Christopher Frost reviewed the Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro Lens. (Sony A / Sony FE mounts available)

New Jupiter 3+ tested on the Sony A7II (Dc.watch).
Canon Full Frame switcher -many questions for Sony owners! (SonyAlphaForum).
Only one mirrorless system camera used by the World Press Photo 2016 winners (Quesabesde)
The Zeiss Loxia 35 in colour (Dear Susans).
A brief assessment of the Sony FE 90/2.8 G (DearSusans).

Jobe: “I work for http://www.deandigital.com and we did a shoot with the a7R for Coke//Mello Yellow. He has also been picked up by Vanguard who recently ran a nice little article about the shoot and using the tripods. Figured you might be interested as all of this was shot on Sony’s and occasionally the chatter about real pro’s, and all that. Well, Floyd has been shooting commercially for 30yrs, I’ve chosen to work for him because he is about as real as it gets. Here is a link to the article, http://www.vanguardworld.com/photo_video/2016/02/03/7922/”

Zarif: “I follow your rumors alot and would love if you guys can share my video about fixing a strap problem with the a6000 or the a7 line of cameras. I really want to get it out there, i believe it will help a lot of people. The video is here – https://youtu.be/BuAOX2dbLFo”

Matt Granger had to give up the professional use of his Sony E-mount gear. The cause is the terrible Sony PRO service which by now is known to be by far not as good as Nikon and Canon services. I do hope that by posting this video Sony managers will recognize they have to quickly address the issue. Please Sony bring us Matt back by offering a serious non-outsourced and personal PRO service!

Note: In the past year I got many similar reports from all over the world. This is not an Australia issue only…

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Thanks Ori and Matt for sharing this!

Sony released a new firmware update for almost all E-mount cameras to add support for the new lenses. Download here:
A7rII at eusupport.sony.com.
A7r at eusupport.sony.com.
A7II at eusupport.sony.com.
A7s at eusupport.sony.com.
A7 at eusupport.sony.com.
A6000 esupport.sony.com.
A5100 esupport.sony.com.

A7rII-A7II-A7r-A7s Improvements over version 3.00:

• New lenses are supported.
• Phase-detection AF is supported
• The AF can be used in movie recording mode with the SEL85F14GM

A6000-A7 Improvements over version 2.00:

• New lenses are supported.
• Phase-detection AF is supported
• The lens name will be correctly recorded in the EXIF
• The AF can be used in movie recording mode with the SEL85F14GM

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Thanks “Del” for finding and sharing this!

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I am not sure Sony will keep pushing the [shoplink 45779 ebay]QX idea[/shoplink]. We haven’t seen any updated on those cameras lately and I don’t think the [shoplink 45780 ebay]Sony QX1 E-mount[/shoplink] sales are going fine neither. Anyway, seems like Sony is still working on improving the QX concept. Egami spotted that patent showing a new way to attach the QX camera on mobile devices.

But the question right now is if Sony will ever release a new QX camera or not. So that we can keep having fun with this kind of setups…LOL:

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Head-to-Head: Sony a7 Series vs. Sony FS7

Voigtländer 12mm 5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar review (Phillip Reeve).
Test – Sony PXW-FS5 : nos conclusions (Focus Numeriques).
20/4.0 Nikkor with Zhong Yi LensTurbo (SonyAlphaForum).
Carl Zeiss Batis Lenses Review – Two Glass & Metal Gems (Movingelectrons).
A comparison of the Zeiss 85 Milvus and Batis 85 (Jorge Torralba).
My A7sii video set up inc BM Video Assist (SonyAlphaForum).

Rafael: “Hello, I’ve been working with film and photography for almost 20 years and I’m shooting a feature documentary with an A7II and an A7S. You can see the footage from the research phase right here: https://vimeo.com/154487628
I actually wanted to see if you guys could post this on your website because I’ve just started my campaign for an extremely important project on intolerance in Brazil called “Some kind of hatred”. Brazil was always associated with heartwarming, welcoming people, but progressively this great nation is becoming scarred but acts of incredible intolerance and hatred. I’ve left Brazil when I was 11 years old and I came back 23 years later only to find a country I no longer recognize. This is a documentary that Brazil desperately needs! Please take 5 minutes to read about it in our campaign page: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/some-kind-of-hatred/x/13352131#/“

Sergei Gavrilov‎
https://www.flickr.com/…/…/25618308676/in/dateposted-public/
Sony ILCE-7RM2
FE 55mm F1.8 ZA

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Kit Lens Portraits: The Breakdown with Miguel Quiles

Switching from Nikon (SonyAlphaForum).
Review: Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS (Admiringlight).
Sony RX1 II: the perfect pocket rocket? (DearSusans).
Canon 5Ds Compared To Sony A7rII – Introduction (Soundimagesplus).
Worth to wait for A7Riii? (SonyAlphaForum).
90mm macro vs. Batis 85, G-Master 85 for portraits (SonyAlphaForum).

Chris: “This short film strives to highlight the life in the Northern hemisphere of our planet. It is the result of filming in remote locations in Arctic, Norway, Switzerland and Iceland the last couple of years.  Captured with Sony α7rII, α7s, α99 and α77II. https://vimeo.com/156978480“