JurijTurnsek

At $350, this seems like a perfect combination of affordability and performance. If the cost was no objection, they've could've pushed the optics out of the smartphone territory by either giving it a bit of zoom or a very large, adjustable aperture for some shallow DOF (as shallow as one can really get with a small sensor like this). However, a larger camera module would also mean a larger gimbal and this would fit in a pocket no more.

It seems like the perfect companion for some zero fuss hiking or travelling videos. At $350 is a lot more cheaper/disposable than any flagship phone (non-flagships can't do 4K60p yet) and you don't need to balance a camera device on a gimbal etc. As with any video making device, you just need to be honest with yourself about how much you would really use it. I don't really see it benefiting any PRO jobs though - unless drones and action cams made small sensors good enough in the eyes of customers?

Hopefully, a smartphone will beat them to the 8K punch, so that some asshat will be able to do a comparison review and single-handedly annihilate what remains of the ILC market.

If you fancy going from the seaside to some hiking in the scenic Alps in a single day, you definitely should. It's a small country and you can basically travel between the furthest parts of the country in less than 3 hours of driving and the diversity of terrain is amazing.

These are still mass market photo-centric lenses, not specialty cine glass for rent.

I am well aware of all the PR bullshit that Canikon are pushing after dismissing Sony for years. Of course their personnel is trained to emphasize different attributes than what Sony has been touting all along - they are not Sigma and will not give props where they are due. After the initial hype settles down, working professionals will forget all about the exotic, big "halo" glass and use the native f2.8 zoom like they have for decades. The only difference will be that this glass will now resolve the modern high mpx sensors and offer impeccable performance wide open. Faster lenses have always been possible, but no product manager would approve such niche behemoths.

The promise of mirrorless is smaller size and weight, not faster lenses. Humongous, fast lenses were always the option, but who would want to lug around such heavy zooms?

A business has to make frequent decisions in an efficient manner. Does Vimeo have the manpower to carefully analyze every video for possibility of fair use of copyright material? Can they be destroyed by a few lawsuits from the big record labels? Can they afford to take that risk? YouTube probably has a huge legal team, but they will still preemptively mute your video and then if you think you have a case, you can sort the problem out with them. Not many try and even fewer succeed. That is efficient from a business point of view. And YT can fall back on the huge resources of their parent company, can Vimeo? This just speeds up the gradual move to generic free beats etc. for anyone not wanting to deal with this and probably most content creators don't want to anyway.

Poor Sony is trying to live up to the claims of that Weibo account, so the release gets postponed by 6 months with every new rumor posted there.

Jesus F Christ, enough with the speedboosters for the R. Just wait for a full sensor read-out model. Do guys absolutely hate DPAF and value bad RS as a "creative tool"? Canon slaps you in the face with a severely compromised body and you bitch and moan about it. Then you turn your back and apply every band-aid and ointment to it that would somehow make it "the body that was promised". You should reward other OEMs instead aka take you business elsewhere.

I've been using a microSD with an adapter for 5 years until the card died (few months before the warranty ran out). I've had a few times when the card was deemed corrupt and had to format it and no such issue with the regular SD card I got as the replacement. It could be an issue with the snugness of the adapter (it's a flimsy piece of plastic) or the 3rd party batteries that would sometimes die well before the percent would get to 0%. I've been using these batteries as the last resort since the card died, so maybe the adapter is not to blame. Unless you share the same card with some action cams, I would advise against it, since they are so much easier to loose and the adapter could break or become less snug after a lot of use and you wouldn't even know it. These days, most Android phones don't have hot-swappable mircoSD card slots so even that advantage has gone down the drain. However, at since the debate is about microSD, I would once again suggest to Sony to incorporate one such slot as a backup slot on their APS-C models. You would never even take it out, except for the time that the main card fails and the size of the card reader would fit in nicely in the smaller bodies.

Beware, FW 2.0 will complain or even refuse to work with third party batteries.

Such ludicrous speeds are unheard of in the world of FF lenses.

Isn't the point of having a FF sensor not having to deal with all the compromises that speedboosters bring to the table? It makes a bit of sense with Canon's crop, but for Nikon? Or are you guys itching to slap some slow medium format glass on it?

Yes and is says 1080p.

The current mirrorless situation can be compared to the political landscape of "progressive" vs "conservative", where a large conservative majority (Canon) refuses to change their stance and the equally large (or smaller) entity of "progressive" wallet voters are flexible enough to support any OEM (party) that is offering appropriate (uncrippled) features, thus splitting the market (vote) share between smaller players - leaving the giant unchallenged basically. This "bipartisan" struggle could only damage the monopolist if they all united behind a single mount that would give all of the smaller OEMs a chance to thrive. Nikon, Sony, Panasonic et. al. are basically fighting for (and winning over) the same subset of customers even though they are all innovating very fast and should all be rewarded accordingly.

Dear god, now a faster HDR is "a whole new camera"? Most flagship phones are doing it already (for a few generations), so a faster processors that can process a few additional frames does not equal "a whole new camera". HDR and computational photography in general have limitations, so why lean so hard on it. Did Apple decide that the hardware cannot be improved? Are their engineers being beaten by Ive every time they suggest a little bit thicker camera module? Maybe they should start an honest campaign - this is a small as hell sensor, so don't expect it to blow away your dedicated ILC. But we can blur the background for you, so there's that.

Jon, didn't you learn already that all these limitations will only force you to be more creative ?

Also, 240p 8bit 1080p sounds nice as well. For these specs, I would not bitch about the hump (personally, I like the rangefinder style and I'm a lefty).

120p with 10bit should ruffle some feathers. The price is quite exuberant, but the features seem to be there. Bodes well for a7SIII, 10bit and 60p will be there for sure.

That press event was way too big for just the 24mm lens. Must have been planned for a camera body. But Sony cannot afford small incremental updates anymore, so if a7SIII is being refined further, that can only bee a good thing.

... that became a true pocket cam/phone hybrid, just before it could get a nice 12mpx 4K sensor:

Definitely. There are basically thousands of Android models available and no one has the guts to offer a no-compromise photography model. I still cannot believe that Sony has not made a RX smartphone model like the Pana CM1. Also, where are the so much rumored curved sensors etc.

Android based camera could mean very hackable - you could probably get any app working on it. Too bad it will be priced right out of "hackers'" hands.

We also don't need nice new cars and flagship phones, but there are powerful emotions being used against us by marketing and the sales people in stores. If you have the budget, you are going to (over)spend it more likely than not. This kind of behavior keeps the capitalistic gears grinding, so there this upside I guess. Companies have to exploit this to keep afloat and being budget-minded requires a strong commitment. Before anyone jumps in and proclaims how they bought into FF with a 2-3 generations old body and a bunch of MF lenses, you must realize you have to be pretty knowledgeable about photography to accept and work around the limitations of such a setup. Most consumers want as much convenience as they can buy (so the latest AF, smartphone connectivity etc.).