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The Sony World Photography Awards has announced the Alpha Female Award as part of the 2020 SWPA Open competition. The winner will be announced at the Sony World Photography Awards night in London. Deadline to enter is January 7, 2020. See the full announcement below and click here to enter.

Alpha Female Award: To celebrate the engaging photographic work created by women worldwide, Sony US announces the Alpha Female Award. The prize recognizes leading female photographers entering the Sony World Photography Awards Open competition. Aiming to promote international photographers embracing a range of subject matter, this Award acknowledges the rich diversity of photography today.

The winner receives a range of Sony digital imaging equipment and their image will be displayed at the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House in London. The winner’s work will be displayed alongside a carefully curated selection of recent imagery by the creators and mentors from the Sony Alpha female US program.

The recipient of the Alpha Female Award will be announced on April 16, 2020, at the 2020 Sony World Photography Awards night in London.

All female photographers entering a single image to any of the ten categories in the Sony World Photography Awards’ Open competition will be considered for the Alpha Female Award. Categories to choose from are Architecture, Culture, Creative, Motion, Landscape, Natural World & Wildlife, Portraiture, Still Life, Travel and Street Photography.

Submissions are judged by a panel of experts. Images will be rewarded for their power to communicate a visual narrative with excellent technical and creative skills.

Submit your body of work to the Open competition here.

Sony’s Alpha Female program focuses on creating opportunities for professional female photographers and videographers working in the United States and fostering a richer and more diverse industry.

Six female creators are accepted into the six-month long Alpha Female Creator-in-Residence Program, during which they each received over $30,000 in grants and equipment, mentorship with an award-winning Sony Artisan of Imagery, and numerous opportunities to raise their profiles in the photography and filmmaking industries.

Discover the new photographers taking part in the Alpha Female Creator-in-Residence Program and follow their progress at alphauniverse.com/alphafemale.

via Alphauniverse

Sony E 16-55mm f/2.8 ‘G’ lens review with samples

Laowa 100mm F2.8 Macro at SonyAlpha.blog.
The Fastest Memory Cards Money Can Buy (Explora).
Samyang 18mm f2.8 FE lens review by ChungDa.
Sony A6100 VS Canon M200 (TheEveryDayDad).
Akku Nitecore NFZ 100 für Sony Alpha Kameras (Martin Wagner).
Review – Sigma 45mm f2.8 – Affordable L-mount Alliance! (and Sony E) by Mattias Burling
Sony A6600 vs A6500 (TheDigitalDigest).

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Shoten has announced their new K&F Concept EF-E AF II autofocus adapter. Key specs (google translated):

• Equipped with high-speed contrast AF drive system to achieve higher AF speed (compared to conventional products). * High-speed AF is possible even with models that are not equipped with an image plane phase difference AF sensor (α7SII, α7R, α7S, α7, α6000, etc.)
• Compatible with camera shake correction mechanism in the body
• The inside of the adapter is matted to greatly reduce internal reflections
• With removable tripod mount, the bottom of the tripod mount is compatible with Arca Swiss

Sony A6100 VS Sony A6400 | Ultimate Budget 4k Sony Mirrorless Showdown!

Opinion: I love what the a6x00 series can do but I’m not convinced by the ergonomics (Dpreview).
Sigma 14-24mm F2.8 DG DN Art (SonyAlphaBlog).
Zeiss Batis Distagon 18mm f/2.8 T* Review (ePhotozine).
Mirrorless Lenses: The Year in Review, 2019 (Explora).
First Impressions: Tamron 35mm f2.8 Di III OSD M1:2 (Sony FE Mount) at ThePhoBlographer.
Sony to Establish Research Center in India

Hans Daniel: “Could be of interest for Sony shooters: my first shots with 7Artisans 75mm/f 1.25, and Sony A7R Mk II full spectrum converted with clip-in-filter 615nm in Frankfurt/Main and around, most nightshots hand held wide open. Here on Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmJjZMpn“

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Sigma 45mm F2.8 DG DN Lens Review | John Sison

Sony 135mm F/1.8 GM review at Enthusiastphotoblog.
Sony a7R Mark IV in the Field by Francesco Carucci
Which has the best lens? Sony RX100 VII vs Canon G5 X II vs Canon G7 X III (Dpreview).
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New Review Featuring Zhiyun Crane M2 and Sony RX100 (Jonathan Jacobs).
This Laser-Shooting Camera Can See You From Around the Corner (Mirrorlessrumors).
How to Photograph the Milky Way (Explora).

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We have our own Facebook camera groups and pages you can join to discuss the upcoming new cameras in detail:
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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I don’t know why but the Zeiss ZX1 websites are not working anymore:

https://www.zeiss.com/zx1

https://zx1.zeiss.com/

UPDATE: The Zeiss websites are ONLINE again. Still, they went back online only after our post and I recall the websites were offline for weeks!

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Zeiss stated multiple times they would REALLY produce this camera. but 14 months passed and I guess I am not the only one doubting that they might not release it at all…

P.S.: The camera is still listed as “coming soon” at BHphoto.

BCNranking reported the full year Japan sales stats. And the big news upfront:

Sony is now officially the number 1 in the Full Frame market (DSLR+mirrorless!).

The graph on top shows that Sony managed to increase unit and value sales in all areas:

– Overall: 19% unit and +32% in value sales
– APSC: 19% unit and +44% in value sales
– Full Frame: 18% unit and +17% in value sales

Canon and Nikon reported losses in all segments with the one single exception of the Canon FF unit sales that went up 6% (but value sales were down 7%)

As a result this year Sony managed to surpass Canon in the FF market:

In short: While it’s true the market as a whole is shrinking…in Japan Sony has still managed to sell MORE cameras and make MORE money!

Check mate?