Sony Tidbits…


Sony a7iii, a7Riii, a7RIV Custom Settings & ONE button Magic!

Magnum Learn Offers Photo Education with a Global Reach (Jill Watermann).
SuperCharger 2.0 – The ONE for all solutions also for your camera (Kickstarter).
CNBC: “How Canon, Nikon and other Japanese camera companies are fighting for survival in the Smartphone era” (MirrorlessRumors).
How to Succeed at a Photographic Portfolio Review (Explora).
Prime lens photographer field testing high quality f2.8 zoom lenses for the very first time (Pasi Markkanen).
Zeiss Contarex Distagon 35/2 on the Sony A7R II (TomsCameras).
Mitakon 35mm F0.95 Mark II review at Sonyalpha.blog.

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

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Sony A7sIII group and Sony A7sIII page
Sony A7III group and Sony A7III page
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New Shimoda Action X Camera Bags (individually configurable and expandable)

Shimoda has launched their new ActionX Camera Bags on Kickstarter (full details here).

What’s special with these bags is that they are fully configurable and expandable and designed with a lot of handy features for photographers like:

  • rear and side access
  • tripod holder
  • heavy base panel protection
  • internal frame support that resists pressure
  • internal dividers
  • weather proof

ActionX Camera Bags on Kickstarter (full details here).

 

Sony Tidbits…


Sony FX9 Camera in Detail, with Alister Chapman

SONY A6400 & SmallRig Vlogging setup (HR images).
16-55mm E review at Dyxum.
Sony a6600 + 1655 2.8 review at mobile01
Stabilize Small Cameras with the New Zhiyun-Tech CRANE-M2 Handheld Gimbal (Explora).
Sony E 16-55mm F2.8 G sample gallery (Dpreview).
Sony 200-600 vs. 100-400 comparison (Juan Pons).
Go Wide or Go Macro… or Go Both with Venus Optics Laowa Lenses (Explora).

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

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More info about the new Rumiere APO 75mm f/0.95 FE lens: Could cost around $4,000?

Adam Werton shared some more details about this new Rumiere APO 75mm f/0.95 FE lens:

You might have seen the new about the old prototype of NISI 75mm F0.95 one, this is its reincarnation (UPDATE: This lens is NOT made by Nisi ). According to him (the lens designer), the design didn’t perform that good, so it got canceled and this one is an improved design. This lens is in its final stages, he’s waiting for the sample units from the factory, then they’ll need to further fine-tune it and they’ll decide an official price after that.

The chinese price will be about half of nikon’s new noct F0.95. Not sure about international prices, the taxes are high these days. And he also mentioned that even wide open you will get minimum aberration, he also posted lots and lots of curves and stuff that honestly i dont understand myself. (Originally he wanted to call it APOLLO 75MM APO, well that name got taken)

This lens uses some large diameter glasses, and it really made some people over factory upset, just imagine you perfect produces a large diameter glass, did everything so carefully and then in the coating process it just exploded…

This one is Full frame for sure, not sure if it covers medium format tho, but it seems to be capable of it. comes with Emount first. No EF as the flange is too much. They plan to make Z, RF, L, GFX mount options. And possibly even LPL version. Note that it’s not a Dulens product, it’s neither compact nor cheap.

Here are some lens graphs:

Now, let’s assume this will be indeed a very good lens: I think even in that case $4,000 nobody will buy it for $4,000 anyway :(

This week SAR readers photos selection


Alex Phan‎S
Love in the air. Mandarin Duck.
A9 + 400GM + 2x TC
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