Matt Granger names the Sony A7rIII camera of the year. And Engadget too

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Matt Granger can surely not be suspected to be a Sony fanboy. He is a long time Nikon shooter and tried years ago to switch over to Sony but did regret this step because of multiple reasons (poor Sony service was the main reason). Well times are changing and after testing the A7rIII in Perù he concluded that this is the camera of the year.

I know Matt is heavily invested in Nikon and the A7rIII is still not enough to force him to switch. But let’s hope future Sony improvements will make him go back to Sony again :)

And Engadget also says the A7rIII is the best camera you can get:

More A7rIII tests:
Shooting sport with the Sony A7R III (CameraJabber).
SONY A7RIII REVIEW – The Best Mirrorless So Far (Kinotika).
Sony a7R III – The Best Camera on the Market in 2017 – Period (Part I of II) by Ronmartblog.

Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK. Photo Porst Neuwied. Sony Netherland. Sony Australia. Sony Japan.

Join the A7rIII facebook group to discuss the camera features and tests.

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Sony Tidbits…

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Samyang AF 35mm f/1.4 FE full-frame test results (Sony a7r II)

Sony Releases a Back-Illuminated Time-of-Flight Image Sensor (Sony.net).
SoftKinetic becomes Sony Depthsensing Solutions (Cision).
Go SQUARE with the Fujifilm instax SHARE SP-3 Smartphone Printer (Explora).
Samyang AF 35mm f/1.4 FE Review (Photographyblog).
Sigma 16mm review by Technpix.

Fatih: “I would be happy if you could upload a timelapse video of mine on your page. I shot this 2 years ago on the sony a7s back then. Still got only 1,4k views :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IcXHeMQqhw”

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Ending at midnight: Super big BHphoto deal zone action. And A7rIII in Stock!

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This runs til midnight: Save $$$ on a huge amount of items sold on this newly setup BHphoto DealZone page. It includes many Sony bundle deals.

And the Sony A7rIII is now in Stock at BHphoto and on January 3 at Amazon.

Other deals:
Til Dec 31 Macphun is offering new holiday deals on Luminar 2018 (Click here) and Aurora HDR (Click here). You save an additional $10 on checkout using the code “SAR”.

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Sony beats Nikon and is now number two company with most rented gear at Lensrentals

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Lensrentals reports:

Sony out rented Nikon this year and is slowly closing the gap to Canon.

And Dpreview readers did choose the A7rIII as camera of the year.

So it seems like Sony is slowly getting closer to the number one position. But 2018 Canon and Nikon will fight back with their new FF mirrorlss system cameras. We have to see if that’s too late for them or if Sony has to be worried again.

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Let Sony know what E or A-mount lenses should be released as next!

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This is the time of the year where we usually talk about what should arrive in 2018 to make us happy. Comment this post to let Sony know what kind of lens they should absolutely make as next. Please follow theses rules:

– max 3 lens suggestions
– please don’t go too strange with focal lengths and apertures (try to be a bit realistic).
– please mention if the lens should be FE, E or A mount

this would be my list for examples:

– 21mm f/1.8 FE
– 50mm f/1.2 FE
– 135mm f/1.8 FE

I will sum up your suggestion in a poll to be posted in early January!

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For fun: Image of the 80-200mm f/1.4 :)

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Sony teases the CES show conference

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Sony published this special CES page. It has a countdown to tease the press conference which will be video streamed live at 5:00 pm PST on Monday 8th January. All it say is “See our President and CEO, Kaz Hirai, unveil a new generation of Sony innovations”

Usually at CES there is no Alpha stuff announcement. But I am not giving up the hope yet. And there is still a Sony registered camera with the code “WW 541200” that has yet NOT be announced. But like I said, this camera might as well be announced in February before the CP+ show start.

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Thanks Dan!

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