 review and the camera score is just “above average”:

While it is great that you can interchangeable lenses with your smartphone, the Sony ILCE-QX1 is fairly unwieldy to use when attached to a phone itself, and having to attach it and set it all up is a bit of a faff that sometimes ultimately leads you to not to bother.

Where it is more fun, and you can see it being more widely used, is when used remotely – whether that’s for selfies or when attached to a smartphone. Here you can experiment a bit more widely with the Sony ILCE-QX1 and really get the best from it – that said, it’s quite an expensive gimmick for doing such a thing with.

Yep, it’s a strange product but Sony itself said they are selling more of those things than expected. I would never buy one but maybe one day the QX line will become more mature and make more sense to me…maybe

Preorders of the new QX cameras (Click on store name to open the exact product page in a new tab):

E-mount QX1 in USA at Amazon, SonyStore US, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera.

E-mount QX1 in Europe at Sony DE, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony ES, Sony IT, Sony NL, Sony NO, Sony BE, Sony PT, Sony SE, Sony FI.

E-mount QX1 in Asia at Digitalrev.

QX30 in USA at Amazon, SonyStore US, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera.

QX30 in Asia at Digitalrev (Click here).

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from Sony (Japan)'s Facebook Wall

(SR2) New Sony 12 Megapixel Fulll Frame global shutter sensor specs.

The Chinese site Cnbeta claims to have got that image of a new Sony sensor. It’s a 12 megapixel Full Frame sensor with Global shutter.

While I am absolutely not sure if that’s a true image I am sure Sony will make such kind of FF sensors within the next 1-2 years. Sensors with Global Shutter take a snapshot representing a single instant in time and therefore do not suffer from the motion artifacts caused by rolling shutters.

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2014年09月23日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました！

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