Sony's EVIL GUI revealed (a bit) in CP+

mhohner wrote: The 18th is a Sunday. Are you sure about this?

The EVIL mockups as well as the new DSLR body mockups in February were also released on a Sunday (the 21st).

Edited by pegelli - 12 April 2010 at 09:37

mhohner wrote: ijsvogel wrote: 18 april is the press-release of this camera , The 18th is a Sunday. Are you sure about this?

yes irm sure

yesterday , at a DUTCH-SONY-DAY , sony-people say that
and i heard it also a week ago from another source

greetings

kefkafloyd wrote: Keep in mind that what's Sunday for us may be a Monday in Japan due to time zone shenanigans.

but it won't be Monday April the 18th...

Thom Hogan has more to say on the camera in the context of his commentaries on what Nikon need to do. (His series on the future of the camera is very good read - see this page, where they are archived.)

The Sony comments are in the commentary today (13/4). The key passage (with my highlights) is

"Mirrorless is one of those areas that is triggering that kind of development right now (Sony's camera will be introduced in May; not yet sure when Nikon's will be introduced). The good news is that the camera companies all have the ingredients to produce what Olympus has produced so far: you just take your low end DSLR, remove the mirror and viewfinder, plug in your compact focusing algorithms, and package it all back up. The only big decision comes with lenses, where you need to think about the future of the mount and what options users really want (Sony is making a 24mm equivalent prime: congratulations, they got a sophisticated user want correct, though they still need a 50mm equivalent prime, too)."

This is the first time I have seen a reference to the likely accompanying lens package.

NB: Sony Alpha Rumours is also going with a May announcement and June availability.

Edited by Stanbury - 13 April 2010 at 17:22

We'll see, of course - the announcement is imminent whether it comes this month or next. I think maybe I should have made my 'NB' a 'FWIW'!

But if alpha rumours was using Hogan as a source (or vice versa) wouldn't they both be mentioning the 24mm-equiv lens?

Thanks, I had missed that - maybe that's the lens shown on the silver camera body in the PMA mock-up photographs.

karaatanasov wrote: I am on Olympus micro 4/3 event the following week. So either Sony show something very nice or I can get an E-PL1. .

If you managed to hold off for so long, from flipping the switch for an EVIL type camera, I personally would wait a couple of months more and see what the other manufacturers will come out with.....including Sony's own take on EVIL.