Samsung NX500 vs Sony A6000

Venuslens/Laowa 60mm f/2.8 2:1 Ultra Macro Objektiv (Joerghaag).
OTUS 55 vs OTUS 85 on Sony A7r at Dearsusan.
Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Review (ePhotozine).
A6000 review at Epicmirrorless.
Sony Confirms its Image Sensor Sales Forecast (Image Sensor World).
FE 28mm lens test at Fengniao.
A7II review at ephoto.sk.

JB: “For an example of how good the A7S camera is at real-time HD planetary video, check out this video of the planet Saturn taken last week using my A7S and a Takahashi Mewlon 250 telescope running at f 20. Frame rate is 60 fps, ISO = 32,000. Planet Saturn at 600X magnification: https://youtu.be/R77Opsl3X_s“

Marcus: “I’m a daily reader of your excellent site and exclusively shoot with Sony cameras since the legendary DSC-727. Last year I started with concert photography using my RX100m3, and I would like to share my website at www.marcusgetta.photography with you and your readers. Many pictures were taken at ISO 6.400, and I’m delighted by the low-light capabilities of the RX100m3. Enjoy! Best regards, Marcus“

Sony SEL28F20 FE 28mm f2 Lens Unboxing

Action cam design patent at Freepatentsonline.
Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS Sample Images (Photographyblog).
Pics with Zeiss Distagon FE 35mm f/1.4 (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony FS7 Travels Well on 3-Week Documentary Shoot (Sony Blog).
Sample Images from the Sony 28mm f2 Full Frame E Mount Lens (ThePhoBlographer).
Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Review (Photographyblog).
Hands-On Review: Rokinon 135mm f/2.0 and 50mm f/1.4 Lenses (Bhphoto).

Dutch: “Hi Andrea, 6 months ago I made a short movie with the RX100M3 for Pf, a dutch professional photo magazine. Just to show how easy it is to film with it and how well the autofocus performs. At the end I also did some evening shots at 3200 and 6400 ISO. https://vimeo.com/109237959”

Fernando: “Alpha + M42 Bayonet Timelapse 4k. Alpha Nex 3 + Zeiss Jena 135 + Zeiss Tessar 50 2.8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=950w9114UbE”

Firoz Ahmad‎: “Sony a7s with PP6 https://vimeo.com/126534901“

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Red dress. Continuation of the story. Sony a7r + FE 24-70mm F4 ZA OSS | 26mm | F/9 | ISO100 | 1,3s
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UPDATE: It seem liks a Student and not Sony(!) launched that new survey at the University of Amsterdam: uvacommscience.qualtrics.com. So this is no relevant news anymore. Anyway, just for the record:

They ask many question. And once they go in detail with a camera proposal:

Sony is considering the introduction of a new model of Mirrorless Digital Camera at the price of 1300€.
This new camera will be the first model of an entire new producline Mirrorless Digital Cameras priced at the same point of Sony’s Mirrorless Digital Cameras price range, which fluctuates from 400€ to 2300€.
The new model will be named ”PicYou” and will include models for both amateur and professional photographers. A wide range of lenses and accessories will be available as well. Sony PicYou will provide to the users exactly the same quality features of current Sony’s Digital Mirrorless Cameras.

If it’s a student than for sure there will be no such new system :)

found via Mirrorlessrumors.

Our reader Jesse Lim raised an important aspect of the future A-mount strategy. And his “dream” could really become true in the near future:

I Have a Dream – Mirorless A Mount with on Sensor PDAF?

I know this might sound ridiculous or not economical realistic, or technically impractical, but as a long time FF A mount user who haven’t made the move to FE just yet, I always had this thought in my mind.
I was wondering will Sony ever consider making the next FF A mount body mirrorless with on sensor PDAF? If so, it will be great beause I don’t like the idea of adding a LA-EA4 between my lenses and the FE body since I have bad experience with the A77 and its SLT mirror.
Do educate me if I’m wrong because for the last few years, CDAF on mirrorless seems to be fast enough to compete with traditional phase detection AF (Well, at least for a portrait photographer’s pont of view). My OM-D EM-5 focus as fast or faster than my [shoplink 3028 ebay]A850[/shoplink] / [shoplink 36766 ebay]A300[/shoplink] and it is using only CDAF, of course m43 have a deeper DOF thus much more easy to focus. And the A6000’s4D Focus seems fast enough to fulfill many photographic challenges.
So, if FF E mount can achieve adequate AF performance with I don’t know CDAF? Why can’t A mount just be made the same way while be able to maintain legacy lenses mount without adapters and the beefy ergonomics I like because in my experience I tend to grip more harder on smaller bodies, which is not comfortable.

A Mount = Mirrors, Traditional Ergonomic, Bigger Battery,
     E Mount = Mirroless, Compact Form Factor ?
             The Mirror, it is still necessary? Flange Distance, Achilles Heel? T

he Paradox always kept me thinking… or maybe I’m just plain silly…

For 2 mount system with identical sensor size (Different in flange distance of course), what is the best strategy for Sony to differentiate both product rage while both series are getting more and more convergence in terms of IQ, feature and characteristic for each iteration of product release. Of course if the key factor is the flange distance which ultimately decides the ease, size and quality of the lens designed for both cases (I don’t know, longer flange distance is better or the shorter one for the long run? do let me know)
Imagine fitting the entire A7mk2 architecture inside a A99 body size, with less volume/size constrain to worry with, Sony can really go creative with A mount system with ample amount of card slots, ports, dials & knobs real estate, and maybe fitting in a bigger EVF, Display, bigger buffer memory, on-board storage and file manager, bigger heat sink for sensor thus 4K with 5-axis IBIS… I don’t know, creativity is the limit.

Anyways, just sharing my thoughts~ no biggy~ and cheers~

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If you need to get a special “soap bubble” effect than this lens may be the right one for you! Meyer-Optik-Görlitz Trioplan announced that their Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 E-mount lens will ship in December for 1.400 Euro. It’s a lens made with the only purpose to create that kind of bubble effect. You can see some low resolution samples below. The lens is a new version of the already existing [shoplink 36757 ebay]m42 mount 100mm Trioplan available on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

PRESS TEXT (Source: meyer-optik-goerlitz.com/the-bokeh-effect/):

Sooner or later we are going to have large CMOS global shutter sensor on Sony Alpha cameras. This week Sony just announced smaller 2/3 and 1/1.8 inch CMOS global shutter sensors. The new Sony video on top shows the advantage of the global shutter over rolling shutter when recording fast moving objects.

Here is part of the press text (via Sony.net):

Global Shutter Function
Industrial applications require imaging of fast-moving subjects. However, there is the issue that existing CMOS image sensors are unable to accurately identify fast-moving subjects due to focal plane distortion as a result of rolling shutter operation. The IMX250LLR/LQR and IMX252LLR/LQR address this issue by providing analog memory inside each pixel and realizing a global shutter function, which enables high-picture-quality imaging without focal plane distortion.

The Industry’s Smallest Pixel Size Class for Industrial Applications
Analog memory, transistors and other elements must be added to the inside of each pixel to realize a global shutter function, which made it a challenge to reduce the pixel size. The newly developed products use Sony’s fine pixel fabrication technology to realize a small pixel with a size of 3.45 µm compared to the 5 µm range that is the existing standard for global shutter pixels.
This enables high-resolution imaging using a smaller lens than that of the existing products.

High Sensitivity
In order to reduce the size of pixels equipped with a global shutter function, it is necessary to secure a sufficient pixel light-detecting area while also securing an analog memory area within the pixel, so there were concerns over a drop in sensitivity.
However, high-sensitivity pixel design technology and condensing process technology were used to increase the sensitivity of the newly developed 3.45 µm pixel, and realized high sensitivity exceeding that of the existing 5.86 µm product (1.1 times compared to the existing 5.86 µm product).
In addition, EXview HAD CCD*1 technology also increases sensitivity in the near-infrared range, enabling use with high picture quality even under near infrared light.

*1: EXview HAD CCD is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

High Frame Rate
Customers have strongly demanded higher frame rates for industrial applications, so an ADC 8-bit mode was added to the IMX250LLR/LQR and IMX252LLR/LQR in addition to the existing ADC 10-bit and 12-bit modes. Also, the column-parallel A/D conversion technology of Sony CMOS image sensors is used to realize high-speed imaging of up to 163.4 [frame/s] (ADC 8-bit) for the IMX250LLR/LQR and up to 216.3 [frame/s] (ADC 8-bit) for the IMX252LLR/LQR (Table-3). This enabled further increasing the processing speed for industrial applications.

A Variety of Functions
The IMX250LLR/LQR and IMX252LLR/LQR are equipped with a variety of functions needed for industrial applications, such as ROI mode and trigger mode. ROI mode crops arbitrary areas, and up to 8 × 8 = 64 locations can be set. Various exposure methods are provided for trigger mode, which controls the exposure time using an external pulse. In addition, the IMX250LQR and IMX252LQR (color products) are equipped with functions such as subsampling, horizontal and/or vertical inverted readout, and multiple frame set output, and the IMX250LLR and IMX252LLR (monochrome products) also have a pixel addition function in addition to color product functions.