Gift.of.Light on SonyAlphaForum.
2-8 “Spirit of Japan”
A7 + FE 70-200/4

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Sony A7 Mark II Tips

Win a new BATIS, LOXIA or other Zeiss lens at Zeissimages contest!
The A7rII is the camera of the year for Trustedreviews.
The Sony A-mount gear by Jack Devant (SonyAlphaForum).
A test of the A7Sii in french (with graph and pictures) at Lesnumeriques.

Benjamin: “I’ve just tested one of the first available custom Play Memories Apps on my A7II. It’s still a beta, but seems to work as advertised. See
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3926463#forum-post-56782059”

Rasch: “I invite you to test the new Zeiss Milvus:
http://fototesty.pl/blog/315_zeiss-milvus-8514-test-rozdzielczosci.html
http://fototesty.pl/blog/312_nowe-makro-zeissa-.html
http://fototesty.pl/blog/311_zeiss-milvus-3520-test-rozdzielczosci.html”

Firoz Ahmad‎: “https://vimeo.com/144261222. “I will walk …” clips shot completely handheld with a7s in Slog2 picture profile with a Zeiss prime lens 55mm at Lucknow in India. Color graded in Magic Bullet Suite 12.
I was on my way to photo shoot and just dropped in a centre of differently-abled for twenty minutes and shot few clips and images of an inspiring differently abled girl. I hope that she sees herself open to endless possibilities in the future.”

Bernie Aniciete: “Lyrics NSFW. Music video filmed with A7s. http://youtu.be/q2Hf4Jnr0eM. www.BnEPhotography.com www.Facebook.com/BnEMediA”

Sony Europe deals:
Aktion: 15% Rabatt auf Original Zubehör und bis zu 50 EUR Sofortrabatt auf Objektive (Amazon Germany).
Bis zu 50 EUR Sofortrabatt auf den Kaufpreis beim Kauf einer ausgewählten Sony Kamera (Amazon Germany).
Gratis Halterung für Sony Alpha 7R (nur Gehäuse) (Amazon Germany).
Up to £200 cashback on a selected Sony Digital Imaging selection (Amazon UK).
Offre de remboursement Sony : Jusqu’à 100€ remboursés sur une sélection de produits Photo (Amazon France).

Sony released the new A7sII firmware update which fixes the sun black spot issue. You can download it here: Sony UK, Sony Germany, Sony France.

Park Cameras Hands-on First Look: Sony a7s II

Beautiful Japan pictures reportage (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony A7sII review at TheVideoMode.
A7sII review by Mirrorlessons.
Sony IMX258 Flyer (Image Sensor World).
Sony 28-70mm f3.5-5.6 OSS review by ThePhoBlographer.
a6000 and 12mm touit in Yosemite at MoveToMirrorless.

Edd: “I recently finished writing reviews for the three small auto focus Sony FE primes. Analysing how well each lens copes with different infra-red wavelengths. This was tested on a full spectrum Sony A7, with various filters. I thought this might be of use any A7 shooters wanting to try out IR because most of these lenses aren’t mentioned on any other IR lens list yet.
28mm – http://infraedd.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/lens-review-sony-fe-28mm-f20.html
35mm http://infraedd.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/lens-review-carl-zeiss-sonnar-t-fe-35mm.html
55mm – http://infraedd.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/lens-review-carl-zeiss-sonnar-fe-55mm.html”

Fiberstrobe: “I’ve developed a freelensing technique for the SEL16F28 + VCL-ECF1 but I guess it can be used with the FF version as well. I describe it in detail on my blog:
http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2015/07/can-we-get-bit-closer.html
http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2015/09/freelensing.html
http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2015/09/freelensing-versus-30mm-macro-with.html
By the way I’ve just won a dpreview challenge (Freelensing) with one of my photos taken with this technique (although it was a mini challenge I have to admit):
http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=942059&View=Results&Rows=4”

Sony Europe deals:
Aktion: 15% Rabatt auf Original Zubehör und bis zu 50 EUR Sofortrabatt auf Objektive (Amazon Germany).
Bis zu 50 EUR Sofortrabatt auf den Kaufpreis beim Kauf einer ausgewählten Sony Kamera (Amazon Germany).
Gratis Halterung für Sony Alpha 7R (nur Gehäuse) (Amazon Germany).
Up to £200 cashback on a selected Sony Digital Imaging selection (Amazon UK).
Offre de remboursement Sony : Jusqu’à 100€ remboursés sur une sélection de produits Photo (Amazon France).

Hurray…This was superfast! Read this:

“Sony will release a firmware update for the α7S II camera on 20th November, 2015. It is designed to eliminate the occurrence of a black spot that may appear in frame when shooting in a specific set of high intensity light conditions.  The new firmware, version 1.10, will be available for download through Sony’s e-support site http://www.sony.eu/support/ on the product page for model “ILCE-7SM2“

found via EosHD.

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A7sII store list:
In USA at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama.
In Europe/Asia at ParkCameras, WexUK, Jessops and Digitalrev.

ZEISS Loxia and Batis On Location Review

Sony FS7 firmware update confirmed for December 2015 – gains 2K center scan, movable focus magnification and more (Newsshooter).
Sony 70-200mm f4 OSS review at ThePhoBlographer.
Sony RX10 vs. Panasonic FZ1000- Powerhouse All Rounders at Bargain Prices (Photographic Central).
Zeiss Otus 55mm review at SLRlounge.
Digitizing my diapositive slides with my A7 (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony A7RII and Zeiss Milvus 85mm (Jorge Torralba).

David: “Earlier today it occurred to me that sometimes we all forget to just have some fun with the camera. Today I set my new A7RII to use Sonyy’s creative modes and wandered around Richmond, a city-fringe suburb of my home town of Melbourne, taking photos. Here is a link to some of the photos that I liked: http://havefunwithsony.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/back-streets-of-richmond-victoria.html
Thinking about it, I am surprised about how many camera reviews (not just the A7RII) cover nothing more than “and it has the usual creative modes as well, if you’re that way inclined.” They’re fun!”

Anonymous: “Although clearly not a Sony rumor, your readers might find this interesting. Here is an active Kickstarter Project that is going gangbusters: Hercules – The World’s Smallest Camera Motion Control System.
Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2044759634/hercules-the-worlds-smallest-camera-motion-control/comments
Depending on the Reward that you select, this is a pocket-sized device that will do motorized panoramic moves, motorized time lapse moves, motorized dolly moves on any flat surface and motorized slider moves on the supplied track.
Be sure to read the updates section regarding the Stretch Goals. They have already reached a Stretch Goal #1 that allows magnetic to be used for speed ramping start/stop and repeat moves — like a second shooter for a B-Camera.
Anyway, I thought your readers might find it interesting, especially while the campaign and reduced pricing is still available.”

Sony Europe deals:
Aktion: 15% Rabatt auf Original Zubehör und bis zu 50 EUR Sofortrabatt auf Objektive (Amazon Germany).
Bis zu 50 EUR Sofortrabatt auf den Kaufpreis beim Kauf einer ausgewählten Sony Kamera (Amazon Germany).
Gratis Halterung für Sony Alpha 7R (nur Gehäuse) (Amazon Germany).
Up to £200 cashback on a selected Sony Digital Imaging selection (Amazon UK).
Offre de remboursement Sony : Jusqu’à 100€ remboursés sur une sélection de produits Photo (Amazon France).

Lightroom CC 2015.3 and Lightroom 6.3 are now available on Adobe.com. It adds support for the new RX1RII and Loxia 21mm FE lens.