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So many things to buy: Honami, Add-on lens, Tablet Z 2, PS4... I guess it is a good idea to travel to Hongkong in December and buy everything there. Or is it cheaper anywhere else? What do you think guys?
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Posted: 2013-08-13 06:20:34
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It seems its like a special case for the lens for better grip?!?!?!

HONAMI FCUK YOU! Im forced to get you even i have XZU!
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Posted: 2013-08-13 06:48:42
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Knowing Sony's pricing policy I would wonder if it would be below 400-500 euro. I think The Honami + Lens Camera would be more expensive than buying an Xperia Z and RX100. Than the latter pairing makes more sense in my opinion.

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Posted: 2013-08-13 07:06:58
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Looks like the case on the white phone is metallic to me. Maybe the back of the lens/sensor combo is a strong magnet and the case allows it to mount very securely?

BTW, what do y'all think the "MULTI" thing is on the bottom portion of the smaller lens? Multi interface port? Hotshoe interface? Also what's the round button next to the zoom buttons? Shutter?


Also, I was bored and decided to try and get a rough idea of the dimensions of these external lenses. I used the Xperia Z thickness as a starting point and here're the results:



Of course the devices are a bit bigger as they're not perfectly cylindrical, but it gives you a rough idea at least
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Posted: 2013-08-13 07:14:00
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sony didn't say ZU won't work with the lens?
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Posted: 2013-08-13 07:17:32
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No reason why it wouldn't work with the ZU. In fact, I think Sony would have had to specially go out of their way to ensure this thing doesn't work with the ZU since it's compatible with other brand Android phones and iOS devices.

It should compliment the ZU quite nicely, actually. This was actually enough to give me pause to think about getting the ZU instead of Honami, but the ZU is still a bit too large for my purposes. Honami it is then!!!!!!
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Posted: 2013-08-13 07:20:16
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For comparisons sake against the dimensions I scaled earlier, here're the dimensions of the new RX100 II

101.6mm x 58.1mm x 38.3mm

Compare that against roughly

58.77mm x 58.77mm x 61.30mm for the add-on lens

So roughly 2cm thicker than the original camera itself. That's not too shabby considering how much they've packed in there. I still wonder if it'll use a built in battery or if it can use the same one as the RX100/RX100 II.

Also one would assume that this is really just the beginning. I mean, a 10x optical zoom is ok and all, but we know Sony has very compact cameras with 30x optical zoom in the HX50V Cybershots. For comparisons sake that is also 38.3mm thick, so I don't see it being unreasonable to expect them to release a superzoom attachment at some point in the future. Assuming these attachments take off, here's what I'm expecting:

HX50V variant
NEX6 (or successor?) variant using something like the power zoom lens

If they REALLY want to appeal to the rich mofos, then maybe an RX1 variant, but that's quite the long shot there IMO.
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Posted: 2013-08-13 07:35:18
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One lens is G lens and the other is Carl Zeiss....
Carl zeiss is back in SONY...
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Posted: 2013-08-13 07:40:49
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Umm dude? Sony have been using Carl Zeiss lenses on their cameras for years. These are products of the digital imaging division, not the mobile - the model names support this. For example, the RX100 and RX100 II both use the exact same Carl Zeiss lens that will be found on the larger of these two add-ons.
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Posted: 2013-08-13 07:43:01
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ya..i know that...Sony is stilll using carl zeiss for camera...But they stopped using it in phones due to some deal with Nokia...But now its back...Its a lens...I know...But still....carl zeiss and Sony phone...Such a amazing combination
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Posted: 2013-08-13 07:47:59
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