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Reminder: You have a new Sony Cashback action at Amazon Germany and Wex UK.
How To Shoot Massive 10 K Photos With A Mirrorless Camera And A Very Old Lens
Throwback Thursday: The DSLR-A900, Sony’s first full-frame camera (Dpreview).
Fujifilm GFX & Sony a7RII moire (Blog Kasson).
Sony ranks 7th in the List of The World’s Most Reputable Companies In 2017 by Forbes.
Are Sony Bayer Digital Sensors Destroying Creative Photography? (Soundimagesplus).
Things We Love: “Public Relations,” a Book by Garry Winogrand (Explora).
Sony A9 Mirrorless Camera Autofocus Deep Dive: 20fps, Silent Shutter, Touchscreen, Dual SD Cards (The Hunter Report)
Sony 7 R II with flash for Wedding a survey guide (Vittore Buzzi).
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We got two new Sony deals at BH:
$100 off and extra free battery on the A5000 (Click here).
$100 off on the A99II Stabilizer kit (Click here).
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.
We now learned via first Sony A9 owners that in a very specific situation (shooting under direct sunlight) the A9 overheating indicator turns on after 20-40 minutes. What’s also very strange is that only a handful of people noticed this while most of the photographers seem to not have had any issue at all. Also to be noted: It doesn’t seem the camera ia actually shutting down neither. Here are a few new information:
“It’s warmer physically than it was ever when I had it outside yesterday when the heat indicator came on, yet there is no warning yet. Maybe the a9 just hates sunlight. I no longer want to call this an overheating “issue”. My camera has not yet at any point overheated and I’ve been putting it through its paces in scenarios far more stressful than most real world shooting. If anything I think Sony may have been a bit over zealous with their overheating warning considering the issues they’ve had with heat in the past
He also noted this: “The warmest part on the camera is the base plate around the tripod mount.” So maybe keeping the A9 on a hot surface exposed previously by sunlight triggered the warning?
If what Jared Matthew and others are reporting are true it seems like the “overheating indicator” is reaction wrong on direct sunlight and not on the real heat inside the camera. I invite A9 users to test the camera for a long time under direct sunlight (and please do record what happens). Let’s see if we can make some sense out fo this story. But to me this sounds more like a software problem or a problem related to a few “flawed” cameras.
In the meantime Sony will have for sure taken notice of that buzz on the web and I hope they will make some statement soon.
It ain’t over folks! There is one more Sony announcement which is going to happen this or the next week already! Sony China posted that teaser that clearly hints towards a new compact camera (Maybe RX model). In case you don’t remember what the first two cameras on the picture are…well this is the “[shoplink 59374 ebay]Sony DSC-F1[/shoplink]” camera. What was special on that camera is that the lens and flash could be rotated 180° for greater flexibility in shooting from many angles. This is the youtube video showing it:
We don’t have specs yet but based on the teaser we can assume:
But I really can’t figure out the full meaning of that teaser. You got an idea?
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Photonstophotos posted the final Sony A9 Dynamic Range test. It’s very good news to see that there is nearly no trade-off between the A9 electronic shutter and mechanical shutter. The A9 is probably the first camera that gives you such impressive results in electronic shutter mode.
And another good news is that the A9 has no banding with LED light as tested by Skimmel (Click here).
I am sure Sony is right now working on the issues we mentioned yesterday:
1) Banding issue on the red channel of the images when shooting on electronic shutter mode (it’s not visible in normal conditions, you have to work on extreme settings in postprocessing to see this)
2) Indicator warning should activate only when it’s really super necessary.
3) Fix the star eating bug
So far no other bugs were found on the A9.
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Sony A9:
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.
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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.
Sony A9 accessories:
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.
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You have a new Sony Cashback action at Amazon Germany and Wex UK. There is also a weird Gold Box dela on the A7r at Amazon DE (weird because it starts on midnight). AndGold Box on the RX100m3 at Amazon France.
