Since Andrea Pizzini's rumors were totally on the mark concerningSony's latest offeringI'm confident his rumors about a new APS-c flagship also to be true. Its annoying however for Sony to 'leak' any likewise information via 'obscure' routes like SonyAlphaRumors instead of hinting about it via their own (official) platform/channels. Seems all very childish to me but it will undoubtly be an integral part of their marketing to do it like this.Only thing now to wait for is what they are going to offer 'us'...so very annoying having to guess and speculate about features that will probably never see the light of day, or having to stall the personal upgrade wish/path...as by now I've made up my mind about an upgrade but to get certain (AF) features I want out of that (at this point) I have to move up to full frame...unless the upcoming APS-c flagship provides likewise functionality.I'm aware of the uselessness of this post but it had to be done.

Take non wrote:Since Andrea Pizzini's rumors were totally on the mark concerningSony's latest offeringI'm confident his rumors about a new APS-c flagship also to be true. Its annoying however for Sony to 'leak' any likewise information via 'obscure' routes like SonyAlphaRumors instead of hinting about it via their own (official) platform/channels. Seems all very childish to me but it will undoubtly be an integral part of their marketing to do it like this.Only thing now to wait for is what they are going to offer 'us'...so very annoying having to guess and speculate about features that will probably never see the light of day, or having to stall the personal upgrade wish/path...as by now I've made up my mind about an upgrade but to get certain (AF) features I want out of that (at this point) I have to move up to full frame...unless the upcoming APS-c flagship provides likewise functionality.I'm aware of the uselessness of this post but it had to be done.I'm more bullish on the APS-C flagship after I read this:https://www.dpreview.com/interviews/0402256057/cp-2023-sony-interview-expanding-an-ecosystem-around-e-mount-is-our-strategyIt's just too bad that we won't likely see the announcement here.I'm hoping that they will continue with a 24 or 26MP new sensor but with a faster read out speed similar to what the Canon engineers were able to do with the non-stacked 24MP of the R6MKII.

Unlike the april fools day sony A7V for left-handed people I saw on a photosite?

It had the word 'joke' written all over...

Still, nice try...

José B wrote:I'm more bullish on the APS-C flagship after I read this:https://www.dpreview.com/interviews/0402256057/cp-2023-sony-interview-expanding-an-ecosystem-around-e-mount-is-our-strategyIt's just too bad that we won't likely see the announcement here.I'm hoping that they will continue with a 24 or 26MP new sensor but with a faster read out speed similar to what the Canon engineers were able to do with the non-stacked 24MP of the R6MKII.That does sound promising. I really hope it's soon as my gear was recently stolen and I'm in a position to pick up a new camera.

idsurfer wrote:José B wrote:I'm more bullish on the APS-C flagship after I read this:https://www.dpreview.com/interviews/0402256057/cp-2023-sony-interview-expanding-an-ecosystem-around-e-mount-is-our-strategyIt's just too bad that we won't likely see the announcement here.I'm hoping that they will continue with a 24 or 26MP new sensor but with a faster read out speed similar to what the Canon engineers were able to do with the non-stacked 24MP of the R6MKII.That does sound promising. I really hope it's soon as my gear was recently stolen and I'm in a position to pick up a new camera.Sorry to hear. I know in the past Sony made several camera announcements in a given year, hope this is like 2019 all over again.

José B wrote:I know in the past Sony made several camera announcements in a given year, hope this is like 2019 all over again.Here is the timeline of Sony APS-C cameras.The a6500 was announced in October 2016 and the a6600 in August 2019.  On that basis the next top-end APS-C camera is almost a year overdue, but COVID and the sensor shortage are reasonable explanations for a delay, rather than the endless forum dross that Sony has abandoned APS-C.

JohnNEX wrote:José B wrote:I know in the past Sony made several camera announcements in a given year, hope this is like 2019 all over again.Here is the timeline of Sony APS-C cameras.The a6500 was announced in October 2016 and the a6600 in August 2019. On that basis the next top-end APS-C camera is almost a year overdue, but COVID and the sensor shortage are reasonable explanations for a delay, rather than the endless forum dross that Sony has abandoned APS-C.Thanks John. That's what I've been saying all along that a one year + delay is reasonable considering supply chain issues. Hope that because of that delay Sony will be able to put more oomph in that flagship APS-C.

Here we go again...Thank God only 10 more days of this.

sludge21017 wrote:Here we go again...Thank God only 10 more days of this.Why wait, just log yourself off and be done with it allready.

It's nice to see a timeline although you might want to include the a5000, a5100 and FX-30.Cheers!Jim

Who would have thought that DPReview would be gone before the next Sony APS-C camera announcement?

The irony is that the FX30 was such an aps-c announcement.