Sony TidBits…(with some readers work)


Taylor Swift advertisiment for the Sony NEX-5r

Sony NEX-6 and Canon EF lens test at SonyAlphaLab.
Sony F5 & F55 pricing announced at Filmmaking ETC.
sony Cyber-shot DSC RX100 + magfilter adapter ring 52mm + hoya Pro1 Digital 52mm MC PL-C (Alacazul).
First Sony F55 sample movie – 4K 60fps (EosHD).
Sony TX200V review at Imaging Resource.
Sony NEX-5r test at Itmedia.
A greta video shot on Sony cameras by Khairil Bahar (on youtube).

SAR reader Meng sent me this: “Share a stunning video by Khairil Bahar where he uses RX100, NEX system and other Sony Handycam series for some of his short film production. http://www.youtube.com/user/khaimano“
Hosam: “I would like to share my actual project, about our local wheel-chair basketball-team here in Ulm/Germany. Captured on the little and powerful Sony NEX-7 with a nice set of lenses and equipment. As always, I would really appreciate your support, as we are tryin to push their popularity…motivated by the human spirit for respect and social intercourse. https://vimeo.com/54108761”
Gene: “Being an owner of the A77 since they first hit the market, I follow the developments with Sony’s new technology very closely.  I’m a Hard Core photographer, with a background in Industrial Design, so I have been thinking for months about improvements that could be made.
To that end, I’ve written an open letter to Sony, outlining the features that would help the serious amateur, the Hard Core guy.
Just posted on my blog…  http://preferredaperture.blogspot.com/”
Robert: “I’m not sure if you’re interested in this sort of thing, but we just started using the Sony a57 and some Minolta and Sony lenses for our low budget film productions. Here’s a teaser trailer with all footage shot on the a57. 720p Vimeo version: https://vimeo.com/54241839 1080p Youtube version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRTUM0aP63I”

P.S.: More readers work will follow soon! Today I will read all the mails I didn’t read that week!

Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 lens production increased. And $60 price drop in US!

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Fifteen months ago Sony announced that nice Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 but Sony never managed to produce enough lenses to fulfil the demand. According to top sources Sony finally found a way to increase the lens production and it’s expected to ship in large amount to EU and US stores in a  few weeks. And destiny wants that today we had the very first price drop on that lens too! Sony authorized retailed Beachcamera is selling the lens with a $60 discount at Amazon (Click here) and on [shoplink 15680 ebay]eBay (Click to check it out)[/shoplink].

In Europe the lowest price I found was at Wex Germany (Click here). No real price drop in EU for now :(

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Sony TidBits…


What’s Next for Sony Interchangeable Lens Cameras

The Orphanage: a photo essay by Mike Kobal, shot with the Sony A77
Sony Real Time Gallery – World’s First (ePhotozine).
sony Cyber-shot DSC RX100 + magfilter adapter ring 52mm + hoya Pro1 Digital 52mm MC PL-C at Cadabras.
NEX-6 and powerzoom AF testing by SonyAlphaLab.
NEX-7 review at SansMirror.

New jackar 34mm f/1.8 lens

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Jackar Optical released a new 34mm f/1.8 lens with native E-mount. It is a manual lens and all specs and images can be read/seen at Snapshooter.jackarlens.com and on Flickr. The lens will be for sale on eBay by early December and cost $190. Jackar adapters and fisheye lenses can already be found on [shoplink 15550 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
The lens design is based on the current [shoplink 15551 ebay]C-mount 35mm lens ($40 here on eBay)[/shoplink]. What they changed is the material, finishing, the ring is larger and turning has been improved. Plus the lenses are multi-coated and of course mount is NEX. It comes with a lens hood and genuine leather case as you see form the images below:

Fitch Downgrades Sony to Speculative Grade.

Fitch downgraded Sony “given the company’s loss of technology leadership in key products, high competition, weak economic conditions in developed markets and the strong yen“.

The problem is certainly not the camera business: “Fitch believes that continuing weakness in the home entertainment & sound and mobile products & communications segments will offset the relatively stable music and pictures segments and improvement in the devices segment which makes semiconductors and components.“.

As you know Sony is completely restructuring the company and Fitch writes: “Fitch believes that the strategic initiatives announced in April 2012 to turn around the company’s electronics business are the right approach, but execution is a risk and macro headwinds and intense competition across almost all of Sony’s key products may delay the recovery.”

That will probably bring to a long discussion now if such rating agencies are trustworthy or if Sony is trustworthy. We have to see it globally. It’s a hard time for many companies and many countries. And I am not sure how to decipher what is happening now. In short, I am not worried about Sony, I am more worried about us learning how to come out of a global crisis liek that!

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