Tony Northrup believes Sony will launch a 60mm f/0,94 autofocus GM lens in 2019 to annoy Nikon

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Tony Northrup shared his 2019 predictions. While the A7000, A7sIII and A9sII predictions sound quite reasonable Tony added an unexpected bomb: He believes Sony will make a super fast autofocus lens.

Now call me crazy, but I do believe this would indeed make sense!

Of course Sony would not make any profit from such a lens. It would be expensive to make, expensive to sell and nearly nobody on this planet would buy it. But It would stop Nikon managers to keep bashing on the Sony mount. And forums, blogs and trolls would suddenly have no more arguments. So yes Sony, let’s show Nikon have we do a proper superfast autofocus lens!

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Sony press event at CES: New 8K TV’s announced and as expected no new E-mount camera.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SfBXzIzpTQ

UPDATE: The press conference is over and expected Sony did not announce anything E-mount related. Like I told you before we got a better chance to get new E-mount gear on the next event taking place in mid January (in around 10 days).

Today Sony announced new 8K TV’s only (press release here). Expect Sony to announce first 8K camcorderds later in the year. First 8K E-mount cameras are likely to be introduced after than sometimes in 2020

Here are the first images from the Sony CES booth:

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New special Sony Alpha educational video series from Mark Galer

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Mark Galer created a new and very helpful Sony Alpha educational video series on Youtube (Click here). He also sent me this text:

I have spent the last couple of months building a comprehensive educational resource for Sony A7III and A7RIII owners.
There is now over 10 hours of movie support spread across 30 Movies specifically targeted to the A7III and A7RIII cameras. I answer ALL questions on YouTube (perhaps the only Sony Ambassador to offer this level of support online).
I have posted 14 movies since you last highlighted one of my movies in your ‘Sony Tidbits…’ section at the end of November :-)
I hope to be the primary global educator for the Sony Alpha community in 2019. With enough support from the community I am prepared to do this full time.
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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony 24mm f/1.4 G Master Review for ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY – Sony a7III a7RIII a7S a9

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Competition rumor: Panasonic S1-S1R camera might be launched in late January

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According to latest info posted on L-rumors.com in late January we should finally get full specs and pricing info about the next direct Sony competition: The Panasonic S1 and S1R cameras!

The one stand out feature of these cameras will be 4k60p video recording which is missing on all current Sony FF cameras:

Sony A7sIII will be the first model with 4k60p but it’s not coming any time soon.

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