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Sony a7R II vs. a7S II Part 1: Photography

The Best of 2015 All Made With Sony Mirrorless (Craig Litten).
Tutorial: Sunlight in Studio with Mackenzie (SonyAlphaForum).
A Black And White Walk Through CES2016 (Alphauniverse).
Leica Summicron-M 50/2 (SonyAlphaForum).
Get the most from the Smooth Reflections and Sky HDR apps (Fredmiranda).
New review of Sony RX1R II vs. RX1R, including an AF comparison and photos by Mirrorlessreviews.
Sony Zeiss 35/1.4 review with A7R full size sample shots at Pixelmania.

Heikki:Here’s some interesting looking photos I took with my A7s. https://www.facebook.com/stonelakephotography/posts/1534612653504953

Gregory:Here is a time lapse sequence of a cow being transformed into art made using a Sony A7RII and Sony 28mm F2 with attachments. https://youtu.be/Bz_YQeZP4ho

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Sony A7rII for $2,699 at eBay (1 year seller warranty).

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eBay is promoting this on their daily deal page: Sony A7rII for $2,699 sold by [shoplink 43903 ebay]Electronicsvalley (Click here)[/shoplink]. It’s grey imported but comes with 1 year US seller warranty.

More new deals:
Sony Stereo Mic for Sony Alpha/RX cameras for $79 at Amazon US (Click here).
Tamron 18-200mm E-mount lens for $499 only on [shoplink 43793 ebay]eBay ($240 off!)[/shoplink].
Sony A-Mount to E-mount FF Lens Adaptor with free 2x FW50 Batteries and free 128 GB at FocusCamera (Click here).
$100 off on the Hasselblad 16mm E-mount lens at BHphoto (Click here).

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(SR5) Next Batis will be a new 18mm wide angle lens.

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A source sent me this:

Zeiss boss told me the Batis 18mm will be the next prime in their batis range due for release in April 2016.

Not sure 18mm is a very “popular” and “highly requested” focal length by FE owners. So let’s assume the lens will be f/2.8:

Would you consider to buy a Batis 18mm f/2.8 lens?

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Batis store links:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens in US at Adorama, Bhphoto. In Eu at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama, Bhphoto. In EU at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.

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The Burj Khalifa – Dubai – UAE shot (by Minas Stratigos)

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Burj Khalifa – Dubai
Shot with a6000, Sony 10-18 OSS lens
Please visit my flickr profile for more photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/stratigm/

I noticed Minas Stratigos Burj Khalifa shot got some attention on SAR and our SonyAlphaForum. People asked how he “created” that image. I asked Minas Stratigos to explain how he took the image. He kindly sent me that guest post article:

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VISION
I was looking for a view of the Burj Khalifa that would be pleasing to my eye, my aim was to capture the whole building in one frame. I took different shots from around the building and I selected this photo as it had the best composition. I wanted to show not only the height of the building (tallest artificial structure in the world – 829.8 meters) but also its massive volume.
I was disappointed because the day I was there the sky was bright blue with no clouds in sight (I was looking for a long exposure to catch a few cloud streaks), so that’s when I decided that my image would have a black sky with different shades of white. I envisioned my photo to lead the eye from a total black look at the bottom to a bright top through different zones of B&W.

MY WORKFLOW
I use to follow a specific workflow to create my images, see below the basic steps I follow:

in Adobe Camera Raw
Clean spots if any,
Level and crop the image,
Adjust exposure, contrast, highlights etc and then open the file in CC 2015
in Photoshop
Reduce noise where required (by the way, with Sony a6000 I get less noise than my brand new A7RII in long exposures)
Create luminosity masks on the colored image
Create the hard selection (usually to isolate sky from buildings but not only)
Convert to B&W, usually three exposures Under, Normal, Over
Darken the sky
Work on different layers, based on the normal exposure and adjust contrast by using luminosity masks, curves, levels and gradients
Create the lights based on the envisioned image using gradients and brushes
Add grain
Dodge and Burn layer (50% grey, soft light)
Selective sharpening with one or more high pass filters
Final retouches

TECHNICAL DETAILS
This image was shot with the Sony a6000 and my favorite lens the E 10-18mm F4 OSS at 13mm (I even use it with the a7RII, works well between 13-16mm), f8, 1/250 and ISO 100
For more of my images and updates online visit either my flickr account https://www.flickr.com/photos/stratigm/
Or 500px https://500px.com/minasstratigos

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Ikelite Sony RX100IV Underwater Enclosure Unboxing

Seeking thoughts on Venus Optics Laowa 15mm f/4 Macro (SonyAlphaForum).
Zeiss launches new lenses for your…smartphone! (Mirrorlessrumors).
CES: Sony Adds Four New Camcorders (Adorama Blog).
Minolta 50mm Macro Rokkor + Sony A7II Video REVIEW (SonyAlphaForum)
A Matter Of Perspective: Keep Moving (AlphaUniverse)
Go beyond your gear acquisition syndrome (CanonWatch)
FE 16-35 mm F4 ZA OSS Different behaviour (SonyAlphaForum)

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Still hot: Sony stereo mic for $79 only! Batis 85mm in Stock (with +$300)

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If you are Amazon Prime member you save $60 on the Sony Stereo Mic for Sony Alpha/RX cameras at Amazon US (Click here).

And the Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 is in Stock via FocusCamera (Click here). But you have to pay $300 extra for the pleasure to get one now :(

More new deals:
Special lexar card deals at Adorama (Click here).
Tamron 18-200mm E-mount lens for $499 only on [shoplink 43793 ebay]eBay ($240 off!)[/shoplink].
Sony A-Mount to E-mount FF Lens Adaptor with free 2x FW50 Batteries and free 128 GB at FocusCamera (Click here).
$100 off on the Hasselblad 16mm E-mount lens at BHphoto (Click here).

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