Former Nikon PRO photographer Sporsheim says: “Sony are circling around Nikon’s camera division like a shark in the water smelling blood”

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A7rII vs D810 by CameraSize

Our reader Mistral pointed me to a quite extravagant discussion:

Kenneth Sporsheim is a Norwegian photographer, former Nikon PRO photographer, current Pentax ambassador. His alias on various fora is kenspo. This is what he wrote on Pentax Forums:

“Nikon are bleeding most of all camera brands at the moment! They have lay-offs in many countries. Just here in Norway, they had to reduce staff from 13 to 3..and get rid of locations and have office at home. This is how things are behind the numbers on the paper “

And now the juicy part:

“Its a big and hard ship to turn when things starting to go wrong  I know for a fact that Sony are circling around Nikon’s camera division like a shark in the water smelling blood. Its info from the “inside”. But how serious it is for Sony, i can’t tell. Just know that they have been looking at this possibility. Haven’t updated me for a while either

UPDATE:  “Looking at this possibility” of doing what? Kennet Sporsheim now made clear he didn’t mean Sony is considering acquiring Nikon. Thom Hogan reports

The Nikon Ambassador quoted in the “rumor” has contacted me and says that what he meant by his shark quote is that Sony believes that they can take market share away from Nikon while Nikon is floundering (to keep the fish metaphor alive ;~).

Thanks Mistral!

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Sony Q2 financial report: Sales and profit decrease because of strong YEN and Kumamoto damage

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Sony published their full Q2 financial reports. Sales and operating income went down for both the company as a whole and the imaging business. The main reason is the strong YEN and the Kumamoto earthquake damage. Still despite the odds Sony still managed to make some profit in Q2.

The good news is that Sony revised upwards the forecast for the full 2016 year:

Sales are expected to be higher than the July forecast due to a faster-than-expected recovery in the supply of components and shipments of Still and Video Cameras which were impacted by the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes, as well as a shift to high value-added models. Operating in come is expected to be higher than the July forecast mainly due to the above-mentioned increase in sales.
Let’s hope this means we don’t have to wait too long to get our hands on the new generation A7 cameras :)
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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony A6500 Hands On First Test w/ the Buffer, Menu, Touch Screen, Grip and more!

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V Review (Photographyblog).
Feature Film Shot On Sony α7S Wins Cinematography Award (Alphauniverse).
Zeiss New Lenses & a Look at the Company Different Lens Lines – Photokina 2016 (Video interview by Lensvid).
Sony fe 70-300mm review by Dale Matson.
A7rII with the MC11 + Canon 70-200 F4L, Sigma 24mm 1.4 and the FE 50mm 1.8 by Drasko Stojadinovic.
Hands-On Review: The Lensbaby Trio 28 (Explora).
Rolling Review Sony FE 2.8/50 Macro by Phillip Reeve.

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HunterPress:https://youtu.be/OERzS_e0Ad0 Here is an interview I did with Sigma regarding the official pricing announcement of the CINE Lenses!

Tim:Here’s a link to a youtube video created using the rig I told you about https://youtu.be/oE3kUtruZUA

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(SR3) Sony A7III will be released in Q2 2017

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Image above shows the A7II with Gariz case

The following info comes via the one source who shared the full 100% correct A99II specs back in August. So let’s hope he is right on that rumor he shared today:

He just told me the next Sony A7 camera that will be announced is the new Sony A7 mark III. He doesn’t know the exact announcement date but the camera is expected to start shipping in Q2 2017 (March-June timeframe).

No info on specs yet. Any secial wishlist from SAR readers? What do you hope to get on the new camera?

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony A-Mount Lens Adapters: The Breakdown with Miguel Quiles

A User report for the Sony RX1RMKII on The Inspiring Eye blog.
Nowość! A99II, w naszych rękach! (Youtube).
A6500, stabilizacja w bezlusterkowcu z matrycą w formacie APSC! (Youtube).
DSC RX100 V, gorąca nowość :) (Youtube).
Sony A7R2/S2 lens choices (Youtube).
Canon is Dead, but Don’t Blame the iPhone (FlatFocus).

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Hanna Saba‎:Check out the behind Scenes for this awesome Alice in Wonderland photoshoot. Using Both Samyang 50mm f1.4 AF & 135mm f2 lens.

Sony a7ii + Samyang 50mm f1.4 AF
ISO 800, f1.4, shutter 1/1250 (Godox ad360)
www.hrimages.com.au
www.instagram.com/hr_images
www.youtube.com/c/hannasabahrimages

 

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New Double Lens Mount Cap for Sony-E Lenses is in Stock at BHphoto

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The new Double Lens Mount cap for Sony E-mount is in Stock at BHphoto (Click here).

New Sony A6500 and RX100m5 preorder links:
A6500 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
RX100m5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.
New Underwater housing for all RX100 cameras at BHphoto, Adorama.

All other new Sony stuff on preorder:
Sony A99II at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Calumet Germany and WexUK.
Loxia 85mm f/2.4 at BHphoto and Adorama.
Tamron 150-600mm G2 A-mount lens at Bhphoto.Rokinon 35mm f/1.2 APS-C E-mount lens at BHphoto.
Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 autofocus FE lens at Amazon and BHphoto.
Lensbaby Trio 28mm E-mount lens at BHphoto, Adorama and WexUK.

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