Sony announced the best single photos for each category. You can find them all at worldphoto.org.

And SAR follower Josselin Cornou won the French national Award. This is his message to us:

Today the World photo organisation winners have been announced.
I am delighted to learn that I just won the French national Award, becoming French photographer of the year of the 2017 World Photo organisation awards, all categories included!
Being shortlisted TOP 10 photographer for the World photography Awards was already an amazing recognition. Winning the national awards, and being considered as the top#1 French photographer in the biggest photo competition is an other. When submitting this photo, I would have never thought this would be possible. This gives me motivation to master the art of photography even more, and foster the impact I can have with photography.
Like many photographers, I invest a gargantuan amount of time into this passion, trying to express my creativity in a highly competitive space. Creating an aesthetic art piece is one thing, but conveying authentic emotions using landscape photography is another. I am humbled and honored that the judges expressed similar feelings, even being thousands of kilometres away from Antarctica.
I see this recognition as the perfect opportunity for me to inspire people to develop strong environmental awareness in France and around the world. My work is never finished, but winning the World Photo Awards national award is definitely an important step.
Thanks to all of you, my friends, and family that are always here to push me moving forward ! I don’t think this would be possible without you.
https://www.instagram.com/untitledshot/

Congratulations Josselin!

Sony A99II Trick to Autofocus in Manual Video

Quick Color Match – Sony a7rii to Canon 5D IV (Dave Dugdale).
Get SHARPER Magnify Focus in Video Mode! Sony a6500 a6300 a7S II a7R II (Jason Vong).
Sony RX10 III Brief Hands-on Review (Krishna Mohan).
film vs. digital – an argument against the argument (35mmc).
Sony’s ghosting problem (A6000, A6300, A6500, A7) at Sebimagery.
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V, Submerged (Explora).

Ming Thein  © Hasselblad

Well that sounds unusual: Hassleblad appointed Ming Thein as new Chief of Strategy. It’s unusual because usually we see “pure” business manager or engineers in that position and not a real skilled and well-known photographer like Ming Thein (althaugh he has some important business experience too). It will be interesting to see if Ming Thein can lead back Hasselblad to past glorious. I think he certainly has the talent to do so. But it will be a difficult work now that Fuji is competing in that segment too.

It would be my dream if Hasselblad and Sony could work together on a 55x41mm large mirrorless medium format system camera. Let’s see if Ming Thein will take note of my wish :)
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found via DSLRmagazine

Sony A99II Review | John Sison

Things We Love: Voigtländer VM-E Close Focus Adapter (Explora).
How To Shoot Slow Motion Videos with the A7sII (Miguel Quiles).
Portrait Photography: Milan Fashion Week (Simbarashe Che)
Sony Alpha Camera Diaries: London Fashion Week (Simbarashe Che).
First Look: Fujinon’s New Line of High-End Cine Zoom E-Mount Lenses (ALC).
Sony awarded 18 iF Design Awards, including three golds (Sony Press).

David: “Hi! In case is of your interest: https://www.facebook.com/buendiaphotography/videos/963295230474241/ Of course with the A7s II”

Kai: “Hi. Just wanted to share some of the work I’ve been doing and thought I’d see what you think. Photography is really just a hobby and my Sony A7 is the first camera I’ve ever owned. Been doing this for four months now and it’s really a lot of fun. https://www.instagram.com/sticky.haze/“

Sigma MC-11 Mount Converter Review | John Sison

G85 vs A6500 – Best option for film making? (Max Yuryev).
Why i Choose to shoot Sony, a7rii, a7sii, a6300 (Hanna Saba).
Things We Love: Sony RX1R II Full-Frame Digital Camera (Explora).
Sony cameras seize the focus at Asia’s largest trade show (Nikkei)
Panasonic GH5 vs Sony Alpha a6500 (Andrew Crazy Hero).
Sony 24-70 f/2.8 G Master vs. Fujifilm 16-55 f/2.8 (The Hunter Report).

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Over a week ago Imaging Resources interview with Sony created quite a buzz on the web because there was a possible interpretation leading to assume that Sony would not sell their best sensors to other manufacturers. IR now reposted the interview with that important remark:

Tanaka-san was saying that there would be some developments that were co-developed by Sony’s camera division, and that those would of course remain proprietary. It’s important to note that this isn’t in any way a matter of holding back “higher-quality” sensors to disadvantage competitors. If Sony were to somehow dial back specs in the sensors they offer competing camera manufacturers, other sensor makers would rapidly step in to fill that gap.
Instead, Sony’s advantage is that their camera engineers can collaborate directly with their sensor-engineering team, to jointly develop new system architectures that fully leverage their exceptional integration technology.

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Cactus announced a new firmware upcoming firmware release that will allow cross-brand TTL support on your Cactus V6IIs for Sony! More info will be available soon at cactus-image.com/special/X-TTL/

And that’s the press release where you can learn many details: