A-mount monster!! Sony A99 II announced with 8K sensor, full frame 4K and 5 Axis Image Stabilisation

[Andrew Reid]

A bit of a bombshell this. Sony have just this second revealed a pro-level stills camera which maxes out the 42MP sensor last seen in the A7R II.

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[The Chris]

Damn!

Count me as someone that never thought a A99II would ever become a reality. FF4k, 12fps, and Sony's best sensor. 1dxII - who?

The SAR guy - as usual - had no clue this was coming.

$3199 makes me want to dump all my E-mount stuff, the A99 had the best egos of any camera I've ever used.

Damn!

[Geoff CB]

If I could mount my Nikon lenses on this, I would dump my A7r2. Worth it for the bigger battery alone.

[The Chris]

Just read the press release on DPreview, this is essentially a A-mount A7rII with a better buffer. Full pixel readout is only in s35 mode.

Hmmm...

[neosushi]

And now 3,100$ turns into 3,600€. Crazy.

[JurijTurnsek]

Remains to be seem if the FF 4K mode has been improved from. a7RII. Unfortunately, Sony missed the chance for releasing an "a9" model which would be the a99II with E-mount and no mirror (give a complimentary adapter for A-mount users).

[Jimmy]

Interested to hear more.... If it is 8bit 4:2:0 though, i'll be waiting for the GH5 (or hacked 5DIV)

[Andrew Reid]

First camera with revamped Sony menus. Looks more like a Canon menu system. Better grouping as well.

[Mark Nakib]

Hi guys, just wanted to chime in here. According to Wikipedia the A-mount flange distance is very close to the EF-mount. Nikon's is longer. This means that, although there are no adapters currently on the market, there definitely could be, at the very least passive ones. There are F-mount to EF-mount adapters available and people do successfully use them so I see no reason why 0.5mm would make a difference in the feasibility of an F-mount to A-mount adapter.

[Mattias Burling]

Still 12 pages just under tab 1, WTF is up with that.

Also WB at page 10... whats on the first 9?

[Andrew Reid]

2 minutes ago, Mattias Burling said:

Still 12 pages just under tab 1, WTF is up with that.

Also WB at page 10... whats on the first 9?

Yes it does look like they have managed to fuck it up.

[theSUBVERSIVE]

New menus, 4K without overheating, Dual SD Card slots, articulated screen and some more dope Sony tech!

Everything E-mount users have been waiting in an A9 camera, but in an A-mount camera! hahahahaha...

Sony has sense of humor, I give them that!

[BasiliskFilm]

Bigger body gives them scope to do a bit more stuff than A7rII, but probably only of interest to A mount lens owners. Does it have a translucent mirror? Possibility of faster AF for sports photographers, and a bit more robustness etc.

[toxotis70]

does it have the same restrictions as other SLT's ?

I had some of them and for example you cant have CAF in video mode with f stop bigger than f/3.5 !!!

 

[Andrew Reid]

It's a terrible mistake to have A-mount on there, the could easily keep the same A77 / NX1 style form factor with a mirrorless E-mount.

Mirrorless does not have to mean small!

Also can't see what it offers over an A7R II for video?

[Kino]

https://***URL removed***/news/5855300360/sony-announces-alpha-99-mark-ii

"The a99 II can capture 4K at 100Mbps (using XAVC S) with full sensor read-out and no pixel binning. A Super 35 option is also available, with 1.8x oversampling. A 'Slow and Quick' mode lets users jump between 1 and 120 fps at the push of a button. All of the capture tools you'd expect are available, including zebra patterns, time code, S-Log2 and S-Log3 profiles and 4:2:2 output over HDMI."

The XAVCS internal is a shame, but necessary because Intraframe would probably be impossible in a body that is much smaller than a Canon 1D series. At least there is HDMI clean out. The 4K downres from 8K makes it sound like a Sony F65 for your pocket!

[ricardo_sousa11]

Is it 120fps @ 4k ? Is it 422 external @ 30fps or 120fps? 

Still need to know a lot before jumping to this instead of the GH5, which seems like a winner at this point.

 

 

[mindfest]

1 hour ago, The Chris said:

Damn!

Count me as someone that never thought a A99II would ever become a reality. FF4k, 12fps, and Sony's best sensor. 1dxII - who?

The SAR guy - as usual - had no clue this was coming.

$3199 makes me want to dump all my E-mount stuff, the A99 had the best egos of any camera I've ever used.

Damn!

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http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr3-sony-a99-successor-announced-soon-42mp-499-af-points-4k/

[tomekk]

35 minutes ago, ricardo_sousa11 said:

Is it 120fps @ 4k ? Is it 422 external @ 30fps or 120fps? 

Still need to know a lot before jumping to this instead of the GH5, which seems like a winner at this point.

 

 

Start here:

http://www.sony.com/electronics/interchangeable-lens-cameras/ilca-99m2/specifications

[mike_tee_vee]

As puzzling as it is to release a top spec'd A-mount camera, I commend Sony for STILL supporting a legacy mount, and rewarding long-term users with a current body.

Samsung could learn a thing or two from this practice!