10 Reasons Why a Professional Photographer Left Nikon and started shooting with Sony by Jason Lanier

RX100 III and whether we think it is worth upgrading from the RX100 II (BMCR).
The Pro-Democracy Protests in Hong Kong shot on the A7s (Sinosphere).
Philip Bloom Sony a7S Seminar Trailer
Sony A77II first impression/review by a former Sports Illustrated photographer and Sony Artisan Associate (PMRphoto).
German A7s review at Digitalkamera.
Kickstarter campaign for the Infinity Arm has officially launched
RX10 is making my job easier (Soundimagesplus)
Sony A7r field report at Hikinginfinland.
The Sony FE 16-35mm F4 vs Delicate Arch (Brianmatiash).

Oleg: “I filmed some swans with my Sony a65 and created this clip just for fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5yRuj1hraE. I used old but nice Tamron 200-400/5.6 lens with manual focus and aperture-proirity mode on f13-f16.
Quality of final video was slightly decreased because it was re-encoded on youtube with stabilizer feature. In windy weather is so difficult to get nice picture with software Anti-shake on 400mm focal. But anyway, i like results getting with this camera and this lens, and filming process too :)”

Edward: “I found out about the Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 first on your website. After a really long wait for the lens to arrive, I’ve finally managed to get some decent samples for a review. I’ve just finished it and thought some of your readers might like see what I found: http://infraedd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/lens-review-mitakon-50mm-f095.html”

Image made by Usperedi.

Many of us still struggle to understand the utility of the QX camera line. But it looks like Sony was spot on to make those weird cameras :)
Sony Japan just issued an official statement sying that because of the exceptional high demand we can expect some delays in shipments. Literally they say preorders were “much higher than the expectations“.
Well done Sony! And now give us those new RX cameras with curved sensor as next :)

QX1-QX30 store links
E-mount QX1 in USA at Amazon (Click here), SonyStore US (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), FocusCamera (Click here).
E-mount QX1 in Europe at Sony DE, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony ES, Sony IT, Sony NL, Sony NO, Sony BE, Sony PT, Sony SE, Sony FI.
E-mount QX1 in Asia at Digitalrev (Click here).
QX30 in USA at Amazon (Click here), SonyStore US (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), FocusCamera (Click here).
QX30 in Asia at Digitalrev (Click here).

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All RX100M3 owners can now buy a great book to learn more about their camera. Gary Friedmann just released the complete RX100m3 guide available in DRM-free, .pdf, .mobi, and .epub (and a new process for creating the e-reader formats resulting in superior user experiences!) available for one low price: http://friedmanarchives.com/RX-100MK3.

RX100M3 store links:
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA and FocusCamera.
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT. And Wex UK,
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan and Sony Australia.

Sergey Kuznetsov‎
Sunset over Li River, China, Guangxi, Guilin
Sony Nex-7 + 1855

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Canon “Impossible Teaser” revealed to be a double flop:

1) First, they teaser promised so much that all people expected to see some kind of exciting new camera. But instead they announced a “self promoting” new site.

2) The video ad you see on top tells the story from Uruguayan film director Fede Alvarez who shoot the famous viral “panic attack” video (here on Youtube). But the director itself commented on the Canon video to tell them that he shoot the movie on a Sony and not on a Canon camera!

Amazing how companies keep doing that kind of huge marketing mistakes. There is now a lot of humor-shit about Canon and one of them is that nice anti-impossible-teaser spotted by our friend Steve on CanonWatch.

Sony RX100M3 Revisited

The New Zeiss Loxia 50. What to expect? (DearSusans).
mecablitz 26 AF-1 digital / Sony data sheet.
Zeiss Otus 85mm tested at Lensrentals.
A6000 ISO test at Soundimagesplus.
Sigma 24-105mm image sampels at Yodobashi.
Zeiss Otus 85mm tested at Lenscore.org.
A5100 review at Phtographyblog.
A6000 test at Soundimagsplus.
Sony E PZ 18-105mm f/4G OSS Sample Images (Photographyblog).

Baron: “Two friends take a bone-jarring ride in all an terrain vehicle. Watch their adventures as we film them from the air with our aerial drone. On the ground we filmed with our Sony AX100 4K camcorder. Right in the ATV with them is the ActionCam, shooting away. All 3 camera angles were edited using Multicam Mode in Final Cut Pro X. Here’s the short film: http://youtu.be/2J8UX9uzyeI“

I am sure Zeiss will release many more new Loxia FE lenses in 2015. Now let us help them to decide which one they should release first! Let’s guess for a moment that they will base their new Loxia lenses on the ZM lens design. Here are all of them:
[shoplink 10875 ebay]Distagon T* 2,8/15 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9803 ebay]Distagon T* 4/18 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9804 ebay]Biogon T* 2,8/21 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9804 ebay]C Biogon T* 4,5/21 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9805 ebay]Biogon T* 2,8/25 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9806 ebay]Biogon T* 2,8/28 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
Distagon T* 1,4/35 ZM (brand new here at BHphoto)
[shoplink 9808 ebay]C Biogon T* 2,8/35 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9809 ebay]C Sonnar T* 1,5/50 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9810 ebay]Sonnar T* 2/85 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9810 ebay]Tele-Tessar T* 4/85 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].

Now, the question is, which three ZM lenses should they make first in a proper “Loxia” version?

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Hope Zeiss will listen to you!!!

Zeiss Loxia preorders:
Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Lens for Sony E Mount at BHphoto, Adorama., WexUK, CameraPro.
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.