Here is the recap of a recent Optyczne Q&A session with Sony managers in Tokyo:
- The Sony a9 didn’t come with a tilt screen because emphases was on strength and durability.
- Sony could add touchscreen features to the a9, but they are working on a lot of requests at this time.
- They aren’t planning on altering eye autofocus
- Sony isn’t planning on modifying the menus again
- Sony hoped to make a full frame when they first launched NEX-5, but didn’t have anything in the works due to technological limitations.
- They were shown the Sony Square, which is an exclusive showroom see their post for more details.
- Doesn’t sound like A-mount is growing at all, but E-mount is growing dynamically.
- Said A-mount and E-mount will continue to exist together.
- Sony isn’t currently planning on producing a medium format camera.
- Sony plans to develop long/fast telephoto lenses.
- No plans to add in camera encoder.
- Sony doesn’t have plans to use their Foveon design in a camera yet.
- G Master lenses are full frame only at this time.
Source: Optyczne, via SonyAddict
