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Video about Smallrig hot shoe relocation plate for a6400 (Mariusz Gajdzik).
Sony 90mm F2.8 vs Laowa 100mm 2x Macro E mount| Macro lens Sony A6400 (Family of Tech).
The 5 Toughest Hard Drives for Your Next Adventure (Explora).
Voigtlander 75mm f/1.5 Nokton VM review by Fred Miranda.
New Tamron Company Profile intro video
Back to School: What You Want vs What You Need (Bjorn Petersen).

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This week SAR readers photos selection


Calvin Taylor Lee
Super storm/thunderstorm at Humber Bridge
Finally the big boy strike out
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Sony A7rII with Sony 16-35mm

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On Monday Sony will sell the remaining 5% Olympus stake

Back in 2013 Sony bought 11% of Olympus. They helped the company recover after the huge Olympus fraud scandal. Sony now announced that  it will sell the remaining 5% shares on Monday. Reuters reports:

Sony Corp is selling its 5% stake in Olympus Corp back to the Japanese medical equipment maker for 80.4 billion yen ($762.88 million),

Sony said in a statement it decided to sell “considering that the initial purpose of the capital alliance to establish collaboration between Sony and Olympus has been accomplished and after reviewing the rationale for owning the Olympus shares.”

 

Samyang 18mm f/2.8 FE officially announced!

Samyang has officially announced the new 18mm f/2.8 FE lens which is available for preorder at BHphoto, Adorama.

Press:

An ultra compact lens weighs only 145g, with a wide field-of-view of 100˚ on full-frame. 8 out of the lens’s 9 glass elements are specialized, and a linear STM motor provides fast and precise autofocusing. Every unforgettable moment can be captured with exceptional quality. Broaden and deepen your photographic world with the AF 18mm F2.8 FE – an innovative wide-angle AF lens that offers new possibilities.