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Sony manager confirms a new “enthusiast” APS-C camera is on the way

Mar 23, 2019 by John Aldred 3 Comments

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Sony Senior General Manager, Kenji Tanaka, has confirmed in an interview with Imaging Resource that they are focusing on APS-C and that a new high end “enthusiast” model APS-C camera is coming.

Many have felt that Sony has kind of neglected small form factor APS-C bodies in favour of full frame. But it has, apparently, always been their plan to focus on APS-C once their full frame lineup was where they felt it needed to be. And with the Sony A9, A7III and A7RIII (and hopefully, soon an A7SIII) it is now where they want it to be.

When asked about the APS-C market, Tanaka-san said…

For us that market is very important. But before that when we had things to do, that was the full-frame. Because full-frame for the brand, a kind of symbolic thing. Because before APS-C, we had to create the symbolic brand or symbolic products. So we first started to create the full-frame mirrorless.

So, essentially, Sony wanted to be able to prove it could compete with the other major players in the highest end of the market before focusing on the consumer cameras. This makes sense, as Nikon & Canon have had a pretty solid stronghold on the camera market for decades. So when Sony saw mirrorless as being the future of cameras, they wanted to jump on it and beat them both to the punch – which they have done.

If not for Sony’s efforts (and, to some degree, Fuji, Panasonic & Olympus) I don’t think mirrorless camera systems would be anywhere near as popular as they are today. And if not for those efforts, I don’t think either Nikon or Canon would have been releasing new mirrorless cameras last year.

We have the opportunity to develop a type of enthusiast APS-C model, and the enthusiasts, especially the US ones are waiting for this type of model. 

Well, but we’re implying many things. Of course we are trying to expand the APS-C series of cameras. That maybe implies not only one product. And we implied we are working on the sports area, that implied not only a 400mm f/2.8 lens is coming. So we are implying many things, but not directly saying “next model is this one, the next model is this one”. But we’re focusing on sports and we’re focusing on the APS-C area.

Tanaka-san offered up some great insights in the interview, and if you want to read the whole thing, head on over to Imaging Resource.

But it sounds like we’ve barely seen beyond the surface so far with what Sony has in store for APS-C mirrorless. The Sony A6300, A6400 and A6500 are all pretty great cameras, but they’re not really in the same league as Sony’s full-frame offerings. It seems that might be about to change.

[via Imaging Resource]

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John Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

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