Sony Tidbits…


Sony RX10 II Review by Marc Galer

Lunar Eclipse – Super Moon – Harvest Moon – Blood Moon shot on the A6000 by KlausH on SonyAlphaForum.

Benny:I saw you share videos people shoot , well here is a video I shot on the dji ronin using the a7rii: http://youtu.be/S3SL8uYoJlE

Sean:I made another test video using the Sony RX10II this time. It would be fantastic if you would like to share it with your readers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1z_SxmfXwc

Baron:We want to share with you the gorgeous super slow motion feature of the RX100IV. We used the fast sport of parkour to show off this feature:
https://youtu.be/wi94dnEC8tk
This Behind The Scenes video shows how we used the RX100IV with DJI Ronin to shoot our parkour short film:
https://youtu.be/tdqr-wf6dQ0
Behind The Scenes were shot with Sony AX100.
Hope you can share with the readers. The 4K and super slow mo is a really cool and useful feature of the RX100IV

Mike:updated the post with the RX100iv sensor rating: https://vimeo.com/143824246

Emmanuel:I  like share this behind the scenes from a movie taken with the Nex-5N with Sigma 30mm DN 2.8, Zuiko 50mm 1.4 and Underground MC 135mm 2.8
THe album
https://www.flickr.com/photos/45442267@N08/sets/72157658082700730
In talkemount
https://www.talkemount.com/threads/14113/
My Instagram
https://instagram.com/manurd75/

Sony Tidbits…


Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f1.4 Vs ZEISS f1.4 by Matt Granger

Super low price on the Sony A7II at Amazon Italy (Click here).
Street Shooting NYC with the Sony a7S (ProLost)
Comparing Voigtlander 15mm to Sony 16-35 at 16mm: http://www.talkemount.com/threads/13736/
Sony’s New Film unReal Moment – Glacier (ActionCameraRumors).
Help Me Understand Which Lens for the A6000 (SonyAlphaForum).
15mmf4 Venus macro 1:1 lens review at Alphadxd.
The Best Sony A7s Cage of them All? – 6 Cages Reviewed (Cinema5d).
RX100 IV Review (Photographyblog).

Fernando:Extremadura es vida, Timelapse 4k, Perseidas 2015, on youtube.com/watch?v=fhBlUo-0_r8

Jose: I just wanted to forward you a new Libec video of our ALX models and a Newsletter with new Libec models scheduled to start shipping next month: Vimeo link https://vimeo.com/135291022 Or https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-aA-Ip3lxxDSnI4by1tcU0tNDQ.
Dual head design fluid heads are in much demand in the photo/video/DSLR market as you can use them with 75mm/flat base tripods and sliders with a 3/8-inch screw, to get that perfect digital SLR shot; we look forward to supplying our customers with these much needed versatile dual head design solutions.

 

Small RX1rII tidbits: It’s assembled in Japan by dedicated enineering team

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Image courtesy: Photoscala.

Sony is assembling the new RX1rII camera in Japan. There is special trained people who have to perfectly align the Lens and Sensor. Nice to see Sony is taking care about quality and precision!

And Trustedreviews posted a hands-on review:

The Sony RX1R II is a camera easy to lust after. A full-frame sensor in an ultra-portable body? It’s a photographic dream come true.

RX1rII worldwide preorders will start on November 5 at 8am New York time (Source: Bhphoto, Amazon and Adorama)

Sony Tidbits…(with first review of the A7rII BOX and not the camera!).

In all the years I do write on SAR this is a first! The video on top shows a review of the A7rII BOX(!) LOL :)   Source: SonyAlphaForum.

Need for Speed: Fstoppers Reviews the Mitakon Zhongyi 50mm f/0.95 Lens for Sony FE (Fstoppers).
Sony A7r with 55mm FE: “Body parts“ by Marc Alhadeff on SonyAlphaForum.
Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS – Review by James Minn.
Sony’s RX100 IV is One of the Best High-End Compacts Money Can Buy (PetaPixel).

Marc:I’ve just released a slowmotion video filmed with the rx10m2 und rx100m4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxH51DuMjQo On my blog I’ve published two extensive aricles about the 2 cameras (in german):
http://reisezoom.com/sony-dsc-rx100iv-rx10ii-test-tipps/
http://reisezoom.com/filmen-mit-der-rx100m4-rx10m2/

Chris:I’ve been working on my third episode of my small video series « OFF THE BEATEN TRACK » using the new a7rII and DJI Inspire X5. The expedition brought us to 81° North in the ice pack in search of polar bears. Unfortunately rapid sea ice loss is depriving polar bears of their habitat, since they depend on the ice to hunt their prey. https://vimeo.com/140989382

Joe:New features of DxO OpticsPro v10.5.1. 6 new cameras supported:
Sony ILCA-7R II
Sony DSC-RX100 IV
Sony DSC-RX10 II
Support for OS X 10.11 (El Capitan).
Minor bug fixes.

Sony Tidbits…


5 Camera Settings Everyone Should Know

Gold Box on the Samyang-Wallimex 12mm f/2.0 E-mount lens at Amazon Germany.
The Irrational Reasons to Buy an $800 35mm f/2.8 Lens (Fstoppers)
2 months in Cold Wilderness with A7R (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony fs7 to get 2k center crop, interval recording and noise suppression in cine ei mode (Newsshooter).
Best settings A7RII – first attempt (SonyAlphaForum)
Who are the Professional Photographers who Switched to the Sony A7 Series? (Ilovehatephoto).
RX10 II review on spanish magazine FOTO DNG.

Vit:This is the part 3 of the Sony a7rII review. The first two test were mainly about the camera quality and lowlight performance. And this part 3 is just random video in Melbourne City. I shot the video in Super 35mm mode 4K XAVC-S format with S-Log 2 picture profile, used EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens with Metabones T SpeedBooster Ultra. And graded in FilmConvert Pro 2.1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhrUx5Z7roM

Jonas:I bought an a7Rii last week and i tried the 100fps 720p xavc-s recording for some random garden trampoline shots on slog2.
I’ve never done any color grading before so bear with me for lack of post production skills.
Just wanted to share one of the best and happiest experiences of my everyday life and display for everyone how nice footage you can collect with your sony camera.
Lens is the batis 25/2 lens ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB9HS20o15s

Techart firmware update improves the autofocus performance on Contax G lenses!

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Techart again updated the firmware for their [shoplink 39860 ebay]Contax G to E-mount autofocus adapter (available here on eBay)[/shoplink]. With the new adapter autofocus speed has been again improved! You can download the firmware on Google Play (Click here) or iTunes (Click here). Techart Contax page: techart-logic.com/2015/G2.html

Chad Wadsworth already tested the new version and writes:

As of revision 2.1.0, released in October, 2015, the performance is rock solid with AF speed on both my lenses (45/2 and 90/2.8) that rivals a native lens – yes you read that correctly. I’ve noticed some minor hunting in low contrast / low light subjects but nothing major and native FE lenses frequently do the same. AF accuracy is spot on and the MF implementation now works as it used to, meaning that you can engage MF at any time by adjusting the small focus dial on the adapter. This is a major achievement by TecArt and finally makes these lenses viable options that I would feel confident shooting even for paid work.

And there are two videos posted on SonyAlphaCameras do show how good and how noisy(!) the adapter works on the Sony A7rII.

These are the Contax Full Frame lenses you can use on the A7-A7r-A7s and APS-C E-mount camera with full autofocus and electronic aperture control:
Hologon 16mm; 1:8 on [shoplink 16235 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Biogon T* 21 mm; 1:2,8 on [shoplink 16236 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Biogon T* 28 mm; 1:2,8 on [shoplink 16237 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Planar T* 35 mm; 1:2,0 on [shoplink 16238 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Planar T* 45 mm; 1:2,0 on [shoplink 16239 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sonnar T* 90 mm; 1:2,8 on [shoplink 16240 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Vario-Sonnar T* 35 – 70 mm; 1:3,5-5,6 on [shoplink 16241 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Sony Tidbits…


The timelapse is complete. 8000+ frames, 100GB of images, over 10 hours of shooting and 2 hours of render. The mountain and the milky way (SonyAlphaForum)

Selling Nikon gear and making the switch (SonyAlphaForum).
Canon 5DS R & 20mm f/2.8 USM versus Sony A7R II & LEICA 21mm f/3.4 (Ken Rockwell).
ILCE-7RII: A-Mount with LA-EA3 or LA-EA4 ? (Joerghaag.com).
3 jours en Pyrénées centrales avec le Sony a7ii (Herpetofocus).

Wade:Hi here is a video i’ve shot entirely on the Sony RX100IV at 240fps while making my a syphon coffee. https://vimeo.com/136640640

Nyrn:Here’s a 4K time-lapse video I made of Cambridge, UK. I used Sony’s angle shift app for some of the scenes, those are obviously not in 4k.. but the rest is. I hope Sony will soon update it’s time-lapse apps with 4K capability. Olympus already has this. I hope you’ll enjoy the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydTPhT_Ubus

Robert:Sony Rx10ii on a Pilotfly H1+ filmed at ISO 10,000!
https://www.facebook.com/RobertPeakDesign/videos/vb.131199490295213/905788989502922/?type=2&theater