Ofer Rozeman sent me this video of his New stop-motion-road-trip-video which is gone viral on Youtube. He told me:

Last September my wife and I traveled with our friends to Eastern Europe. As designated shooter I’ve tried capturing the 3000km road trip with this stop motion video made of 200GB and 8000 stills.
The idea of a stop-motion travel video came up when I wanted that by the end of my trip I’ll have a high quality video + a stills album, without having to decide what to shoot next while I’m on-scene. I also took into consideration the fact that the [shoplink 34579 ebay]RX1s[/shoplink] video quality wasn’t that good. Eventually I came into conclusion that shooting a stop-motion has lots of advantages: smooth camera movement, 6K resolution, super-accurate AF, All of those with zero budget (except for the RX1 of course).
I chose the [shoplink 34579 ebay]RX1[/shoplink] because of its excellent image quality and compact size – ideal for traveling. It is also very convenient for street photography: the silent shutter and 35mm lens make the objects act natural while being photographed.

Here is the video:

Bob Krist: Highlight Reel 2014 from Bob Krist on Vimeo.

From the heart of France to the high streets of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. From the highlands of Bali, Mexico, and Iceland, to the heart of Lambertville, New Jersey….a look back at the assignments of 2014!

found via Brian Smith (Thanks!).

The “old” style looking new Ultron lens.

Two small news about new Voigtländer M-mount lenses you can use on Sony E-mount cameras with an adapter:

1) Fotocommunity unveiled the pricing/shipment of the new Ultron 35mm f/1.7 lens. It will cost 1.000 Euro and ship in May. The lens is M-mount but has been “optimized” to be used on digital cameras.

2) The Sony FE optimized Heliar 15mm f/4.5 lens will ship from early April at [shoplink 34591 ebay]Fotomundus Germany (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 34590 ebay]Shenikon Hong Kong (Click here)[/shoplink]. A review of the lens on the Sony can be seen here on SAR.

Thanks Martin for finding and sharing the news.

Sergey Kuznetsov‎
The land before time. Iceland.
Sony Nex-7 + SEL1855.

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A7II with Torii Koubou case and a [shoplink 34385 ebay]Helios 53mm f/1.8 lens (here on eBay)[/shoplink].

The Japanese company Torii Koubou just announced their new Sony A7II Ever Ready case. It is really a sexy looking accessory with one main drawback. It costs $350(!) and it’s for sale in Japan only. That means most of us will have to be happy with those still very nice A7II Gariz cases sold in [shoplink 32354 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 32396 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink],  [shoplink 32355 ebay]Orange (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 32356 ebay]Camel (Click here)[/shoplink].

All images via Torii Koubou and DC.watch.

USA/Canada A7II links:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for $1,698 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore and Sony Store Canada.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for $1,998 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II Lens for $1,148 at BHphoto.

EU A7II links:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for 1.799 Euro at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Jessops UK, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Spain, Sony Austria, Sony Switzerland, Sony Netherland, Sony Belgium, Sony Portugal, Sony Sweden, Sony Finland, Sony Norway.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for 2.099 Euro at Amazon Germany, Wex UK, Jessops UK, Verkkokauppa.

Asian/Australia A7II link:
Sony A7II at Sony Store Australia, Digitalrev and Amazon Japan.