Sony TidBits…

A Chinese A7s ad :)

FE 28-70mm and 24-70mm test at Photojottings.
Full review of the Sony a6000 is up on Admiring Light.
A6000 review at BestMat.
Japanese SAL50F14 test at Ascii.
Sony Zeiss 24-70mm f4 FE OSS Review at ThePhoBlogrpaher.
Sony RX100 III – The Best Quality Point and Shoot I’ve Ever Tested (Review Part II of II) at Ronmartblog.
RX100mr review by Steve Huff.
Spanish A6000 review at Quesabesde.
Sony FE 55mm test at Fengniao.
New α7/α6000/RX100 III trigger at DC.watch.
Sony RX100 Mark III review at ThePhoBlographer.
Sony RX100 III Shooter’s Report III at Imaging Resource.

Michael: “Hi Andrea, Album @ Flickr https://flic.kr/s/aHsjZdnjJa.
It took me quit a while considering upgrade from the M2 to M3, and finally I did upgraded, here is my comparison before I let go the M2 to next owner.
M3 has wider zoom of 24mm (FF equiv.) comparing to M2 28mm, photo @ https://flic.kr/p/o7oH9f
However M3’s 24mm (FF equiv.) is not as wide as in A6000, photo @ https://flic.kr/p/ooRTUs
M3 has better control of CA at wide-open aperture f/1.8, photo @ https://flic.kr/p/opZ8PU
Built-in ND filter is very useful for long exposure under day light, photo @ https://flic.kr/p/oqDcok
M3 still can zoom to 100mm or more by using the Clear-Image-Zoom (70mm x1.5 or x2.0), photo @ https://flic.kr/p/ooB4UX
M3 does have longer lens throat 15mm vs 11mm by M2, photo @ https://flic.kr/p/o7oGJs
M3 start up is faster
M3 time gap between shoot-to-shoot is faster
M3 auto-focus is faster
More testing I will do next is…
More comparison with A6000 & 16-50mm (24-70mm in FF equiv.) power zoom kit lens
Compare video quality with different codec“

Sony TidBits…


Unleashing the Power of Your Sony A6000

70-200mm lens review by SonyAlphaLab.
Sony A6000 Review: Top-notch image quality meets great performance and affordability (Imaging Resource).
German A77II review at Dkamera.
Zeiss 55mm1.8 vs Mitakon 50mm 0.95 comparison at Yannickciancanelli.com.
In depth review of the A7r at Colbybrownphotography.com.

Alex: “so many people have been asking me how i do i tethered shoot in the studio with the sony A7r. Here is a link to a little tutorial i posted: http://www.alexk.com/sony-a7r-vs-canon-5dmkiii-can-sony-replace-the-canon-in-tethered-shooting-in-the-studio/”

Louis: “Hello! I just wanted to share a video I made while scuba diving with my RX100 in the Philippines last November. It’s still the Mark One of the RX100 but it still does amazing images! (I took it with the more affordable but really great Ikelite Housing and a red filter with no artificial light). Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HewhJDeyeo8”

Tino: “A6000 with Sony G 70-400 SSM ant Sony LA-EA2 testvideo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DheXlKq1HM“

Hounsell: “Andrea, from the video you can see that this was done with Sony Gear A99 & A7, nice to see these cameras performing well under tough conditions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBJyo0tgLnw”

David: “Hi, I thought you could be interested in share my last timelapse in your web. It is a flowers blooming timelapse, hope you like it https://vimeo.com/98276732”

Josh: “Just wanted to share a little project we did using an A6000 and an A7. Camera’s worked great and the small size was really handy for some of the work.
http://vimeo.com/100950796”

Luke: “Here’s a quick travel video that I shot with it along with some photos with my A7r https://vimeo.com/100901015. I am very impressed that such a small camera can give such a good image. What I’d liked to find is to see if anyone has come up with a small 3 axis gimble for it yet?
I did kickstarter of on these Pop and Locks https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2120229387/the-pop-and-lock-a-folding-camera-support-built-fo which looks promising for a super-small travel stabilizer (can’t wait to get mine).“

Canon and Sony lead the camera market in Japan (first 6 months of 2014).

BCN (found via Dicahub) posted the market share data for the camera sales in Japan during the first half of the current year. There is only the info about the market leader of each category (not info yet about the 2nd or 3rd place and so on). Here are the leaders:

fixed lens: canon (25.8%)
dslr: canon (56.9%)
mirrorless: sony (36.4%)
video camera: sony (39.8%)
photo frame: sony (38.2%)

As you know in Japan the Mirrorless market is just as big as the DSLR market. And it’s likely to growth faster than the DSLR market the coming years. So it may will happen one day: Sony surpassing Canon in the system camera world?

Sony TidBits…


Sony SEL50F18 E-mount Lens Unboxing and First Look

RX100M3 review at Engadget.
Interview with concert photographer and A6000 owner Adam Elmakias at Cameras.Reviewed.
RX100m3 test at DSLRmagazine (translation here).
Guide to Sony A7/A7R/A7S Camera Accessories at BrianSmith.com.
Japanese Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA review at DC-watch.
Japanese FE 35mm lens test at Ascii.

Horshack: “I posted a High ISO test between the A7s, Df, A7r, and A7. Here’s the link: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/54031579”

Guy Mancuso: “Have a thread going on the Sigma18-35 if you want to post it http://www.getdpi.com/forum/sony/51113-sigma-18-35-1-8-zoom-aps.html”

M&H: “Here are our first impressions of the Sony A7s. We can officially say it deserves the title of “The Dark Knight” of photography! Bestmirrorlesscamerareviews.com”

 

New Nauticam underwater housing for the RX100M3.

Nauticam announced the new under water housing for the new RX100M3. All details can be read here: nauticamusa.com/news/2014/7/17/new-housing-for-sony-rx100-mk-iii

Reminder: Also the new Gariz case for the RX100M3 has been announced recently. You can grab it now in [shoplink 27483 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink] or [shoplink 27484 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink] on eBay.

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.