Sony patented a new sensor having two layers. It has one classic RGB pixel layer on top and one phase detection pixel layer below. This means that the phase detection works on every single R or G or B pixel and covers the full sensor area. Quite amazing! Let’s hope this one will be implemented on a real camera n the near future.
via Egami.
Moonlight Turtle – Sony a7s Low Light Test from Freddy on Vimeo.
Zeiss Batis 25mm in Stock at Amazon Germany.
Sony A7 and Minolta 50mm review by Philip Reeve.
My first five years with NEX cameras (SonyAlphaForum).
70-300mm II test at Yodobashi.
16-35mm II test at Yodobashi.
Pay your bills by shooting a selfie! (TheNakedCamera).
Save the Freedom of Photography in Europe (Change.org).
Sony A7s store links:
Sony A7s in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
Sony A7s in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PL. And Wex UK.
A7s Gariz leather case in [shoplink 27569 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27570 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27571 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 27572 ebay]Orange (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony Professional: XAVC – what is it?
Sony Ambassador Marc Galer created a new Sony Alpha resource site at markgaler.com. He writes:
“As a Sony Alpha Ambassador I have decided to transform it into a dedicated Sony Alpha support site. Much of the content is now free for visitors when they subscribe. My aim is to build a strong International Sony Alpha community.
The Capture section features user-friendly eBooks that help A6000 and A7 owners set up the custom settings. In this section members can also download a Free 40-Minute HD movie that teaches users how to create dynamic time-lapse movies.
The Create section provides Alpha owners, who subscribe to the site, with a host of Free image editing projects. These projects give access to the Raw file used in the tutorial. As an Adobe Photoshop Ambassador the tutorials look at using contemporary editing workflows using the popular Lightroom and Photoshop CC software programs.
The Blog will be updated daily with interesting news or reviews of Alpha products or products of interest to Alpha owners.
The Socialise section will provide links for new Alpha owners to help them connect with the growing Alpha community – whether it be Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest or YouTube. There is also access to an Alpha Flipboard magazine!”
A good 200mm lens for the A7 (SonyAlphaForum).
3 videos shot at 1000fps with the RX10 II at Thevideomode.
Canon FD 35mm F/2 Convex (SonyAlphaForum).
Alex Villamira: “Hi here’s my video made with A7s+rx100 https://vimeo.com/123288389“
Invisage CEO Jess Lee stated that Sony is likely to become a Invisage partner to make the first mass production Quantum film stacked sensors in 2016. The sensors will be first used on smartphones because one of the main advantages of the new tech is the much thinner sensor. But the new tech could be used on larger Digital Camera sensors too because of the higher performance. Quantum Film sensor tech explained via Wikipedia:
QuantumFilm Technology involves the creation of a film to coat the image sensors used in a cellphone camera, allowing it to capture more light, improving the quality of the images taken.[9][10] A typical camera phone pixel sensor is made up of several layers, with a layer of colored plastic or glass acting as a color filter sitting on top of several layers of metal connecting silicon electronic transistors together, which is itself on top of a base layer of silicon used by the sensor’s electronic transistors and photodetectors. The light coming to the sensor has to pass through the layers of metal before reaching the silicon, a weak light absorber, so the sensor detects only about 25 percent of the light that makes up the image.[11] QuantumFilm Technology places a layer of semiconducting crystals – called quantum dots – on top of the chip, which allows the chip to absorb more light, place more pixels in a smaller space, and create sharper images.[12]
Using quantum dots is more efficient at capturing light than traditional silicon-based image sensor chips (capturing 90-95% of the light that hits it), giving the sensors higher sensitivity in low light as well as higher resolution.[3][13] And while traditional image sensors read an image from top to bottom (which can create a blurred image when the subject is moving), quantum dots detect the entire image at the same moment, reducing the chance for distortion.[14]
Invisage holds patents related to the development of QuantumFilm technology, as well as its applications toward optoelectronic devices.[15]
found via Image Sensor World.
Sony Europe changed the delivery date for the A7rII. If you preorder the camera now they will ship it to you in mid-August. European readers can also download that A7rII manual available in many different languages: http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/4576983411.pdf (Thanks Martin for spotting this).
A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.
The brand new Nissin Di700a Speedlight Flash With Radio For Sony in Stock in Europe at Amazon Germany (Click here) and via plenty of sellers on [shoplink 38585 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. In US it will ship soon at BHphoto (Click here).
The video below has been hosted by Gary Fong Youtube channel. It’s an introduction to the brand new Nissin Di700a:
We had a lot of new (and expensive) FE lenses. But a short look at the Amazon Mirrorless Lens ranking (Click here) unveils how the low-cost APS-C E-mount lenses are the most sold in USA. It would certainly be nice if Sony and Sigma would in future release offer some low-cost FE lens. It’s something we really do miss on our FF lens lineup!
And what about the cameras? Well again, APS-C Sony E-mount cameras are on top of the ranking (Click here).
