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Sony Tidbits…

November 28, 2017
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Samyang 14mm F2 8 AF Lens Review | John Sison

Sony RX10 IV vs A7R II (TheDigitalDigest).
Ledgo LG-D1200MC Led Fresnel Light (Personal View).
Sony’s Initiatives in AI and Robotics (Sony.net).
Mirrorlessrumors: Is the new L16 a real DSLR killer? The answer is no :(

EV: “A short time lapse I shot in different locations on the shores of the Mediterranean using an RX100M3, along with Sony’s time-lapse and angle-shift apps.Hope you like it! https://youtu.be/tUFcOt6Yo-U”

Radek: “Hi, this is my album of the new macro lens Meike 85/2.8 1.5 : 1 https://flic.kr/s/aHsm7Bz69X“

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The Sony gear you should consider to buy before Black Friday deals are gone

November 27, 2017
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Todays new Black Friday deals are listed on those pages at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Buydig, BestBuy, FocusCamera.

The Sony camera and lens deals will be over soon. And if you need an advice this is the gear you should consider to buy (most important on top):

1) $50 off on the Sony 85mm f/1.8 FE at BestBuy, Buydig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera. A real no brainer lens. Super sharp and fair price. I don’t know of a single photographer that was disppointed by that lens.

2) $200 off on the A6000 dual kit at Buydig, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera. If you don’t need 4K and crazy fast autofocus this is your best and cheapest choice

3) $200 off on the Sony A7 at Buydig, BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. If you always wanted to make the jump to Full Frame and want to spend as less as you can buy this camera. There is no other FF camera ont he market you can get for that price.

4) $225 off on the Zeiss Batis 18mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama. The best wide angle prime in the FE range.

5) $100 off on the Laowa 105mm f/2.0 FE STF lens at BHphoto and Adorama. It has a kind of unique rendering. If you want something “different” try this one.

6) UPDATE: $100 off on the 10-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. A must own lens for APS-C camera owners.

New Cyber Monday deals:

Sony A9 free extras superkit at BHphoto.
Sony A6500 free extras superkit at BHphoto.
Sony A6300 free extras superkit at BHphoto. With free card at BestBuy.
Sony A6000 with free card at BestBuy.
Sony A7II free extras superkit at Buydig.
Apple 15 inch laptop savings at BHphoto.

New deals at Adorama:

Today Flash Deals at BHphoto include Macbooks, Led Light and useful external hardrive:

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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.

Zeiss Batis and Loxia FE deals:
$300 off on the Zeiss Batis 135mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$180 off on the Zeiss Batis 85mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$195 off on the Zeiss Batis 25mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$225 off on the Zeiss Batis 18mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$195 off on the Zeiss Loxia 35mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$210 off on the Zeiss Loxia 85mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$225 off on the Zeiss Loxia 21mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$140 off on the Zeiss Loxia 50mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.

Save up to $350 on Rokinon autofocus E-mount lenses:
$300 off on the 50mm f/1.4 FE autofocus lens at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.
$350 off on the 14mm f/2.8 FE autofocus lens at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.
Save $115 on the Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 APS-C E-mount lens at Amazon and Adorama.
$900 off on the Rokinon DS lens kit at BHphoto.

Voigtlander FE savings:
$60 off on the Voigtlander 40mm f/1.2 FE lens at BHphoto.
$100 off on the Voigtlander 12mm FE lens at BHphoto.
$100 off on the Voigtlander 10mm FE lens at BHphoto.

Laowa FE savings:
$50 off on the Laowa 12mm f/2.8 FE Zero Distortion lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
$50 off on the Laowa 15mm f/2.0 FE Zero Distorion lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
$100 off on the Laowa 105mm f/2.0 FE STF lens at BHphoto and Adorama.

Other lens and adapter savings:
$100 off on the Sigma MC-11 E-mount adapter at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Up to $300 off on SLRmagic lenses at BHphoto.
Sigma A-mount lens savings at BHphoto.
$120 off on the Mitakon 35mm f/0.95 APS-C E-mount lens at BHphoto.
$50 off on the Mitakon Zhongyi 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro Lens at BHphoto.
$100 off for the Techart PRO Leica M to Sony E autofocus adapter at BHphoto.
$50 off on the Mitakon Zhongyi 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro Lens at BHphoto.

Miscellaneous deals:
Big savings on Vanguard Backpacks and Apple Macbook at BHphoto.
20% off at checkout on Amazon Warehouse. Specific Photo Warehouse deals here.
Big Apple savings at BHphoto.
Up to 60% off on Electronic Outlets at BestBuy.
Big Sandisk savings at Amazon and BHphoto.

There is now a double Macphun deal on the Luminar 2018 software (Click here) and the Aurora HDR software (Click here). Save additional $10 using the code “SAR” at checkout. You also get free bonus on both softwares.

This special Photographer’s projects Collection contains the most popular products of the FRANZIS projects software series: sharpening, denoising, HDR and retouching – now only available for selected newsletter subscriber SAR readers, limited to 300 download packages. Get this $276 value package for $29.00 only if you preorder through this link (Click here). Full info about the single packages can be read here: projects-software.com

Digging into the A7rIII star eating issue: The new camera is actually eating fewer stars than the A7rII

November 27, 2017
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Dpreview noticed that the new A7rIII is indeed “eating” fewer stars than the previous A7rII:

The Mark III does show an improvement: there are stars that aren’t there in the Mark II shot, and there’s generally more ‘pop’ to the stars. This is encouraging, but it’s also difficult to rule out how the spatial filtering algorithm interacts with shots that might be ever-so-slightly focused differently.

For more technical insights on this jump over to Jim Kasson‘s blog.

What Sony should do is easy: Add an option within the menu to disable spatial filtering when shooting stars. That said normal night sky shooters like me and 99% of the readers will not have any issue with Sony’s normal setting. This because only a limited amount of very small stars (1 pixel size on the sensor) will get cut by the filter.

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.

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The new European Cyber Monday deals: Sony A7, RX10m3, RX100m4…

November 27, 2017
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Today is the last day of the big Black Friday-Cyber Monday deal action. Here are some of the new deals posted today in Europe:

– Sony A7 for €777 and RX100IV for €618 at Amazon Germany.
– Seagate Hard Disk savings at Amazon Germany.
– 10% off on Sony E-mount lenses using checkout code “SONYCM10” at Wex UK.
– Sony A7 kit for €889 and RX10m3 for €1129 at Amazon Italy.
– Sony A7 body for €779 at Amazon Spain.

There are many more deals to see on those pages at Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon FR. Amazon ES. Amazon IT.

Don’t forget that on top of these deals you also have the big Cashback action: Amazon Germany special page, Wex UK, Sony Netherland, Amazon France.

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.

There is now a double Macphun deal on the Luminar 2018 software (Click here) and the Aurora HDR software (Click here). Save additional $10 using the code “SAR” at checkout. You also get free bonus on both softwares.

New Black Friday deals: Save up to $30 on the Sony SD cards. Save $1,300 on the entire Batis FE range.

November 26, 2017
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Todays new Black Friday deals are listed on those pages at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Buydig, BestBuy, FocusCamera. Some of the new hot deals of today:

– A7II superkit at BHphoto.
– Gold Box on tripod and cases at Amazon.
– up to $30 off on Sony SD card double pack at BHphoto.
– $1,294 off on the entire Zeiss Batis FE superkit at BHphoto.
– $150 off on the Rokinon 12mm E-mount lens at BHphoto.
– $200 off on the 135mm f/1.8 ART lens at BHphoto.
– $300 off on the Lensbaby kit at BHphoto.
– $50 off on the Vello Remote switch at BHphoto.
– Save on HP printers and laptops at Amazon.
– Cyber Monday deals on all Amazon devices.

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.

Zeiss Batis and Loxia FE deals:
$300 off on the Zeiss Batis 135mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$180 off on the Zeiss Batis 85mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$195 off on the Zeiss Batis 25mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$225 off on the Zeiss Batis 18mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$195 off on the Zeiss Loxia 35mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$210 off on the Zeiss Loxia 85mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$225 off on the Zeiss Loxia 21mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$140 off on the Zeiss Loxia 50mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.

Save up to $350 on Rokinon autofocus E-mount lenses:
$300 off on the 50mm f/1.4 FE autofocus lens at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.
$350 off on the 14mm f/2.8 FE autofocus lens at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.
Save $115 on the Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 APS-C E-mount lens at Amazon and Adorama.
$900 off on the Rokinon DS lens kit at BHphoto.

Voigtlander FE savings:
$60 off on the Voigtlander 40mm f/1.2 FE lens at BHphoto.
$100 off on the Voigtlander 12mm FE lens at BHphoto.
$100 off on the Voigtlander 10mm FE lens at BHphoto.

Laowa FE savings:
$50 off on the Laowa 12mm f/2.8 FE Zero Distortion lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
$50 off on the Laowa 15mm f/2.0 FE Zero Distorion lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
$100 off on the Laowa 105mm f/2.0 FE STF lens at BHphoto and Adorama.

Other lens and adapter savings:
$100 off on the Sigma MC-11 E-mount adapter at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Up to $300 off on SLRmagic lenses at BHphoto.
Sigma A-mount lens savings at BHphoto.
$120 off on the Mitakon 35mm f/0.95 APS-C E-mount lens at BHphoto.
$50 off on the Mitakon Zhongyi 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro Lens at BHphoto.
$100 off for the Techart PRO Leica M to Sony E autofocus adapter at BHphoto.
$50 off on the Mitakon Zhongyi 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro Lens at BHphoto.

Miscellaneous deals:
Big savings on Vanguard Backpacks and Apple Macbook at BHphoto.
20% off at checkout on Amazon Warehouse. Specific Photo Warehouse deals here.
Big Apple savings at BHphoto.
Up to 60% off on Electronic Outlets at BestBuy.
Big Sandisk savings at Amazon and BHphoto.

There is now a double Macphun deal on the Luminar 2018 software (Click here) and the Aurora HDR software (Click here). Save additional $10 using the code “SAR” at checkout. You also get free bonus on both softwares.

This special Photographer’s projects Collection contains the most popular products of the FRANZIS projects software series: sharpening, denoising, HDR and retouching – now only available for selected newsletter subscriber SAR readers, limited to 300 download packages. Get this $276 value package for $29.00 only if you preorder through this link (Click here). Full info about the single packages can be read here: projects-software.com

A7rIII is in warehouse at Amazon and BHphoto. First unboxing video

November 26, 2017
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Readers sent me screenshots form their Amazon and BHphoto A7rIII preorders to confirm the camera and the new 24-105mm lens arrived in USA. And will regularly be shipped out next week on Nov 30.

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.

Unboxing by Hanna Saba

German unboxing video:

Rafal: “I had the opportunity to make a quick comparison of the Sony A7R3 with the A7R2 mainly in terms of filming. The difference in favor of the A7R3 is huge. On the blog I put clippings from 1: 1 frames taken at different ISO. For FHD, but successively I will complement it (4K, tonal range, etc.). They will also link to the source files. http://rafalglebowski.pl/blog/sony-a7r3-vs-sony-a7r2/”

Sony A7RIII vs a7rii Review | Worth The Upgrade?

Sony a7RIII vs a7RII Hands On Review (Huffingtonpost).

Review of the Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 G Master Lens by Dylan Giannakopoulos

November 26, 2017
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This is a guest post from Dylan Giannakopoulos. Original article at dylangiannaphotography.com.au

The Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS Lens is by far my most frequently used lens and an overall favourite of mine, so when Sony announced the release of their FE 16-35mm f/2.8 G Master wide angle zoom lens, I was dying to get my hands on it for a comparison. For this review, I wanted to put less of a focus on pixel peeping and stress more about the aspects of the lens which I found to have a discernible impact on image quality and usability.

It was important for me to test the G Master in similar situations that I frequently use my Sony FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA in. On my recent trip to Beijing and Hong Kong, I left my 16-35mm f/4 ZA lens at home and took the 16-35mm f/2.8 G Master with me. I’ve done a lot of travelling with the f/4 ZA, so I knew this was going to be a perfect opportunity to see which lens I preferred.