According to a rumor going around, come April 23rd, Sony will unveil new E-mount lenses as well as a monster 8K camera at NAB 2017. The E-mount part makes sense as enthusiasts will always want more and differing lenses but an 8K camcorder seems absolutely unnecessary for any consumer or pro-consumer. This of course then leaves us with the professional broadcast market, but seeing how you can’t even find 4K content on the airwaves, it all seems too much.

One case that exists for 8K is to allow broadcasters at, say, the next World Cup, to record in the higher resolution and be able to crop anywhere they want without loss of quality. This presumably allows them to cut down on the number of cameras requires but you can bet that an 8K camera is not going to be cheap either.

The news itself comes from SonyAlphaRumors:

 Sony will have a press announcement on April 23 at 3pm (Las Vegas time). A part of the rumored new E-mount lenses (and maybe a new E-mount camera) we may get something else too: The following rumor has been shared by a trusted source. But so far I wasn’t able to fully confirm it. He said there will be a new camcorder:

similar to f5 and f55 with 8k also global shutter

 

Do you think Sony will unveil new 8K cameras?