Last week Amazon US finally re-added the A7sIII preorder option. And this week BHphoto notified that new orders will likely ship in November. I hope that for Christmas evryone who wants the A7sIII will have it in their hands.

Meantime ePhotozine posted their full Sony A7sII review and concluded:

If we cut to the chase, the Sony Alpha A7S III is, ultimately, designed for videographers. In this area, the A7S III excels, giving video capabilities beyond what most other mirrorless cameras offer. With the exception of the Canon EOS R5. However, the A7S III does not suffer from the same overheating issues as the R5, and if you don’t need or want 8K video, then the A7S III is going to be a better choice. It also offers exceptional low-light performance, with a 12mp BSI CMOS sensor. 4K footage recorded at 120fps looks excellent, and the in-body image stabilisation does an excellent job keeping video steady.

You’ve got a 3inch vari-angle touch-screen, which should keep vloggers happy, although it would be nice if the size and resolution were improved. We’re impressed by the new menu system, which can be used with the touch-screen, and being able to switch between NTSC and PAL without formatting the memory card is finally resolved!

For stills photographers, the 12mp resolution is likely to feel limiting, especially when we’re used to using 20/24/36/45mp cameras. It’s a shame, as the 9.44m dot EVF is excellent, and will make any viewfinder user happy with the view. However, for those that need to shoot in very low-light conditions, then the A7S III may be an option. You’ve also got the new Z battery, that gives 600 shots, as well as a weather-sealed camera body, that should make it suitable for use in a variety of conditions.

For videographers who want high-quality 4K video, the A7S III has got to be extremely desirable. Especially as 4K video is far easier to deal with compared to 8K footage, and can be recorded to SD cards. For stills photographers, then you’ve got to be shooting in really dark conditions for the A7S III to be needed.

Here comes the Sony a7S III Memory Card Guide with Miguel Quiles:

And this is a new review from HR images:

Photoshooting by David Oastler:

 

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Sigma issued a new firmware update for the MC-11 adapter:

[Benefits of the update]
・It makes the converter compatible with the SIGMA 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM | Contemporary in Canon EF mount, that has the latest firmware Ver.2.03
・It makes the converter compatible with the SIGMA 70-200mm F2.8 DG OS HSM | Sports in Canon EF mount, that has the latest firmware Ver.1.02.
・It makes the converter compatible with the SIGMA 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary in Canon EF mount, that has the latest firmware Ver.2.07.
・It makes the converter compatible with the SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Sports in Canon EF mount, that has the latest firmware 2.02.
・It makes the converter compatible with the SIGMA 20mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art in Canon EF mount, that has the latest firmware 2.01.

Topaz released the new Gigapixel AI v5.2 update and added limited time 20% discount (Click here). Don’t forget you can also use the free trial if you want to test the results.

Major New Features:

• New AI Model – “Compressed”. You can find it under the “Image Type” option in the right panel. This image type works best with photos that have a lot of artifacts, old family photos, and images downloaded from the internet
• Whole New Look – Entire program has been given a UI overhaul to make it look more pleasing, as well as more consistent.
• Crop your images using the new Crop Tool

Improvements:

• Faster previewing and saving of images
• File list is now collapsible, and you can now add images directly from the file list
• Tutorials have been moved to the drop area on the starting screen

Yongnuo just announced this new 35mm f/2.0 FE autofocus lens. The lens will be available soon through their official Amazon US store.

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Google translated presentation text:

• Equipped with Fn function key 

Equipped with Fn custom function buttons , reasonable allocation of <Fn> buttons can quickly call up a function menu or perform a shortcut operation, which improves the efficiency of creation.

• Small and light

The maximum diameter and length of the lens is about 67 × 72mm , and the net weight is only about 295g . The lightweight design is convenient for daily carrying and long-term handheld shooting and video recording.

• Equipped with quiet CNC stepper motor

Compared with traditional DC motors, digitally controlled stepping motors ( DSM ) have quick start-stop response, high focusing accuracy, and quieter focusing action, which is suitable for photo shooting and video recording.

• F 2 large aperture

Flexible use of F2 large aperture, easy to obtain soft blur effect, can also use low sensitivity and higher shutter to shoot in low light environment.

• 9 optical lenses in 8 groups, nano multilayer coating

It adopts 8 groups and 9 -element optical structure design, and the lens nano-multilayer coating process , which effectively improves the light transmittance and suppresses the ghost image and glare of backlight .

• Aspheric lens

Mounted . 1 aspherical glass lenses, various aberrations effective compensation.

• Low dispersion lens

Using 1 Mei low-dispersion glass lenses, to better suppress the wide dispersion problems arising.

• 7 circular aperture blades

The design of 7 circular aperture blades can produce circular diffuse spots, and the aperture can be reduced appropriately to produce 14 starburst effects.

• USB firmware upgrade

Equipped with a USB Type C interface, you can download the latest firmware to upgrade the lens to keep the lens at its best performance.

• Metal bayonet, gold-plated contacts

The use of high-precision metal bayonet and gold-plated contacts effectively improves signal conductivity and corrosion resistance, and is durable. At the same time, it allows the camera and lens to maintain reliable communication, and realizes functions such as autofocus, aperture control, and EXIF information transmission.

Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 FE autofocus lens is in Stock for the first time at Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.

85mm 1.4GM vs 135mm 1.8GM | I’m buying the 135mm!!

Manfrotto Introduces a New Line of 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Kits and Accessories (Explora).
A new lens on the world: Improving the metalens with liquid crystal (Phys.org).
Sigma 100-400mm FE test at Getnavi.
This is impressive: Watch this fake Tennis match with real player (MirrorlessRumors).
digiKam 7.0.0 is released with new Deep-Learning Powered Faces Management
Dave Pardue built this special “rig” to test who has the best image stabilization between the GH5 vs X-T4 vs E-M1 III vs A6600

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

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You can now preorder the new Capture One 21 on this page (Click here) with a 20% discount. It’s a bit tricky to preorder it so here I explain how to do it for C20 owners:

1. Login to Capture One
2. Go to the upgrade page and enter your license number
3. Upgrade to C21 and get the 20% discount using the checkout code “PREORDER2020“

If you do own C12 or older version you first have to purchase C20 (with no discount code). And they will than get C21 update for free.

New features and release time:

Capture One has decided to not disclose any info about the new features (I know this is odd). So if you wonder why the heck you should pay for a new version without knowing what you get…I can only give you one reason: The 20% discount that you get now and you will NOT get the day of the official launch!

The release date has not been announced but as usual expect the release to be between mid November and mid December.