Today our EU readers got plenty of special Sony deals. Here they are:
You save big on the A7II, RX100IV, RX10II and A77II at Amazon Germany .
Up to 40% off on Sony cameras at Amazon UK.
24-105mm FE for 1087 Euro only at Amazon Spain.
And you also save money on the Sony 30mm and 10-18mm lenses sold on Amazon Germany.
Up to 30% off on Transcend cards at Amazon Germany.
Sigma 56mm F1.4 Lens Review: It’s Perfect.
Sony a9 Goes to Work (Sonymirrorlesspro).
Shooting Natural Light Portraits with the A7 III & 24-105mm (Onportraits).
How to carry a Sony 70-200 and 100-400 (Theoverratedphotographer).
Stability Now! In the Field with the Moza Air 2 Handheld Gimbal (Explora).
Sigma 56 f 1.4 review on Sony e-mount by Tecnologyamafia.
Valentin: “I have here a video of extraordinary macro shots of ordinary everyday objects that might be something for the next sony tidbits. It was created with the Sony a7riii, Sony 90mm Fe macro and the Laowa 25mm ultra macro.
https://youtu.be/B01J9XpkGg4”
Personal photos and tests from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and 500px.
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In two months the Sony A6000 will become five years old. And it still manages to be the most popular camera according to Amazon Ranking (Click here to see full list). The mirrorless competition had no chance to beat this camera so far. Maybe this will change next year when Canon and Nikon will release some entry level Z and EOS-R APS-C camera?
My bet is that in exactly one year we will still see the A6000 on top of the Amazon Ranking :)
Up to $225 off on Zeiss Batis-Loxia-Touit E-mount lenses (full list here at BHphoto):
$300 off on the Zeiss Batis 135mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$180 off on the Zeiss Batis 85mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$195 off on the Zeiss Batis 25mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$225 off on the Zeiss Batis 18mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$195 off on the Zeiss Loxia 35mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$210 off on the Zeiss Loxia 85mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$225 off on the Zeiss Loxia 21mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$140 off on the Zeiss Loxia 50mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
Still running: $1,000 rebates on Sony gear at BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera and Adorama.
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“.
We got two sources saying that the new Voigtlander 50mm f/1.2 FE lens should start to ship on EU and US market in January. Price is expected to be about the same of the current M-mount version.
Marc Alhedeff from Sonyalpha.blog tested the new version of the world’s fastest native E-mount lens. He writes:
The Kipon Ibelux 40mm F0.85 Mark II (1800 euros) is a nice upgrade of the Handevision 40mm F0.85 with mainly better color rendering and better resistance to flare which were 2 flaws of the V1 . I wished they had strengthen the dampening of the focusing ring but it has remained as it it
Pros
- Very good build quality
- Excellent sharpness in the centre as of F1.4, good at F0.85 and F1
- Spectacular portrait with creamy background at F0.85 / F1
- Superb background blur
- good color rendition
- good resistance to flare
- correct contrast at F0.85 (V1 was weaker)
Cons
- Difficult to focus at F0.85
- extremely heavy and unbalanced on Sony A6000
- very expensive (1800 euros)
- CA up to F1.4
- Long min focusing distance : 75 cm
You are supposed to use this lens most of the time at F0.85 / F1 as you have many options starting at F1.2.
Wide open and at F1 , this lens can produce very beautiful portrait and half body photos with a very smooth blurry background and sufficient sharpness but it requires some patience and a lot of trials/errors in the beginning, but you quickly improve to focus at F0.85
With the improved coating and better color rendition I would not hesitate to use it at F0.85 whereas for V1 as was closing down to F1.4 to neutralise the color cast
Sony 8K sensor, H265, & UHS-III – Bringing it all together
Huawei Smartphone to use Sony ToF Sensor for 3D Imaging (Image Sensor World).
Review of the CamFi Pro : wireless tethering for Sony by Marc Alhadeff.
Samyang AF 35mm F1.4 review by Dustin Abbott.
Review: PocketPano Loxia Lens-Grip (Phillip Reeve).
Drobo 8D Thunderbolt™ 3 Storage Solution (Explora).
Profoto A1 on Sony Mirrorless Camera Tip by Chung Dha
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Sony finally released the new 2.10 firmware for the A7III (download here) and A7rIII (download here).
UPDATE: There is also a new 4.10 firmware update for the Sony A9 (download here).
[Note 1] When updating to this version from a lower version than “Ver. 4.00”, the FTP transfer feature and Wired LAN settings are initialised.
You will have to configure these two items again. The names of FTP server 1, FTP server 2, and FTP server 3 will be kept, but other items will be initialised. If you have set the Wired LAN Settings to Manual, each of the manually configured settings will be initialised and the Wired LAN Settings will be set to Auto.
[Note 2] When the camera is updated from Ver. 3.00 to this version, the registered settings for Fn (function) menu may not be kept. In that event, please customise the menu to your preferred settings again. Setting: [MENU]-[Camera Settings2]-[Function Menu Set.]
Please refer to the Help Guide for more information on updated functions.
