New A7 with focusing sensor

[JoeV]

I would assume, if true, that Sony would be accompanying this camera with a new line of lenses, cheaper for them to manufacture and most likely smaller, given no need for internal motors and gears in the lens. So I could envision a FF auto-focus camera with lenses nearly as small as micro-4/3, or perhaps even smaller.

~Joe

 

[Lucadomi]

I see a similarity with the old Mamiya 6 folding camera. With that camera you focus manually with a machanism that moves the film plane. Very smart solution.

 

[ernesto]

Here the patent

http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony-patent-shows-z-shift-sensor-mechanism/