Rumour: Sony To Release Series of Lens Cameras

Word around the internet is that Sony is set to become the newest player in the pocket pixel game, with photos of the brand’s first lens cameras rising to the surface. Neither peripheral phone lens nor an entire camera itself, these ‘lens cameras’ are said to magnetically attach to your smartphone, taking photos and sending them to your smartphone. The lenses sync to external devices via WiFi, and support both iOS and Android-based platforms. The foremost lens camera available use an RX100MII and Zeiss lens – the same pairing as found on the Nikon 1 system. While official word on the release date is being kept to a mum for at the moment, the line between ‘camera’ and ‘smartphone’ is slowly being blurred with this development. Keep your eyes peeled for new information as it develops.