Gary sent me that message:

Hi Andrea!
I thought of a better idea for solving the problem of vulnerable pins on the Sony flash shoe foot. (Animated GIF attached to demonstrate the idea.)
Here, the pins automatically retract when they’re off the camera, coming out only when the flash is in the “lock” position. In a perfect world they would have some horizontal and vertical movement when shifting into position, as this would help ensure a better electrical connection, but ultimately this will be up to the mechanical engineers who implement it.

The advantage of this idea is that Sony does not need to change the MiS specification; they can simply make all new flash feet work this way.
If the reaction from your readers is positive I’ll suggest it to Sony, who I am told is very receptive to ideas and feedback right now.

Thanks for helping to spread this idea around! Sincerely, Gary

Gary L. Friedman
Author, Photographer and Lecturer
www.FriedmanArchives.com

A7Rii A7Sii Focusing System Training Tutorial | How to Focus | Overview Review Tips A7r2

FE 16-35 mm F4 ZA OSS Different behaviour (Long dicussion at SonyAlphaForum)
Samyang 12mm Fisheye Review by Albert Dros.
ZEISS Loxia 2/35 “Retro Whiz” up to the Challenge in Iceland (Lenspire).
What’s In My Bag: Spencer Pablo (AlphaUniverse).

Philipp Zieger‎: “https://youtu.be/VDMsWRu1kpk. A little different year in review of 2015. Every image was taken with my Sony a6000 and e-Mount lenses. (Turn the Music louder!!!) Available in 4K!”

Hanna Saba‎: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S23gxtgF5Xs My new video on a creative red riding hood photoshoot at the royal nation park. Image results are also on the video. Hope you guys enjoy the video, please don’t forget to like, share and subscribe to my channel”

Stan Moniz‎: “https://youtu.be/5Z8_-X_ZbDw Aloha guys! I just added my first tutorial focusing on post production in Adobe Lightroom with the Sony A7rii. Showing off the crazy dynamic range of the camera and my easy to follow natural methods to bringing your surfing and wave photos to life! Please feel free to share with a friend. Have a great night everyone!“

Image courtesy: Fuji-X-Forum.

I guess you remember Nikon seriously “talking down” mirrorless cameras during their D5 presentation (video here on SAF, watch from min 8). Well today Fuji announced the X-PRO2 and did bring the best pro mirrorless argument so far :)
Fuji really shows how marketing should be. Funny and positive. You are checkmated Nikon marketing ;)

And now some interesting bits about the new Fuji X-PRO2 (specs here): Fuji claims the 24 megapixel X-Trans sensor can out-resolve 36 megapixel bayer sensor. Interesting they did mention the resolution that is rumored to be used by the A6100 (reminder: still low ranked SR3 rumor).

Discussion on SonyAlphaForum: Should Sony take a closer look at X-Pro2?

Hands-On with Sony Alpha A7 II Cameras

8mm E-mount lens Gold Box today at Amazon.de.
Sony HX400 Gold Box at Amazon.co.uk.
Best lenses for the Sony A77 II: 48 lens roundup (DxOmark).
Capture One Express 9 – Free Webinar! (SonyAlphaForum).
Disaster with Sony A6000 Menu System Bug – What’s Wrong With My Camera? (Sony UK).
Samyang 24mm f1.4 ED review (CameraLabs).
Giving Back – Shooting Kittens at the Animal Shelter (SonyAlphaForum)

Bernie: “Filmed with A7s and DJI Phantom 3 Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wMtVvyxK3s”

Stan Moniz‎: “https://youtu.be/G5icUWlMx0oIf your into the thrill of adventure and the experience of a new land come by and check out my new short film “One day in Big Sur.” A 24 hour exploration with a few friends in search of waves and those magical moments and places that this stretch of beautiful Central California coast line has to offer. Hope you enjoy and please feel free to share. Have a great evening everyone!”

‎Mark Forman: “Iceland Images by Mark Forman https://vimeo.com/screeningroom/iceland. Put on your favorite music and sit down for 18 minutes and see Iceland and it’s spectacular glory. Many individual Images from the show are available for purchase by contacting my directly.
‪#‎sonyalpha‬ Photographed with 2 Sony Alpha 7R Mark II cameras.”

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My respect for Zeiss as a company just grew even more today after reading this letter on their Twitter page! They apologize for the lack of availability of their Batis lenses. And the good news is that they managed to increase the production of the Batis lenses and expected delivery is now 2-3 months. Thanks Zeiss for finally answering the customers request!

Here is the official Zeiss press text:

Batis store links:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens in US at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto. In Eu at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto. In EU at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.

Sony FS7, FS5, A7Rii and Canon C100 Camera Test from The Delivery Men on Vimeo.

Best lenses for the Sony A77 II: 48 lens roundup (DxOmark).
Reflecting on mirrorless: 12+ months with my Sony A7s (Longexposures).
Sigma 20mm f/1.4 adapted to the a7II (Tyson Robichaudphotography)
Sony A7s ii 240 Fps Slow mo with davinci 12 optical flow (SonyAlphaForum)
Infrared and Sony (SonyAlphaForum).

Thomas: “I was a Nikon DSLR guy for a long time now but i tend more and more to Sony mirrorless (as Sony is also my origin in photography, started with the great A200 and owned also a A450, A55 and A850). So i tried more often to get the A7 series cameras to shoot with. Recently I had the A7S Mark II and the 24-70 F4 to use. A really great Combo. I wrote a Blogpost about it here:
http://www.tommayphotography.com/2015/12/19/sony-a7s-mark-ii-and-sony-zeiss-fe-24-70-f4-hands-on-review/”

Lyubo: “Here is our latest video from the past winter, shot on the A7s. https://vimeo.com/149380782
We are two brothers that spent the last winter in the Austrian glacier, Kitzsteinhorn. My brother jump on the big jumps and I do the filming and editing”

Sony Japan did yet not disclose any details about when they will resume the RX1RII camera shipment. So far Amazon US states the camera will ship within 1-2 months. And Michael told us this:

@SonyAlphaRumors our shipment at #pchproshop was delayed to March ! Customers are canceling orders and some look to Leica Q…

— Michel Fourkas (@skiiiiizo) 13. Januar 2016

The only official note we got so far from Sony says that shipment in Japan has been postponed (reason unknown). But at the same time we noticed that US and EU stores have no camera in Stock anymore. I hope Sony will give us some official answer soon.

In th meantime here is a new Sony RX1R II Hands-on Review (vs. original RX1R, AF test, pics)