This morning Samyang (named Rokinon in US and Wallimes in EU) announced two new APS-C E-mount lenses. But I just learned through their site that there are actually Cine and Non Cine versions of each lens. And the very first 21mm f/1.4 image samples can be seen at the spanish DSLRmagazine site (shot on X-mount version). For now only the “non-cine” versions can be preordered at BH or Amazon:
This is a good day for APS-C E-mount camera owners. We just got two new lenses from Samyang (Rokinon). The 50mm f/1.2 and 21mm f/1.4! Both are manual focusing lenses and I have o doubt they will be of very good optical quality (as usual with Rokinon). Here are the full specs of the lenses and preorder links to BHphoto:
Long exposure work with A7s (Mirrorlessons).
Roeschlein-Kreuznach Telenar 90mm f/3.8 (SonyAlphaForum).
Converter lens test at Ascii.jp.
Sony RX100 IV vs Samsung Galaxy S6 – 4k Camera Comparison (Youtube).
Im Praxis-Check: Sony Cybershot DSC-RX10 II (Photoscala).
Maciej Galas: “Professional production made entirely with Sony A7R with lenses by Carl Zeiss Sonnar 1.8 55 and Carl Zeiss Sonnar 2.8 35. The film is fun – the whole placement of products from high-end brands – including Calvin Klein, Rosenthal and many others. Black and white picture with high contrast achieved by the special function in A7R – creative styles – black and white high contrast. HD Format recorded in slow motion (50 frames per second). Camera Sony A7R was stabilized by the gimbal and slaider. Working on the set lasted 10 hours. The author is Maciej Galas – author of articles on Sony A7R and Carl Zeiss lenses. Link to the video on YT: https://youtu.be/K2VjswLrPXY Home to the test lens by Carl Zeiss Sonnar 1.8 55 – http://maciejgalas.com/?p=311”
Hugh: “Thought your readers might get a kick out of this very short short we did for a client, shot on a Sony a6000. What’s really interesting is that you can see in the gear list how big my cameras were before downsizing to my new favorite camera — it’s sitting on a honking Cartoni Focus tripod with fluid head!”
Joe: “I would like to share a wedding video that Jeffrey, my teammate, shot on 2 weeks ago. He used 3 cameras, RX100m4, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and Canon XF300. The majority footages are from RX100m4 with slow mode. https://youtu.be/U4gBa86R8C4“
Deo (website here) just released a new Canon EF to Sony FE mount adapter. They write it’s the world’s 1st Dual-operation mode AF adapter. The lens has a switcher between two modes:
And is how the two modes do work on Sony cameras:
You can preorder the lens directly at Deo (Click here) and within the next days on [shoplink 40637 ebay]eBay (Search link here)[/shoplink].
SAR reader Michel noticed that in his country the E-mount adapters are quite expensive :) The Tamron-NEX adapter is actually selling for 999.923 Euro or approximately $1,1 million on [shoplink 40621 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. Must be a special adapter made by Gaultier or Yves Saint Laurent :)
– P.S.: To all french readers, I seriously love France, part of my family lives there (Pyrénées-Orientales). So don’t mistake my making some fun on you for a sign of disrespect ;)
Nabil Fathi just posted a video showing what he claims to be a [shoplink 40595 ebay]hacked Sony A7s[/shoplink]! He writes:
This is just a teaser of upcoming hack similar to magic lantern that will be available for the Sony A7S, possible on the A7S II but not sure yet..Higher bitrate, better subsampling (HDMI 10bit 422), 4K recording, etc…
The video can be seen here:
I have no info yet if that is a “real” hack or if that’s just an APP with modified menu and no real new functions…So please take it with a BIG grain of salt! It would certainly be amazing to suddenly have such BIG new features on your Sony A7s. But we have no real proof yet that this is a real hack and if it really works.
Sony A7s store links:
Sony A7s in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
A7s Gariz leather case in [shoplink 27569 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27570 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27571 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 27572 ebay]Orange (Click here)[/shoplink].
Low Light Sony A7Rii test: Metabones IV vs. Commlite adapter – Sony 35mm vs Canon EF 40mm f2.8
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX90V Review (Photographyblog).
Camera Power Rankings Month 3: Sony Climbs to the Top (ResourceMag).
Sony’s RX10 II captures Oregon beauty with aplomb (Imaging Resource).
24 hours with the Sony RX10 II, a 4K-ready superzoom camera (Engadget).
Subtle decentering in the Sony Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 (SonyAlphaRumors).
Tascam DR 70D recorder firmware adds highly useful medium input setting. tascam.com/product/dr-70d/downloads/
Hicksfilm: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na8ZJsElsGc Here’s a link to my latest BMX piece, shot on an a7s with 28-135 OSS F4 and rokinon 8mm 2.8 Fisheye. All the slow-mo was shot on the RX-100IV at 240FPS and 120FPS. The full-res 120FPS on this tiny camera is truly spectacular for my uses.“
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