Sony Tidbits…


Sony a7RIV vs a7RIII vs a9: Autofocus Clinic

Sony Cyber-shot RX100 VII Review (Photographyblog).
Desview R7 Touch Screen LCD Monitor Review! | MicBergsma
37 Different Camera Shutter Sounds (MirrorlessRumors).
An Introduction to Natural Light Portraiture (Explora).
Sigma’s Aizu factory tour by Dpreview (L-rumors).
Sony RX100 VII – Lab Testing (SonyAlphaLab)

Personal photos and tests from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and 500px.

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Sony A9 group and Sony A9 page.
Sony A7rIV group and Sony A7rIV page
Sony A7sIII group and Sony A7sIII page
Sony A7III group and Sony A7III page
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After 12 years Sony is building a new image sensor fab

Image Sensor World writes:

Sony plans to invest 100b yen ($918M) in its budget for the next fiscal year to build a new image sensor fab. The fab is expected to start operation as soon as in the fiscal year that starts in April 2021. In 2016, Sony bought Toshiba CIS plant in Oita Prefecture. It is the first time in 12 years for the company to build a plant from the ground up. In 2007, it built a fab in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Sony’s new plant will be built on a 74,800-sq.-meter site adjacent to an existing fab in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, in southwestern Japan. The new plant’s capacity is not decided yet, but should reach tens of thousands wafers per month, eventually. The company intends to increase its today’s 50% market share to 60% by 2025.

This week SAR readers photos selection


Tobias Schmidt‎
Duck approaching
@6400 + FE200600G
Iso 1600 1/2000 f6.3 600mm 30% Crop
Noise reduction with Topaz Denoise
#sonyalphagallery

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Sony Tidbits…


Sony a9 II – Hands-On Review

Ted Forbes: DSLR is DEAD? (Mirrorlessrumors).
Sigma 45mm f/2.8 FE review at Tokyomade.
Tamron Unveils Trio of Wide 1:2 Primes for Sony E (Explora).
Sony RX100 VII Tutorial – Camera Modes Explained (SonyAlphaLab)
Shootvilla Curved Slider (Personal View).
Sigma 35mm F1.2 DG DN Art for Sony E-Mount Sample Images (Photographyblog).

Personal photos and tests from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and 500px.

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New Topaz Mask AI released (and $30 discount)

Everything goes “AI branded” nowadays: Topaz announced the new Mask AI plugin which you can get with a $30 discount here. Topaz writes:

Compared to Photoshop, Mask AI doesn’t need tedious brushwork to get a high-quality mask. And there’s no need to learn complicated icons and tools. With Mask AI you only need to roughly outline your subject in blue, one click fills what you want to cut, one click fills what you want to keep, and press “Compute Mask”. It’s really that simple. Our neural network has been trained to distinguish tough edges, so you can get a great mask on the first attempt.

The $30 discount will expire on tonight!

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Reminder: The AI powered new Luminar 4 (full details here) will be released on November 18. Here is an example video showing you how to create fake Sunrays  :)

Sony Tidbits…


Samyang 45mm AF F1.8 Lens Review

Voigtlander 50mm F2 APO-Lanthar announced (Phillip Reeve).
Lume Cube Announces the Updated Lume Cube 2.0 LED Photo/Video Light (Explora).
The new Noct 58mm f/0.95 lens is so big and heavy it stands on the tripod mount with camera attached (Mirrorlessrumors).
Sony A7rIV test at DC.watch.
Samyang AF 45mm F1.8 FE Lens Review (Lensvid).
Panasonic’s S1H is the first mirrorless camera approved by Netflix (L-rumors).
Sony RX100 VII Tutorial – Beginners Guide, Set-Up, How-to Use the Camera, Menus, and More… (SonyAlphaLab)

Personal photos and tests from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and 500px.

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