48 Hours Left to save $415 on the entire ON1 Plus Holiday Special bundle

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48 hours left to save $415 on the entire ON1 bundle (Click here).

More software deals:

Skylum launched a new Holiday Deal on the new Luminar 4 software (Click here).

•A $10 discount on Luminar 4 with its awesome tools.
The price will drop to $79 for new customers and to $69 for owners of previous versions.
•A $325 discount on the Luminar holiday bag.
Includes Luminar 4 + 1-year SmugMug Portfolio Plan ($180) + PDF Expert ($80) + 1-year ViewBug Pro Membership ($139) + 1 free Rocky Nook eBook ($45) + 20 free prints from Parabo Press ($10). The price of the full holiday goodie bag will be $129.

DxO extended the rebates on their software until December 31:

If you like me own a MAC and hate those dongles check out the first “invisible hub” project on Kickstarter.

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Sony Tidbits…

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Tamron 17-28mm F2.8 Hands On Review

Vertigo/Dolly Zoom with a Prime Lens on the Sony A7iii (Chris Brockhurst)
Sony FE 12-24mm F4 G Lens First Look (TheDigitalDigest).
BOKEH OP 14mm?! Sigma 14-24mm & 45mm F/2.8 – Kamera Express Review
Manfrotto Makes Lighter, Stronger Nano Stands (Explora).
Sirui 50mm F1.8 Anamorphic Lens for MFT, Sony and Fujifilm Cameras (Personal View).
Pixel shift in the Sony a7RIV (Jim Kasson).
Sony RX100 VII – Best Vlogging Camera?? (SonyAlphaLab)

Personal photos and tests from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and 500px.

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You now can buy the Zenitar 50mm f/0.95 FE lens on Amazon

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The russian Zenitar 50mm f/0.95 FE lens is available now on Amazon US. Now if you want something fancy go ahead and buy it. But honestly if f/0,95 is what you need I would go for the cheaper and optically better Mitakon Speedmaster 50mm f/0,95 III which is available at Adorama and BHphoto.

We got three ongoing software deals:

Skylum launched a new Holiday Deal on the new Luminar 4 software (Click here).

•A $10 discount on Luminar 4 with its awesome tools.
The price will drop to $79 for new customers and to $69 for owners of previous versions.
•A $325 discount on the Luminar holiday bag.
Includes Luminar 4 + 1-year SmugMug Portfolio Plan ($180) + PDF Expert ($80) + 1-year ViewBug Pro Membership ($139) + 1 free Rocky Nook eBook ($45) + 20 free prints from Parabo Press ($10). The price of the full holiday goodie bag will be $129.

DxO extended the rebates on their software until December 31:

Save 25% on all Topaz products (Click here).

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The day has finally come: Sony A7 marked as discontinued at BHphoto and Adorama!

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Announced back on Oct 16, 2013 the Sony A7 has now been officially marked as discontinued at BHphoto and Adorama. You can still get the camera via third party sellers on Amazon. Still, this is the end for a glorious camera. Seven years after the very basic design concept is still alive in the new A7rIV and A9II cameras.

Would be nice if Sony would attempt to finally give us a completely different kind of Full Frame camera design too. But I guess that within a shrinking market it’s wise to stay focused on what works.

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World fist review of the Tamron 20mm f/2.8

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Marc Alhadeff from SonyAlpha.Blog posted the world’s first review of the new Tamron 20mm f/2.8 FE lens:

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The Tamron 20mm F2.8 Di III OSD M 1:2 (450 euros) is an excellent wide angle lens

It is part a set of new Prime lenses with all a short focusing distance , a 1:2 magnification ratio, a F2.8 aperture,  same length, same weight

If you compare it with the 24mm F2.8 (code F051) & the 35mm F2.8 (code F053) on A7RIV you maybe a bit disappointed as performances are less stellar

But if you compare it with all other primes around 18-21mm , the Tamron is one of the best available in term of sharpness, on par with a few others  but at a fraction of the price and its very short focusing distance allow it to provide the best bokeh/background blur among all of them

If you only have a A7III with only 24Mpix and have already the  Tamron 17-28mm F2.8 you  won’t see a lot the difference in sharpness, if you have a 42Mpix or 61Mpix , the upgrade is worth it

Highly recommended for wide angle shooter

Pros

  • Excellent sharpness on the entire frame as of F5.6
  • Very good sharpness in the centre wide open
  • Very good background blur and color rendition
  • Very short focusing distance allowing to reach 1:2 magnification
  • Very compact and light : discrete and going well for video on a Gimbal
  • Moderate price
  • Very Good resistance to flare
  • Very low chromatic aberrations

Average

  • Good build quality (but much lower than GM)
  • Vignetting is moderate (to be corrected in a future Lightroom Lens profile)
  • Corners are only good at F2.8 and require to be closed down to F5.6 to reach their max sharpness
  • Fast and reliable AF in photo but sometimes hesitation in AFC in the corners

Cons

  • Lot of distorsion (to be corrected in a future Lightroom Lens profile)
  • Noisy AF in Video and not regular

 

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All links to the new Tamron FE primes:
Tamron 20mm  f/2.8 at Adorama, FocusCamera and BHphoto.
Tamron 24mm  f/2.8 at Adorama, FocusCamera and BHphoto.
Tamron 35mm  f/2.8 at Adorama, FocusCamera and BHphoto.

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