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Sony PRO Support extended by six months for customers due to global conditions

As a PRO Support member, you are among our most loyal customers and we want you to know how much we value you being part of Sony’s Imaging family.

With the current global situation, we are taking steps to ensure we are supporting all of our customers during these difficult times. For all Pro Support members like yourself, we are automatically extending membership for an additional 6 months, free of charge.
As a refresher, your ProSupport membership includes:
– Dedicate US Phone Support Experts
– Expedited Repair Turnaround Time
– Repair Loaners
– Evaluation Loaner
– Camera Maintenance
– Terms & Conditions for the program applies to
o US members
o Canada members
We are here to support you via phone or email:
M-F 7AM PST to 5PM PST. Saturday 7AM PST to 2PM PST.
Thank you again for your loyalty and support.
All the best,
Sony Imaging PRO Support

Europeans save 16% on the Creative Cloud Photography plan sold by Adobe Germany, Adobe UK, Adobe France, Adobe Italy, Adobe Spain, Adobe Netherland, Adobe Belgium.

The deal runs til May 21st.

Gareth Llewellyn
Sony a7iii 70200GM 1/500 2.8 100

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This is quite unexpected: Sony is working on a leaf shutter system for interchangeable lenses. In this patent Sony writes:

A camera system, including: an interchangeable lens; an internal shutter configured to open and close; and a lens detector coupled to the internal shutter and capable of accepting the interchangeable lens, the lens detector configured to detect the presence of a leaf shutter within the interchangeable lens, wherein the lens detector generates a shutter signal to keep the internal shutter open when the presence of the leaf shutter within the interchangeable lens is detected.

Image of a Leaf shutter via Camera-wiki.

The Sony RX1 line does use leaf shutter mechanism but the patent in question said that the new mechanism has been developed for interchangeable lenses. Maybe Sony will launch a new series of “silent” lens line for the E-mount or maybe this is for a new Sony medium format system camera. Don’t know if that is something SAR readers will really buy into…

These are the Pros and Cons listed by CameraPedia:

Pros
1) Leaf shutters can synchronize a flash at any available shutter speed.[1]
2) They are generally more compact and less noisy than focal plane shutters.
3) They do not distort the image of moving objects.

Cons
1) Leaf shutters are typically not capable of shutter speeds as high as modern focal plane shutters
2) Cameras using leaf shutters must either have a shutter in each lens, like the Hasselblad 500, or have the shutter in the camera body, which limits the range of possible focal lengths and the maximum aperture, like the Paxette.

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Improved speed on Mac and Windows
Increased hardware support
Upgraded AI Models with improved motion stability

Use our checkout code “RUMOR” to get an additional 15% discount on all TOPAZ products (Click here). This is what you can do with the Topaz  Video Enhance AI software:

Sony published this report from its Technology Day held on September 18, 2019 in Japan. It’s clear their focus is on sensor tech for the automotive industry. But there is this interesting piece showing how the Sony polarization sensor technology works.

via Image Sensor World

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