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CameraDiner.com Review – Sony NEX-VG900E, the full frame sensor camcorder with interchangable lens

PalmGrip for Sony NEX-6 NEX-7 Cameras at Jimbuchananspace.
Sigma 35mm f/1.4 ART lens tested by Mylightshop.
Sony NEX-6 with the Minolta 58mm f/1.4 lens at SonyAlphaLab.
LED Light with ears, hides them if scared (Personal-View).
Sony 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS, a welcome compromise! By Mike Kobal.
Sony A77 review finally wrapped, but we found a video AF issue (Imaging Resource).
Sony NEX-6 preview extended with the addition of test data (Dpreview).
Sony F35 reaches $12,000 on [shoplink 16698 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] from $250,000 in 2008 (via EosHD)

 

SAR readers work roundup (part one).

Le Petit Paris from Enrique Pacheco on Vimeo.

I got a long list of SonyAlphaRumor readers work showcase. I divided them in two parts. Here is the first list. We may discover some talents here :)

Dadi:thought you might like to take a look at some photos from a flight over South Icelands highland interior. I love the results from my Sony Nex5N. http://newhorizonsiceland.zenfolio.com/p725264738

Vlad:Hey Andrea, a while ago I stumbled upon a video of Gary Fong reviewing briefly the a77. Now I know that nowadays there’s quite a bit fuzz about the new a99 (which I should say looks just GREAT, although the 6fps kinda make me feel glad I got a77 instead and didn’t wait for the a99 to come out), but the a77 ain’t that old yet :)
Here is the video if you think the SAR fans as myself would enjoy it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imT31-hvmSU&feature=related

Martin:Ich habe gerade mit der Alpha 99 einen kleinen Videotest gemacht. Sony Alpha 99 Sony SAL-2875 2,8 / 28-75mm 50p AVCHDManuell Geschnitten in Premiere CS6
http://blog.martindoersch.at/2013/01/eisenbahnbrucke/

Anonymous:The following promo is produced for the german(cologne) based musician Josha Wittshell, it is entirely shot on the Sony NEX-6 and therefore or hopefully interesting for your site to demonstrate, what this little systemcamera is capable of. https://vimeo.com/51980444 this talented musician definately needs some support! Please be so nice and share the video with a thumbnail, so that it maybe gets it deserved attention.

Steven:If you are having a slow day, and are featuring galleries by readers shot on Sonys, then you may want to post my photos of Greece shot with the combination of a NEX-5N and M lenses: Voigtlander 12mm; Leica Tri-Elmar 16-18-21; Zeiss Biogon 35mm f/2; Leica Summilux APO 50mm f/1.4; Leica Elmar macro 90mm f/4; Leica APO-telyt 135mm f/3.4. It’s proof that these lenses work splendidly, with no vignetting or magenta corners, on the NEX-5N. I’ve had similar luck with the NEX-6.
http://www.stevepinker.com/Europe/Greece/27138897_QrPTLc

Ivan:I read your site religiously every night before going to sleep. Keep up the great work!
I wanted to share with you a underwater picture taken with my a99. Its of a freshwater Amazon river dolphin and is probably the first underwater picture taken with a a99.
I used a ewa-marine case (bag).
I placed it as my facebook cover but can be seen in picassa with a better quality! I also attached it.
http://www.facebook.com/mikoljiwebsite
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LB6g8wUw8ITXgNMlwkdOjdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
I’m currently shooting raw video footage for a Nat geo TV show using my nex7!

Peter:SONY NEX-5N + 18-135mm SONY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaxXCmdvI68 yesterday video from my home town.

Kidsimple:Hi, I’d like to submit for your consideration a short film I recently shot on the Sony RX100 for a nightclub promotions company:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfHaLP1QQtU
I’ve been using this camera extensively for video. I think it’s a game changer for documentary minimalist shooting. I’ve blogged about it quite a bit at my blog, www.rungunshoot.com.
Thanks for all the rumors that led to my purchase of this amazing little camera!

Travelshots:Benny Rebel, who is a professional wildlife photographer, has compiled a video of his recent Africa trips that was mainly recorded with an A77. Just click on the video on this website:
http://www.benny-rebel.de/foto-abenteuer-safari/fotoreisen-video.htm
For best quality, switch the player to 720p (patience for loading required).
His website also contains tons of great photos:
http://www.benny-rebel.de/en/pictures.html
By the way, I noticed that a 45 min. documentation about his trip to Iran “Wilder Iran” that was recently shown on prime time on Germany’s largest TV station is avilable on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmM5wkQiK1s

Andrew:another a99 video https://vimeo.com/56360291

Joe:I am almost finished with my final A99-A900-A77 test, and I will be reviewing the legendary Minolta 200mm HS APO G lens next week. If you’re hurting for content for the Sony Tidbits section, feel free to link me. http://stealthmodephoto.wordpress.com/

Mictian:We are photo\video company in Ukraine. We use only Sony equipment. https://vimeo.com/58016102

Troy:Shot with Sony A99 in Hollywood, CA. Behind the scenes of Iron Man 3!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbfGGSHN3YU

Gerald:Hi! I’m an avid reader of your site! Me and my fiance are about to get married. We are wedding videographers. So we decided to do our first DIY project of shooting our own Save the Date video by ourselves!:D Using our newly arrived Sony A99 with Carl Zeis 85 F1.4. Hope you may share it…it will be an awesome wedding gift for our Sony Alpha users group in the philippines. https://vimeo.com/58077446

Peter: “i am wedding photographer in Slovakia and this is my excerpt of best photowork for year 2012 with sony a77 – wedding book http://svadobny-fotograf.info/svadobna-fotokniha-2012.html sony a77 is a very good camera but now i own the a99 and this camera really shines. is sooooo much better in every aspekt :)

Fastest (new) mirrorless lens ever: Ibelux 40mm f/0.85!

Image via Metalmickey

Guys! It may be not a good quality lens but this is to date the fastest lens for a digital mirrorless system! It is the IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 for Sony E-mount! It’s made by Kipon and the German IB/E OPTICS. It will be on market by July and price has yet to be defined. Stanley Kubrick would have loved this news. He shot Barry Lyndon on an even faster lens, the Zeiss f/0.7 (Source: Visual-memory). There is also a Leica Leitz for security cameras with f/0.75 ([shoplink 16747 ebay]on auction here on eBay[/shoplink]). But this lens is designed for the Sony NEX system and hopefully quality will be decent enough!

via Metalmickey

Image of the Hasselblad Lunar with new Zeiss prime.

Image via Kumadigital.

At the CP+ show in Japan also Hasselblad is present with the “Lunar” Nex camera. They still didn’t unveil any detail about the final release date and final price (which we all have no doubt will be very high). The picture on top shows it with one of the future new Zeiss primes for NEX, the 12mm f/2.8 Distagon. As you know the 2.8/12, 1.8/32 and 2.8/50 macro will be released in Summer. Below two more pics of the Lunar (via Kumadigital.)

Confess, you can’t wait to spend $6,000 bucks on this!!!! :)

 

Official: Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 SSM for A-mount will come in Spring.

DC.watch (translation here) reports that the new Zeiss Planar 50mm f/1.4 SSM lens for Sony A-mount will be released in Spring. It has a 72mm filter diameter, circular aperture diaphragm, 8 lens in 5 groups  and 45cm close focusing distance. Price is yet unknown. Editors’s note: Glad that we finally had a positive A-mount news :)

P.S.: We have many Zeiss 50mm lenses for different mounts all priced between 500 and 800 dollars:
[shoplink 14186 ebay]Zeiss Normal 50mm f/1.4 ZE Planar T* for Canon (see auctions on eBay)[/shoplink] [shoplink 14187 ebay]Zeiss Normal 50mm f/1.4 ZE Planar T* for Nikon (see auctions on eBay)[/shoplink] [shoplink 14188 ebay]Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 50mm f/1.4 50/1.4 LTM (see auctions on eBay)[/shoplink] [shoplink 14190 ebay]Zeiss Normal 50mm f/1.4 for Contax (see auctions on eBay)[/shoplink] [shoplink 14189 ebay]Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/50 ZF 50mm F1.4 Nikon Ai-S (see auctions on eBay)[/shoplink].

About to end: 365 days NEX-7 project by Luca Rossini.

Luca Rossinis 365 days project with the NEX-7 is about to end. You can read more about it here: http://www.lucarossini.it/category/366nex/. You also know him for that great job he did with Sony on the new NEX-6 in Alaska. There may be a new project soon and I can’t wait to see his new idea :)

And here are two more friends articles:
Robin Wong (Click here) made his first attempt to shoot in Studio with Alpha stuff. Alpha Studio Experience.
And Jordan Steele (Click here) explains in a must read article why the Full Frame equivalence doens’t matter.