Miguel Lemos‎
The Queen
Sony A7 II + Zeiss 55
MigueLemos Photography

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‎Mario Marez‎
This morning sunrise at Emerald Bay in South Lake Tahoe, California.
Sony A7SII and 16-35mm f/4 used.

Eddie Esdale‎
A7RII & Loxia 21
Scotland

‎Matt Anderson‎
“Waianapanapa Sunrise”
Sony A7R2 @17mm f/22 1/2 Second
Waianapanapa State Park, Maui, Hawaii
www.mattandersonphotography.com

Alastair McCormack‎
Portland Bill Lighthouse, UK
A7ii + Samyang 14mm: f2.8 iso3200 1/10″
Single exposure
https://500px.com/alastairmccormack

Ajay Vangapaty‎
Sunset in Arches National Park. A7R2 + 16-35 GM
Check out my Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/ajaysimhaphotography/
Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajayvangapaty

Brad Clawson
Light in the Darkness. Taken outside of McKinney, TX with Sony A7RII & Sony 16-35 f/4.
https://www.facebook.com/photosbybradclawson/photos/a.456091004499097.1073741889.347919425316256/1607114906063362/?type=3&theater

Honza Prokopius
α7S, 16 mm, Okříšky, Czech Republic

My FIRST time using this BEAST of a lens | ft. the Sony A7RIII

Sony E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS sample gallery (Dpreview).
15 Last-Minute Photography-Related Gift Ideas (Explora).
Nikon 180-400mm F4 E TC1.4 FL VR lens (Personal View).
Sony A7rIII review at CameraJabber.

More informal and personal photos from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube.

James: “We shot about half of this film with the Sony a7RIII. I used the 24-70 GM (tripod shots) and 12-24 (gimbal shots).  It’s part of the Uber 90-Second Film Fest.  If you like it please like it (thumbs up button) because that’s how they’re judging. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w22Jca4Z4Cw We’re out of Portland, Oregon.  Arya of DocuCreative wrote, produced, and directed the film.”

Chris: “I wanted to share a video of why I use the Sony a6500, I love the camera and I hope other people fall in love with Sony Camera as I have. Why I Use The Sony a6500 https://youtu.be/9Ps7kWLbPug”

Josef: “I’ve bought this lens as well and I have to agree with this video. Even when you update the latest FW on camera and the 2.0 fw version on the lens it just focuses like shit.  For me this is oon of the biggest drawback I had since I switched to sony. I was seriously reconsidering my choice to jump. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2iI_m9ny1Y“

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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
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DC.watch (google translation) interviewed the designers of the GM lens series. THe article contains a lot of technical details. Here are just a few interesting bits:

– The GM lens series development started at the time of the Sony A7rII launch. And it took only 1 year until the first GM lens was launched.
– GM lenses are designed for maximal performance and size is not important. But they try to keep the size within reasonable limits.
– The most important factor was to realize high-resolution and at the same time high quality bokeh
– The conventional standard lenses have a resolving power of 30 lines/mm while GM lenses can do 50 lines/mm

This is interesting for our US readers:

Full press release from Sony below.

Sony Opens Up Registration for One-of-a-Kind “Kando Trip” Photography Event

Immersive “Kando Trip” Experience will feature extensive educational workshops, shooting opportunities, camera and lens trials and much more

SAN DIEGO, Jan 25, 2018 – Sony Electronics, a worldwide leader in digital imaging and the world’s largest image sensor manufacturer, has announced today that they are opening up their flagship “Kando Trip” photography experience to public applications.

The event will take place May 9-12th at beautiful oceanfront Asilomar Conference Grounds in Monterrey, CA. The 4 day, 3 night, all-inclusive experience will offer attendees a choice of over 20 interactive classes and workshops covering many different genres of photography, video storytelling, business and social media best practices, software and hardware tutorials from partner sponsors and more. Additionally, there will be shooting sessions at several iconic locations along the Monterey/Big Sur coastline, keynote speakers, product feedback sessions, contests, giveaways and many other fun activities. Throughout the event, attendees will have access to loaners and trials of all of Sony’s most popular cameras, lenses and accessories.

“‘Kando’, a term near and dear to our hearts at Sony, can be translated to ‘the power to stimulate an emotional response’, or ‘to make people say ‘Wow”,” said Neal Manowitz, Vice President of Digital Imaging at Sony Electronics. “We are continually striving to deliver ‘Kando’ with everything that we do – every product, service, activity and campaign. ‘Kando Trip’ is the ultimate representation of this concept. It’s an event exclusively designed for our community – a chance to for us all to interact, learn and grow together, with ‘wow’ experiences waiting around every corner.”

The experience will feature a variety of classes led by many of Sony’s brand evangelists from the Artisans of Imagery and Alpha Imaging Collective programs, with a common goal of allowing attendees to develop both their photography and their careers. Throughout the event, there will also be opportunities to meet, share ideas and give feedback to Sony’s engineering, product planning, marketing, and business teams, all of which will be in attendance.

To apply for this event, please visit www.AlphaUniverse.com/kandotrip. Spaces are limited.

via Sonymirrorlesspro and Alphauniverse

Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS lens review with samples

Sony A7II versus Infrared Cameras for portrait (mathieustern.com).
Automated & Full-Featured: Adobe Photoshop & Premiere Elements 2018 (Explora).
Canon Italy makes harakiri while answering to the stolen Elia Locardi image scandal (Mirrorlessrumors).
Kodak Folding PixPro 3D-VR360 and VR180 4K Camera Prototype (Personal View).

More informal and personal photos from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube.

Michael: “I’ve been an A-mount user since the Minolta days. Been with Sony since Day 1. A350, A700, A77ii, A99ii, RX100iii…  You get the picture.  I’ve decided to start a YouTube channel and thought you might enjoy my first video. It’s about a 1913 Kodak that my Grandfather took to World War I. Check it out at https://youtu.be/-yhSOfDtxgI“

Tyler: “I put together a video with my images all taken on Sony a99 and a99ii with sony and zeiss lenses. I figured some of the community may like seeing what these cameras are
capable of now that E-Mount seems to be all anyone is using. Here is a link to the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IeP8dZTcd0&t=11s“

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A short note for our readers. I am out for a three-day hike on the Dolomites. Due the limited Internet connection I will not answer mails or moderate comments as fast (or slow..LOL) as usual. Article posting will go on as usual. In case of leaks (Sigma and Zeiss lenses will be announced soon) I will post them as quick as usual using my phone.

On my tour I will take the Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 lens and the 85mm f/1.8 FE. If you want to see some pics of the tour you can check out my Instagram profile.

NiceyRig Sony A7RIII Cage

Sony A7rIII review at CameraJabber.
PowerVision PowerDolphin Water Drone (Personal View).
Some Gadgets We Might Actually Buy From CES 2018 (Wirecutter).
Five Winter Destinations and the Cameras to Photograph Them (Explora).
From Nikon to Sony…a year after (Jeff Remas)

Pro Shooters: “We made a high ISO comparison between the A7S2 and the A7R3, for the video people curious of how the R3 stacks up to the S2 in terms of video ISO performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyxeGg5Z0Ks“

More informal and personal photos from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube.

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Hrvoje (http://omeneo.com/)

After more research, testing and learned we found how to get better results with Sony cameras.
Primers are all about getting the most out of a camera, so in parallel to new camera testing, analysis and signal optimization, we went back to cameras we worked on before and we are now updating the whole range with the implementation of everything we have learned so far.
Fellow Creatives who have acquired previous versions get a free update. First are FS7/FS7mk2/FS5 Creatives who get their 3rd generation of Primers under their tree for this holiday season.
Primers EQX Gen3 for FS7/FS5 series bring further improved tonal distribution, more straightforward post workflow and visually referent colorimetry.
Next are compact camera users as soon as time allows it.
Many thanks and happy holidays to all visual Creatives worldwide. The Work on improvement continues.