Sony had a major press event at the NAB show in Las Vegas. There was no photo camera or E-mount lens announcement. All we got are new camcorder like the very High End HDC-4800. Here is the Sony press text: blog.sony.com/press/sony-goes-beyond-definition-at-nab-2016/

But don’t be upset. We are now used to see Sony announce major E-mount stuff off such events. Example: The Sony A6300 and GM lenses got announced just weeks after the big CP+ show. So let’s hope Sony will unveil some surprise soon.

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Note: Bh just launched the NAB deals: You get $100 gift card for free with the new Sony A6300.

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Crazy Clouds at Torres del Paine in Patagonia.
Using Sony A7RM2

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After the A7rII Omeneo also made primers for the Sony A7s. The benefits of using those primers:

1) Increased color precision
2) More natural image aesthetics
3) More practical shooting, ability to choose optimized profiles for the scene
4) More informative on-set monitoring, ability to perceive the outcome after primary color correction
5) Reduced unpleasant surprises in post production
6) Speeding up post-production
7) Reduced deterioration of footage with lower color sampling

The russian site Gavriloart published the first images of a Zenit 50mm f/0.95 prototype lens. There is no info about the release date and price of the lens. I hope it can exceed the optical quality of the direct competitor the [shoplink 46954 ebay]Mitakon Speedmaster (here on eBay)[/shoplink].

Quick Sony a6300 Test from Daniel Peters on Vimeo.

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Camslinger Streetomatic Bag Review (Dsphotoblog).
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Sony RX1R2 – A photographers perspective – Manila to India (f8photography).
Tips for tethered shooting (Vanguardworld).
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Bernie Aniciete: “Sony a6000 with 16/2.8 and wide-angle adapter. https://www.facebook.com/BnEPhotography/posts/10209366716512030”

Stan Moniz‎: “A beautiful afternoon at the Crrizo plains national monument. Shot entirely with the Sony A7rII and Tokina 100mm f2.8 & 24-70mm f2.8 mounted to the A7rII via the Metabones Mark IV adapter. Hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/aafOXxt1yc4“

Japan just got hit by the strongest quake felt in Japan since 2011 Tohoku disaster. The earthquake also hit the Sony CMOS fab in Kumamoto. Bloomberg reports:

Sony has evacuated employees from its Kumamoto image-sensor factory as a precaution, spokeswoman Mami Imada said by phone. There are no reports of fire or injuries at the facility and the company will assess the extent of damage on facilities, she said.

Good to here there wer no injuries. Wish all affected Japanese friends a quick recovery from that shock.

Preorders:
in USA at BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera.
in Europe at Amazon.de. Photo Porst. ParkcamerasUK.
Zeiss Lens Shade for Batis 18mm F2.8 Lens at Adorama.

Key Info:
Ships on May 1 in Europe and May 5 in USA. Costs 1499 Euro/Dollar

Hands-on previews:
Explora. ThePhoBlographer. Hands-on at Adorama.

Diglloyd posted a full review of the lens (for subscribers only). And his conclusion is:

The Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Distagon is the finest 18mm lens ever to be produced for full frame cameras.

Brian Matiash posted an introduction with image samples:

All in all, I was exceptionally impressed with the performance of this lens and the image quality it produced.

Image samples:
Image samples on Flickr. Adorama. Explora.

Press text:
Press text on SonyAlphaRumors. Specs sheet (pdf file). Presentation page at Zeiss. Presentation page at Lenspire. Updated Batis leaflet.

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