Sony Tidbits…


Is the Sony A7 system still worth buying into? | Amateur Photographer

Brand (dis)loyalty, mirrorless and why it’s good for everybody (Ming Thein).
Gary Vee signing an a7
The Nissin i400 Flash is Perfect for Beginners (Explora).
New study reveals insights of first-time interchangeable lens camera owners (Dpreview).
Two more Photokina videos about the new 40mm f/0,85 II Ibelux and Alpa 4k 100 Megapixel camera! (Mirrorlessrumors.com).
7Artisans 50mm F1.8 review (Sonyalpha.blog).

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.
Sony A7rIII group and Sony A7rIII page
Sony A7sIII group and Sony A7sIII page
Sony A7III group and Sony A7III page
Note: In groups you can post your own stuff like images, news and questions. While on pages you will read the specific camera news from SAR.

Life+Guard will soon sell their Sony camera and lens protection skin worldwide

Weeks ago I posted about the new Life+Guard A7III and 400mm GM protection skin. Many readers wanted to buy them. I asked the company about their plans to sell them internationally and they confirmed they are soon going to launch an online store in english.

Their skin works for nearly all kind of FE lenses too:

Sony Tidbits…


Sony RX100V Natural Light Portrait Photography Session | Breakdown with Miguel Quiles

Cameras with 1-Inch Imaging Sensors (Explora).
Photokina 2018 Highlights – Panasonic S1R / Fuji GFX 50R Previews (TheCameraStoreTV).
Is Sony’s Color Science Really That Bad? (PetaPixel).
The 24-200mm zoom of the Sony RX100 VI brings with it both the good and the bad (Imaging Resource).
Yelangu Motorized Slider (Personal View).

UpperLeft: “I wanted to share with you this video on the Smallrig 2122 L-Bracket for the A7RIII A7III and A9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtjkX5oKtcQ”

Ryadoug: “I wanted to share with you my latest work for Etihad Airways in Paris (4K).
The full video is made by a Sony a7iii + Sony 28mm f2.
Here is the link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnSxcZIHoE4“21576632

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


Shaiful Baker
Handheld of the #TRX Tower..
A7Riii FE24mmF1.4 GM
1/8 f/1.4 400iso

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Sigma CEO says the first Full Frame designed lenses for mirrorless will arrive in 2019

Lensvid had an interesting talk with Sigma CEO Yamaki. And there are some things that could be of interest for us:

  • Next year Sigma will start making dedicated Full Frame mirrorless lenses (SAR note: I am 99% certain these lenses will be available for both L-mount and E-mount).
  • These new lenses will be smaller but not by much. Mr. Kazuto Yamaki gives an example of Sony’s 35mm FF lens vs. their own DSLR lens with an adaptor and explains that making the lenses significantly smaller might not always be possible even if they are designed for mirrorless cameras from the ground up.
  • Making tilt-shift lenses for mirrorless cameras is not a priority for Sigma
  • Sigma always tries to make its lenses smaller and lighter but at least in the art series, it prefers optical performance over size/weight as opposed to the contemporary series which is more balanced.
  • Sigma is interested in Phase Fresnel but this doesn’t mean that we will see any lens based on this technology (which Nikon and to some extent Canon) employed.
  • Mr. Kazuto Yamaki agrees that we are at the start of a new area in Photography, one that signifies the move from DSLR to mirrorless cameras. He also mentioned that he believes this is part of a process of change that has been going on for a long time and has been happening every 20-30 years. The last time was the move from analog to digital, before that we had the move from manual focus to autofocus and even before that the move from rangefinder to DSLR cameras.
  • Mr. Kazuto Yamaki predicts that we will see more mirrorless sales than DSLRs in about 3 years. However, DSLR lens sales will probably still be higher (as there will still be many more DSLRs around compared to mirrorless cameras).

Found via L-rumors.com

Sony Tidbits…


Sigma Five New Lenses and little more

Sony’s full-frame mirrorless cameras finally have some competition (Engadget)
The Brain Behind Laowa Lenses Interviewed – Dayong Li (Cinema5D).
Zeiss Loxia 21mm F2.8: IQ Breakdown (Dustin Abbott).
Jared Polin: Nikon Z7 Auto Focus REVIEW | Good, Bad, or ATROCIOUS? Is Sony Better? (Nikoneye.com).
Meike 50mm F2 review (Sonyalpha.blog).
Fuji manager confirms GFX 100 records 4K video 4:2:0 10 bit internally (Mirrorlessrumors.com).
Go Big with the New Sachtler flowtech 100 MS Tripod Legs and Kits (Explora).

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

Join the new Sony Alpha Camera Facebook group.
To get news from our Forum subscribe that RSS feed.
I kindly invite you all to follow our RSS feed, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to not miss news and rumors

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.
Sony A7rIII group and Sony A7rIII page
Sony A7sIII group and Sony A7sIII page
Sony A7III group and Sony A7III page
Note: In groups you can post your own stuff like images, news and questions. While on pages you will read the specific camera news from SAR.

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Sony RX100V Natural Light Portrait Photography Session | Breakdown with Miguel Quiles


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Sony RX100V Natural Light Portrait Photography Session | Breakdown with Miguel Quiles


New Ibelux II 40mm f/0,85


Sony RX10 IV – $1700 P&S Worth it?

Profoto Unleashes the Power of Small with the B10 Off-Camera Flash (Explora).

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7Artisans 50mm F1.8 review (Sonyalpha.blog).
7Artisans 55mm F1.4 review (Sonyalpha.blog).
Samyang 50mm F1.2 AS UMC CS review (Sonyalpha.blog).
Zeiss Touit 12mm F2.8 review (Sonyalpha.blog).
Zeiss Touit 50mm F2.8 Macro review (Sonyalpha.blog).

Two more Photokina videos about the new 40mm f/0,85 II Ibelux and Alpa 4k 100 Megapixel camera! (Mirrorlessrumors.com).
Leica says other Lens manufacturers could join the L-mount world (Mirrorlessrumors.com).
Zenit M image samples and interview (Mirrorlessrumors.com).