There are two free seminars from Sony Artisan Tony Gale you can attend in NYC:
2/15 at B&H http://www.bhphotovideo.com/find/eventDetails.jsp/id/2243
2/16 at Adorama (focusing on the Sony Flash system) http://www.adorama.com/alc/browse/pages/seminar-travel-light-tony-gale

And Zeiss Artisan Greg Watermann made a new tour video for The Struts “Kiss This”. Shot with an a7S2 and he used the Batis 25 and 85 most of the time. See the video on Vevo.

German Sony partner store Cyberport (Click here) is now accepting preorders on the new 70-200mm f/2.8 GM lens. The price they show is 9.999 Euro! But I know from the history of that retailer that price is not real and they only put it there as a “placeholder” until they are allowed to publish the real price. The shipment date is more likely to be true: May 19!

A6300 and Sony GM lens preorder links:
A6300 body at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. Amazon.de. WexUK. Jessops.
A6300 with kit lens at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. Amazon.de. WexUK. Jessops.
24-70mm f/2.8 GM FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK. Jessops.
85mm f/1.4 GM FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK. Jessops.
70-200mm f/2.8 GM FE at BHphoto.
Sony FE 1.4x Teleconverter at BHphoto.
Sony FE 2.0x Teleconverter BHphoto.

Today at 11am New York time you will be able to preorder the new GM lenses at BHphoto and Adorama. And the A6300 at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama. I guess by now all SAR readers have read all the lens and camera previews and news. So now it’s question time! Tell us:

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Preorders (start today at 11am NYC time):
A6300 body at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK.
A6300 with kit lens at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK.
24-70mm f/2.8 GM FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK.
85mm f/1.4 GM FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK.
70-200mm f/2.8 GM FE at BHphoto.
Sony FE 1.4x Teleconverter at BHphoto.
Sony FE 2.0x Teleconverter BHphoto.

Sony Japan reports a new firmware update will be released within this month to add GM lens support.

Thanks Marek!

Preorders (start today at 11am New York Time):
A6300 body at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK.
A6300 with kit lens at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK.
24-70mm f/2.8 GM FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK.
85mm f/1.4 GM FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK.
70-200mm f/2.8 GM FE at BHphoto.
Sony FE 1.4x Teleconverter at BHphoto.
Sony FE 2.0x Teleconverter BHphoto.

The Best Adapters For Sony Mirrorless Cameras

The 4K Sony pyramide (Sony PRO site).
Sony 24-70/4 FE lens review (SonyAlphaForum)
The Sony A7 and RX design story at Sony.net
Superb Landscape shots from South Iceland (SonyAlphaForum)
Mirrorless sales steady compared to 2014 (Mirrorlessrumors).
Sony HDR-AS50 Action Camera Preview (ePhotozine).
Review of the Sony a7R II in Aquatica Housing (Divephotoguide).

Back in January SAR was the first site reporting about the world’s first Leica M to Sony E-mount adapter. The adapter does autofocus with ALL [shoplink 43785 ebay]M-mount lenses (Leica, Voigtlander, Zeiss)[/shoplink]. Since than we are in contact with the developers and Advancedgear/MX Camera also posted the first test videos (watch them here). Today they sent us that new video (see above) and the full specs:

They also did setup a special website that explains in detail how the adapter works: http://www.techartpro.com/

Here some more images:

Great news!

Sony A7s II vs A7r II review : 4k quality compared

A high-contrast hillwalk with the Zeiss Loxia 35/2 (DearSusans).
Simple Photo Hack: Use a Vintage Optical Viewfinder with a Mirrorless Camera (Scribblesandsnaps).
Sony Head to Head: a7 Mirrorless Series versus the FS7 4K Video Camera (Explora).
Zeiss Milvus 85/1.4 : Best in Colour or B&W ? (DearSusans)
RX100m4 case test at DC.watch.
Soft Focus on A7II with FE-55 1.8 with AF-C (SonyAlphaForum).

Anonymous: “Seen this new helpful Windows Phone app already?
http://www.drwindows.de/content/8830-sony-remote-transfer-inoffizielle-windows-10-app.html
Its a popular german Windows site, sorry, only in german, but the app is also in English. App allows WLAN photo transfer for some Sony cams, the first Windows 10 app they claim that’s not just a remote control.
Link as stated in the article:
https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9NBLGGH5PBWW“