https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-39D-I30xU

Sony Alpha 7 Aktion: Bis zu 80 EUR Rabatt auf ausgewählte Objektive at Amazon.de
New Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G Captures The Angels (Alphauniverse).
Wireless Intervalometer a7Rii (SonyAlphaForum).
Rx10m3 image samples at Photographyblog
MUST LEARN Sony A7Sii Hack! Shoot 4K in Super 35 Mode! (Noba Tech).

Geekanoids: “my Sony FDR-AX53 unboxing with your readers youtu.be/rEb9cSoSuzo”

Raoul: “Today I’m writing to you because I’d love to show you this creative music video made entirely using a Sony a7sii and a set of Zeiss Prime CP2. I think the result is amazing and clearly shows how the combination of the two (camera and lenses) can actually make the difference. I thought you might be interested in share it with all Sony a7s and Zeiss fans. https://vimeo.com/163473796”

Cheyne: “I just finished a film that was the ultimate test for cold weather, damp, and dirty conditions. It was an expedition to Baffin Island. I shot with the Sony A7, fe24-70 and voigtlander 15mm (second version). https://vimeo.com/151439063“

SIGMA MC-11 tested on the A6300

Sony Alpha 7 Aktion: Bis zu 80 EUR Rabatt auf ausgewählte Objektive at Amazon.de
Sony Cyber-shot RX10 Mark III Sample Photos (ePhotozine).
Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS Sample Photos (ePhotozine).
Sigma MC-11, 150-600c and Sony A7II (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony a6300 with Sony 16-70mm f/4 Lens (Part II of II)–The Best Camera for Parents on a Budget (RonMartBlog).
The Batis 18, Loxia 21 or Voigtlander 15 (SonyAlphaForum).
50mm FE image samples by Digitalcamerapolska.pl, Optyczne.pl and Digitalcamerapolska.pl.

Gary: “I recently purchased a Neewer Gimbal Head for shooting birds in flight and also for following nesting birds and woodpeckers. Some of the expensive options go up into the high hundreds of dollars. This one was $65 US on Amazon. To see how it fares and how to make it better, check out my review below. With a little TLC you can make this product an affordable winner!
https://youtu.be/jMNjpgb9kIc“

‎Jamie Black‎
Sony A6000 + Sony 35mm f/1.8 OSS (SEL35F18)
Location: Barbados
IG: @jamieblak”

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Sony A6300 High 8 Frames Per Second Speed & Focus Test with the 85mm G Master

Sony Alpha 7 Aktion: Bis zu 80 EUR Rabatt auf ausgewählte Objektive at Amazon.de
Which camera, A7s2 or A7r2? (SonyAlphaForum).
Prime time: Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC DN | C full-production sample gallery (Dpreview).
Tamron SP 85mm f1.8 VC review at CameraLabs.
a6300 and A-mount lenses: AF test with the 70-400mm G2 (Mirrorlessons).
Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 Sample Photos (ePhotozine).

Kin: “We just did a quick comparison test of the Sony A6300 vs A7Rii vs A7Sii vs FS5 Part I: High ISO comparison in 4k: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apYFARZNYIo”

Drasko: “In my latest video i´m showing you in 40 min. my workflow tutorial with the amazing and FREE Color Efex Pro Plugin in Lightroom. See how i´m editing some flat nature pictures and give them light + a very creamy bokeh similar to GMaster lenses without using photoshop and without spending a lot of money. http://www.dsphotoblog.com/?p=1090“

Sony released their latest quartal financial report (PDF file here). And there is very good news for Sony. They managed to increase their operating income by 72,7%! This despite a small 1,7% sales decrease (mainly due the shrinking video camera and entry-level compact camera business).

Sony writes:

Canon 80D Video Test vs a6300, GH4, & 70D

Sony Alpha 7 Aktion: Bis zu 80 EUR Rabatt auf ausgewählte Objektive at Amazon.de
Don’t worry, new A-mount cameras will come this year ;) (SonyAlphaForum)
AF Tracking Test A77II vs A7II by Andreas Peters.
Sony a6300 and long exposure photography (SonyAlphaForum).
Tips for Tethered Shooting (Vanguardworld)
Sony A7r II vs. A7 II vs. A7S: Comparison: https://youtu.be/m2HWLnaN4s0
Sony A6300 review by SonyAlphaLab.

Sony recently patented a new kind of “contact lens camera” that gives us a glimpse into an intriguing (and for privacy reasons also scary) future! Yes this is a full working camera worn on an eyeball that has a lens unit, image sensor, microchip processor and storage unit on the contact lens! It also has a built-in wireless antenna to transmit pictures to any device (smartphone or laptop for example).

Now you would imagine the contact lens having a sort of fixed focal and aperture but it has not. Sony writes:

The image pickup unit includes, for example, a lens system including the image pickup lens, an aperture stop, a zoom lens, a focus lens, and the like, a drive system that causes the lens system to perform focusing operation and zooming operation.

And there is some more sensational thing that small contact lens camera can do:

The image pickup signal processing unit may perform image stabilization for correcting blur of a captured image, the blur being caused by motion of the eyeball.

A display unit will display your captured images directly on the contact lens. See the original Sony patent drawing below:

And how do you control this “thing”?

• You control the release shutter via a conscious eyelid closure and aperture (there is a sensor that can measure the pressure of the eyelid)
• When you accelerate shutter speed increases (to avoid blur)
• All settings like aperture and zoom can be adjusted via eyelid movement

I really want to see this thing for real as I think this could really have a success. Having a wearable camera people cannot see make it unproblematic to wear (unlike the [shoplink 47352 ebay]Google Glass device[/shoplink]). But of course, wearing an “invisible” camera will raise a lot of question regarding privacy…

The full patent literature is available at Freepatentsonline.

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Thanks Raul Frias for finding this!