Magnum Photographers Michael Christopher Brown and Jonas Bendiksen are using Sony gear for their work. Check out the article at Magnum!

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Usually I’d use the A7r2 for landscape shots, but on this trip I figured I might do some street photography, and so I took the A9 instead. Founds some fun abstract shots shooting buildings straight up. With the no-blackout viewfinder, 20fps, and the focus point joystick, I find the A9 to be the best all around Sony camera.

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Sony Japan issued a statement for a free repair service on the Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 FE lens. Lenses with the serial number between 1800001 and 1810699 and the lenses with serial number between 8300001 and 8300119 are affected by a fog issue that appears in certain conditions.

The Polish site Optyczne posted the content of an interview with Sony. Here are some key highlights:

Rotating lCD screen on future E-mount cameras:
The A9 does not have the same A99II rotating LCD screen to keep size down. However, Sony said they “understand the needs of consumers and perhaps we will use another mechanism in the future.“

Sony A9 touchscreen:
It would be possible to increase the touchscreen features on the a9 via firmware upgrade. But at the moment this is not a high priority.

Menu redesign:
Sony is listening to users feedback but for the moment you should not expect Sony to release a new menu design

Sony A-mount:
Sony promises to never stop the production of A-mount lenses. At the moment they think the current A-mount line up is well suited for photographers. While Sony’s E-mount lens line up need to be extended

Sony medium format:
We are currently not planing to launch a medium format system camera

Future Sony E-mount lenses:
Sony said “After launching α9, customers expect longer telephoto lenses and we intend to develop our offer step by step. What is not so easy because the user expectations are very high.”

3 layer sensor tech:
At present Sony does not plan to use 3 layer sensor tech in new models of cameras.

Adobe Camera Raw now supports the two new RX cameras and added lens profiles for five FE lenses.

DNG Converter 10:  Mac | Win

The two GM zoom lenses got a new firmware update which “Improves continuous autofocus (AF-C) performance while zooming in when attached to ILCE-9“.

70-200mm firmware update at Sony support and Sony Australia.
100-400mm firmware update at Sony support and Sony Australia.

$500 Budget Camera and Lens Kit for Video

Sony UHC 8300 8K & Venice – Newsshooter at IBC 2017
Sony Proposes Moisture Collecting Holes Between Microlens (Image Sensor World).
Gudsen Moza Air gimbal review (Dpreview).
Voigtlander 65/2 Apo Lanthar 1:2 LoCA & focus shift (Jim Kasson).
Joby Updates GorillaPod Line of Flexible Tripods (Explora).
Edius 9 NLE Video Editor (Personal View).

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