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Sarah Fleisher: “Pleased to share the latest video from Capture One, featuring Humza Deas, best known for his drone photography which offers sweeping views of New York City and is on full display in the link below. Watch “Enabling Creativity Through Cityscapes” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNY2d5z3ibo”

Eric: “We sat down with a prominent local sports photographer and got his story on his switch from Canon to Sony. Must watch. https://youtu.be/GJk0zqIc5uM“

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(SR3) Zeiss rumored to launch the world’s first lens with ALON elements? It’s a 35mm f/1.8 FE pancake?

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Image on top shows a lens from the famous Pentax limited Full Frame pancake series

I just got this rumor that made me jump off the chair. The source writes that Zeiss is going to launch a new pancake lens series:

They are preparing to announce a new compact lens series with astonishing image quality at smaller lens size. Think premium pancake lens.
The first lens of the new series will be an 35mm f1.8 with a total length of under 4cm…..
has developed a lens where several elements are made out of Aluminium oxynitride (ALON for short)

This Material has a diffractive index of 1.79 that is high compared to normal glass (1.4-1.5)
Also it is highly scratch resistant having a MOS hardness of 9
Because of the difficulty in manufacturing it will only be used in the front element and two highly diffractive elements.

And now you wonder…what is ALON? Surmet writes:

ALON® or Aluminum Oxynitride is an amazing and unique transparent advanced ceramic that is polycrystalline (made from powder) with a cubic spinel crystal structure. In the popular media and in the Star Trek community, it is commonly referred to as Transparent Aluminum.

These are the advantages of using ALON elements:

– far less weight and thickness than normal glass
– High optical transmission (>85%) near-UV to mid-IR wavelengths (0.25 to 4.0 μm)
– Excellent clarity and no inherent birefringence
– Outstanding hardness, scratch resistance and high strength
– Excellent Refractive index homogeneity over large areas

My opinion on this …WOW! That’s exactly what’s needed in the FE system: Fast and compact primes. The big question is if those lenses will have autofocus or not…

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Capture One 11.1.1 released (with many bug fixes)

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A bugfix update for Capture One 11 (Click here) and Capture One 11 for Sony (Click here) has been released today. P.S.: Keep in mind you get a 10% discount on using our coupon code “AMBSAR“.

11.1.1 Bug Fixes Mac
• Fixed a an issue with “Crop to Path” not respecting full canvas
• Fixed an issue where Histogram did not respect crop
• Fixed an issue with Auto Crop in CH edition
• Fixed an issue where the GUI duplicated folders in the library tool (Catalog)
• Fixed an issue where the include “All Other Metadata” option was ignored

11.1.1 Bug Fixes Windows
• Fixed an issue where Resource hub didn’t work for some users
• Fixed an issue with Explorer’s “open with” command not working for les
• Improved viewer update performance during rapid tethered Capture

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Sony Europe up to €1000 cashback now available in UK too

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The big Sony cashback action is now available in the UK too. Check out these special pages at ParkCameras and Amazon UK.

German reader should check out the big Sony cashback page at Amazon Germany.

Some of the best cashback deals on cameras:
€400 on the Sony A7rII (Check: [shopcountry 70057]).
€300 on the Sony A6500 (Check: [shopcountry 70056]).

Some of the best cashback deals on lenses:
€115 on the 100-400mm GM (Check: [shopcountry 70049]).
€115 on the 16-35mm GM (Check: [shopcountry 70051]).
€115 on the 24-70mm GM (Check: [shopcountry 70052]).
€115 on the 70-200mm GM (Check: [shopcountry 70053]).
€115 on the 85mm GM (Check: [shopcountry 70054]).
€100 on the 12-24mm (Check: [shopcountry 70050]).
€60 on the 85mm (Check: [shopcountry 70055]).

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