Sony a7 II Sensor Stabilization/SteadyShot INSIDE Test (filmed with a7S) by Tony Northrup.

Like on any new camera release there are always annoying bugs that hopefully will be fixed soon. The A7II has a strange bug on the 5 axis stabilization settings. David Sampson (Viramati) found the bug and Jono Slack sums it up at Dpreview:

If you attach a 3rd party lens after using an OSS (eg the 24-70 FE) lens then IBIS does not work
If you attach a 3rd party lens after using a non OSS lens (eg the 55 f1.8) then IBIS does work.

This is a bug that can (and I am sure Sony “will”) be fixed via firmware upgrade.

UPDATE: There is a workaround to fix the issue when it appears. David S. sent me this:

If you unmount (take off) an OSS lens without turning the camera off (or at least turn it off after you have removed the lens) then when you attach a third party (dumb) adaptor ‘steady shot’ (IBIS) continues to work normally. Of course this is not a thing a photographer would normally do as it usually common sense to turn the camera off when changing lenses so would still benefit from a firmware upgrade

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.

Sony Alpha – creating a custom white balance

2015 Sony World Photography Awards Judges Revealed (ePhotozine).
Thai Playboy Bunnies shots with the A7r at Traveljournalists.
Scared of S-Log2? (Videoproducttraining).
Sony A7S Review at Imaging Resource.
5 Quick Tips for Great Holiday Photos by Paul Gero (Sony Blog).
Some pictures from Mitakon 35mm f0.95 + A5000 at Pantip.
Sony A7 + CZ ZM Biogon 35mm F2 review at FocusPeaking.
Full review of the Zeiss Loxia 35mm and 50mm at MirrorlessLessons.
Sony E-mount review of 2014 and hopes for 2015 (MyPhotoJourney).

Robin: “I recently purchased a Sony A7s and took it out the first time for some serious high ISO shooting. I am really impressed by the results I got out of it and I wrote an article about my initial thoughts with tons of sample images. http://www.fotodesign-rs.de/party-on-high-iso-monster-sony-a7s-out-in-the-wild/“

Ahmad: “Entirely Shot On The Sony A7S PP6 With Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA Lens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiUJhR9etoM“

Trond: “Aurora video shot with the Sony a7S http://vimeo.com/113094940”

Alfian: “Video Highlights Alpharian 3th Gathering (Sony Alpha User Indonesia & Malaysia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z43w3OcfH4″

Brandon: “Hi, I took the A7s with me recently to South India, and I made this video about the city of Kochi. Everything shot with 24-105mm EF lens and Metabones EF adapter mkIV. Enjoy, and please share! https://vimeo.com/113689725“

Image on top shows one of the many fake E-mount camera dreams floating around the web :

There are many rumors about future camera. Among the highly likely cameras to come in 2015 we have the A99II, A9, A7000, RX2, RX20. But we also have plenty of yet “unconfirmed” rumors about cameras like Sony medium format, Black and White sensor and so on. It’s Christmas time and you are now free to express what camera you want to see in 2015. Dear Santa Sony listen to our readers! :)

P.S.: You can select multiple cameras if you want:

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The Canon and Nikon mount version of the Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 lens is 140,000 yen (excluding tax). Release Date: December 25. The A-mount version will be released later (no date defined yet). Source: Tamron Japan.

And the Rokinon/Samyang/Wallimex 12mm f/2.8 lens which comes in A and E-mount will cost 549 and 649 Euro (Cine and non Cine versions). Source: Photoscala.

A new (free) issue of the Alpha Universe Magazine has been released. Download on Itunes (Click here) or Google Play (Click here). It also has been optimized for view on the new [shoplink 31752 ebay]iPhone 6+[/shoplink].

Those of you who preordered the new 24-105mm Sigma A-mount lens will certainly be unhappy to read this: SAR reader Keith got this note from Sigma US:

Good afternoon,

Unfortunately, production of the 24-105mm has been halted in all mounts.  It was originally supposed to be released for Sony this month, but now production is on an indefinite hold.  I will save your e-mail address and get back to you when we know more.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Have a great day!

The Dutch Store DeWinkel (found via DL) listed the first price info for the new Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 lens. The US price still has not been unveiled at BHphoto (it’s listed with no preorder option). If the price info from the Dutch Store is real that’s quite cheaper than the 2.089 Euro you have to pay for the 16-35mm Zeiss A-mount lens at Sony Germany.