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Sony won’t have many rabbits to pull out of its hat once its big IFA press conference rolls around in a couple of hours. All of its latest camcorders have leaked out thanks to B&H Electronics, and now its rumored QX10 and QX100 ‘lens cameras’ have appeared on Amazon. The Carl Zeiss zoom glass is married to a built in 2/3-inch, 18-megapixel sensor on QX10, while the QX100 has the same 1-inch sensor as the RX100 Mark II. The latter has an f/1.8-f/4.9 lens, while the Q10 has a more pedestrian f/3.3-f/5.9 aperture range. Each attaches to your smartphone via a clip, and will come in silver or black with an SD card slot. Your smartphone will link up via NFC and WiFi, and essentially act as a screen, shutter trigger, backup storage and social-media sharing tool. We also have the all-important price: the QX10 will run $248, while the QX100 is $498. That’s quite a sum to spend on an unproven device that doesn’t do anything without a smartphone. Then again, the stunning RX100 Mark II is $650, and Samsung’s mirrorless Galaxy NX Android camera… well let’s not even go there.

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Via: Sony Alpha Rumors

Source: Amazon

We have been hearing rumors that Sony could be looking to launch an accessory known as the “lens camera”, which has been identified by its model numbers, the QX10 and QX100. At this point in time it is unknown as to how much Sony could be charging for these accessories and thanks to several reports, the prices of either model have been revealed. According to the source of Sony Alpha Rumors, the price of the QX100 accessory which features the same sensor found in the RX100MII, could be priced at $450, around $300 less than the RX100MII camera itself.

As for the QX10, Taiwanese website ePricehas quoted it to be around NT$6,900 which is roughly 170 EUR when converted. ePrice has also pegged the QX100’s price to be around NT$14,900 which is about 370 EUR. Since Sony has yet to officially announce either accessory, which hopefully they do during IFA 2013, we can’t tell if these prices are the real deal or if retailers are simply speculating, but what do you guys think? Is $450 a bit too much to ask for such an accessory? Or would you be willing to pay for it to take your smartphone photography to the next level?

Sony QX100 Lens Camera Rumored To Cost $450 original content from Ubergizmo.

We have been hearing rumors that Sony could be looking to launch a lens camera accessory for iOS devices, which essentially is a lens that one could attach to their smartphone to boost its photography abilities. We’ve seen alleged photos of the accessory and in case you weren’t convinced yet, diagrams of the QX10 and QX100 have made their way online and assuming these are indeed diagrams from the user manual, they certainly do match up with the leaked images we’ve seen earlier.

For those wondering what’s the difference between either accessory, the QX100 is expected to feature the same RX100MII sensor and the same Zeiss lens, while the QX10 will sport the same 1/2.3” 18MP CMOS sensor and f/3.3-5.9 lens as the WX150. The numbers pointing at the different parts of the lenses indicate the different functions, such as a power button, microphone placement, display panel, ring control, zoom lever, shutter button, and etc.  No word on when Sony will announce the QX10 and QX100, but with a 4^th of September IFA press event confirmed, perhaps we might learn more then.

Sony QX10, QX100 Lens Camera Diagram Leaked From User Manual original content from Ubergizmo.