A7rII Alcantara case in [shoplink 38168 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 38169 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink].

Ken Rockwell posted his full A7rII review and I didn’t expect anything else than a highly polarizing review.
In Short he says the A7rII is a great camera but not as good as same priced DSLR. The only area where the A7rII beats them is in ” classical concert photography” because of its silent shutter…LOL :)

He made a very clear statement about why this camera will be loved by hobbyist and not by photographers:

A photo hobbyist is someone who loves talking about pixels, software, apps, bit depths and especially loves playing with a zillion different brands of lenses on adapters. That’s why hobbyists and gizmo fans love this camera so much.

Hobbyists are completely different from photographers, photographic artists or pro shooters. The problem with the A7R II for use by a photographic artist like myself is that while A7R II images look great, its colors never look as great in real-world shots as I get directly from my Canons and Nikons. Most people are hobbyists and won’t notice the subtle things I do, and therefore I certainly recommend the A7R II, but for serious work, the Sony isn’t there yet.

As I said, he is very black and white in his judgements. And it really depends a lot on Ken’s personal tastes if he likes a camera or not. So take it easy when commenting this :)

A7rII store list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Wex UK and ParkCameras.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

Tony Northup posted that real world review of the A7rII. You will hear the usual pros and cons list and let’s hope Sony will take note of them to make a nice larger A9 body :)

And here are some new A7rII tests:
Sony A7R II Field Test Part I by Imaging Resource.
First Look at Ron Mart Blog.

Hans: “have tried the 500mm/8 not so expensive Vivitar mirror lens with IBIS on the A7R MarkII. Was surprised about the good results. Like to have a look? Here is the link: www.flickr.com/photos/autorenphotographie/albums/72157656831778163
Kind regards/Mit freundlichem Gruss”

Chuck: “I’ve been shooting football games recently with the A7RII and will be posting more videos soon – I just put up a quick one featuring a few shots with the A77II and the A7RII: https://youtu.be/R7eWiJcj9Fc”

Jeff: “Sony A7Rii & Lee Big Stopper: There are few places I return to more than once. Fossil Cove is enchanting. It helps me feel alive and each time I leave, the light has run out before I have finished shooting. Each corner you turn, or ledge you climb there is another angle – a different perspective with its own unique beauty: http://www.sonyalphaforum.com/topic/1880-return-to-fossil-cove/”

Ed: “A nice article on A7RII being used in a hot steel mill for some video pickup shots. http://frugalproducer.com/2015/09/18/will-a7rii-overheat-shooting-4k-in-a-steel-mill/”

Andreas: “I was shooting a U2 show with a a7r2 and 70-400g2, worked out great. see the pictures on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixiepeeper/albums/72157658642200749
one made it to the flickr explore section which doesnt happen to me very often:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixiepeeper/21503533038/in/album-72157658642200749/”

A7rII store list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Wex UK and ParkCameras.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

The Techart III EF to E-mount adapter got the new firmware update which improves the autofocusing performance. The adapter sells through many [shoplink 40830 ebay]eBay sellers (Click here)[/shoplink]. And here are some first tests:

1) Kasw: “I just purchased the Saker Falcon Lite Equivalent “Techart” EF to NEX III electronic adapter that enable PDAF on non-A7R II Cameras(a6100 in my case). The result is impressive, there’s still misfocus and back-and-forth, but is much less than other adapters, AF-C also works, there is a video I shot while using Canon 50mm f1.8 STM:
https://youtu.be/8ssJUe-TpBk
The noise from the background is actually from the lens. Anyway, impressive result when compare with Sony’s native 50mm f1.8:
https://youtu.be/cbXWk8dE29s”

2) Sony A7rII test:

3) More Youtube videos:
A7+techart ef-nex III v1.1.0 AF test
DEO Techart saker Falcon Lite (on Fn) good light
Sony A7 – Techart EOS-NEX III – Tamron 28-75 f2,8
Sony A7 – Techart EOS-NEX III – Canon 70-200 F4 IS

The Techart III adpater can be purchased on [shoplink 40830 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Ming Thein explains why the A7rII seems to be the best camera for the new Milvus line:

Much has been said about manual focus, and I agree with the current state of DSLR viewfinders, it’s not very practical in the field. Sony has solved this problem for us to some extent with the A7RII. Live view magnification and the stabiliser extend the working envelope of the Otuses – and any MF lenses – enormously.

And Zeiss photographer Greg Watermann shot a video with the a7R2 and Milvus 35/2 lens:

More Milvus tests:
First look at Newsshooter.
Why You Should Look Into the New Zeiss Milvus Lens Lineup (Cinema5D).
A cool Zeiss meeting repor at DearSusans.
Official Zeiss image saamples on Flickr: Milvus 21mm, Milvus 35mm, Milvus 85mm, Milvus 50mm 2.0, Milvus 100mm, Milvus 50mm f/1.4,
Hands-on with Zeiss’s Milvus lenses (Dpreview).
Zeiss Milvus Distagon 21mm f/2.8 Sample Photos (ePhotozine).
Review: Zeiss 21mm f2.8 Milvus (ThePhoBlographer)
Zeiss Loxia vs Milvus (SonyAlphaForum).
Meet the family – Zeiss Milvus Lenses (Adorama Blog).
Zeiss Milvus 1.4/85 brief review (DearSusans).
Zeiss Milvus Planar 85mm f/1.4 Sample Photos (ePhotozine).
Zeiss Milvus 85mm F/1.4 Sample Images (Photographyblog).
Zeiss Milvus 21mm F/2.8 Sample Images (Photographyblog).

Here are the detailed Lens info and preorder links at BHphoto:
Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 21mm f/2.8 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 21mm f/2.8 ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/2 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/2 ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/1.4 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/1.4 ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/2M ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/2M ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 85mm f/1.4 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 85mm f/1.4 ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).

Sport photographer Philip Palermo (Engadget) tested the A7rII in the possible least favorable scenario: Sports Photography. And the conclusion is surprisingly positive:

The A7R II held its own for the most part — despite not really being designed as a pro-level sports cam. I wish write times were peppier and hopefully Sony’s designers find ways to cram a bigger battery and, perhaps, a second memory card slot into this line’s compact frame. But overall, I came away impressed with how far Sony’s come with this line. Both the A7 bodies and first-party lens lineups are steadily improving. And thanks to the company’s rapid pace of deployment (six new models in two years) it seems like we’ve finally reached the point where “pretty damn good for a mirrorless camera” has turned into just “pretty damn good.”

And Dpreview updated their first impression review of the camera:

Looking at the a7R against the a7R II doesn’t reveal anything immediately mind-blowing. Linear resolution is increased by around 8%, but the differences go deeper than just a megapixel count. It may seem silly to focus at all on JPEG quality on such a heavy-hitting camera, but there are some changes worth mentioning. The JPEG engine for the a7R II shows great improvements over the a7R.
What difference does BSI technology make? Compared to the a7R there’s already an immediate difference. In fact, the gain is nearly a full stop over its predecessor. At 51,200, the maximum for the Nikon D810, the a7R II is again ahead by roughly one stop. Interesting, but what if the sensor is bigger and gathers more light, like the sensor in the Pentax 645Z? Almost unbelievably, they’re right on par with each other.

Ivo Scholz also posted his A7rII review:

I used to shoot with Canon, Nikon and Fujifilm. All of those have their advantages (well, except for Canon), but none of those camera manufacturers have come this close to a perfect camera. The A7RII is small, light and sturdy. It feels great, sounds nice and shoots wonderful pictures. Its EVF is by far the best I’ve seen and the autofocus is better than ever.

A7rII store list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Wex UK and ParkCameras.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

The A7sII preorder list:
In USA at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama.
In Europe at WexUK.
In Asia soon at Digitalrev.

Here are some test videos shot with the new DEO Saker Falcon Lite Canon EF to Sony FE adapter. You can preorder the lens directly at Deo (Click here) and within the next days on [shoplink 40637 ebay]eBay (Search link here)[/shoplink].

AF Speed Test II : Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 II on Sony a7rII camera

AF speed Test 1: Canon EF 50/1.2 L on Sony a7R II

DEO Saker Falcon Lite (beta) AF test on Sony a7R II

Image from DPreview showing the absent artifacts on the new 14 Bit RAW file (on the right)

DPreview is the first site having access to Sony’s new 14 Bit uncompressed RAW files. They tested it and those are the benefits they noticed:

1) No Artifacts on high contrast edges: “no longer introduce errors and artefacts around high-contrast edges.”
2) Very small Dynamic range improvement: “There’s possibly a tiny improvement if you try to brighten very deep shadows but the difference is so subtle that we don’t consider it to be photographically significant. But, even without this, the camera’s Raw files are more flexible than they were before.”

The files are twice as big as the previous compressed RAW files. And also very interesting: Sony’s new 14 BIT upgrade offers “uncompressed RAW files” and not “losslessly-compressed Raw”. The reasons are limitations of working with the cameras’ existing processors. But Sony said they will investigate the possibility to add “lossless compression system if there’s sufficient user demand.”

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A7rII store list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Wex UK and ParkCameras.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

The A7sII preorder list:
In USA at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama.
In Europe at WexUK.
In Asia soon at Digitalrev.