On May 31 at around 8pm New York Time Sony will have a press conference. But as far as I have heard this is for High-level Cine gear only. Don’t think they mean the A7sIII with that. I guess it’s related to their VENICE camcorder. Don’t know yet if they will bring some new updated or announce some new Cine Gear too.
It’s rare to see real revolution in tripo design. Well today we got one: Peak design has just launched a compltely new kind of Tripod on Kickstarter (Click here – preorders open). Here is just a small part of what this tripod can do:
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Traditional travel tripods have a critical flaw: tons of wasted space. The result is a tool that is inherently difficult to carry with you into the field. We fixed that, and more.
We spent 4 years redesigning the tripod from the ground up to eliminate dead space and minimize packed-down size.
But we didn’t stop at space savings.
We made a tool that deploys and packs down rapidly—nearly twice as fast as a traditional tripod. We made it intuitive and delightful to use. We engineered professional-quality stability and performance. And we added thoughtful features to help you get the shot— with any gear, in any environment, from any point of view.
Some more reviews:
But there is really MUCH MORE to ssee if you jump over on their Kickstarter page (Click here).
Voigtlander Nokton 21mm f/1.4 FE lens at Adorama and BHphoto. Shipment start is June 20.
Also available from today: 24% off on the new Full Blue-ray Game of Thrones series preorder at Amazon US:
Sony cameras:
$1000 off on the Sony A9 at Buydig, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, BestBuy. FocusCamera.
$400 off on the SonyA7rIII at BuyDig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FocusCamera.
$400 off on the Sony A7rII at Buydig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$400 off ($600 off with kit lens) on the Sony A7II at Buydig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$150 off on the Sony 6300 at Buydig, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$200 off on the Sony 6000 at Buydig, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$150 off on the Sony 5100 at Buydig, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$200 off on the A6000 dual kit at Buydig, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
FF E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the 12-24mm f/4.0 lens at Bhphoto, Adorama, BestBuy, Focus and Amazon.
$100 off on the 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-70mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$200 off on the Sony 24-105mm FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FocusCamera, BuyDig.
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the Sony 28mm FE lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony 28-70mm FE lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 28-135mm PZ lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$100 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 5omm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony 50mm FE f/1.8 lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, Focuscamera.
$50 off on the Sony 50mm macro at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
$100 off on the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony 85mm f/1.8 FE at Buydig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 90mm macro lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony Fisheye Conversion Lens for FE 28mm F/2 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony Ultra-Wide Conversion Lens for FE 28mm F/2 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Today Sony had a 5-hour meeting with analysts and investors:
Sony IR Day 2019 (IR = Investor Relations). Sony.net…
The portion of the presentation dedicated inter alia to cameras and lenses: Sony.net…
The same document from last year’s meeting (22 May 2018): Sony.net…
In both cases the most interesting slide is the last one, dedicated to market shares and market ranks:
Between FY2017 (April 2017 – March 2018) and FY2018 (April 2018 – March 2019):
Time to sound the bugle!
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Thanks Mistral for finding the links.
BCNretail published the April Japanese Full Frame market share data. There is little change from the previous March report. Sony did loose around 8% share to Nikon. While the Canon share remained steady.
The top 3 camera sales are:
1) Sony A7III 38,9%
2) EOS-RP 16,5%
3) EOS-R 12,3%
Overall the FF mirrorless sales increased by 62,7% compared to last year!
It is expected that Sony shares drop slightly. Afterall Sony had last FF camera announcement happened 15 months ago (Sony A7III). It’s about time Sony you release your new A9II and A7sIII. And I wouldn’t mind to get a new A7rIV (or A9r) too :)
Save money on WD and Sandisk storage at Amazon DE.
Sony FE lens deals:
You get the Zeiss 24-70mm FE for 579 Euro only at Amazon Italy. This lens sells for more than 700 Euro in Germany.
You get the Sony 90mm FE for 825 Euro only at Amazon Italy. This lens sells for 980 Euro in Germany.
Sony Europe launched a new up to 1.000€ cashback on cameras and lenses
Read the full details of savings on the special Amazon Germany page (Click here), on that Amazon UK page (Click here) and Amazon FR (Click below the camera name). What’s worth to be mentioned is that you get 150€ back on the A7III too!
The new Meike 85mm f/1.8 FE lens is in Stock for the first time at Amazon US and Amazon DE.
Christopher Frost tested this lens and writes:
Here we go with a brand new manual focus portrait lens from Chinese manufacturer Meike (according to them, the best pronunciation is ‘Maker’). It’s only for Sony’s E-mount mirrorless cameras, full-frame or APS-C. It’s a very low budget, manual focus option, but it does have /some/ electronics: camera-controlled aperture, EXIF information, and it detects when you move the focus ring so the camera can go into MF assist mode. Even inexpensive 85mm lenses tend to be quite sharp; let’s put it through my usual torture tests, and see what happens.
