You can now preorder the new 16mm f/1.4 E-mount lens at Amazon DE and Wex UK. And the shipment start of this lens got a 1 week delay. BHphoto says the Sigma will be in Stock on December 1.
Time.com named the top 10 gadgets of the year. And the A7rIII has the honour to be in this list:
With notable improvements over its predecessor and a cheaper price than Sony’s A9 Alpha, the recently unveiled Sony Alpha A7R III stands to be one of the best mirrorless cameras ever made. It can shoot at twice the resolution of the A9 and has an autofocus that’s twice as fast as the A7R II, although it’s worth remembering that the A9 offers faster burst shooting. But the lower price and heightened performance are likely more than enough to impress pro and novice photographers alike.
And Chris&Jordan from TheCamerastoreTV just posted his A7rIII test:
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, Amazon DE, Calumet DE, Wex UK.
Join the A7rIII facebook group to discuss the camera features and tests!
I keep receiving links to new A7rIII tests. Here is the latest roundup:
Jim Kasson wrote a new Star Eating post. It’s clear the new A7rIII has the same issues as the A7rII (SAR note: Sony fix this!!!). Dpreview writes about this:
while a lot of stars still survive ‘Star Eater’, the a7R III continues the trend of noise reduction that dims or erases small stars at exposure longer than 3.2s. There’s some sense in this: Sony is ostensibly using this algorithm to avoid hot pixels that might otherwise riddle long exposures. But some nightscape and astro- photographers wish to be given a choice as to whether or not this form of noise reduction is applied. Alternatively, the noise reduction could (reversibly) be applied in post.
20 secret features that will make you upgrade from A7rII (or A9!) (Marc Alhadeff).
Sony A7r III setup guide with tips and tricks (Wim Arys).
New A7rIII video reviews:
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, Amazon DE, Calumet DE, Wex UK.
Join the A7rIII facebook group to discuss the camera features and tests!
These are todays new Black Friday deals in Europe:
1) Big Savings on Sony Action Cameras at Amazon Germany.
2) Sony 50mm FE for €199 at Amazon Spain.
3) Big Sandisk savings at Amazon France.
4) Sony 85mm FE for €510 at Amazon France.
Usual reminder: All EU citizen can buy from these Amazon stores!
You save $10 + another $10 when using code “SAR” at checkout on the Luminar 2018 software (Click here). You also get these free bonuses:
A Pack of Urban presets from Contrastly
Creative Look LUTs Collection for use in Luminar 2018
The Ultra-Wide Landscape Ebook by Ian Plant
Lights&Shadows Photo Training Video by Matt Granger
Photo specific Black Friday pages:
USA at Amazon US. BHphoto. BestBuy. Adorama. Amazon CA.
EU at Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon FR. Amazon ES. Amazon IT.
General Black Friday pages:
USA at Amazon US. BHphoto. BestBuy. Adorama. Amazon CA. eBay US.
EU at Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon FR. Amazon ES. Amazon IT.
First of all check out all new deals on those pages:
USA at Amazon US. BHphoto. BestBuy. Adorama. Amazon CA. eBay US.
EU at Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon FR. Amazon ES. Amazon IT.
And today’s hot new deals are:
$100 off on the Voigtlander 12mm FE lens at BHphoto.
$100 off on the Voigtlander 10mm FE lens at BHphoto.
$50 off on the Laowa12mm f/2.8 FE Zero Distorion lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
$120 off on the Mitakon 35mm f/0.95 APS-C E-mount lens at BHphoto.
You save $10 + another $10 when using code “SAR” at checkout on the Luminar 2018 software (Click here). You also get these free bonuses:
A Pack of Urban presets from Contrastly
Creative Look LUTs Collection for use in Luminar 2018
The Ultra-Wide Landscape Ebook by Ian Plant
Lights&Shadows Photo Training Video by Matt Granger
Specific Sony deals:
Special Sony deals overview page at Amazon, Adorama, Buydig, BestBuy, BHphoto.
Photo specific Black Friday pages:
USA at Amazon US. BHphoto. BestBuy. Adorama. Amazon CA.
EU at Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon FR. Amazon ES. Amazon IT.
General Black Friday pages:
USA at Amazon US. BHphoto. BestBuy. Adorama. Amazon CA. eBay US.
EU at Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon FR. Amazon ES. Amazon IT.
Sony deals in detail:
Cameras:
$500 off on the Sony A7rII at Buydig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$500 off on the Sony A7sII with free extras at Buydig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$200 off on the Sony A7 at Buydig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
$200 off on the Sony A6500 at BestBuy, Buydig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$70 off on the Sony 6300 at Buydig, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$100 off on the Sony 6000 at Buydig, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$100 off on the Sony 5100 at Buydig, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$200 off on the A6000 dual kit at Buydig, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$50 gift card with the RX10m5 at Adorama.
FF E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-70mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$25 off on the Sony 28mm FE lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony 28-70mm FE lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 28-135mm PZ lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$100 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 5omm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony 50mm FE f/1.8 lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, Focuscamera.
$50 off on the Sony 50mm macro at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony 85mm f/1.8 FE at BestBuy, Buydig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 90mm macro lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony Fisheye Conversion Lens for FE 28mm F/2 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony Ultra-Wide Conversion Lens for FE 28mm F/2 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
APS-C E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the 10-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 16-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 16-70mm Zeiss lens at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
$50 off on the 18-105mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Sony E PZ 18-110mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto
$100 off on the 18-200mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 18-200mm PZ lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 20mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the Sony 30mm macro at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 35mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 50mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Accessories:
$50 off on the LA-EA3 A-mount adapter at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$50 off on the LA-EA3 A-mount adapter at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$50 off on the HVL-F43M at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$100 off on the HVL-F60M at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$50 off on the Sony VGC1EM Vertical Grip at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$50 off on the Sony VGC2EM Vertical Grip at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$50 off on the Sony ECM-CG60 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
$50 off on the Sony RX100 underwater housing at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
Other cool deals:
$100 off on the Sigma MC-11 E-mount adapter at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Sigma savings at Adorama.
Zeiss lens savings at Adorama.
Save $300 on the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 FE autofocus lens at Amazon and Adorama.
Save $115 on the Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 APS-C E-mount lens at Amazon and Adorama.
Apple savings at BHphoto.
$900 off on the Rokinon DS lens kit at BHphoto.
Up to $300 off on SLRmagic lenses at BHphoto.
15% off onthe Vello Grip for A7II, A7, A6x, and A99II cameras at BHphoto.
Sigma A-mount lens savings at BHphoto.
Kevin Raber from Luminous Landscape tested the new A7rIII Pixel Shift function:
I did a lot of pixel peeping at 200% and 300%, doing side by sides in Photoshop. You can see differences when looking close. These become evident in highlight and specular areas as well as parts of an image with fine detail. There is less stair-stepping and other artifacts, which results in a cleaner file. So, while it may still be the same size as the original file, the resulting file has more perceived detail. I see this in areas of texture, such as the metal on the engine in the above samples or on the Chevy logo on the red truck.
Eddy Hagen also made a Pixel Shift test:
You could say that – at least in some situations – you get four times as much information, so comparable to a 168-megapixel Bayer-sensor. But you could also say that now that we’ve ditched the AA-filter and circumvented the mosaicing, we are – finally – getting the full resolution of the sensor, in the case of the A7R III: 42 megapixels…
Hugh Brownstone says the A7rIII is the best “medium format” camera of the year. It means it kills the reasons why people usually bought Medium Format cameras:
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, Amazon DE, Calumet DE, Wex UK.
Join the A7rIII facebook group to discuss the camera features and tests!
Jim Kasson analyzed the A7rIII spatial filtering and found out that is “behaves” the same way it does on the A7rII. So his conclusion is that the A7rIII also eat stars. This statement goes against the findings from Drew Geraci who said last week:
“Very Excited to share this side by side comparison of the A7RIII (full production model) shooting Astrophotography at 3.2″ and 10” at ISO 12,800 utilizing the Sony 16-35mm GM lens. As you can see in the side by side comparison, with ALL noise reduction turned off in the main menu, you can easily see that all stars are present and accounted for when blown up at 100% resolution. The star-eater is no more.
Download RAW images here: https://www.dropbox.com/…/ejyad8…/AAApFpv-kmRWfslWZ0-69awRa…
Password: star”
While Jim Kasson did yet not test this on real start shoots I really do trust Jim. And I worry that at the end he might be right. Unless Sony did something on the A7rIII we don’t know about. I hope further testings can confirm if the A7rIII will or will not eat stars.
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, Amazon DE, Calumet DE, Wex UK.
Join the A7rIII facebook group to discuss the camera features and tests!
