Sony a6600 review at Dpreview: “Amazing autofocus, acceptable ergonomics”

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Dpreview published the full Sony A6600 review and concludes:

The Sony a6600 has an industry-leading autofocus system, is capable of excellent images and video, comes with very useful in-body image stabilization and has the best battery life of any mirrorless camera on the market at this time. However, its sensor is getting a bit long-in-the-tooth, and competitors have caught up or surpassed it regarding video quality and features, resolution and handling. But for family photography and even some sports and action, it’s easily worth your consideration.

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New European Sony Black Friday deals!

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Amazon Europe has new Black Friday deals on those pages at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.

Specific for Sony we got those new deals today:

Sony : Jusqu’à -65% sur une sélection d’appareils photo, objectifs et caméscopes (Amazon France).
Sony: jusqu’à 400€ remboursés pour l’achat d’un objectif (Amazon France).
Sony rebates at Amazon Italy. Sony cashback at Amazon Italy.
Hasta -20% de descuento en selección de fotografía Sony (Amazon Spain).
Tamron 28-75mm FE for 599 pounds at Amazon UK.

Amazon Spain has great FE lens deals:
24mm f/1.4 GM for 1279 Euro at Amazon ES.
85mm f/1.4 GM for 1300 Euro at Amazon ES.
50mm f/1.8 FE for 149 Euro at Amazon ES.
35mm f/1.8 FE for 512 Euro at Amazon ES.
50mm f/1.4 FE for 1125 Euro at Amazon ES.
70-350mm FE for 696 Euro at Amazon ES.

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Dpreview has selected the Sony A7rIV as the “Product of the year”

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Dpreview conclusion:

Sony is one of the more divisive brands on our site, partly because of a perception that it gets more attention than other manufacturers. This perception stems from two factors: firstly, Sony has released an astonishing number of high-end products in the past handful of years. Secondly, they have tended to be very good.

Taken as a whole, the a7R IV is Sony’s best mirrorless camera yet. The enthusiast-focused a7 III continues to top the best-seller lists but if you want the highest resolution, the best autofocus system and some of the best video features on the market (not just in Sony’s own product lineup) the a7R IV is where it’s at. A true ‘flagship’, the a7R IV has undoubtedly benefited this year from no direct competition from Canon or Nikon, but it will take an unusually good product from either manufacturer to make the a7R IV look uncompetitive in 2020.

And by the way, the A7rIV is $1,000 off (!!!) at FocusCamera if you are eligible for their EDU program.

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Sony FE 200-600mm in Stock at Adorama

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After so many months the 200-600mm FE is finally in Stock in the USA via Adorama (Click here).

BLACK FRIDAY DEALS

Sony USA launched their Black Friday deals! You save up to $600 at BHphoto (Click here) and below you can see you get 15% reward on some of those deals at Amazon (Click here to see full list).

Here are all Sony savings in detail:

Sony Cameras:
$200 off on the Sony A7III at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FocusCamera.
$300 off on the Sony A7rIII at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FocusCamera.
$500 off on the Sony A9 at BHphotoAdorama, Amazon, FocusCamera.
$600 off on the Sony A7II at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$400 off on the Sony A7sII at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$400 off on the Sony A7rII at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$400 off on the A6000 dual kit at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$150 off on the Sony 6000 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$150 off on the Sony 5100 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.

FF E-mount lenses (ordered from widest lens first):
$100 off on the 12-24mm f/4.0 lens at Bhphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
$100 off on the 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-70mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$200 off on the Sony 24-105mm FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FocusCamera.
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 28-135mm PZ lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$100 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 5omm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony 50mm FE f/1.8 lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, Focuscamera.
$50 off on the Sony 50mm macro at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
$100 off on the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony 85mm f/1.8 FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$100 off on the 90mm macro lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

APS-C E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the 10-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 16-70mm Zeiss lens at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
$50 off on the 18-105mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Sony E PZ 18-110mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto
$100 off on the 18-135mm lens at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.
$50 off on the 20mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 35mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the Sony 30mm macro at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Accessories:
$50 off on the LA-EA3 A-mount adapter at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$50 off on the LA-EA4 A-mount adapter at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$50 off on the HVL-F43M at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$100 off on the HVL-F60M at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$50 off on the Sony VGC1EM Vertical Grip at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$50 off on the Sony VGC2EM Vertical Grip at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$50 off on the Sony VGC3EM Vertical Grip at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$50 off on the Sony ECM-CG60 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$50 off on the Sony RX100 underwater housing at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.

Up to $300 off on Samyang/Rokinon E-mount lenses:
Save $300 on the 14mm f/2.8 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.
Save $70 on the 18mm f/2.8 FE at BHphoto, Adorama.
Save $150 on the 24mm f/2.8 at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon.
Save $155 on the 35mm f/2.8 at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon.
Save $300 on the 35mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon.
Save $50 on the 45mm f/1.8 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
Save $220 on the 50mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.
Save $80 on the 85mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.

Up to $220 discount on Venus Optics E-mount lenses:
Save $220 on the Venus Optics Laowa 105mm f/2 Smooth Trans Focus Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Save $100 on the Venus Optics Laowa 15mm f/2 FE Zero-D Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Save $100 on the Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Save $150 on the Venus Optics Laowa 24mm f/14 Probe Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Save $100 on the Venus Optics Laowa 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.

 

Sigma FE lenses:
$200 off on the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera and Adorama.
$100 off on the Sigma 70mm macro at Adorama, FocusCamera and BHphoto.

Sigma APS-C E-mount lenses:
$50 off on the Sigma 16mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sigma 56mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon.

MC-11 autofocus adapter:
$100 off on the MC-11 Canon EF to Sony E-mount autofocus adapter at Amazon, FocusCamera, Adorama and BHphoto.

Amazon 15% reward:
15% rewards on Sony gear and photo accessories  when using Amazon Prime Rewards Visa or Amazon Store Card! This reward runs on a large  Stock of items at Amazon US (Click here to see them all).

Voigtlander US launched new up to $150 savings on FE lenses:
$150 off on the Voigtlander 40mm f/1.2 FE at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$100 off on the Voigtlander 50mm f/1.2 FE at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4 FE at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
$100 off on the Voigtlander 110mm f/2.5 FE at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$100 off on the Voigtlander 35mm f/1.4 FE at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$100 off on the Voigtlander Color Skopar 21mm f/3.5 E-mount lens at Amazon and BHphoto.
$100 off on the  Voigtlander 10mm f/5.6 FE at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$50 off on the Voigtlander 65mm f/2.0 FE at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$50 off on the Voigtlander 15mm Skopar at BHphoto.

Yous ave up to $500 on Zeiss Batis FE lenses sold at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Skylum just launched this new Luminar 4 Black Friday Offer (click here) that will be available from November 27 through December 2.

You get 3 bundles:
• Bundle #1 (US$79) – Luminar 4 + 2 bonuses of your choice
• Bundle #2 (US$99) – Luminar 4 + 5 bonuses of your choice
• Bundle #3 (US$129) – Luminar 4 + All bonuses

List of bonuses:
• PDF Expert – $80 value
• 2 Look Packs (Skylum) with free presets – US$50 value
• Rocky Nook free book of your choice – US$44.99 value
• Clipchamp 3-month subscription to the Create account – US$30 value
• Xpozer discount – US$75 value
• ViewBug 1-year Pro plan – US$118 value
• Envira Gallery Basic plan + 30% off other plans – US$29 value + up to US$90 discount

Adobe deal:

You can find a whole set of new Black Friday special at Adobe (Click here). It runs worldwide!

TopazLabs deal:

53% off on the Topaz AI products!

 

 

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Zero interest from Sony to buy Olympus Camera Business Know-How

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The past weeks there were rumors saying that Olympus might close down their camera business. And it was also said that Olympus would sell their Know How to Samyang or Sony.

As far as I hear from Sony managers there seems to be no interest at all from Sony to get involved in Olympus also because it looks like those rumors are way over hyped and Olympus has NO plans to sell their business.

I will take this chance to propose a crazy idea:

I would LOVE if Olympus would join the E-mount system launching a full frame OMD camera and some nice ZUIKO PRO lenses. I think both Olympus and Sony would gain a lot from this. We would finally get some differentiation in camera designs. Olympus builds very good looking, solid (weatherproof) and user friendly cameras. I think Olympus would sell many of those! And Sony would benefit from this too as it would attract a new kind of potential buyers that usually lean more towards Nikon or Canon…

Yeah call me crazy…but let me know in the comment system if you would think this would be a good idea :)

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New Black Friday deal: Save up to 75% on the new Luminar 4 superbundles

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Skylum just launched this new Luminar 4 Black Friday Offer (click here) that will be available from November 27 through December 2.

You get 3 bundles:
• Bundle #1 (US$79) – Luminar 4 + 2 bonuses of your choice
• Bundle #2 (US$99) – Luminar 4 + 5 bonuses of your choice
• Bundle #3 (US$129) – Luminar 4 + All bonuses

List of bonuses:
• PDF Expert – $80 value
• 2 Look Packs (Skylum) with free presets – US$50 value
• Rocky Nook free book of your choice – US$44.99 value
• Clipchamp 3-month subscription to the Create account – US$30 value
• Xpozer discount – US$75 value
• ViewBug 1-year Pro plan – US$118 value
• Envira Gallery Basic plan + 30% off other plans – US$29 value + up to US$90 discount

Adobe deal:

You can find a whole set of new Black Friday special at Adobe (Click here). It runs worldwide!

TopazLabs deal:

53% off on the Topaz AI products!

 

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European Black Friday deals roundup (many new Sony FE lens savings)

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Amazon Europe launched their Black Friday  deals on those pages at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
The specific photo and accessory deals can be see on those pages at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.

What’s new are these FE lens deals at Amazon Spain (all EU readers can buy from there):
24mm f/1.4 GM for 1279 Euro at Amazon ES.
85mm f/1.4 GM for 1300 Euro at Amazon ES.
50mm f/1.8 FE for 149 Euro at Amazon ES.
35mm f/1.8 FE for 512 Euro at Amazon ES.
50mm f/1.4 FE for 1125 Euro at Amazon ES.
70-350mm FE for 696 Euro at Amazon ES.

Special mentions:



Amazon Germany:
Buy the A6600, A6500, A6400, A6100 and save 150 Euro on the lens at Amazon Germany.
Bis zu 25% reduziert: Speicherprodukte von SanDisk at Amazon Germany.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1TB | 1 Jahr for 79 Euro at Amazon Germany.
Save up to 35% on transcend SD cards at Amazon Germany.
Bis zu 25% reduziert: SSD at Amazon Germany.

Amazon UK:
Tamron 28-75mm FE for £599 at Amazon UK.
Tamron 17-28mm FE for £719 at ParkCameras.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1TB for 69 pounds at Amazon UK.

Amazon FR:
Sony: jusqu’à 400€ remboursés pour l’achat d’un objectif, offre valable du 18 octobre au 07 janvier sous conditions at Amazon FR.
Sony: 150€ remboursés pour l’achat d’un boitier plein format, offre valable du 18 octobre au 07 janvier sous conditions at Amazon FR.
Sony: Jusqu’à -37% sur une sélection d’Appareils Photo Numérique & Numérique Hybride at Amazon FR.

Amazon IT:
Rebates on Sony cameras at Amazon IT.
Promozione SONY CASHBACK at Amazon IT.
Save on cameras and lenses at Amazon IT.
Sony 28mm FE for 299 Euro at Amazon IT.

Amazon ES:
Sony 16-35mm GM lens for 2055 Euro at Amazon ES.

At Amazon Germany and Amazon France you get up to 200 Euro Amazon coupon code for free with a lot of Sony gear. Click on those links and than be sure to check the line I marked on the screenshot on top to see what you get from Amazon:

Sony A7III sold at Amazon Germany and Amazon France.
Sony 85mm f/1.8 FE sold at Amazon Germany and Amazon France.
Sony 24-105mm sold at Amazon Germany and Amazon France.
Sony 24-240mm sold at Amazon Germany.
Zeiss 24-70mm sold at Amazon Germany and Amazon France.
Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 sold at Amazon Germany and Amazon France.
Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 sold at Amazon Germany and Amazon France.
Sony 90mm FE sold at Amazon Germany and Amazon France.
Sony 70-300mm sold at Amazon Germany and Amazon France.
Sony 28mm sold at Amazon Germany and Amazon France.

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