At exactly 9am Berlin time hit the play button above to follow the Sony product announcement!

New A7sII preorder links:
A7sII at BHphoto (Click here).

Full September 11 announcement rumor recap:

SR5 (two trusted source confirmed this): New Sony PXW-FS5 E-mount camcorder. S35 sensors. 4K internally, but 8 bit XAVC-L (note the L) 100 Mbit max. No HFR as far as I can tell, 30fps max in 4K. Looks like a baby FS7. Price will be between old FS700 and current FS7, likely $5,000-6,500 USD. Differentiation on FS7 is much better CODEC, higher frame rates (incl 60p 4K), option for RAW and ProRes, bigger build.
SR4 (one trusted source heard this): Sony will announce 7 new lenses (some in development and some for real). Among them we have new FE telephoto lens(es), fast portrait prime, 24-70mm GM and maybe some “Updated” A-mount lenses.
SR4 (two trusted source heard about this): A60000 successor to be announced between now and PhotoPlus. Note: The rumor is not SR5 because it happened once that Sony delayed the announcement of that camera. Don’t want to bring bad luck again :)
SR3 (one anonymous source): New A6000 successor to be announced on September 11.

Photographyblog posted the Zeiss slideshow of the official Zeiss Milvus presentation. And made it clear why those lenses are made for Sony E-mount owners too:
– The lenses are manual focus anyway. So by using an adapter you don’t lose anything.
– Smooth precise manual focusing system ideal to use with Sony focus peaking.
– All lenses of the range are color matched. Ideal for video post processing.
– 4K ready (high-resolution power edge to edge) and HDR ready (excellent ghost and flare resistance)
– No need of in camera lens correction. The lenses are already top of the notch.

Sounds like this could be a ncie lens for Sony A7s and Sony A7rII photographer and filmmakers!

Here are the detailed Lens info and preorder links at BHphoto:
Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 21mm f/2.8 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 21mm f/2.8 ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/2 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/2 ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/1.4 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/1.4 ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/2M ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/2M ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 85mm f/1.4 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 85mm f/1.4 ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).

Zeiss just announced a sort of Loxia lens line for Canon/Nikon DSLR. The lens line is called “Milvus”. There is no plan to make those for A-mount but of course you can use those lenses adapted on any E-mount camera. And Zeiss stressed to say that these lenses are made with 4K in mind (it means smooth and noiseless aperture and focus ring). A7s and A7rII owners may be interested in those!
Here are the detailed info and preorder links at BHphoto:
Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 21mm f/2.8 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 21mm f/2.8 ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/2 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/2 ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/1.4 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/1.4 ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/2M ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/2M ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 85mm f/1.4 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 85mm f/1.4 ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).

Why these news matter for Sony E-mount owners:
– The lenses are manual focus anyway. So with using an adapter you don’t lose anything
– Smooth precise manual focusing system ideal to use with Sony focus peaking
– All lenses of the range are color matched. Ideal for video post processing
– 4K ready (high resolution power edge to edge) and HDR ready (excellent ghost and flare resistance)
– No need of in camera lens correction. The lens are already

Here are two youtube videos introducing the lenses:
Carl Zeiss Lenses – NEW Milvus lens family for DSLR
William Heuberger about using ZEISS lenses

How to really autofocus your photos with Sony. Part 1

Gold Box deal on Transcend and Samsung SD cards at Amazon.de (Scroll the horizontal deal bar).
SEL90M28G Autofocus drive noise (See discussion at SonyAlphaForum)
Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* review at Admiringlight.
Sony RX100 Mk IV review by Ken Rockwell.
Sony A6000 portrait with fe 90mm f2.8 macro (SonyAlphaForum).
How I Light Paint Epic Milky Way Photos with the A7r (Mirrorlessons).
Sony 5 axis IBIS vs EF Lens Based IS vs Panasonic 2 axis IBIS Comparison (Tysonrobichaudphotography).
Sony’s new mid-range phones take 13-megapixel selfies (Engadget).

Bernie Aniciete: “Music NSFW. Quick video of a few choreographer friends dancing. Used the Sony NEX-6 and RX100ii. https://www.facebook.com/BnEPhotography/posts/10207495939863783”

Markus Messmann: “für deutschsprachige Alpha6000 Fans https://www.facebook.com/groups/879760975415058/”

Unboxing Of The New Sony RX100M4 Camera

A7s Fire Photography (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS Lens review at Talkemount.
Fascinating! You can watch an original 150 year old photo of Lincoln – in 3D! (TheNakedCamera).
Sony FE 28mm f/2 Lens review at Talkemount.
$20 Minolta 1.7/55 from 1968 vs $1000 Zeiss 1.8/55 from 2013 (Philip Reeve).
The Best Travel Camera is the A6000 at Fstoplounge.
RX100 mark IV review (Mirrorlessons).
90mm FE lens test at Dcfever.

Mariano: “i’ve been a long time reader and long time canon user. but that started to change 2 years ago, and this year, i’ve finally made the switch to an all-sony mirrorless system. i see that it’s a common experience lately, but there are a lot of photographers that are still skeptical about going mirrorless. i started a blog about my observations on the switch that i thought your readers might find interesting. my hope is that it will be helpful for anyone contemplating about doing the same thing. The website is: http://movetomirrorless.com“

UPDATE: I made some fun in my previous article and some people didn’t get it. I therefore now redacted the article to make it more “serious”.

Today Canon  said they ar developing a 8K Cinema Camera: “that will support the production of next-generation 8K video content” and MP FF camera: ” The high-resolution images that the camera will be capable of producing will recreate the three-dimensional texture, feel and presence of subjects, making them appear as if they are really before one’s eyes. The camera will facilitate a level of resolution that is more than sufficient for enlarged poster-sized printout while also enabling images to be cropped and trimmed without sacrificing image resolution and clarity.” Real product announcement? No. Release? No info…. (via MirrorlessRumors).

Reminder: Back in 2010 Canon announced a 120MP APS-H sensor (Source: Canon). And that sensor never found it’s way in a real camera to date. So let’s see if and when they will actually release the 8K camcorder and 120MP FF camera…

Sony HX90V Unboxing

Ian: “This thing is cool! I uploaded a raw file and it came back with the shutter actuations. I have had my A7s for 10.5 months and have 64,915 shutter clicks.
By next spring it will be in for a new shutter almost for sure. http://tools.science.si/index.php”

-39% on the Transcend card at Amazon Germany.
Shooting 1000fps with Sony Cyber-Shot RX10 II (TheVideoMode).
rx100m3/m4 vs lx100 comparison (Mirrorlessons).
Sony A7 with the Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony Cyber-shot HX90V Review (ePhotozine).
Sony A7II field test at Ilovehatephoto.