World’s first test: Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 on the new Sony 101 Megapixel Medium format sensor!

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SAR reader Egmont is the first that tried to use the Superb Otus 85mm lens on the Alpa and new Phase One back with Sony 101 Megapixel sensor. This is what he wrote to me:

“Since you guys seem to be big fans of both the Zeiss Otus 85/1.4 and the new Phase One 100MP digital back, I thought I would share this with you. A few days ago we tested the Otus 85/1.4 on an ALPA 12 FPS with Canon adapter and Phase One’s new 100MP digital back.


Full Size image sample can be downloaded via Wetransfer (Click here)

As you can see by the attached image shot at f1.4 of a good friend of mine, it seems to me that besides the vignetting at the corners due to the massive dimensions of the new Sony sensor, the Otus is more than ready for the 100MP+ sensors of the future! I was blown away by the revolving power of the Otus 85mm even at its biggest aperture….”

And if you wonder if the Otus can cover the full medium format sensor size area when you stop down the aperture. He says: “The vignetting is much more controlled at f4 and then almost all gone at f8.

You can download the massive full size image samples via Wetransfer (Click here). Be aware that it contains more than 1GB images!!!

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Yuri Afanasiev‎
Silhouette. Hello from Russia! Sony A7R + FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS. 72mm / ƒ/5,6 / 1/250s / ISO 400
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$190 off on the RX100m2

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[shoplink 45784 ebay]Bildschirmfoto 2016-03-16 um 11.43.03[/shoplink]

You pay $379 only for the refurbished RX100m2 with lot of free extras sold by [shoplink 45784 ebay]Secondipity on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. That’s $170 off compared to the regular price and it comes with 90 days US warranty.

The official Sony partner Store Secondipity listed plenty of new refurbished E-mount cameras. All do come with full 90 day US warranty:
$400 off on the Sony A7rII sold on their [shoplink 45607 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Amazon (Click here) store.
$400 off on the Sony A7s sold on their [shoplink 45609 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Amazon (Click here) store.
$400 off on the Sony A7II sold on their Amazon (Click here) store.
$400 off on the Sony A7II kit sold on their [shoplink 45608 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] store.
$324 off on the Sony 70-200mm FE sold on their Amazon (Click here) store.

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First Nikon F autofocus adapter test on the A6300

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Commlite ENF-E(1) Nikon F to Sony E Electronic Adapter Testing 04 on A6300

The new Commlite Nikon F Lens to Sony E-Mount Autofocus adapter on [shoplink 45489 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. And here are two more videos showing the performance of the adapter on the new A6300 and on the A7rII.


00.05 Nikkor DX 10-24mm F3.5-4.5G ED – AF-S Mode
01.09 Nikkor DX 10-24mm F3.5-4.5G ED – AF-C Mode
01.53 Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM
04.23 Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG HSM
07.02 Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG MACRO HSM

And Commlite CM-ENF-E(1) Nikon F to Sony E Electronic Adapter Testing 05 on A6300 A7RII Carl Milvus (Youtube).

Preorders:
A6300 body at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. Amazon.de. WexUK. Jessops. Amazon.fr.
A6300 with kit lens at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. Amazon.de. WexUK. Jessops.
24-70mm f/2.8 GM FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK. Jessops.
85mm f/1.4 GM FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK. Jessops.

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Sony Tidbits…

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One Night. One Hundred Cars. One Message. For 100 Years BMW. Filmed with Sony A7s, except DJI Inspire 1 drone shots.

What lens would you like Sony to make next? (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony A7II and Metabones IV Lab Testing w/ Canon L Lenses (SonyAlphaLab).
Sony Camera and Lens In Use: Part One, Part Two, Part Three.
The a7RII, Tyler’s new big little camera (Stalman).
Curved Sensor Advantages (Image Sensor World).
Canon 70-200 F4 L + Sony A7II REVIEW (SonyAlphaForum).

Phil:Just some advice about battery problems. I shoot weddings and recently bought an RX10 II for it’s 4k video and use as a stills backup camera. But for video the battery life is scary. I was going to build a DIY battery pack solution but just in time ex pro have produced this; Amazon UK. A fantastic solution for many Sony users

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Triple FE deal ending soon: A7rII, A7sII and 55mm Zeiss. And Nik software is for free now!

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[shoplink 45959 ebay]ZeissFE [/shoplink]

The grey imported E-mount deals (with US seller warranty) are now about to end soon. So grab them now:
$700 off on the [shoplink 45813 ebay]Sony A7rII (Click here)[/shoplink].
$600 off on the [shoplink 45814 ebay]Sony A7sII (Click here)[/shoplink].
$300 off on the [shoplink 45959 ebay]Zeiss 55mm FE (Click here)[/shoplink]. With 3 year US warranty.
$160 off on the [shoplink 45831 ebay]Sony A6000 with kit lens (Click here)[/shoplink].

The Zeiss Batis 25mm lens is in Stock at FocusCamera (Click here).

And this one is a very good deal as it comes for free! Google announced that you can get the full Nik software for free here:
MAC: dl.google.com/edgedl/photos/nikcollection-full-1.2.11.dmg
WIN: dl.google.com/edgedl/photos/nikcollection-full-1.2.11.exe

Still in Stock: 128GB SD card for $29 only (here at Amazon).

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(SR4) Three new Zeiss FE lenses will be announced in October 2016?

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Two sources told us there will be three new Zeiss branded FE lenses in October at the PhotoPlus show in NYC. I am yet not sure if these are all Sony “Zeiss branded” lenses or a mix of Zeiss branded and Zeiss Batis/Loxia lenses.

One source added some info on this. He said Zeiss managers didn’t tell them exactly what’s coming but just as an indication they said these “kind of” lenses are requested by photographers:

Zeiss Batis 35mm f/1.8,
Zeiss 24-70mm f/2 (similar compact size to f/4 version)
Sony Zeiss 16-35mm f/2.8.

Sounds really impossible to get a 24-70mm f/2.0 or f/2.8 zoom with the same f/4.0 size. But as I wrote this are just “requested” lenses and probably do not match the exact specs of the “real” lenses that will be announced at PhotoPlus.

Current Zeiss branded Sony lenses:
Zeiss 16-35mm at [shopcountry 46146].
Zeiss 24-70mm at [shopcountry 46145].
Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 at [shopcountry 461478.
Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 at [shopcountry 46147].
Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 at [shopcountry 46149].
Current “entirely” Zeiss made Batis lenses:
Zeiss 25mm f/2.8 at [shopcountry 46150].
Zeiss 85mm f/1.8 at [shopcountry 46151].
Current “entirely” Zeiss made Loxia lenses:
Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 at [shopcountry 46152].
Zeiss 35mm f/2.0 at [shopcountry 46153].
Zeiss 50mm f/2.0 at [shopcountry 46154].

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