Sony says A7rIII preorders are higher than estimated

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Sony is talking to the press like DC.watch and Amateur Photographer and those are the interesting bits of info:

  1. Mirrorless market is growing worldwide (In Japan Sony has 29% of the FF market share)
  2. A7rIII preorder numbers are higher than expected
  3. focus is on the professional market without to sacrifice the consumer market (but the boundaries between the two markets are getting closer)
  4. New VENICE camcorder sensor is based on a stills sensor (SAR note: Probably A9)
  5. In Europe Sony is the number one mirrorless share holder and the number two in the FF market
  6. it’s the surest bet imaginable that over the next year or two it will concentrate on releasing high-end long telephotos matched to the Alpha 9
  7. Don’t expect to see a Sony medium-format system appear any time soon

Preorders:
Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK. Photo Porst Neuwied. Sony Netherland. Sony Australia. Sony Japan.
Sony 24-105mm at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK.

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

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Imaging Resource A7rIII Labs shots and comparison with the D850

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D8500 vs A7rIII at CameraSize

Imaging Resource added the A7rIII Studio shots on their comparometer. At a first glance I see nearly no difference between the two top class cameras of the moment:

Preorders:
Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK. Photo Porst Neuwied. Sony Netherland. Sony Australia. Sony Japan.
Sony 24-105mm at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK.

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

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Amazon Black Friday deals will start on November 17

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Amazon announced that the Black Friday deals will start on November 17 and go on for 10 days. The Black Friday pages are already up and running here and some early deals can be found: Amazon US. Amazon CA. Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon FR. Amazon ES. Amazon IT.

To grab the best deals before the others I advice you to become Prime members. You will get early access to Amazon Black Friday and the Cyber Monday 2017 deals. You can simply cancel your free trial after 30 days if you do not wish to become an official member. Subscribe PRIME here: Amazon US. Amazon CA. Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon FR. Amazon ES. Amazon IT.

We don’t know yet what kind of Sony deals we can expect. But for sure there will be plenty of useful rebates on accessories and third-party lenses.

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Serge Ramelli tests the Luminar 2018 and creates Autumn atmosphere and Sunrays out of nothing

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Youtube star Serge Ramelli tested the Luminar 2018 software (purchase here). And he shows you how to create an autumn atmosphere from a boring picture.

I guess that’s the future of photography. Take a shitty pic and transform it in whatever you like. And you will not even have to own a good camera.. The German Max Planck institute has a special AI algorythm to create high resolution images from a low resolution original photo (PDF file here).

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Samyang officially releases the new Lens Station for E-mount cameras

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Samyang officially announced the new Lens Station for E-mount autofocus lenses. What itdoes is this:

– install firmware updates
– calibrate focus
– calibrate aperture
– calibrate MF sensibility

[Download User Manual]

Current Samyang/Rokinon AF E-mount lenses:
50mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
14mm f/2.8 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
35mm f/2.8 at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
35mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.

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You can now preorder the new Sigma 16mm f/1.4 E-mount lens at BHphoto for $449

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For $449 you get this new fast lens at BHphoto, FocusCamera and Wex UK. Shipment start is November 22.

Preorders:
Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK. Photo-Porst.de. Sony Netherland. Sony Australia. Sony Japan.
Sony 24-105mm at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK.

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

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