Sony to have flagship camera and lens announcement on November 19

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I thought the prior rumor was for a 24-70/2 from Sony? If it’s just a 28-70/2 like Canon made 6 years ago, the Sony fanbois will have apoplexy.

Actually, that’s not true. They’ll just claim it’s soooooo much better than the Canon version. That way, they can sleep at night until DxO gives it a higher ‘lens score’ on a 61 MP Sony camera and they can feel all vindicated and stuff.
 
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neuroanatomist said:
I thought the prior rumor was for a 24-70/2 from Sony? If it’s just a 28-70/2 like Canon made 6 years ago, the Sony fanbois will have apoplexy.

Actually, that’s not true. They’ll just claim it’s soooooo much better than the Canon version. That way, they can sleep at night until DxO gives it a higher ‘lens score’ on a 61 MP Sony camera and they can feel all vindicated and stuff.
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I never realized how garbage DxO was..I haven't been there in a couple years. I just browsed and they rate the sharpness on the RF 50 1.2L as pretty much lowest of any "pro" series lens. They have some prosumer lenses rated above it....
 
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David - Sydney said:
Imagine the internet meltdown if Sony brought out an integrated grip body!

Is the a9iii the flagship or a1ii?

The inevitable comparisons to R1 and R5ii will be a lot of click bait with few people actually switching and even less with both systems
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I think the A1 series is the "do-it-all" flagship, while the A9 is the speedster at the cost of limited DR at base ISO.
 
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AccipiterQ said:
I never realized how garbage DxO was..I haven't been there in a couple years. I just browsed and they rate the sharpness on the RF 50 1.2L as pretty much lowest of any "pro" series lens. They have some prosumer lenses rated above it....
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DxO lens and camera ratings have always been ridiculous. Some things never change...
 
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AccipiterQ said:
I just browsed and they rate the sharpness on the RF 50 1.2L as pretty much lowest of any "pro" series lens. They have some prosumer lenses rated above it....
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Their measurements are generally good, but you have to understand how they make them. The RF 50/1.2 was only tested on the EOS R, so lenses with lower IQ tested on the R5 can easily outperform the RF 50/1.2. Are the EF 35/2 from 1990 or the 'dreamy' EF 85/1.2L cannonball really sharper than the RF 50/1.2? Of course not, but they were tested on the 50 MP 5DsR and not the 30 MP EOS R...they have more 'perceptual megapixels' because they were tested on a camera with a lot more real megapixels.

So what you want to do with DxO's sharpness measurement is compare the perceptual MP with the actual MP of the camera on which the lens was tested. So for example, the RF 50/1.2 has the same 22 pMpix as the EF 50/1.4, but the latter started with a 50 MP camera and the former with a 30 MP camera. Next you might ask, then why is the RF 85/2 STM showing better sharpness than the RF 50/1.2 since both were tested on the EOS R (26 vs. 22 mPix)? In fact, if you look at Canon's theoretical MTFs for those two lenses, the 85/2 is actually sharper in the center of the frame.

To be clear, I'm talking about their measurements. DxOMark's Lens Scores are crap – they are based on the use case of shooting in lighting equivalent to a dimly-lit warehouse, and are influenced by things like the dynamic range of the sensor behind the lens.
 
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Canon Rumors Guy said:
It looks like Sony will have the next major camera and lens announcement, as they have scheduled an event for November 19, 2024. For now it looks like Sony is gearing up to launch two new professional level products. Sony will announjce the Alpha A1 II, which will become their new flagship camera body. It

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As soon as I read they were keeping the ergonomics I stopped reading the article.
 
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If it truly only has a CFExpress type A card even with version 4 cards, then it would likely only be as fast as Canon’s CFExpress Type B 2.0. The Type B has twice as many lanes as the Type A, negating much of the speed gain from 2.0 to 4.0 specification.
 
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Remember that the Sony E mount is about the same diameter as the Canon M mount and much smaller than the Canon RF mount. When Sony started using the E mount for FF, Canon loudly proclaimed that it was too small. I suspect that designing a 28-70 f/2 is much more difficult with a small mount than a large one, hence the delay.
 
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Anon said:
I never had the chance to hold one, but the A9III seems to follow the Nikon Z6 body. Compared to something like the A7II it looks way more ergonomic. What do you think?
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I own the A9III, it is the first Sony I can honestly say has great ergonomics. The A1Mk2 will share the same body as the A9III.
 
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