Camera rumors in 2025: what cameras are coming, officially and otherwise!

Sony rumors 2025

The Sony rumors are flying thick and fast – and so are the cameras that they relate to! Both the Sony RX1R III and the Sony FX2 went from rumor to reality in the blink of an eye, and the company has plenty of Alpha bodies that could follow suit in a hurry.

There's also a lot of movement in the world of vlogging cameras, too, which is increasingly becoming the noisiest area of the industry. And with the company doubling down on this category, the Sony rumors are super strong when it comes to content creation.

Along with a certain product that's expected imminently…

Sony A7 V

The latest chatter is that the Sony A7 V will finally be announced in October or November – having missed its planned late 2024 and early 2025 release windows. Reportedly, at least part of the delay was due to the situation around tariffs in the USA – which were compounded by manufacturing priority for other Sony cameras.

Whatever the reason, the A7 V is also set to feature a new image sensor – which may or may not come with a change to the resolution. It's being said that this camera is more evolution than revolution, along similar lines to (but with a bit more evolution than) the Sony A1 II and the original A1.

As such, it wouldn't surprise me to see the Sony A7 V keep the same 33MP resolution as the Sony A7 IV, but upgrade to a partially stacked sensor – much as happened with the Nikon Z6 III having the same 26.3MP resolution as the Nikon Z6 II, just on a faster stacked chip.

Whatever the case, the days of the A7 series being the best beginner camera for full-frame shooters seem to be long gone.

Sony FX3 II

Not only is the Sony FX3 now four years old, and not only is it built on the ten-year-old archutecture of the Sony A7S III, it's just had war declared on it by both Canon and Nikon – and the Canon EOS C50 and Nikon ZR eclipse the technology in this well-loved but long-in-the-tooth camera.

With the FX3 being such a popular body, it was only ever a matter of time until Sony updated it – but now that its position is officially under threat for the first time, I expect Sony to fast-track a successor.

There have been rumors and rumblings that such a successor is on the way for some time, but all we've had recently is the less than enthusiastically-received Sony FX2 – though it at least sets a minimum bar for what we can expect from the FX3 II. Given Sony's propensity for repurpopsing sensors, it may even inherit the new sensor from the A7 V…

Sony A7S IV

At this point it's tempting to say that Sony has stuck a fork in the A7S line.

While technically the last time we saw this series was with the launch of the Sony A7S III, back in October 2020, we've actually seen at least three successors in the guise of the Sony FX3, Sony FX6 and Sony ZV-E1 – all of which have the same sensor and all but the latter have much the same feature set.

Given that Sony's all-purpose video body has now birthed a cinema-focused line and a creator-focused line, is there still any need for a do-it-all Sony A7S IV?

I've heard that Sony has back-burnered the A7S series, rather than abandoned it, but either way – logic and sales tell you that the FX and ZV cameras are far more of a priority, and a far more lucrative investment of R&D.

Sony A6200

Originally expected to arrive in the summer, the Sony A6200 is said to possess the same excellent 26MP image sensor as the Sony A6700 – which has also been used in the ZV-E10 II.

My question is, does Sony – or the consumer, for that matter – really want or need both cameras, especially with the ZV camera as a third option?

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