Zeiss v. Zeiss -Battle of the 35mm’s – Loxia & Sony

My Sony A7 II as back up for my Nikon D810… and why I sold it after all (Insignia Chiaki).
First pics of Sony A7 with legacy zeiss glass (SonyAlphaForum).
AF a7II vs a99 (SonyAlphaForum).
Gallery of shots with the sigma 19, 30, 60 mm (SonyAlphaForum)

Gareth: “Hi, it’s clearly not fully developed & released yet, but the new Wireless Trigger ” Air R” that works with the Nissin Air Commander has appeared on the Nissin site. This will allow users to add other flashes (including the fantastically compact i40) to the Air Commander control system. http://www.nissindigital.com/air_r.html One of the few affordable native hot-shoe compatible systems. Much more affordable than Sony of Phottix flash.”

Joe: “I just dumped a trove of APS-C E mount zoom test shots onto my blog, along with a bit of commentary:
http://www.chromadic.com/?p=189
http://www.chromadic.com/?p=123
http://www.chromadic.com/?p=142
http://www.chromadic.com/?p=157
http://www.chromadic.com/?p=176
That was a lot of work, I hope somebody else finds it useful.“

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Marc from Berlin sent me his Kickstarter project description:

We’re a small fine mechanics company from Germany and have worked on these two ultra high speed lenses for the last year or so. The result is one full frame Leica M mount lens, perfect for mirrorless cameras of any system, and one dedicated lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras.
Both are now ready and so we’ve started a kickstarter campaign to make them available.  I’m sure your readers are curious to find out more or even get one for themselves.
Here’s where people can find our project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1745517054/50-mm-f-075-the-fastest-photographic-lens-in-the-w
And here’s where they can find us: https://www.facebook.com/ExperimentalOptics/

What MArc does is take the current “Dutch” [shoplink 44189 ebay]De Oude Delft lenses (can be found here on eBay)[/shoplink] and modify them into M-mount lenses. That way the lens can be adapted on Sony E-mount. The great news is that it covers full frame without any vignetting! Image samples shot with the A7r can be seen on the Kickstarter site.

What’s In Mark’s Bag? (Mark Galer).

Why on Earth Would I Mount a Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M ZE for Canon EF on Sony a7r II? Answer: Magic (Planet5D)
Newborn Baby Camille (SonyAlphaForum).
Quinn Ryan Mattingly’s Day On The Coast With The Sony α7R II
Finally reviewed my Batis 25/2 (SonyAlphaForum)
The Perfectly Balanced FS5 Shoulder Rig – Zacuto FS5 Recoil (Cinema5D).
Sony FS5 Wedding Cinematography Review by Matt Johnson on Vimeo.

Toni: “New blog concentrating to Sony Alpha cameras and ZEISS E-mount lenses for one year: http://www.daysofzeiss.com/“

New X-PRO2 vs A6000 size comparison (via Camerasize).

Dpreview interviewed Fuji and this is what they think about Sony:

Toru Takahashi: “Sony has a big advantage, they make their own sensors. That is a very big advantage for them, but they are weak in lenses.”
Toshihisa Iida: “And they are weakened by having so many formats. APS-C, full-frame, [across both] DSLR and mirrorless. So their lens division must be under a lot of pressure!”

And after the interview Barnaby Britton from dpreview added an editor’s note: “representatives from more than one manufacturer have suggested to me privately that they doubt whether Sony is serious about sub full-frame formats in the long term”

Now I am curious to read your comments on this :)

Owners of the RX1RII with the serial number between “6310198” and “6311127” will gte a free repair to fix the light leak issue. This is the official info via Sony Support:

Thank you for being a loyal Sony customer. We work hard to ensure your experience with our products and services exceeds your expectations.
Unfortunately we have found that in rare bright conditions, some of our DSC-RX1RM2 cameras may produce image files with unwanted light.
If you experience this problem and your camera falls within the serial range listed below, please contact us at 1-239-245-6360 for a free inspection and service. Please note this free inspection is available until March 31, 2018. If your serial number does not fall within this range, we can assure you that your camera will not present the symptom described above.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience you may experience.

It’s also good to hear that our source was right on the issue mention. Now dear source let’s hope your A6100 rumor becomes true soon too ;)

Jona (video on top): “I am a young 19 Years old Filmmaker from South Tyrol (Italy). I shot a lot of videos with my Dji Phantom 3 Professional over the last year and now I released my new video with all the amazing of the Dolomites. It is so difficult to share the videos, It would be so amazing if you help me sharing it !”

Sony DSC-RX10 Mark II tested at Photoreview.
Best Wireless Microphone Solution for A7RII? (SonyAlphaForum).

TheSpaniard: “While this isn’t strictly Sony, it is a story from our favourite lens manufacturer for our Somy cameras, Carl Zeiss. They’ve made a Smart glasses, ala Google Glass.
http://www.wired.com/2016/01/zeiss-smart-glasses/”

Immodoc: “Hi, the world’s first comparison of version 1 and version 3 of the VOIGTLÄNDER Heliar 4,5/15 on the SONY A7RII in difficult lighting conditions:
http://www.dslr-forum.de/showthread.php?p=13711226#post13711226”

Roderick: “Hi there, here is something I shot during my holiday last year in Costa da Caparica(Portugal) in between surfing, using A7s and mainly Noct Nikkor 58mm F/1.2 and 24mm AF-S F/1.4, and a 100mm AIS Nikkor E with a 2x extender for the kite surf shots. It was shot pretty much run and gun, but the surf shots were done using a monopod for stability. Mainly 1080p24 and 720p120 for the surf shots. https://vimeo.com/137879865“