Due to production issues the lens shipment was postponed. The good news is that Sony Japan announced the lens will start shipping out on March 12th. BHphoto (Click here). says the lens will ship on April 12 but I guess this date will be updated soon with the new info.

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Sony 35mm GM preorders: BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. In Europe at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES, Amazon NL, Fotokoch, Foto Erhardt, Calumet DE, WexUK, Park UK.

Preorders:
FX3 at BHphoto, Adorama. FocusCamera.
FX3 in Europe at Fotokoch Germany, FotoErhardt Germany, Calumet Germany, WexUK, Park UK.

Today US stores began shipping out the FX3. CineD interviewed a Sony manager and they talk about the new FX3:

Whether you are a professional photographer with hundreds of images to edit or a weekend shooter wanting to experiment, presets can be really useful.

We have four new E-mount lenses (3 FF and 1 APS-C). Here they are:

LAOWA CF 33mm F0.95 APO

Focal length: 33 mm
, maximum aperture ratio: F0.95
-angle: 46.2 °
– Lens construction: 9 groups 14 sheets (1 aspherical lens, one special low-dispersion lens, including three high refractive lenses)
– Number of aperture blades: 9
・ Shortest shooting distance: 35cm
・ Maximum shooting magnification : 0.125x
・ Filter diameter
: 62mm ・ Dimensions: φ71.5mm × 83mm
・ Mass: Approximately 590g
・ Compatible mount: Sony E / Fuji X / Nikon Z / Canon EF-M
・ Supported formats: APS-C

LAOWA 35mm F0.95

Focal length: 35 mm
, maximum aperture ratio: F0.95
-angle: 63.4 °
– Lens construction: 9 groups 14 sheets (1 aspherical lens, one special low-dispersion lens includes four high refractive lenses)
– Number of aperture blades: 15
・ Shortest shooting distance: 50cm
・ Maximum shooting magnification : 0.1x
・ Filter diameter
: 72mm ・ Dimensions: φ76.8mm × 103mm
・ Weight: Approximately 755g
・ Compatible mount: Sony FE / Nikon Z / Canon RF
・Supported formats: Full frame

LAOWA FF II 45mm F0.95

Focal length: 45 mm
, maximum aperture ratio: F0.95
-angle: 51.3 °
– Lens construction: 9 groups 13 sheets (1 aspherical lens, one special low-dispersion lens, including one high refractive lenses)
– Number of aperture blades: 15
・ Shortest shooting distance: 50cm
・ Maximum shooting magnification : 0.12x
・ Filter diameter
: 72mm ・ Dimensions: φ76.8mm × 110mm
・ Weight: Approximately 850g
・ Compatible mounts: Sony FE / Nikon Z / Canon RF
・Supported formats: Full frame

LAOWA FFII 12-24mm F5.6 C-Dreamer Ultra Wide Zoom

・ Focal length: 12-24mm
・ Maximum Magnification : F5.6
・ Angle of view: 121.9 ° -84 °
・ Lens configuration: 15 elements in 11 groups (including 2 aspherical elements and 3 special low dispersion lenses)
・ Aperture blade Number of
shots : 5・ Shortest shooting distance: 15cm
・ Maximum shooting magnification:
0.4x ・ Dimensions: φ69.4 × 74mm
・ Mass: Approx. 497g
・ Compatible mount: Leica M / Nikon Z / Sony FE / Canon RF
・ Compatible format: Full flame

Nisi 15mm F4 Hands-on Review

DIY Macro Photography at Home: Studio Setup, Gear, and Ideas
Sigma 24mm f/3.5 DG DN ‘C’ lens review with samples (Christopher Frost).
Techniques to Illuminate the Night with Lance Keimig (Explora).
Nikon to cease operations at two of its interchangeable lens production factories in March (Dpreview).
Sony a1 sample gallery (DPReview TV)
Hands-On Review: The Sony Alpha 1 (Doug Guerra).

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

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Topaz just released a big update to Video Enhance AI this week (Click here). You can try it for free and if you buy it use the code “ENHANCE15” to get an additional 15% discount on top of the $100 off you get in the first place.

This is what’s news:

Major Features

• Two new model updates: Artemis v11, and Dione v2
• Artemis LQ and MQ v11 evolve from Artemis v10 with added ability to handle over-sharpening artifacts in medium or low-quality progressive input videos
• Dione TV and TD v2 are enhanced from v1 that also remove over-sharpening artifacts in medium or low quality interlaced input videos
• UI has been updated and overhauled to provide for a better experience

Improvements

• Menu toolbar has been added on Mac
• When multiple videos are selected, settings in the right panel now apply to all selected videos
• Able to open videos in their containing folder when videos are done processing
• Model parameters and post process settings have been changed to sliders to provide for better fine-tuning
• Reset Settings button has been added
• Output FPS has been added to the footer at the bottom of the program
• Reset Trim button has been added to the scrubbing toolbar

Here are some video samples: