Sony Tidbits…

SONY A7s Eyecup – how to fit the Hoodman HoodEYE from FILM…SOUND…COLOR on Vimeo.

Sony RX100 III Review at Imaging Resource.
Sony A7S Shooter’s Report Part I: First impressions, handling and oh my, high ISO! (Imaging Resource).
First Impressions: HandeVision Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 (Admiringlight).
Part two: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 / Sony Alpha 7S Comparative Review (Dpreview).
Sony 500mm F8 AF mirror lens (used with A77) at MyPhotoJourney.
Sony NEX-3 infrared at Myphotojourney.
Just want to share a Youtube video with you which a Hong Kong photographer comparing 3 medium format cameras, all equipped with the Sony sensor.
‘Season of Touit’ starts at the ‘http://www.yearofthealpha.com – 52 weeks of Sony Alpha Photography. Follow 10 weeks of Sony Alpha photography taken with Zeiss Touit products (Touit 2.8/12 & Touit 2.8/50M).

Sony surprise: New firmware update for the RX10 (gets XAVC-S) and RX100m3.

RX10 firmware download at Sony US, Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Spain, Sony Holland, Sony Belgium, Sony Austria, Sony Switzerland, Sony Norway, Sony Sweden, Sony Portugal. It adds following improvement:

Enables shooting 60p/30p/24p/120p movies in the XAVC S format that supports high bit rates  (1920×1080) 50p/25,(1280×720) 100p, (1920×1080) 60p/30p/24p,(1280×720) 120p
Note: When shooting a movie in the XAVC S format, ensure that an SDXC card of Class 10 or faster is used.

RX100m3 firmware download at Sony US, Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Spain, Sony Holland, Sony Belgium, Sony Austria, Sony Switzerland, Sony Norway, Sony Sweden, Sony Portugal. It adds following improvement:

This update improves stability in rare cases where the unit does not turn due to low remaining life of the internal back-up battery (used to maintain the date and time)

Samyang 50mm T/1.5 AS UMC officially announced!

Samyang officially announced the new 50 mm T/1.5 AS UMC. All specs and info can be read at Samyang-europe.com. The Cine lens will be available in both A and E-mount version.

These are some image samples (Click on it to enlarge):

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Samyang 50mm 1:1.4 AS UMC Samyang 50mm 1:1.4 AS UMC

This week SAR readers photos selection.


Ren Murray‎
Shot with a99 and Tamron 24-70
One Alien Bees b1600 with 7″ reflector to camera right
ISO 100, f13, 1/200
On location in Lincoln City, Oregon

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Zeiss starts a “teaser game”. New E-mount lenses coming!

Last week I told you how Zeiss is about to launch some amazing E-mount manual focusing lenses. And to prepare you Zeiss launched a sort of “teaser game”. To participate just visit that page: http://blogs.zeiss.com/photo/en/?p=5285.

These lenses will be amazing. Can’t wait to get the specs about them. Some careful source may send them to me now? Just use the anonymous message box on the top-right of the page…thanks :)

I have no specs of the new lenses yet but Zeiss already made manual focusing lenses for “non-DSLR”. These are the Zeiss “Full Frame” ZM analog camera lenses:
[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].
[shoplink 9808 ebay]Biogon T* 2/35 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[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 9809 ebay]Planar T* 2/50 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].

Sony TidBits…

The video on top is part of a very detailed A7s test published at DVXuser.

High ISO Comparision – Fuji X-T1 v. Olympus E-M1 v. Sony A7s by JoshMcleod.
A99-RX100 mk2 ISO comparison by PhotoAgainstPhoto.
Japanese A7s test at Nikkei.
RX100 mk2 review at PhotoAgainstPhoto.
Sigma 18-35mm lens test at GetDpi.
A6000 with Sony G 70-400 SSM and Sony LA-EA2 testclip on Youtube.

Alexandre: “After having the small flash (F20M), I decided to buy the Sony HVL-F43M and I tested it by shooting models at the Bangkok Motor Sales last week. I’m really satisfied, this is a professional flash, very efficient and still not too heavy nor bulky.  You can see here the most beautiful models from this Motor Show, shot with my Sony A7R+FE35mmF2.8 and the Flash Sony HVL-F43M. http://thailandfacts.com/bangkok-grand-motor-sales-2014-pretty-thai-models/

Sony TidBits…


Marques Brownlee (one of YouTube’s biggest bloggers 1.6 million subscribers) just reviewed the Sony rx100 m3

Capturing the Tour de France with the Sony a6000 (CameraLabs).
Sony VG-C1EM Vertical Grip for A7 A7R and A7S review at ThePhoBlographer.
Firmware update V0.32 for METABONES Canon EF Lens to Sony NEX Smart Adapter (Mark IV) adds Sony A7S compatibility
Sony A7R + Coastal Optics 60mm F4 APO at Myphotojourney.
A7s vs GH4 by Spanish DSLRmagazine.
MS Optical Perar 24mm f4 Super Wide (Sony Full Frame E Mount) at ThePhoBlographer.

Vicente:I made a gallery on DPReview with some of my shots from a volunteering that i made the last month with my A77, i think it can be interesting to somebody :) http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/54229040

Anonymous:short clip is filmed by Sony NEX 6 with macro tube and cheap lens CCTV 35 1.7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMT0wLO_fCI

Dino:I just wanted to share a review I had done on the classic Olympus OM 50mm f/1.4 lens on the Sony A7. For such a relatively inexpensive prime lens it has surprised me on how well it had performed. I highly recommend this lens. http://13thfloorphotography.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-weekend-with-sony-a7-and-olympus-om.html#more

Gary:I am an avid Sony user. A77, A99 and CX900 camcorder. Just wanted to send you a link to a new video I made comparing the XAVCS vs AVCHD video codecs using the CX900. I looked everywhere for any kind of real life comparisons and could not find any anywhere. So I did a little test myself. The video shows a few different test shots from everyday situations and verifies my suspicions that the XAVCs Codec does handle highlights beter than AVCHD as well as find detail, even when the files are re-rendered as 28Mbps Mp4 files. Anyway here’s the link. Not sure if you would like to share this. I just thought it was worth doing because there are no such comparisons out there….Anywhere. http://youtu.be/P6ABJ-doFtQ