Patrick Murphey Racey reviews the Sony NPA-MQZ1K Multi Battery Adapter Kit

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Patrick Murphey Racey reviewed the new Sony NPA-MQZ1K Multi Battery Adapter Kit.

Sony A9 camera and accessories:
Sony A9 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, BestBuy. FocusCamera. Calumet.de. Park UK. Wex UK. Jessops.
Sony A9 with Grip Extension Kit at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
Sony A9 battery grip at Adorama, Bhphoto, Amazon. Wex UK. Jessops.
Sony A9 Glass screen protector at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
NP-FZ100 battery for the A9 at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon. Jessops.
GP-EX1 grip at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon. Wex UK.
FDA-EP18 eye cup at Adorama, BHphoto.
MQZ1 multi battery charger at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon. Wex UK.
BCQZ1 Z-series Battery Charger at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.

The new Sony FE lenses preorders:
16-35mm GM at Bhphoto, Adorama, BestBuy, Focus and Amazon. In EU at Calumet DE, WexUK, Jessops.
12-24mm G at Bhphoto, Adorama, BestBuy, Focus and Amazon. In EU at Calumet DE, WexUK, Jessops.
Sony 100-400mm GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumet.de. Park UK. Wex UK. Jessops.

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Sony 100mm F2.8/T5.6 STF GM OSS – Features

Sony A7RII and SLR MAGIC Cine Primes test video by Philip Bloom.
The Sigma 135mm 1.8 art on the Sony A7RII- AMAZING LENS but I’m returning it! (Manny Ortiz).
A99II review by Digitaltrends.
Convergent Design Element Switchers Recorders Line, NAB 2017 (Personal View).
Six Ways to Grow Your Skills and Your Business (ALC).
How to Geo-tag Your Photos (Explora).

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Hans: “The new Metabones EF to Nex adapter has a fine feature: you can use your Sony extenders 1.4x and 2x with Canon lenses. Here in this Flickr album https://flic.kr/s/aHsm1aKged are some samples with the EF 500mm f4 Mark II and Sony extenders. I used the Zeiss 135mm f2 ZE with both extenders also. The bussards are croped, distance was around 150 meters. Others are full frame. You have some vignetting, but who cares?“

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Next price drop: Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 FE AF for $615

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The Rokinon 14mm autofocus lens is now selling for $615 only directly via Amazon US (Click here). And the SF-G world’s fastest SD cards are now back in Stock at Amazon:

New deals:
You save $10 by using the code “SAR” on the new Luminar Neptune software (Click here).
Rokinon 14mm FE AF for $632 only at Amazon US (Click here).
Open Box Rokinon 50mm f/1.4 AF lens sells for $499 only on [shoplink 60057 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Grey imported deal on the A7rII is back on [shoplink 60059 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Sony A7 cameras:
$200 off and free extras on the A7rII at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$100 off on the A7sII at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$50 off on the A7II at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$50 off on the A7 at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.

Sony A6500-A6300-A6000-A5100:
 $100 off on the A6500 at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
$150 off on the A6300 with 16-50mm lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$100 off on the A6300 at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$300 off on the A6000 Dual lens kit sold by Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$100 off on the A5100 with 16-50mm lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon

Full Frame E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the Zeiss 5omm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$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.
$100 off on the 70-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

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(SR2) 400mm f/4.0 FE lens prototype specs?

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To get an idea of the possible size of this lens: Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM Lens vs Sony 70-400mm lens (via CameraSize).

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I am 90% certain Sony will launch 400mm FE lens during the second half of the year. But I have yet no reliable info if this is going to be a f/2.8 or f/4.0 lens. So if it’s solid rumors you seek stop reading here.

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The only additional specs I got is from a new source. Which means there is a high chance it is not correct. But I figured it would be interesting to hear from SAR readers if such a lens would be appreciated.

The source claims he has seen the 400mm f/4.0 FE prototype:

Market release in Q3 2017
White color with “very elegant design”
aprox. 2,3 kg weight,
fast autofocus
focus limiter buttobs,
OS in lens
price aprx 4.500 usd

If true the price would be surprisingly low compared to what the Canon EF 400mm costs! But still, this rumor is still not coming from my trusted sources. I hope to hear from them soon.

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Samyang 35mm FE review at Photographyblog: “we’d definitely recommend the Samyang AF 35mm f/2.8 FE instead of the Zeiss”

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Photographyblog tested the new Samyang lens and concluded:

The Samyang AF 35mm f/2.8 FE does have a natural competitor in the form of the almost identical Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA lens, which was released along with the very first Sony Alpha E-mount camera back in 2013. The Samyang AF 35mm is significantly cheaper and slightly lighter, while the Sonnar T* FE 35mm additionally offers dust- and moisture-resistantance, includes a lens hood and doesn’t suffer so badly from chromatic aberrations. There really isn’t much else to choose between them, though, so unless you’re prepared to pay handsomely for the Zeiss name and a certain level of weather-proofing, we’d definitely recommend the Samyang AF 35mm f/2.8 FE instead.

35mm f/2.8 at BHphoto, Adorama.

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Tamron 24-70mm and 18-400mm lens specs (no A-mount yet)

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A-mount owners will have to wait to get these lenses. Because according to Nokishita there will be Canon and Nikon version only. Usually Tamron does announce A-mount versions 6-9 months later but so far this is not confirmed. In the meantime here are the specs:

 SP 24 – 70 mm F / 2.8 Di VC USD G 2
– A032
– Lens construction: 12 groups 17 sheets
– Diaphragm blades: 9 (circular aperture)
– Shortest shooting distance: 15 inches (about 0.38 m)
– Maximum photographing magnification: 1: 5
– Image stabilization effect: Approximately 4.5 steps
– Filter diameter: 82 mm
– Maximum diameter × length: 3.5 in × 4.4 in (about 89 mm × 112 mm)
– Weight: 31.9 oz (approx 904 g)

18-400 mm F / 3.5 – 6.3 Di II VC HLD
– B028
– Mount: For Canon · For Nikon
– Lens configuration: 11 groups of 16
– Diaphragm blades: 9 (circular aperture)
– Shortest shooting distance: 17.7 inches (about 0.45 m)
– Maximum shooting magnification: 1: 2.9
– Image stabilization effect: Approximately 3.5 steps
– Filter diameter: 72 mm
– Maximum diameter × length: 3.1 in × 4.8 in (about 79 mm × 122 mm)
– Weight: 25.6 oz (about 726 g)
– North American price: $ 649

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New shipment start dates: 12-24mm on July 6 and 16-35mm on July 27

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There are some changes on the shipment start day of the new Sony lenses:
Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G Lens will start shipping out on July 6 at Bhphoto, Adorama, BestBuy, Focus and Amazon (previous date was July 31).
Sony 100-400mm GM Lens will start shipping out on July 27 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy (previous date was July 31).
Sony FE 16-35mm GM Lens will start shipping out on August 31 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy (unchanged).

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New deals:
You save $10 by using the code “SAR” on the new Luminar Neptune software (Click here).
Rokinon 14mm FE AF for $632 only at Amazon US (Click here).
Open Box Rokinon 50mm f/1.4 AF lens sells for $499 only on [shoplink 60057 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Grey imported deal on the A7rII is back on [shoplink 60059 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Sony A7 cameras:
$200 off and free extras on the A7rII at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$100 off on the A7sII at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$50 off on the A7II at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$50 off on the A7 at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.

Sony A6500-A6300-A6000-A5100:
 $100 off on the A6500 at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
$150 off on the A6300 with 16-50mm lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$100 off on the A6300 at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$300 off on the A6000 Dual lens kit sold by Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$100 off on the A5100 with 16-50mm lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon

Full Frame E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the Zeiss 5omm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$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.
$100 off on the 70-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

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