JB announced their new wood grip-base xl for the A7III-A7rIII and A9

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Today jbcameradesigns.com announced their new wood grip-base xl for the A7III-A7rIII and A9. They should be available soon on Amazon US:

This is a J.B. personal favorite and a new finish we are debuting! Add the MUCH NEEDED height to the Sony A7III series camera bodies with our new XL grip handcrafted from super strong (and light) White Oak. We carefully perfected our grip design for the A7III, A7RIII, and A9 and made it TALLER to accommodate room for you to finally place your pinky finger and feel confident in your grip!

This new XL grip is made of strong White Oak and then painted with special black paint. We then distress the grip to give each one it’s own unique finish. This grip feels awesome on my A7RIII and I finally feel confident and comfortable holding large pro lenses while shooting.

The total weight of the grip and hardware piece is only 3.0 ounces! The Sony vertical grip makes the system too bulky IMO, but with this XL grip base, it just feels perfect.

Each A7III Series XL grip is uniquely handcrafted and finished in the USA!

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Dave Dugdale: How Sony’s Auto Focus has Evolved on the a7R iii in the Past 4 Years?

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Dave Dugdale video introduction text:

The AF speed has increased, the a7riii has become tenacious it will not let go of a face. AF has become much smoother, before you would get a shimmering If you have turned off face detect, obj tracking and touch spot focus, when you want the camera to continuously [AF-C] auto focus over the entire frame [Wide], basically allowing you to concentrate on other things besides focus, the area is heavily center weighted meaning it places priority on high contrast objects in the center of the frame, if something is around the edge of the frame that is higher contrast and closer, it will still focus on the center items. IF AF-C and Wide then focus only on center items regardless of distance, UNLESS there basically nothing in the center of the frame With af turned on you can press the shutter half way down to snap to the nearest high contrast obj, unless movie w/shutter is turned on Focus on nearest obj, press half way and hold the shutter button If you want to focus on an object (no face) outside the center weighted area then use obj tracking/flexible spot or use Touch spot focus a7s: With face detect turned off, it would only focus on a small portion of the center of the frame regardless if the area set to wide, once an object leaves that small area it focus to the back wall

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Competition rumors: Nikon FF mirrorless on August 23 and Canon mirrorless (FF?) on September 4

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We have the dates of the big Mirrorless Full Frame war start :)

Nikon will announce their new FF mirrorless on August 23. While Canon has a big mirrorless (FF???) announcement on September 4. And what about Sony?. Sony is likely to announce the A7sIII some time after the big Nikon and Canon. Sony has not registered any new camera c ode in Asia (they usually register such codes 2-3 weeks before the announcement). And I guess Sony is eager to see what’s coming from the competition before they launch the A7sIII.

We have three major upcoming events where Sony could announce new gear:

– 13-18 September IBC Amsterdam.
– 26-29 September Photokina.
– 25-27 October Photoplus.

Of the three Photoplus is the one where usually Sony announces most of their E-mount stuff.

 

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New Sony Europe deals on the A6500, A77II, RX100IV

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– Save 100 Euro on the Sony A6500  with the coupon code at Amazon Germany (login to get the discount).
– Save 70 Euro on the RX100IV with the coupon code at Amazon Germany (login to get the discount).
– Save 100 Euro on the Sony A77II with the coupon code at Amazon Germany (login to get the discount).
– 15% off on the Minolta to Sony adapter at Amazon Germany.
– At 3pm London time deal on the Commlite EF to E-mount AF adapter at Amazon UK.

 

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