Sony Tidbits…


Samyang 45mm F1.8 AF FE Lens Review | John Sison

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Using FTP feature in Sony α7 Mark III (Coffeecode).
Sony Defines its Starviz Sensor Category (Image Sensor World).
Are Sony Lenses Overpriced? (NO!!!) – MYTH BUSTING! by OnPortraits.
Best wildlife lens for photography and video on Sony system | Sony 200-600 G lens long term review (Benjamin Smail)
Seagate: Which Drive Is Right for You? (Explora).
Tamron 70-180 mm f/2.8 Di III VXD | Finales Modell im Test (ValueTech).

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.
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Sony A7sIII group and Sony A7sIII page
Sony A7III group and Sony A7III page
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$1399 Nikon Z5 announced. Here is the spec comparison with the Sony A7II and Sony A7III

Today Nikon announced the cheapest Z camera in their range: the $1399 Nikon Z5. You can see a full spec comparison with the Sony A7II and A7III on that special BH comparison page. I don’t feel like Sony has to make a model to compete against it. The much cheaper A7II holds up well while the A7III has a BSI sensor (Z5 has not) faster frame rate (10fps vs 4.5fps) and definitely a much faster autofocus.

But there is one more Sony surprise:
If the rumors are true than Sony might announce a new sub $999 FF camera in late summer early autumn. But unlike the Z5 or A7 series it won’t have the EVF in the center and be smaller than all of them. But those are wild rumors for now and I hope to get more info about this camera after the Sony A7sIII announcement.

Our reader VLAD designed this new Sony menu system

Our reader Vlad sent me this:

I made a video concept of Sony’s menu just for fun. Maybe it will be interesting for you ;-)

As a designer I have always felt that the Sony menu could be better.

In my concept I didn’t focus on structure at all.
I focused more on visual style, and on the possibility to use touchscreen in menu.
And it seems that Search functionality will be pretty smart in such a complex menu.
Also i think it will be much better and intuitive if menu sections will not be split across multiple pages (Like Autofocus page 1,2,3) and will be on one page, but scrollable, like Ricoh GR Menu for example. It might keep menu more simple.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL4oJICpWp4

Sony Tidbits…


Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 Hands On Review

Tamron 70-180mm FE lens test at DC.watch.
How to Use (Almost) Any Camera as a Webcam (Explora).
Tamron 28-200mm FE test at Tamron Magazine.
Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Lens Review (ePhotozine).
The film vs digital debate, settled, once and for all (Dpreview)
Tamron 28-200mm FE test at Fujiablog.
Sony E 70-350mm review at Opticallimits.

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

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This week SAR readers photos selection


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SonyA7III 24mm⁠

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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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Triple Kickstarter deals: Playing cards to learn photography, Fernweh bag and Revoring

The Photography Deck cards are now on sale at Kickstarter (Click here to readall details). By playing cards you learn all the basic Camera Tips, Tricks & Settings. That’s a great present for beginners!

With this new Revoring you can use one single camera lens filter on multiple thread size lenses. No more need to carry around a dozen of them :)

FERNWEH has announced this new modular photographers bag and all extended info is available on Kickstarter (Click here).