Is this the reason why Sony’s NEX line doesn’t yet feature 24p and manual control in video mode? Sony’s plan to keep alive consumer camcorders has kicked into action today with the announcement of an E-Mount camcorder. A press release just hit out of the blue. They kept this incredibly quiet. The mock-up shown is not like the pro sized AF100 from Panasonic, more like a prosumer camcorder. The E…
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UPDATE: The rumours were right! Now expect the NEX7 for September’s Photokina. Sony’s much anticipated mirrorless HDSLR is released in a few days. What do we know? It will be available in Hong Kong and Japan from May 11th and a limited stock global release that same day. Whilst an attempt at a global release is good, unfortunately 24p is missing from the spec sheet. Stop reading now?
Every wondered how the Sony Alpha series delivers a live view image from a very small sensor in the viewfinder housing without cropping, mimicking the field of view of the main CMOS, while enabling super fast phase detect AF at the same time? (Deep breath). Well, it seems Panasonic did wonder this, and plan to bring such innovations to a range of lenses previously not fully compatible with mirror-less bodies.…
Amazingly the rumours were right once again, and somebody from NAB leaked the AF100 to 43rumors a day before the press release was due. The implications here are enormous.