Sony’s goal for 2015.

Sony still has a long way to go to win the Full Frame battle against Nikon and Canon. And if Sony engineers are reading this they may check out these two articles to learn what should be done:

Sony, Fix These Things and Win (Diglloyd)
The SONY FE MIRRORLESS SYSTEM – Getting There For Professionals? (Soundimagesplus).

I agree on 99% of what these two guys wrote :)

Image courtesy: kakaku.

First the bad news:
Plenty of dealers contacted me to tell me that indeed Zeiss will not ship them new Stock of the 50mm Loxia any time soon. One of them even got an unofficial note saying that new Stock of lenses are likely going to ship in a few months only. Only major store having many of them in Stock is Digitalrev (Click here). So grab it there if you want to get one now.

Now the good news:
The same dealers confirmed Zeiss will ship the firts Stock of Zeiss Loxia 35mm Biogon lenses from December 12 already (Source: DC.watch)! P.S.: Japanese Loxia 35mm test at Kakaku and Kasayapa.

Zeiss Loxia preorders:
Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Lens for Sony E Mount at BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK, CameraPro, Digitalrev.
Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* Lens for Sony E Mount at BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK, CameraPro.
Zeiss Lens Hood for Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss Lens Hood for Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* Lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss 52mm Front Lens Cap for Touit and Loxia Lenses at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss De-Click Key for Loxia Lenses (5-Piece Set) at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss Rear Lens Cap for Loxia E-Mount Lenses at BHphoto and Adorama.

Sony Artisan Brian Matiash posted that Sony A7II hands-on video and confirmed in it that some third-party lenses will “only” get the 3 axis stabilization. Would be nice to know from Sony why those lenses cannot get the full 5 axis stabilization…

More A7II news:
The A7II shipment date also changed from Dec 9 to Dec 11 in USA (Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore).
New Japanese tests at Yodobashi and Kasyapa. Norwegian first impression by Toralf Sandåker.

If you find more test feel free to post them all on our forum thread: sonyalphaforum.com/topic/135-sony-a7ii-steadyshot-test-la-ea2-sal70400g-ssm-ii/.

USA/Canada preorders:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for $1,698 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore and Sony Store Canada.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for $1,998 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II Lens for $1,148 at BHphoto.

EU preorders:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for 1.799 Euro at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Jessops UK, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Spain, Sony Austria, Sony Switzerland, Sony Netherland, Sony Belgium, Sony Portugal, Sony Sweden, Sony Finland, Sony Norway.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for 2.099 Euro at Amazon Germany, Wex UK, Jessops UK, Verkkokauppa.

Asian/Australia preordersNote:
Sony A7II at Sony Store Australia (Click here) and Amazon Japan (Click here).

Olivier Rougeron‎
Shot in Iceland, with the Sony A7 and the stock lens 28-70mm. Iceland is a very photogenic country!

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Gary Friedman Sony camera book are well-known among the Sony community. You can buy his eBook on his site: friedmanarchives.com/ebooks/.
And if you own the A77II you may be happy to watch his newest video i embedded on top of this posts. It explains the A77 II AF modes.

Thanks Gary!

Now that we now Sony will use the 5 axis system on future E-Mount camera it’s interesting to read what has been reported on MirrorlessRumors. Olympus will launch a new E-M5II camera in February. And by shifting the sensor with the stabilization system it “can shoot up to 40 Megapixel by shifting the sensor (in up to 8 frames of single shots)”.

What you usually do when shooting HDR (combine multiple images at different exposures) you do with the Resolution (combine multiple images at different shifted sensor locations).

Of course this works fine when shooting still objects. Must be a bit of a mess on fast-moving stuff. But it’s interesting that the on sensor stabilization could also bring us that kind of “unexpected” benefit!

You can now download the Sony A7II Help Guide at Sony UK, Sony Germany, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Spain, Sony Portugal, Sony Netherland, Sony Sweden, Sony Norway, Sony Finland.
Now you can learn all the details and secrets of the new A7II :)

USA preorders:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for $1,698 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for $1,998 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II Lens for $1,148 at BHphoto.

EU preorders:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for 1.799 Euro at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Spain, Sony Austria, Sony Switzerland, Sony Netherland, Sony Belgium, Sony Portugal, Sony Sweden, Sony Finland, Sony Norway.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for 2.099 Euro at Amazon Germany and at Wex UK. In Finland at Verkkokauppa.

Asian/Australia preordersNote:
Sony A7II at Sony Store Australia (Click here) and Amazon Japan (Click here).