Rumor: Sony to unveil high-end aps-c camera with viewfinder in the middle soon
According to a rumor, Sony will soon announce a new high-end system camera with aps-c sensor. Most current Sony aps-c cameras, such as the A6500, have the electronic viewfinder on the side, but the new camera would have it in the center.
Few details or specifications of the new camera are known yet, but rumor website SonyAlphaRumors reports that two reliable sources have confirmed that Sony is ready to present the new camera. The system camera would be a kind of smaller version of the A9 full-frame camera. That means Sony’s new aps-c camera is likely to get a fast shooting speed.
Perhaps the same sensor is used as the one in the recently released new Fujifilm X-T3. Despite previous speculations, this BFI sensor was not made by Samsung, according to a Fujifilm manager; presumably it concerns a Sony sensor. The X-T3 can take full-resolution photos with the electronic shutter at twenty frames per second, which increases to 30 fps with a crop of the sensor.
Both sources state that the EVF of the new Sony camera is in the middle, as is the case with the A7 cameras and the A9. Perhaps the new model will also have a body that is comparable to these full-frame cameras from Sony. That would be a style break, as current aps-c system cameras from Sony, such as the A6000 and A6500, have a rangefinder style, where the viewfinder is on the side. With such a larger body, there would be more room compared to the A6300 and A6500 to give the sensor better stabilization.
Sony has not officially confirmed anything about the possible new camera. The announcement should in any case take place in October. New lenses would also be released, something for which Sony’s aps-c line has some need; In recent years, the company has mainly focused on releasing lenses for its full-frame cameras.
On the left an example of the body that is used with the A7 series and the A9. In the middle the body of the Fujifilm X-T3 and next to it the Sony A6500. Image: Sonyalpharumors.