Iliah from FastRawViewer sent me this:

We released a public beta of an utility that is useful for those who have or looking for Sony cameras re-worked to become monochrome by stripping CFAs, like those available from
Daniel Morrison at www.monochromeimaging.com

The utility records a true black and white DNG, compatible with standard raw converters. With such monochrome DNG files raw converter will be skipping any demosaicking stages (which, in turn, leads to better acutance and much less moire) and white balancing. The utility also prevents the formation of 1-pixel grid artifacts.

Short introduction, manual, and downloads:
https://www.fastrawviewer.com/Monochrome2DNG

Sony a7R III, a7 III Complete Menu Settings Guide ( a7RIII a7III )

Canon manager confirms: Company shifts focus from SLR to mirrorless cameras! (Mirrorlessrumors).
Rig Up Your Mirrorless Camera to Become a Cinema Powerhouse (Explora).
Why brand market share shouldn’t matter to you (Dpreview).
Fantasea Expands FML Port System for Sony Mirrorless Cameras (Photographyblog).
Sony 24-105mm F4 G Series Lens Review | John Sison
Infographic Sensors’ Temporal Trend (Multianalytics).

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

Dpreview interviewed four Tamron managers. Most of the talk was about their new 28-75mm f/2.8 FE lens. Here are some of the key info:

1) It took one year to develop the lens
2) With the Sony Alpha 7 series, the bodies are compact, but the lenses are relatively big. So when we were planning a fast lens for FE lens it was important to us that it would be compact, but still high quality.
3) We’re not planning on making Sony E-mount versions of our existing lenses, no. Our concept is a little different to Sigma’s. We’re trying to customize lenses specifically for FE, otherwise they’d be too big. When it comes to autofocus, mirrorless has different requirements too. Mirrorless cameras are good for movies as well as stills, and existing AF motors aren’t very good for video. This lens [the new 28-75mm F2.8] has a stepping motor for autofocus, which is better for video
4) Within Tamron, we have an internal definition of SP, where we usually utilize metal for the body material, and certain other features. Optical performance of the new 28-75mm F2.8 will be equivalent to our SP lenses, but for this model we prioritized smaller size and lower weight, so we used polycarbonate instead of metal.

It’s 100% clear from this interview that Tamron is now fully focusing on making lenses for the mirrorless system. We can expect to see new FE lenses soon!

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Reminder: The Tamron lens will ship in late April-early May. The price is rumored to be the same of the slower 24-70mm f/4.0 Zeiss (check at Amazon US and Amazon DE).

Sigma 105mm F1.4 and 70mm F2.8 Macro Lenses Interview

Nikon: “100 megapixel Full Frame cameras are possible” (Mirrorlessrumors).
Google ‘LIFE Tags’ uses AI to organize LIFE magazine’s 4 million-photo archive (Dpreview).
Things We Love: Using Classic Lenses on Modern Digital Cameras (Explora).
SIGMA Introduces New Art Lenses for Sony E-mount (Cinema5D).
Sony Cyber-shot W800 Quick Review (ePhotozine).
SONY A7R III – Full Review (ERP).

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

There are many 24 hours deals at Amazon EU stores:

• Sony A6300 for 699 Euro at Amazon Germany.
• Sony RX100IV for 638 Euro at Amazon Germany.
• Zhongyi 85mm F/1.2 gold box at 9.06 at Amazon Germany.
• Sony A6 for £469.00 at Amazon UK.
• Sony A6300 for £669.00 Euro at Amazon UK.
• Sony RX100IV for £590.00 Euro at Amazon UK.
• Zeiss 16-35mm f/4.0 for 979 Euro at Amazon Spain.
• Zeiss 55mm FE for 688 Euro at Amazon Spain.
• Sony-Zeiss 35mm f/1.8 for 669 Euro at Amazon IT.
• Sony A6000 for 519 Euro at Amazon IT.

Boxing Sony A6500 To Send It Back

Travel filmmaking hacks & gear tips from professional Sony shooters (Pro Shooters Youtube).
Elmarit 180mm review (Phillipreeve.net).
Things We Love: Reflectors (Explora).
Tokina FíRIN 20 mm f/2 FE AF – Toma de contacto (AlbedoMedia).

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

Stan Moniz: “Thought I share a few new video with you. This one was shot with the OG a7s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykqOsQ0CMXQ
Here is one I shot with the Sony RX0 this weekend in Death Valley national park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NhPvkLC5iI”

Sjur: “Just want to share my Datarock music video that i shot on A7RII, which I think highlights what these small wonderful cameras allows us creators to do. See it here https://youtu.be/6W8BDbAuWmI“

Oliver: “Since there were no hands-on reviews with test footage of the Sony Zeiss CP.3 lenses since NAB I decided to make one myself… this is my first review but I shoot on a Sony A7sii and plan to do more and more with Sony Alpha’s. Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beiKXQ1oEec“

Contax painted version of the Sony A7. Doesn’t look that bad! – #sonyimages #sonyalphasclub #sonyalpha #sonyphotography #sonyphotogallery #sonyalpharumors #sonyalphagear #SonyPhotoGallery #SonyAlphasClub #SonyMirrorles #sonyalphaphotos

Ein Beitrag geteilt von Andrea Photographer-Explorer (@andrea_pizzini_photographer) am Mär 24, 2018 um 5:48 PDT

Max Yuryev compared the two latest new mirrorless system cameras from Sony and Fuji.

More tests:
Hikeventures tested the Fieldmonitor App on the A7III.
A7iii vs. A7sii : Auto focus Test https://vimeo.com/261628334
A7iii vs. A7sii : ISO Test https://vimeo.com/261624692

Sony A7III preorder links:
Sony A7III in USA at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon,  BestBuy, FocusCamera, BuyDig.
Sony a7III in Europe at Amazon DE, Calumet Germany, Amazon UK, ParkCameras UK, WexUK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
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