2 days left to get the world’s lightest 3 in 1 tripod on Kickstarter (click here). SonyAlphaBlog tested the tripod and concluded:

The Heipi Tripod (319$ / 399$ retail) is an excellent compact travel tripod . Very good build quality , very good ergonomics, very stable , fully featured (spike, smartphone holder, , sub tripod…)
Compared to the Peakdesign , it takes the same approach but implements it in a different way, with a smarter 3 pillars centre column , better rigidity , better ballhead, a sub tripod , better ergonomics and a much lower price
Highly recommended

One member of the Xitek Forum made this construction to scan his old Dia photos. There are some advantages and disadvantages compared to using a classic EPSON970 scanner:

• The center resolution is much higher on the Sony images.
• The edge resolution is better on the Epson
• The scanning speed with the Sony is about 10x faster compared to the Epson
• Post production is much easier with the Sony images than on the dated Epson software+
• Colors are much more vivid on the Sony scanned images.

Personal note: I do have a ton of FF and MF negative and diag images. Would love to find a setup that makes it easy for me to digitalize the images…any idea?

4 days left to get the world’s lightest 3 in 1 tripod on Kickstarter (click here). TheSlantedLens just compared it with the popular Peak Design tripod:

Sony A7rV Preorders:
In US at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FocusCamera, BeachCamera, Buydig.
In EU at Fotokoch, Amazon EU, FotoErhardt, Calumet DE, WexUK. ParkCameras UK.
In Australia at CameraPro, Camerahouse, Sony.

One of the biggest achievement on the new A7rV is the 8 stops image stabilization. Here is a quick test made by Pierre Lambert:

Sony A7rV Preorders:
In US at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FocusCamera, BeachCamera, Buydig.
In EU at Fotokoch, Amazon EU, FotoErhardt, Calumet DE, WexUK. ParkCameras UK.
In Australia at CameraPro, Camerahouse, Sony.

Matti Haapoja tested out the A7r V in Iceland:

The world’s lightest 3 in 1 tripod collected over half a million dollar on Kickstarter (click here). Now Matt Granger tested the Tripod and claims that in this price range it is indeed the best travel tripod you can buy:

Sony A7rV Preorders:
In US at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FocusCamera, BeachCamera, Buydig.
In EU at Fotokoch, Amazon EU, FotoErhardt, Calumet DE, WexUK. ParkCameras UK.
In Australia at CameraPro, Camerahouse, Sony.

DigitalCameraWorld posted an early review of the A7rV and concluded:

Technically overwhelming, physically underwhelming – that’s how the A7R V feels. The camera body feels too small – or not tall enough in the body – for the big pro lenses you’ll be using with it, and the controls follow a generic layout rather than being adapted to this camera’s strengths. You can customize the buttons endlessly to suit the way you work, but that takes time and also a good memory for which button you’ve customized to do what.

Technically, the A7R V is stunning. The new AI subject recognition AF is remarkable, both for its rapid identification and acquisition and its very sticky ‘tracking’. The image quality is every bit as good as that of the A7R IV before it (Sony says it’s better), and the bigger buffer makes the A7R V much more effective for prolonged burst shooting.

And this is George Cameras review: