This is the new Sony a6400 APS-C mirrorless camera


Sony announced a new α6400 APS-C mirrorless camera (model ILCE-6400) with real-time eye autofocus, real-time tracking and world’s fastest autofocus (US price: $899.99):

  • World’s Fastest[i] 0.02 seconds[ii] AF acquisition speed plus 425 phase-detection and contrast-detection AF points covering approximately 84% of image area
  • Advanced Real-time Eye AF
  • New Real-time Tracking for object tracking
  • 24.2MP[iii] APS-C Exmor™ CMOS image sensor and latest-generation BIONZ X™ image processor
  • 180-degree fully tiltable LCD touch screen for self-recording
  • High-speed continuous shooting at up to 11 fps[iv] mechanical shutter / 8 fps[v] silent shooting with continuous AF/AE tracking
  • High-resolution 4K[vi] movie recording with full pixel readout and no pixel binning, plus advanced AF speed and stability
  • Interval recording for time-lapse videos

Product highlights:

  • 24.2MP APS-C Exmor CMOS Sensor
  • BIONZ X Image Processor
  • XGA Tru-Finder 2.36m-Dot OLED EVF
  • 3.0″ 921.6k-Dot Tilting Touchscreen LCD
  • Internal UHD 4K Video & S-Log3 Gamma
  • S&Q Motion in Full HD from 1-120 fps
  • Shutter Rated for 200,000 Cycles
  • Built-In Wi-Fi with NFC
  • 425 Phase- & Contrast-Detect AF Points
  • Up to 11 fps Shooting and ISO 102,400

The Sony a6400 brochure is available here. Sample photos can be found here. Pre-orders will open on January 17th (AdoramaB&H).

Promo videos and press release:

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Watch the Sony livestream press event here (Sony a6400 APS-C mirrorless camera announced)


Watch the Sony livestream press event here at 1 pm EST (backup link for livestream):

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What’s next?


Here is an updated list of rumored/expected cameras that will be announced in the next few weeks:

The rest of the list:

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Sony announcement today: new APS-C mirrorless camera expected (watch the livestream here at 1 pm EST)


As already reported, Sony is rumored to announce a new cheap, mid-level mirrorless camera. The official announcement is expected today – stay tuned, I will embed the live stream here on the blog at 1 pm EST.

We don’t have any leaked pictures or specifications for the upcoming camera.

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Sony α7 III vs. Canon EOS R vs. Nikon Z6 mirrorless sales during the holiday shopping season in Japan


BCN+R published their latest sales results data for the mirrorless camera holiday shopping season in Japan. What I find interesting is that Canon and Nikon mirrorless sales were almost identical in December of 2018:

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New Swiss company NWS Instruments announces 23mm APO and 110mm APO medium format lenses with Hasselblad V-mount



Today the Swiss company NWS Instruments announced two medium format lenses with Hasselblad V-mount:

  • 23mm APO f/3,5 110° wide angle lens
  • 110mm APO f/3,2 macro telephoto lens

NWS Instruments also announced a new Akrobat modular instrument positioning system (click for larger view):

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Canon rumors: 100MP mirrorless EOS R camera with IBIS is a possibility


Northlight Images reports about the possibility of a 100MP EOS R mirrorless camera with IBIS capabilities to be released in the future:

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Fujifilm Fujinon GF 100-200mm f/5.6 R LM OIS WR medium format lens could be announced on January 17th


The Fujifilm Fujinon GF 100-200mm f/5.6 R LM OIS WR medium format lens (see leaked pictures) could be officially announced on January 17th according to the above teaser found on Chinese social media:

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Nikkei: “Sony is soon going to release a cheap, mid-level mirrorless camera”


Yesterday the Japanese website Nikkei reported that Sony is soon going to release a new, cheap, mid-level mirrorless camera. This sounds pretty far from the previously “rumored high-end APS-C E-mount model.

This is what we know so far about the upcoming Sony APS-C mirrorless camera (it is not much):

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Another leaked picture of the Olympus E-M1X camera

Here is another leaked picture of the upcoming Olympus E-M1X camera:

The latest Olympus E-M1X camera rumors/specs recap can be found here:

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