The world is changing: I bought my first photo gear with crytpo and you get up to 8% BNB cashback

This might be interesting for our European readers (the card ins’t available for US citizens yet):

I bought my first photo gear (a lens) using the brand new Binance Card (click here to make an account to get one). The fee is about 1,5% to convert BNB to EUR or USD (and there are no other hiddden costs).
The good news is that there is an up to 8% cashback on every purchase (see image below). Althaugh realistically you will not spend 6,000 BNB in one month (that’s 130k in EURO). But a 4% BNB (about 4K per month) cashback is absolutely doable if you buy photo gear.

IMPORTANT: The one big problem dealing with crypto is the volatility. Be aware of that risk. A solution is to use the Binance Card with the BUSD stablecoin to to avoid the volatitly…but there is no cashback on that. And in general talk to a financial expert before doing crypto business to avoid mistakes and dumb errors :)

And please use my Binance affiliate link to create an account. I get a small commission and you pay 0% extra for that…Thanks!

 

Lowepro Announces Two New Top-Loader Bags for Mirrorless Cameras

Lowepro has announced two new top-loading camera bags designed for mirrorless cameras. The new Photo Active TLZs come in two lightweight sizes designed to provide enthusiast photographers protection for camera, one attached lens, and accessories while traveling, roaming the city, or hiking. Comfort, easy access, rugged build, and secure protection from the elements are the key features of the new Photo Active TLZ 45 AW and Photo Active TLZ 50 AW, which expand Lowepro’s Photo Active series to four bags of varying sizes.

via Explora

And recently also Think Tank Photo launched this new backpack on Kickstarter (Click here to see all details). Here you can see how it works:

This week SAR readers photos selection


Paul Tan
Dive of the Grey Headed.
a9+SEL200-600
#sonyalphagallery

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4) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me SAR admin will be posted weekly on SAR.

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Tamron says global market hasn’t recovered yet and it’s forced to extend the production stop

Tamron issued a worrying press release. Here is the google translated text:

Tamron Co., Ltd. has taken some measures to close its domestic Aomori factory in the May-September period in view of the decrease in global demand due to the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus.
However, the global market has not yet recovered, and in consideration of the uncertainty of the future market environment, we will continue to extend the partial closure of the domestic Aomori factory until the end of the year as follows.

      ・ Some factories closed: Hirosaki Factory, Namioka Factory
      ・ Target period: October 1st (Thursday) to December 31st (Thursday), 2020

Although the business will continue during this period, it may cause inconvenience and inconvenience to our business partners, but we appreciate your understanding.

This decision shouldn’t affect the production start of the new 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 Di III RXD which has now been listed at BHphoto:

via Mirrorlessrumors