(SR5) Correction on the Sony announcement time (not this week but in 2-3 weeks)

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Important rumor correction: The next Sony announcement will not take place this week but in 2-3 weeks (UPDATE: between mid October and early November is the new info). Thanks to the feedback of various sources we learned there was an internal miscomunication at Sony (Thanks the two sources pointing out this). Sorry to say you have to wait a tiny bit more!

I can also confirm this is not an announcement about a new A7 camera. If you are waiting for a new A7markIII you will have to wait til 2017.

Just a curiosity: Seems like Sony lately is in for at least one announcement per month: 50mm Zeiss FE in July, 50mm macro in August, A99II and 18-100mm in September and A6500 in October…

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony FE 28mm F2 – ULTIMATE REVIEW

Autumn | Zeiss Milvus 85/1.4 | Sony a7rII (SonyAlphaForum).
Photokina 2016: What’s New in Imaging at the Big Show? Part 2 (Explora).
From Light to Dark: High-Key and Low-Key Lighting in Portrait Photography (ALC).
This graph shows you the decline of the camera industry (Mirrorlessrumors).

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Lawrence: “I just got my Sony FE 50mm 2.8 today.
after few test…Im not sure if is just me. but the focus are really noisy and slow. during video mode. auto focus is not really working.
I was test it on A6300
and here is link I post on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG2vDKUdzws
just wanna share with other people. wanna know if I am the only one like this”

Egill: “I would share with you a link to a feature I just published. I followed Sebastian Mok, his journey to Asia Olympia IFBB Men’s Physique Finals. Most of the feature is shot on A7SII + Sony FE PZ 28-135mm f/4 G OSS, some parts are with A7RII and FE 16-35mm f/4. Shot in Slog3 and Slog2, uploaded in 4K.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM_gCSVtBLE”

Maarten: “Last week, at ProFusion in Toronto, I asked Jason Lanier what he was asking Sony engineers to work on. https://youtu.be/CRhtcFq1WZc?t=2m44s“

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Digitalrev attacks Sony’s A6300&A6500 release strategy

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Digitalrev attacked Sony’s A6300 and A6500 strategy:

This is a depressingly short-sighted approach from Sony (might I add, even for Sony standards), since the A6300 was only announced in February and shipped in March. Instead of launching an A6300/A6500 hybrid as a more complete product at Photokina for example, Sony released a good, but not perfect A6300 in February.

Well I have to play the devils (Sony’s) adovcate to balance the story:

  1. The A6500 does NOT replace the A6300 and costs $400 more which is really a lot more $$$
  2. The current A6300 did not get any price drop. If you paid $1,000 for your camera and are happy with it you shouldn’t feel screwed at all.

The real weakness with the Sony APS-C E-mount system are the lenses. Sony cannot expect A6xxx camera owners to buy FE lenses only! They are bigger, have not the “right” focal length and you pay more for it than you should (more glass in use in FF lenses).

And Dpreview posted an article about “what’s changed, and what still needs to change”. They have a couple of complains and imrpovements suggestions. The touchscreen is too laggy and one more annoying thing is:

the a6500’s battery life rating has actually decreased compared to the a6300 by over 10%. It goes without saying that’s a change in the opposite direction than we would like.

Preorders (Start on October 10 at 11am NYC time):
A6500 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
RX100m5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
New Underwater housing for all RX100 cameras at BHphoto, Adorama.

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(SR3) There is a likely a delay on the next Zeiss Batis announcement

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We always got reliable rumors about the Loxia and Batis lens specs and launch date. But it looks like Zeiss delayed the next upcoming Batis lens launch. Sources didn’t tell us the reason. We can only speculate: Easiest guess is that Zeiss wants to use production resources for the already available lenses first. Also note that the new Loxia announced in September is set to ship in late December only.

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony 4K/HD Slow Motion System Camera HDC-4800 (HD16x)

Sony A7R2/S2 lens choices by Sean on Youtube.
A Year After Mirrorless (Contrasty).
Voigtlander 10mm f/5.6 by Eric on Youtube.
Sony Showdown: A7II vs A7RII vs A7SII (Miguel Quiles).
Sind Elektronik-Fachmessen noch zeitgemäß? – Photokina VLog
Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM Lens review by Neil Van Niekerk
Tokina Firin (DC.watch)
#alphaddicted – mit Sony einmal um die Welt (Sony.de).
Voigtlander 12mm F5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar Review (Photographyblog).

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Deal of the day: Up to 40% off on Sandisk cards

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Today’s deals of the day is the up to 40% savings on the Sandisk cards sold by Amazon US (Click here). An overview of all photo deals can be seen here.

New Sony A6500 and RX100m5 preorder links:
A6500 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
RX100m5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
New Underwater housing for all RX100 cameras at BHphoto, Adorama.

All other new Sony stuff on preorder:
Sony A99II at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Calumet Germany and WexUK.
Loxia 85mm f/2.4 at BHphoto and Adorama.
Tamron 150-600mm G2 A-mount lens at Bhphoto.Rokinon 35mm f/1.2 APS-C E-mount lens at BHphoto.
Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 autofocus FE lens at Amazon and BHphoto.
Lensbaby Trio 28mm E-mount lens at BHphoto, Adorama and WexUK.

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