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(SR4) New Sony RX camera to be announced next week

July 19, 2019
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Sony is likely to announce a new RX camera next week (could be July 23 or July 24). We have no info about WHAT camera this is.

What we know is that Sony will have one more camera announcement in August too. No idea what this might be yet…but ti’s not the A7sIII and not the A9II.

Sony A7R4 First Impressions by Albert Dros

July 19, 2019
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Sony A7rIV and new accessories:
Sony A7rIV in USA/CA at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon, Henrys.
Sony A7rIV in EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK, Calumet NL.
Sony A7rIV in Asia at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.
Sony VG-C4EM grip in USA at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, ParkUK, WexUK.
ECM-B1M Digital Audio Shotgun Microphone at BHphoto, Park UK.
XLR-K3M Mic at BHphoto, Park UK.

Sony A7R4 First Impressions
Albert Dros

A few weeks ago Sony asked me if I wanted to do a quick test run with the -at that time- unannounced Sony A7R4. I was pleasantly surprised as I (and I am sure many others) expected the A7S3 to come out first. I obviously agreed and was excited to test the new camera as one of the first in the world. I was only able to test the camera for about 2.5 days so I can’t go too much in depth. This article is about my first impressions and you can expect my full review when I have the camera for a few months.

Note that at the time of writing this article, I was only able to shoot in JPG with the camera. There is currently no software to process the RAW files. So all of the images you see in this article are shot in JPG and some are slightly edited (contrast adjustment, slight color adjustments), cropped and/or straightened.

For better quality images, check the gallery at the end of this article.

First things first: this camera is from the R series. R meaning resolution, it comes without a doubt that the new R4 is the next step in resolution: it comes with a 61 megapixel sensor which is the biggest megapixel sensor for full frame on the market. It’s about 50% more megapixel than the A7RIII which is a huge increase. I’m sure all the trolls will start streaming ‘Who needs 61 megapixel anyway!?’ But in these times, a lot of people, including me, really benefit from a higher resolution. I often sell licenses of images for billboards and the bigger the megapixel count really helps with the quality here. Bigger megapixel also means you can crop an image much more and still get great quality.

July 18, 2019
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At last also our USA readers can preorder the new camera:

Sony A7rIV and new accessories:
Sony A7rIV in USA/CA at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon, BuyDig, Henrys.
Sony A7rIV in EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK, Calumet NL.
Sony A7rIV in Asia at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.
Sony VG-C4EM grip in USA at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, ParkUK, WexUK.
ECM-B1M Digital Audio Shotgun Microphone at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.
XLR-K3M Mic at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.

Don’t forget there is a LOT of new E-mount gear on preorder:

Sigma FE lenses:
Sigma 35mm f/1.2 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.
Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.
Sigma 45mm f/2.8 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.

Sony 35mm f/1.8 FE:
In the USA/CA at Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BHphoto and Henrys.
In EUROPE at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, WexUK, Calumet NL.

Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 FE preorders:
In the USA at BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig and Adorama.
In Europe it’s available at Calumet DE, WexUK, Park UK and CameraTools NL.

Full Sony A7rIV vs A7rIII spec comparison shows new A7rIV has a tiny bit smaller sensor!

July 18, 2019
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You can now see the full A7rIV versus A7rIII specs comparison table on this special BHphoto page. Something unexpected can be noticed: The new A7rIV has a slightly smaller sensor!

Sony A7rIV and new accessories:
Sony A7rIV in USA/CA at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon, BuyDig, Henrys.
Sony A7rIV in EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK, Calumet NL.
Sony A7rIV in Asia at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.
Sony VG-C4EM grip in USA at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, ParkUK, WexUK.
ECM-B1M Digital Audio Shotgun Microphone at BHphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, Park UK.
XLR-K3M Mic at BHphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, Park UK.

Peak Design raised $11 million dollars with their Tripod Kickstarter campaign which ends today!

July 18, 2019
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Yes folks…$11 million dollars have been spent by over 24,000 backers to get the new Peak Design tripod on Kickstarter. I am stunned by this…never thought a tripod could raise that much money!

The campaign will end today…and I guess they will raise some more $$$ til midnight :)

Firmware update for SIGMA’s interchangeable lenses for Sony E-mount

July 18, 2019
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Sigma isssued a new major firmware update for their current FE lenses:

Press text

[Applicable products] Sigma 14mm f/1.8 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 20mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 24mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 35mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 50mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
Sigma 135mm f/1.8 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.

[Benefits of the update] ・It has improved the AF speed.
・It has improved the AF accuracy when the Face Detection setting is turned on, while using AF.
・With the Sony α9 or Sony α6400, it has corrected the phenomenon whereby the AF stopping position occasionally had a variation when shutter was half pressed repeatedly during auto focusing on the same subject.
※For customers who have Sony α9, please update the camera’s firmware to Ver.5.00 or later.

[Applicable product] Sigma 105mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.

[Benefits of the update] ・It has improved the AF accuracy when the Face Detection setting is turned on, while using AF.
・With the Sony α9 or Sony α6400, it has corrected the phenomenon whereby the AF stopping position occasionally had a variation when shutter was half pressed repeatedly during auto focusing on the same subject.
※For customers who have Sony α9, please update the camera’s firmware to Ver.5.00 or later.

[Applicable product] Sigma 40mm f/1.4 FE lens at Adorama, FocusCamera and BHphoto.

[Benefit of the update] ・With cameras which incorporate DMF mode, when using the AF while the MF assist function is turned on, it has corrected the phenomenon whereby it automatically displays a magnified view as it gets in focus.
※For customers who have Sony α9, please update the camera’s firmware to Ver.5.00 or later.

To update the firmware, please refer to the following link;
https://www.sigma-global.com/en/download/lenses/firmware/