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Meike 6.5mm Circular Fisheye for Sony e mount Unboxing and First impressions

This 60 Cent Ring Makes Your Camera Lens Harder to Steal (PetaPixel).
IFTLE on Sony, Tessera, SMIC News (Image Sensor World)
Understanding ISO (Explora).
5 Top Photo Editing Apps for Mobile Devices (Adorama Learning Center)
How Did Sony Start? (SonyAphaForum)
SmugMug’s Valentine’s Day promo is now live at https://www.smugmug.com/promo/valentines-day.

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Stepan: “For two decades I was using camcorders as my primary tool and cameras as secondary. Now I switched to Sony A6500 to do it all for me: https://youtu.be/0Fuq2-JMEXo”

Roman: “I shot the following video a while ago using the Sony PXW-FS5 and the wonderful Tokina AT-X Pro AF 28-70 f/2.6 (Version 1). https://vimeo.com/195638933“

 

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The Zeiss Loxia 85mm FE lens is in Stock at BHphoto

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Yesterday after exactly 11 months the Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM lens was in Stock for the first time at BHphoto (now 7-14 days delivery). And today another hard to get lens is in Stock: The Zeiss Loxia 85mm FE is in Stock at BHphoto too. 5 months after the announcement! So it’s now time for both Sony and Zeiss to announce their new lenses: 16-.35mm GM, 85mm f/1.8 FE, new Batis telephoto lens and many more!

Reminder:
New Sony US trade-in program is now running at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Up to $300 savings on Sony cameras and lenses (Overview of all rebates at BHphoto and Adorama):

Sony A7 cameras:
$300 off on the Sony A7rII at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$300 off on the Sony A7sII at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$200 off on the Sony A7II at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$200 off on the Sony A7 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Full Frame E-mount lenses:
 $100 off on the 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama (extra $100 gift card) and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-70mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama (extra $50 gift card) and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and 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 (extra $25 gift card), 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 and Focuscamera.
$100 off on the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 90mm macro lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.

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(SR3) Sony will release a new 400mm f/4.0 FE lens in Q2/2017?

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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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The following rumor has been shared to me by the same source who gave me the correct A99II specs back in August:

“400mm f/4.0 FE lens announcement in Q2 2017 with the new A7 mark III”

I hope the source is right on this one! Of course this is going to be an expensive niche lens so…

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SONY A6500 – BEST WIDE ANGLE LENS?

How I lost faith in micro four thirds and switched to Sony mirrorless (Diyphotography)
Lighting Gear for Outdoor Portraits (Explora).
Waterproof Housing for Less Than $100: Photographer Takes the Plunge (Adorama Learning Center)
First Look: Tokina Cinema Vista Primes in 8K (Phil Holland).
Phillip Reeve reviewed the Techart PRO AF Adapter

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Alan: “In December I hired the new Sony A99mk2 from Lens Rentals when I came from New Zealand for an Xmas holiday to Yosemite Nat Park. I use an A900 at present. Now I am back in NZ I have been amazed at the dynamic range of the sensor and the ability to recover shadows. It’s just amazing! The noise levels are so low compared to my A900 and the Canon 5Dsr RAW files I have been been developing for a friend, see the screenshot from Lightroom CC of El Capitan. The left is as shot, which came out under exposed by 1ev as I was on Spot EV, which I fixed in a later images. The right, with the blacks and shadows opened up by Lightroom. I am just amazed…… now to convince my my wife to let me buy one! I’m will be continuing to post images from the A99mk2 at my facebook page:   https://www.facebook.com/alanthompson.co.nz/“

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Eleven months after the announcement: The Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM lens is in Stock now at BHphoto!

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The Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM lens is in Stock now at BHphoto (Click here). We had to wait eleven!!!months for this to happen!

Reminder:
New Sony US trade-in program is now running at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Up to $300 savings on Sony cameras and lenses (Overview of all rebates at BHphoto and Adorama):

Sony A7 cameras:
$300 off on the Sony A7rII at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$300 off on the Sony A7sII at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$200 off on the Sony A7II at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$200 off on the Sony A7 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Full Frame E-mount lenses:
 $100 off on the 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama (extra $100 gift card) and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-70mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama (extra $50 gift card) and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and 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 (extra $25 gift card), 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 and Focuscamera.
$100 off on the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 90mm macro lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.

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Dpreview tests the A99II and says “the mirror’s impact on image quality is remarkably small”

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Dpreview just posted the a99II first impressions review. And there is one very interesting part about the “Light loss” caused by the presence of the fixed semi translucent mirror. And the news are very good indeed:

Raw
Let’s get to it and answer the biggest question: how does the mirror of the a99 II impact image quality of the 42MP sensor from the a7R II?
At base ISO, the differences between the two are virtually imperceptible, save for resolution dropping due to the lens used. That means between the a7R II and a99 II (center) resolution and detail remain largely the same, as does moirè.
Switching to low light we see a very small noise cost due to the mirror. We were surprised by just how small this noise penalty was, so we performed a more controlled study with the a99 II and a7R II both mounted to the same lens to minimize variables. Here, we found the a99 II to be about 1/3 EV behind the a7R II, closer in line with the expected 1/2 EV noise cost expected and reported by DXO. All in all, the mirror’s impact on image quality is remarkably small.

JPEG
As far as we can tell, the a7R II and a99 II share similar JPEG engines. There’s just a hint more NR at lower ISOs on the a99 II, perhaps due to the slightly increased underlying noise thanks to the mirror in the light path. That means users will continue to enjoy class-leading sharpening and very good high ISO detail retention. Unfortunately, Sony’s typical color issues persist, with greenish-tinted yellows and slightly cool greens.

Dynamic Range
The mirror’s effect remains shockingly small even in our ISO-invariance and Exposure Latitude tests, where while the sensor performs largely like it does in the a7R II. That means while it isn’t entirely ISO-invariant, it still offers an extremely low noise floor that can cope with some very strong processing, much like the a7R II.

Sony A99II at [shopcountry 54828].

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