Prograde launched the new GOLD CFexpress Type A cards

The new cards are now available for preorder at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. Press text can be read here: progradedigital.com.

Reminder: For the first time you get this card with a big $120 discount at Amazon US (Click here). This is the largest capacity CFexpress Type A card and it now has the lowest price ever. If you need a BIG reliable workhorse storage this is the one to get.

If you need a larger capacity CFexpress Type A card:
You save 15% on the fast and most affordable Pergear Type A card sold by Amazon US (Click here and click on the coupon button).
You save 20% on the same card sold in Europe by Amazon DE, Amazon UK.

The 256Gb V90 fast SD card sells for $129 only at Amazon US (Click here). It’s the lowest price you can get now on fast V90 cards.

New release: Topaz GigaPixel 7

Topaz just released the new Gigapixel 7 (Click here). I personally use it ALL the time to upscale my old images or images taken with my smartphone. Sometimes I even do upscale cropped images taken with my Sony A7rV camera.

Major changes:

  • Updated AI engine which should allow better compatibility and faster processing
  • Added Standard and High Fidelity v2 models
    • These models will eventually replace v1 models in time. If you have quality issues, please let us know.
  • Refreshed the UI with new design and controls
  • Updated preferences with new options
    • Note: This will fully reset your preferences

Notable additions:

  • Added panning and pinch to zoom gestures in preview
  • Added updated RAW preview handling (should be closer to Photo AI)
  • Added ability to capture before/after in split and side by side views
  • Added ability to move the file list up and down via dragging
    • Note: There is a known issue where removing/adding images causes it to snap back to the default position
  • Changed logic for selections
  • Changed controls to show mixed states if multiple images with different values are selected

First Canon R1 specs…that I do not trust

I am sure that after one year for rumors. at some point in 2024 the Canon R1 will be announced. But rumors so far have been totally wild and the latest batch of specs are also in my opinion just an educated guess:

  • 30Mp dual gain sensor
  • no mechanical shutter
  • 240fps
  • 6.7k/60p

They might be a good guess…. but the source has been wrong most of the time whenever he has “tried” to spread rumors. The reason I’m writing this on SonyAlphaRumors is that the R1 will also be very important for the Sony A1II. This camera is in the final stages of development and will have to beat out both the Canon R1 and the Nikon Z9. As far as I know, the A1II will be launched in November 2024 at earliest (2025 more likely), and I hope that trustworthy sources will be able to release reliable information about this camera by late spring. But I’m fair enough to hope that the Canon R1 will be better than the rumored specs… because in my opinion, they’re not enough to challenge even the current Sony A1 model. We need Sony to feel the pressure so that:

  1. They will give us the best on the A1II
  2. Price it according to the competition…so that we can afford to buy it :)

So hopefully my own sources that were spot on…on the 200-800mm lens (see my rumor here) will tell me more about the R1 specs. Stay tuned!

Best selling cameras of 2023 at Yodobashi: Sony A7IV on top

Yodobashi officially announced the top 20 bets selling cameras of 2023:

  1. Sony A7IV
  2. Nikon Z 8
  3. Sony A7R V
  4. Canon EOS R6 Mark II
  5. Sony A7IV with kit lens
  6. Nikon ZFc with kit lens
  7. Nikon Z50 double lens kit
  8. Canon R50 double lens kit
  9. Sony FX3
  10. Nikon Z9
  11. Canon R10 with kit lens
  12. Sony ZV-E10 with power zoom lens
  13. Sony A7c with kit lens
  14. Canon EOS R6 Mark II with kit lens
  15. Fuji X-T5
  16. Sony A6400
  17. Sony FX30
  18. Nikon Z6II
  19. Canon R8
  20. Canon R50 with kit lens

8 out of 20 cameras are from Sony!

 

New Product Release: Monster Adapter LA-FE2

Moster Adapter officially released the LA-FE2: a new generation Nikon F-mount lens (here on eBay) to Sony E-mount camera electronic adapter ring (mount adapter) with built-in focus motor and aperture motor. LA-FE2 is an evolved version of MonsterAdapter’s popular electronic adapter ring LA-FE1. On the basis of LA-FE1, a focus motor is added, which can drive lenses made since 1987.

It will be available soon on their Amazon store, BHphoto.