Advice needed: What’s the best external battery to charge iphone, laptop and camera?

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Next week I am visiting my parent in the Pyrenees. As usual I will do a lot of hiking but I got one major issue. The battery of my three-year old laptop and iPhone are really terrible. Can’t work more than 45min with iPhone as hotspot and my laptop with full brightness setting during daylight. I therefore need an external battery. There are so many batteries on Amazon and I can’t decide which one suites me best.

At the moment I am inclined to buy the Mophie Powerstation XXL. Only downside is the relatively slow charging speed of 30 Watt. If you have any suggestion for a more powerful but still reliable battery drop it as a comment. Thanks!

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New Nissin MG10 available for preorder at BHphoto

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The new Nissin MG10 available for preorder at BHphoto.

Full current deals roundup:

Capture One:
55% off on the Capture One PRO for Sony + 3 Styles bundle for $128,70 (…151,5€) if you insert the code “AMBSAR” at checkout. Click here to get it: phaseone.onfastspring.com/capture-one-pro-sony-11-3-style-packs.

Zeiss deals:
Zeiss launched new Batis-Loxia-Touit lens rebates. And overview can be found on that BHphoto page.

Sony Deals:
The Sony A7rIII got the first $200 price drop ever at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FocusCamera (with $199 free extras) and BuyDig (with free extras).
$300 off on the Sony A9 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, BestBuy. FocusCamera.
$100 off on the 18-135mm lens at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera and BestBuy.
$300 off on the 24-70mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.

New preorders:
Voigtlander 110mm FE lens can be preordered at BHphoto and Adorama.
Samyang (Rokinon) 24mm f/2.8 FE lens can be preordered now at BHphoto and Adorama.
Sony RX100VI at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig and BestBuy. In EU at Calumet Germany and Wex UK.
Sony VCT-SGR1 Shooting Grip at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, BuyDig and BestBuy.
At BH you can also preorder the new Loupedeck+ editing console.
Neewer 35mm f/1.2 APS-C E-mount manual focusing lens at Amazon US.

A7III accessories:
Meike grip at grip at Amazon US, Amazon CA, Amazon DE, Amazon UK.
Easycover is officially compatible with the A7III. You can buy it at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.

 

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Surprise: Sony announced the RX100VA in Japan

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We got a small surprise: Sony Japan announced a new RX100VA camera!  This is basically an RX1005 update with bigger frame rate updated processor engine, improved autofocus and other improvements also seen on the new RX100VI.

The only exterior difference has been spotted by Photosku here:

It’s unclear yet if this camera version will be released outside of Japan too.

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Sony Tidbits…

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2018 Sony World Photography Awards: Meet the winners

Understanding Exposure, Part 1: The Exposure Triangle (Explora).
Deity SMic Original 2 (Personal View).
You can back up your (or anyone elses) entire flickr account using the software “Youtube-DL” (Reddit).
Fuji 250/4 on GFX 50S, Apo-Telyt-R on a7RII (Jim Kasson).
Ein Tag unterwegs mit der Sony RX100 VI (Photoscala).
Tamron 28-75 mm f/2,8 Di III RXD – Prueba de campo (AlbedoMedia).

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

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PlanetMithc sent me this:

I’m running a lens giveaway for Tokina and I was wondering if you’d be interested in possibly promoting it? Here’s the campaign: http://enter.tokinacontest.com

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German “Stiftung Warentest” says top three best cameras are all Sony’s

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There is and will always be some pro Sony fanboy reviewers and some anti Sony testers. But the German Stiftung Warentest is certainly known to be a neutral review platform. From Wikipedia:

Stiftung Warentest is a German consumer organisation and foundation involved in investigating and comparing goods and services in an unbiased way.

So what are their unbiased testing results about the current best FF cameras? Florian translated their findings posted on N–tv.de:

Stiftung Warentest has crowned 3 Sony cameras as best full frame cameras on the market. It’s the leading independent testing service in Germany and is highly recognised as truthful and reasonable. Amazing news for Sony in Germany. And even more buzz for them.

Here is the ranking (lower numbers are better):

  1. Sony A7III with 1.5 points ([shopcountry 72407])
  2. Sony A7rIII with 1.6 points ([shopcountry 72408])
  3. Sony A99II with 1.7 points ([shopcountry 72409])
  4. Nikon D850 with 1.8 points
  5. Pentax K-1II with 2.0 points
  6. Pentax K-1 with 2.0 points
  7. Canon EOS 5D IV with 2.0 points
  8. Canon EOS 6D II with 2.1 points

Fanboys share this news, anti-Sony folks I wanna see your fantasy arguments now :)

 

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