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Sony 24mm f1.4 GM review with image samples

Sony 28mm f2 Review – The Perfect Travel Lens (Julia Trotti).
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di III VC review at SonyAlphaBlog.
8-Bit, 10-Bit, What Does It All Mean for Your Videos? (Explora).
Samyang AF 35mm F1.4: Final Review (Dustin Abbott).
2018 was the biggest shakeup in years for the camera world (Engadget).

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US preorders for the new Sony A6400 are now open!

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US readers can now preorder the new Sony A6400 at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera and Buydig. No preorders yet at Amazon.

Sony A6400 in Europe at Calumet Germany, ParkCameras UK, Jessops
Sony A6400 in Asia at Sony Australia and Sony Japan.

These are my early thoughts on this camera purely based on specs and previews from youtubers:

What’s to like about the new A6400:
– Packs a lot of tech into a relatively affordable camera ($900)
– Class leading autofocus tech
– Wildlife shooters will love the Animal EYE-AF
– selfie screen if you are one of those people who needs it
– Built-in Intervalometer
– plenty of nice incremental improvements on usability and image quality

What’s not to like:
– Doesn’t have on sensor stabilization
– Fully articulating side screen would have it made easier for youtuber to use the hotshoe mic
– Doesn’t use the new Z-battery
– same unexciting conservative A6xxx body
– same LCD resolution as previous A6500 A6300 cameras
– no improvements on weather sealing

Overall impression:
This is a not so exiting new camera that actually has many sensible improvements. After the A7III this is probably the second best E-mount camera in terms or price-quality balance.

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In case you missed this news: Firmware Ver. 3.0 for α7R III and α7 III is coming in April!

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In case you missed it Sony A7III and A7rIII owners will get a major 3.0 firmware update in April. Press text:

Firmware Ver. 3.0 for α7R III and α7 III

Sony’s popular α7R III and α7 III full-frame cameras will both receive enhanced Real-time Eye AF performance with the upcoming firmware version 3.0. This will be available in AF-C mode with a simple half-press of the shutter button. Real-Time Eye AF for animals (i) will also be available.

The cameras will also receive interval recording functionality that will allow for simple creation of time-lapse movies (vii). The new feature can be set for anywhere between 1 and 60 seconds, with a total number of shots from 1 to 9999. AE tracking sensitivity can also be adjusted to “High”, “Mid” or “Low” during interval recording, allowing for reduced changes in exposure over the shooting interval.

The new system firmware update version 3.0 is scheduled in April 2019.

Here are the differences between the Sony A9 and the A7III-A7rIII firmware upgrades:

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You can now preorder the new Sony A6400 in Europe and Australia. Ship start on Februar 14.

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You can preorder the new Sony A6400 in Europe at Calumet Germany, ParkCameras UK, Jessops and in Asia at Sony Australia and Sony Japan.
Shipment start is February 14. US preorder will open today at 1pm New York time at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Buydig and Amazon.

Europe Deal reminder:
Big savings on Sandisk cards at Amazon Germany and Amazon France.
Save 100 Euro on the nice Zeiss 16-70mm E-mount lens by clicking the coupon button on Amazon Germany (Click here). On top of that you also get a 100 Euro cahsback (see details on that Amazon DE page).

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Sony A6400 vs A6500 vs Fuji X-T3 spec comparison

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You can see the full spec comparison between the new Sony A6400 and the A6500 and X-T3 camera on that special BH comparison page. It’s crystal clear the A6400 is a A5100-A6300 hybrid successor and not a new High end APS-C. Sony has to bring a serious Fuji X-T3 competitor which might be named A7000. The WPPI show is coming in February and let’s hope Sony will release it on that event!

And Dpreview published some A6400 hands-on photos:

On the surface it might appear that not much has changed since the a6300, with the addition of a flip-up touchscreen and an HLG option for high dynamic range video not seeming to signal a major update. But then there’s the stills and video autofocus.

To say that the autofocus system got an overhaul would be an understatement. We’ll be spending plenty of time photographing bikes, running children and who knows what else in the next few days, but our early impressions of the Real-time Eye AF and Tracking features are extremely positive.

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Impressive: The Sony A9 features upgrades in detail

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The most happy people of todays Sony announcement should be the current Sony A9 camera owners. They will get a ton of new features with the two new updates that are coming soon:
update version 5.0 is scheduled for launch in March 2019, and version 6.0 is scheduled for Summer 2019.

Check out this video from Patrick Murphy-Racey to learn more about the new features:

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