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SAR reader Tom Altman created a new tool that some of you could find useful. He sent me this:

The Sony A7S camera is the best video camera in the market. But it has one major challenge when using the video feature. The video record button is too small, awkwardly placed and slightly recessed. This makes it very difficult to activate without much fumbling around. You usually have to remove your eyes from the viewfinder to even locate the button. All this searching and fumbling around can cause shaky footage or missing the action all together.
This is why we created the [shoplink 36620 ebay]Cineasy Touch Button Enhancement[/shoplink]. This Patent Pending device, for the Sony Alpha line of mirrorless cameras will help your camera to capture pristine video just as easily as it does still images. The Cineasy Touch installs in just minutes and is super intuitive and very responsive. The Cineasy Touch provides a larger point of contact that can easily be found without taking your eye off the action. Simply press the Cineasy Touch and record video intuitively and effortlessly.
You will love it so much you will never remove it from your camera. It simply attaches to the neck strap eyelet nearest the video button with the included screw. Its that simple to make your camera capture video like a professional. And for a limited time you can get yours for the low introductory price of $24.95.

More info
https://vimeo.com/128038653

Model for Sony A7S
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Model for Sony A6000
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Sony 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 Lens Review

Gold Box deal on the A6000 double lens kit at 12:00 at Amazon DE (Click here) and on the 16-70mm Zeiss at 18:00 again Amazon DE (Click here). Gold Box deal of the day is the White A6000 kit for 549 Euro at Amazon DE (Click here).
Distagon 35mm review (ThePhoBlographer).
Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 Fish-eye and A7r (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony FE 24-240mm review on Pixelmania.nl.
Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* Sample Images (Photographyblog).
Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Sample Images (Photographyblog).
Sony will increase the RX10-QX100-QX10 price in Japan (Dc.watch).
A600 pictures form the sky (Russos.livejournal).

Josh: “With the big shift toward mirrorless cameras, my friend Jay and I decided to start a new YouTube channel called, The Camera Project. The point of the channel is to explore and review recent cameras, but instead of doing it in a clinical and technical way, our goal is to explore a city or neighborhood, and take our viewers through that neighborhood while exploring the latest gear. The series is from the viewpoint of photo enthusiasts as opposed to professional photographers.  We’ve been following Sony’s outstanding innovations over the past few years and felt that the Sony a7II was the perfect first subject for us. While we do intend to explore other brands, we’ve just published our first 3 part review series on the a7ii. Overall, we were quite impressed, please take a look at the channel. We’d love go garner feedback on our first videos and see what the viewer response is: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL58CQzpUWd36VoEG4FwxZ3Z9-9c8E2eC”

Kristian Maglalang: “Take a look at this VIMEO video (not mine) featuring Vietnam: https://vimeo.com/126747807. Shoot using: Sony A7ii @ 1080 60p PP7 (Exposed in S-Log2). Video Stabilization: Nebula 4000. Lens used: Zeiss 35mm 2.8 and Zeiss 55mm 1.8“

Quick Look: Lensbaby Velvet 56

For Germans: At 10:00 Gold Box on the A58 kit (Click here). At 11:00 on the AS200 (Click here). At 16:00 on the RX1R (Click here). At 18:00 on the RX100m2 (Click here). At 18:00 on the Tamron E-mount zoom (Click here). Full Gold Box deals list here.
Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Review (Photographylife).
Image samples from A7 II and Canon FD 100mm f/2 and 135mm f/2 lenses (Flickr).
Venuslens/Laowa 60mm f/2.8 2:1 Ultra Macro Objektiv (Joerghaag.com).
Sony to Increase Image Sensor Capex 4.8x in FY2015 (Image Sensor World).
Miguel Quiles Goes Behind the Scenes on His Lighting Setup for Beauty Shoots (Wppionline).
Field Test: Sigma 19mm, 30mm and 60mm F2.8 DN lenses (Dpreview).

Fiberstobe: “I’ve just finished a review of the sony VCL-ECU1 adapter, which might be interesting for the readers of sonyalpharumors. I know that it’s not a very new lens but I show some tricks how can it be used on the SEL30M35 lens for wide angle macro photography: http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2015/03/sony-vcl-ecu1-ultra-wide-converter.html“

Jamie Black‎
Found a Coke bottle on the beach
Equipment: Sony A6000 + E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Kit lens
Location: Barbados

Quick note: It’s getting harder and harder for me to filter out pics. SAr readers are posting more and more great pictures as you can see from this week collection. Chapeau to all photographers! :)

1) Submit your picture with a message and picture here: facebook.com/sonyalpharumors or on the SonyAlphaForum image section.
2) Like and comment the pictures from other readers here: facebook.com/sonyalpharumors/photos_stream?tab=photos and on SonyAlphaForum.
3) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me SAR admin will be posted weekly on SAR.

Note: When sending a pic feel free to also add a link to your site to promote yourself!

Sony 30mm F2.8 Macro Lens Review

Zeiss Batis on preorder at Amazon DE (Click here)
350 pounds off on the A7Ii at Amazon UK (Click here)
The German Stiftung Warentest says the new Sony A7II scored the best IQ ranking ever (Test.de).
Chipworks reverse engineers Sony 2nd generation stacked sensor (Image Sensor World).
Zeiss Loxia 50mm tested at Focus Numerique.
Online has very differing views on the A7ii 5 axis (SonyAlphaForum).
Zeiss Loxia 35mm F2 Lens Review by SonyAlphaLab on Youtube.
Hands-On Review of the Atomos Shogun (BHphoto).
Why you shouldn’t trust DXO lens testing (SonyAlphaForum).
Einfach nur genial: Das Sonnar T* FE 2,8/35 ZA (Joerghaag.com).

Pixel Density vs Noise: Do Higher Megapixels make Noisier Pictures?

Talent matters: Model shooting with an eight(!) year old Sony A-mount camera at SonyAlphaForum.
Sony Showdown: A7II vs. A7R vs. A7S (Adorama Blog).
Optical Advantages of Curved Image Sensor (Image Sensor World).
Pentax FA 43mm F1.9 on Sony A7 (FocusPeaking).
Sony to Sponsor PAGB Inter Federation Cup (Photographyblog).
IISW 2015 Program: All-Pixel PDAF, Global Shutter Stacked Sensors, and More (Image Sensor World).
Sony A7II + Minolta APO 100-300mm (SonyAlphaForum).
Animation to show how CMOS and CCD image sensors work. This animation was used in a trial against Canon Inc (Gizmodo).

Niklas: “I saw that you posted some videos and just wanted to share a video I shot entirely on the RX10 compact camera. t’s a great camera and I just wanted to prove that you don’t need an a7s to get a cinematic look. https://vimeo.com/98879187. Swedish midsummer in the archipelago, shot entirely on the rx10, enjoy.“

The Angry Photographer: REVIEW: Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-RX100MIII . What!? Point and shoot? Yes

Voigtländer 40mm f/2.8 Heliar samples and impressions (Dpreview).
Creativity, Style & Gear: The latest 500px Q&A with Sony Artisan, Brian Matiash (Sony Blog).
Sony FE 28mm samples and review at Sonymirrorlesspro.
Sony Image Sensor Demand Said to Exceed Supply (Image Sensor World).
Sony FE 24-240mm lens test at Itmedia.
A7s Reader Photo Shades of blue (Los Angeles Time).

Anonymous: “This wasnt reported at the time but there was an interview at dc home a few months ago which i think would be an interesting discussion. In the interview the interviewer asked about the A77II AF module in the LA-EA6. The Sony engineer says the size of the module is a problem for an adapter. It would be an interesting discussion around would the readers accept a larger bump in the LA-EA4 to get better AF?
Link:http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/interview_dcm/20150220_688742.html

Translated:
–The mount adapter equipped with translucent mirror technology isn’t made denial, but I think I’m incapable to use 15 point AF sensor of LA-EA4 by full-sized α as expected. I think thing asking I don’t have is understood sufficiently, but there should be LA-EA6 α 77 II treated to 79 AF sensors (temporary)…,….

Hosokawa: The size of the AF module also becomes big to achieve a wide AF area.

It’s a problem whether it’s put in the size which can permit that as a mount adapter and after all whether the usual type phase contrast AF system by translucent mirror technology is a good one or, is a system using image face phase contrast AF good? The place where I’d like to reduce what kind of merit there is to a customer and think as technological directionality.

Japanese Text:
――トランスルーセントミラー・テクノロジーを搭載したマウントアダプターを否定はしませんが、やはりLA-EA4の15点AFセンサーは、フルサイズのαで使うには力不足だと思います。ないものねだりは十分承知していますが、α77 IIの79点AFセンサーを奢ったLA-EA6（仮）があればいいな、と思うのですが……。

細川：広いAFエリアを実現するには、AFモジュールのサイズも大きくなります。

それをマウントアダプターとして許容できる大きさに収められるかどうかが問題ですし、そもそもトランスルーセントミラー・テクノロジーによる従来型位相差AF方式が良いのか、それとも像面位相差AFなどを使う方式が良いのか? 技術の方向性としてお客さまにどういうメリットがあるのかを整理して考えていきたいところです。“