Sony A7sIII Preorders:
Sony A7sIII in USA at Adorama (up to $400 off with lens). BHphoto. Amazon. FocusCamera.
Sony A7sIII in EU at Fotokoch. Calumet DE. WexUK. Park UK.

For pure photographers:
There is more “photography” talent than you can think in the new Sony A7sIII. Chris Burkard (click here) and Renan Ozturk (Click here) shows us some gorgeous. Bigger pixels give you great dynamic range and clean High ISO shots compared to high resolution cameras

For video shooters:
To enjoy fullscreen folks:

Sony A7sIII Preorders:
Sony A7sIII in USA at Adorama (up to $400 off with lens), BHphoto, Amazon.
Sony A7sIII in EU at Fotokoch. Calumet DE. WexUK. Park UK.

New Sony A7sIII accessories:
You will also have to preorder the world’s first CFexpress Type A cards at Adorama, BHphoto. Amazon.
And of course the new Sony MRW-G2 CFexpress Type A/SD Memory Card Reader at Adorama and BHphoto.

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If you are in hurry and don’t want to go and read a ton of reviews than this is pretty much the only video that you ABSOLUTELY have to watch. Gerald Undone surely ain’t a fanboy and is one of my favorite reviewers on the web. So if he says the A7sIII is a masterpiece it means a lot! And surprise for stills shooters: He says this is an outstanding camera for photographers too:

If you have some more time check out those too:

Ted Forbes:

Tony Northrup could see thing the naked eye couldn’t see:

Marc Alhadeff from SonyAlphaBlog tested the new Voigtländer 35mm F1.2 Nokton SE lens and concluded:

The Voigtländer 35mm F1.2 Nokton (1000 euros) is a special lens: it offers super soft background blur and smooth transition from the area in focus to the ones in the blur
It provide a very nice rendering for portraits with glow for close portraits shoots
Closed down to F2.8 , centre sharpness increase a lot and it keeps a nice soft background
Buyers of this lens will mostly use it between F1.2 and F2 for its unique rendering and will maybe complement it with a Voigtländer 50mm F1.2 Nokton , if you prefer a more classical large aperture 35mm like the excellent Sigma 35mm F1.2 DG DN Art

Pros
Very good background blur
Soft transitions
Glow effect at f1.2 if you like it
Excellent sharpness in the centre as of F2.8
Good bokeh wide open
Very good flare resistance
Nice sunstars including at F1.2
Low distorsion
Small and light
EXIF transmission
Build quality is very good
Vignetting very low as of F2

Average
Strong vignetting at F1.2 and F1.4
Bokeh in polygons when closed down to F2 and beyond

Cons
very Bad CA , still visible at F4
Corners sharpness
Price

You can preorder the new Voigtlander 35mm f/1.2 SE lens at BHphoto.

Ted Forbes tested the Sigma 14-24mm FE lens:

Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.

Max Yuryev made a tentative comparison between the EOS-R5 and the rumored specs of the Sony A7sIII.

In the end those are two very different cameras. I think the EOS-R5 is definitely more of a Sony A7rIV kind of camera with extra video features. I guess Sony’s future Sony A7rV might have 8K too. What do you think?

Viltrox 20mm f/1.8 at BHphoto, Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon ES, Amazon IT.

Opticallimits tested the Viltrox 20mm f/1.8 FE lens and concluded:

The Viltrox PFU RBMH 20mm f/1.8 ASPH enters a rather crowded space but it has a couple of differentiators that set it apart from the rest of the gang. There is, of course, the fast maximum aperture of f/1.8. The image quality is perfectly fine in the image center whereas the borders are quite soft. This may or may not be important depending on the target application. If you are into shallow depth-of-field photography, this isn’t really an issue for instance whereas for astro photography this isn’t ideal. If you stop down, the quality improves quite a bit and it’s really good at medium aperture settings. Lateral CAs are low and you don’t have to worry about image distortions either. The vignetting is on the high side though. The quality of the bokeh (out-of-focus blur) is pretty good for a lens in this class.

The build quality is excellent thanks to a tightly assembled, all-metal-construction. The price you have to pay for the solid body is the high weight and it isn’t a small lens either. Weather-sealing is not provided but that’s no surprise at this price point. If you are into videos, you will love the dampened control rings and yes, it has a step-less aperture ring – but no stepped mode. On the downside, it’s a fully manual lens with no coupling so if you can’t live without AF, a camera-controlled aperture and EXIF data, this lens is not for you. The Viltrox lens comes with two different lens hoods – one that is optimized for the job and a 2nd one that accepts conventional, albeit large filters (82mm). It’s a smart approach to have the choice without having to rely on aftermarket solutions. The quality of the lens cap could be better though.

Another differentiator is, of course, the price. At just under 400USD/EUR, it is not only very affordable, but it is also almost a steal considering the large aperture.

56mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.

Opticallimits tested the Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN and concluded

The Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary is an excellent example for how mirrorless lenses should be. It’s small and well built with a focus on the optical characteristics where it counts the most while compromising on secondary aspects that can be corrected without too many headaches. Namely the sharpness is very good at f/1.4 and downright superb between f/2 and f/8. The laternal CAs are very low. This can’t be said about the original distortion which is on the high side for a prime lens. Vignetting is also very pronounced at f/1.4. However, these two aspects are mostly corrected with image auto-correction either in-camera (with JPGs) or in RAW converters. A strength of the lens is the quality of the bokeh with nicely rendered out-of-focus highlights and a smooth blur in the focus transition zones. Bokeh fringing is present at large aperture but that’s rather normal for such a lens.

The overall build quality is very good. The lens body is made of metal and the big, rubberized focus ring is both smooth as well as very grippy. It also has basic sealing of some kind. On the downside, manual focusing is way too coarse to be useful at shorter focus distances. The AF is about average for a modern mirrorless lens – thus it’s quite fast, noiseless and accurate. You won’t use it for action photography though.

The sum of its qualities combined with the very reasonable price tag make the Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary an obvious choice in its class. Therefore – highly recommended!

56mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.