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Samyang 35mm f/1.4 II lens at BHphoto (Click here).

SonyAlphaBlog tested the new Samyang 35mm II lens and concluded:

The Samyang is priced at 700 euros vs 830 euros for the Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG DN which is much better in term of sharpness , has a real aperture ring and a better AF for subjects in movements. I see therefore no reason to buy the Samyang 35 unless for video thanks to its low focus breathing
If the price goes down to 450-500 then it will be a good price for the performances. Also if you don’t need the f1.4 the Samyang 35mm F1.8 offers better performances (better sharpness) for 400 euros in a more compact and much lighter format
In term of best 35mm The Sigma and Sony are excellent and in 80% of the case you can not distinguish them , they all have excellent sharpness, smooth background blur, excellent bokeh balls, color rendering ….

Christopher Frost:

So you’ve just bought a new Sony camera, with the smaller-sized APS-C sensor. Where do you go from here? All kinds of avenues are open nowadays – so let’s take a look at your options.

The World’s First Modular Magnetic Filter System is now available for preorder on Kickstarter (Click here). Peter Forsgård reviewed it here:

A7IV at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. BuyDig.

Engadget tested that wild new camera that is on sale on Kickstarter (Click here). What’s special with this new camera is that it uses a Sony STARVIS 2 CMOS sensor that works in light as low as 0.0001 lux. And contrary to other night vision cameras this shows True Colors. In this video you can see how good or bad it works:

Lensvid compared the three CFexpress Type A cards for your Sony A1. The conclusion:

As we have seen, the performance of all the existing CFexpress Type A cards seems to be pretty much identical in camera although in our test we have seen differences when offloading to a computer. For many users though the real differences are going to be in things like warranty and long-term reliability which is difficult to test without a large enough sample and of course pricing.

All Type A cards can be found on that BHphoto page (click here).