Sony Tidbits…


Sony Sky HDR App

A7R2 Survived the Arctic (SonyAlphaForum)
Sony A7sII tested by Photoreview.
Sony A6000 + Sony 90mm f/2.8 FE = a popular portrait pairing (Imaging Resource).
Amazing Mountain Panorama Shot with ZEISS Loxia 2/35 (Lenspire).
Top 5 reasons the Sony a7Rii is better than the Canon 5Diii (SonyAlphaForum)
Sony a7II: Why I Love This Camera for Travel Photography (Ordinarytraveler).
Never Miss a Moment with the Sony RX100 IV: A Professional Pocket Camera (Adorama Learning Center).

New February edition of the Sony Alpha Universe (with 150-600mm OSS lens error)

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You can download the free issue of the latest Sony Alpha Universe magazine: iTunes (Click here) and Android (Click here).

SAR reader Tuomas noticed that there is a mention of a 150-600mm f/5.0-6.2 OSS lens inside the “Range Rover” article. I don’t think that’s a new FE lens. More likely he is using the [shoplink 44274 ebay]Tamron 150-600mm f/5-6.3 VC lens[/shoplink].

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found via Brian Smith

Sony CIS Roadmap

On the video above Sony shows the industrial sensor roadmap. While yet not directly an Alpha related news it might be interesting for you to see what Sony is developing.

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via Image Sensor World.
Thanks Joe!

This week SAR readers photos selection.

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Maxim on SonyAlphaForum
Halo

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3) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me SAR admin will be posted weekly on SAR.

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Sony Tidbits…


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.

World’s first Nikon to Sony E-mount autofocus adapter is now in Stock on eBay!

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The world’s first Nikon F to Sony E-mount autofocus adapter is now in Stock for the first time on [shoplink 44210 ebay]eBay (Now sold out!)[/shoplink] and at Eachshot (Click here).

Main Features:
1. EXIF Parameter Transmitting;
2. Support AF (for AF-I, AF-S lens with lens’ internal motor only)
3. Support Aperture Control (Including the EMD and Pull-rod Aperture type Lens)
4. Support VR Stabilizer Function;
5. Compatible with teleconvertor lens even Aperture less than F8;
6. Support all Nikon F lens in MF mode;
7. Made of Aluminum Alloy, powerful and stable;
8. Standard 1/4 tripod baseplate at the bottom;

A test video can be seen here. Note that there is also a second adapter from Techart which is going on sale soon (test videos here).

This is the compatibility list:

UPDATE: Our reader Animalsbarry made me notice that there is a small disclaimer not that doens’t really sound too good. It says: “if you are worried about damage to your lens do not buy“.