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The Best Sony Portrait Lenses: Sony 90mm 2.8G Macro

Sigma 56mm f/1.4 UNBOXING + Photo Samples (Jason Vong).
Dark and Cold Outside? Try Tethering Inside! (Explora)..
Sony 24-70mm f/4 Review (Enthusiastphotoblog)
Zonlai 50mm F1.4 review at SonyAlphaBlog.
Voigtlander VM 50mm 1.2 Nokton (Phillip Reeve).

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

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Hot deal of the day: $350 off on the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FE lens!

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This runs today only: $350 off on the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FE lens at BHphoto (Click here). They also rund deals on those three items on their DealZone page:

More deals:
You get this Lexar 128GB cardat Amazon US.

Big software deals:
Skylum officially launched Luminar 3 with Libraries (Click here). You can preorder it today with a $10 discount using our code “SAR“.
Capture One 12 officially released. It adds a ton of new features and if you want to buy it (Click here) you get additional 10% off using our code “AMBSAR“.

 

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Rumors recap: Sony 8k, telephoto lens, 35mm and 135mm FE, A7000, A7sIII

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Here is an extended recap of rumored E-mount gear:

Sony A7000.
Sony officially confirmed that a high end APS-C camera is in the works. And recently Sony registered a new mirrorless camera in Asia which I believe is the new APS-C camera (and not the A7sIII). This is what our sources told us about this camera:

– it’s not an A6500 successor
– it has a new design with EVF in the center
– it’s a new High End APS-C camera
– mini-A9
– probably 20 fps and 5.6 milion dot EVF

Sony A7sIII:
For sure it has 4k60p, 4:2:2 10bit (external), 5.6 milion dot EVF, new stacked sensor and announcement in first half 2019. Sony also said it will have some “unexpected” features. Unclear what they could be.

Sony prime lenses:
35mm f/1.8 G and 135mm f/1.8 GM are on the roadmap.

Sony telephoto lenses:
Sony officially confirmed a new telephoto lens is coming soon. No specs have been shared but we found patents for 500mm and 600mm f/5.6 lenses. And there was an unconfirmed rumors about a possible 200-600mm FE lens too.

Sony f/1.2 primes:
I never got a rumor about such a lens but the fast lenses from Nikon and Canon might convince Sony to add such a lens in their roadmap. Sony stated officially that “Maybe some demand exists for an f/1.2

New FF sensors:

Sensor 1:
60MP
16 channels (which is crazy, normally it should be 8),
4.6FPS@16bit
12FPS@14bit
8k30P@12bit
8K60p@10bit
4k60p@12bit
FHD300P@10bit
Sensor 2:
36MP
10FPS@16bit
60FPS@10bit
on-chip PDAF

Tamron FE:
100-400mm 5-6.3 and 70-200mm f/2.8 FE could be announced in 2019.
Tamron 70-200mm FE could be announced in early 2019.

Sigma FE:
Sigma will announce the first FF lenses exclusively designed for mirrorless in 2019.

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The very first review of the new Zonlai 50mm f/1.4 APS-C E-mount lens by Marc Alhadeff

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Marc Alhadeff is the first person testing the new Zonlai 50mm f/1.4 APS-C E-mount lens (you can get it at Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK). The conclusion:

The Zonlai 50mm F1.4 (150 euros) is an excellent manual portrait lens for A6000, perfectly usable wide open (very good) and giving excellent results as of F2.8
The background blur and bokeh is very good and the global color rendition is good as well, it will only require small color correction to correct the magenta tint

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Sony Tidbits…

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My First Vlog! IRIX 11mm F/4 Blackstone Review. Crazy Wide Angle Lens

The Best Cameras for Color Reproduction, Ranked (PDN).
The Fastest Glass Money Can Buy (Explora).
Panasonic: 8k on MFT is complicated while 8k on Full frame is coming in 2020 (L-Rumors.com).
Voigtlander announced two new Vintage line lenses: 21mm f/3.5 and 35mm f/2.0 (MirrorlessRumors.com).
“Beast from the East:” Sigma’s New 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 Sports Len (Hugh Brownstone).
The 10 Sharpest Lenses I’ve Ever Tested: for 2019 (Christopher Frost Photography).

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

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Today only: $50 off on the Sigma 16mm f/1.4 E-mount lens sold by Adorama

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You have only a few hours to grab the Sigma 16mm f71.4 for $399 only at Adorama.

You get this Lexar 128GB card for $45 only at Amazon US.

Skylum officially launched Luminar 3 with Libraries (Click here). You can preorder it today with a $10 discount using our code “SAR“.

Capture One 12 officially released. It adds a ton of new features and if you want to buy it (Click here) you get additional 10% off using our code “AMBSAR“.

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