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Sony SLT-A99 Mark II Product Overview

Samyang 50mm f1.4 AF test at SonyAlphaForum.
CES 2017: Sony at CES (Explora).
Photo Composition and Contrast: Leading the Eye to Your Subject (Adorama Learning Center)

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Douglas: “I just uploaded this on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hDIkUJyu3Ko The a99II & a7rII and the A-mount and E-mount battle it out in this video. I test the cameras and three equivalent lenses from each mount; see how the G Master lenses perform against A-mount glass.  You’ll have to watch for the detailed results.”

Maartech: “I did a detailed side-by-side menu, feature and function comparison of the A6500 and A6300 including burst, overheating, dynamic range and more. I found a few things that I didn’t like, and a few things missing …https://youtu.be/iAkRdgnq2nY“

Stan Moniz: “https://vimeo.com/199781907 A new short film featuring the Sony a7rii and the new and coming soon Tokina Firin 20mm f2.0. A truly unforgettable weekend get away at Yosemite national park. Hope you enjoy!”

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Sony A6500 Gariz case in Stock at Amazon US

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The new A6500 Gariz case is now in Stock at Amazon US (Click here).

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.
Adorama gives you an additional $200 gift card on the A7rII  and on the A7sII!!!

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.

APS-C E-mount lenses:
 $100 off on the 10-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the 16mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 16-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 18-105mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and 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.
$25 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.
$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.

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Sony A7rII and Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 ready for sport photography?

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This is a Guest Post from IzioPhotography:

Sony A7rII and Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 ready for sport photography?

You can already find a lot of reviews on the internet about this topic. Unfortunately they have used the [shoplink 54958]70-200mm f4 lens[/shoplink]. Certainly a very good lens but not when you have to shoot sports like Hockey. Depending on the light this lens is just to slow. And since i have received my [shoplink 54957]Sony 70-200mm f2.8[/shoplink], why not giving it a try. As one of my assignment I’m acting as team-photographer for the premier league Hockey Club EV Zug in Switzerland. A perfect playground for the test. During the last 3 home games of the EVZ I have used the combination of a [shoplink 55034]Sony A7rII[/shoplink] and the [shoplink 54957]Sony 70-200mm f2.8[/shoplink] as my main “working-horse”. I have integrated them in my mobile pictures-creating work-flow:

  1. shooting pictures with the Sony,
  2. transferring them via WLan to an IPad pro
  3. quick post-processing them on the IPad
  4. uploading them to the social-media and news services

This work-flow is a bit different to a “classic” one. Were you would use a Notebook and perhaps a tool like Photomechanic to add description to the pictures. But since I create the pictures for the team and their social-media, websites and news-feed I have different needs. Like being light, mobile and fast. I do not have to write that much into the files. My first concern was how the autofocus of the Sony A7rII would perform and would the lens start hunting for the focus? Over or under exposed pictures can be recovered. But out of focus? They are lost. Therefore forget the Wide focus setting. It might look cool, to watch all those green boxes hunting for an objective to focus on. But first they are way to slow, second they will not always lock on the objective you want and third did I mention they are slow? My tests indicated that the Centre focus setting has the fasted and most reliable focus. The lens had never an issue with “hunting for focus”. Smoothly working lens, sharp and fast. The pictures that you find in this posts are all taken with this lens. The setting of the camera:

  • 1/800 shutter speed
  • f2.8 aperture
  • ISO 2000

Post process was done in Lightroom: straighten up, cropping, correcting white balance and contrast. In a nutshell, what did i like:

  • The lens is sharp, even at full open aperture
  • The lens does not hunt for the focus. Works smoothly
  • Autofocus is reliable when you set it up correct (Centre)
  • WLAN is working smoothly. Better than my Nikon WT-5

What did I not like?

  • I miss a second slot for a memory card
  • Battery performance is weak. The battery-grip is a must. You need those two batteries for the full length of a Hockey game
  • 5 frames per second is a bit slow. A few more would be great
  • More reliable autofocus settings to play with.

Let’s come back to the initial question. Is the A7rII ready for sport photography? Yes, but not for all sports. Hockey is fine, as you see with my images. For soccer we are missing longer lenses like a 400mm or 600mm. Some action sports would profit with more frames per seconds and a autofocus that you can tweak more. In my case I’m happy with the Sony. Picture quality is the same with my other Nikon cameras (D4s/D810), the WLAN work much more reliable compared to the Nikon WT-5 module.

I hope I could help someone with this short test. I’m not affiliated with Sony or Nikon.

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Capture One Pro Tethering – Easiest Way To Tether with A99ii

Fuji GF vs Sony FE lens size comparison (Dpreview Forum).
Feature film coming to theaters shot entirely on A7S II (Imaging Resource)
The Sony FS7 II and why it absolutely is a big deal (RedSharkNews).

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Marc: “To share my 70-200mm GM testing i have started a blog here : https://sonyalpha.blog/. You can already find the first 2 parts of the fe 70200gm testing on it. It is written in general in both french and english.
You can also find my portoflio here : https://marcalhadeff.myportfolio.com/
And my flickr : https://www.flickr.com/alhadeff“

Fivepin: “Hey guys I wanted to share a video on something I get a lot of questions about. How to micro adjust your lenses. I don’t use a 45 chart or any chart for that matter. I have come up with my own way of doing it over the years and all you need is some fine detail and any photo program to adjust your lenses. I shoot Sony but you can use this method with any camera that has micro focus adjust. Check out the video and I’ll show you how I do it. Trust me your lenses will thank you! https://youtu.be/FN8aR36v9VI“

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This is how you get a brand new Sony A7rII for $2,220 at Adorama!

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I am now going to explain have you get a Sony A7rII for a theoretical value of $2,200 at Adorama.

1) First there is a $300 discount.
2) Then Adorama also gives you a $200 gift card for free. This makes you pay $2,699 only (it’s “theoretical” because a gift card isn’t the same as a real price drop).
3) Now if you have a camera to trade-in you get uop to $480 trade-in bonus at Adorama (Click here to read the details).

Summa Summarum you can pay $2,220 only for the brand new Sony A7rII!!!

Here is the trad-in bonus on other Sony Cameras and Lenses:
$1,498 + $255 trade in bonus on the Sony Alpha a7II.
$1,798 + $300 trade-in bonus on the Sony Alpha A77II with kit lens
$2,698 + $450 Trade-in bonus on the Sony Alpha a7S II
$1,248 + $202.50 trade-in bonus on the Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm.
$898 + $150 trade-in bonus on the Sony FE 24-240mm
$1,098 + $180 trade in Bonus on the Sony 24-70mm f/4 Vario-Tessar
$448 + $75 trade-in bonus on the Sony FE 28-70mm
$423 + $67.50 trade-in bonus on the Sony 28mm F/2 E-mount
$1,498 + $240 trade-in bonus on the Sony Carl Zeiss Distagon T* FE 35mm F/1.4 ZA
$698 + $120 trade-in bonus Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm
$1,398 + $225 trade-in bonus on the Sony Planar T* FE 50mm F1.4 ZA Lens
$198 + $37.50 trade-in bonus on the Sony FE 50mm F/1.8 Lens
$198 + $75 trade-in bonus on the Sony FE 50mm F/2.8 Macro Lens
$898 + $150 trade-in bonus on the Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm F1.8
$1,398 + $225 trade-in bonus on the Sony 70-200mm f/4.0 G
$1,098 + $180 trade in bonus on the Sony FE 70-300mm
$998 + $165 trade-in bonus on the Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro
$2,398 + $375 trade-in bonus on the Sony 28-135mm

The new Sony US trade-in program is now running at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).

$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.
And Adorama gives you an additional $200 gift card on the A7rII  and on the A7sII

And those are the new Sony and Zeiss lens savings ordered by focal length:

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.

APS-C E-mount lenses:
 $100 off on the 10-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the 16mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 16-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 18-105mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and 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.
$25 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.
$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.

Sony Accessories:
$25 off on the Sony 21mm f/2.8-22 Ultra Wide Converter Lens at Amazon.
$25 off on the Sony VCLECF2 10-13mm f/2.8-22 Fisheye Lens Fixed Prime Fisheye Converter at Amazon.
$25 off on the Sony VCLECU2 12-16mm f/2.8 Petal Shaped Fixed Ultra Wide Converter for SEL16F28 and SEL20F28 at Amazon.
$100 off on the Sony Adaptor Kit with Microphone at Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony HVLF32M MI (Multi-interface shoe) Camera Flash at Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony HVLF43M High Power Flash with Quick Shift Bounce at Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony VGC2EM Vertical Grip at Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony LA-EA4 A-Mount to E-Mount FF Lens Adapter with TMT at Amazon.
$25 off on the Sony HVLF20M at Amazon.
$20 off on the Sony ECMGZ1M Gun / Zoom Microphone at Amazon.

 

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We got that image of the Pentax KP with new 24MP Sony sensor and 819200 ISO!

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UPDATE: The camera is now listed at Amazon US (Click here).

One of my trusted sources just sent me these two images of the new Pentax KP.
Why should we care about this camera? Because it’s rumored that this model has a new 24 Megapixel APS-C Sony sensor with incredible low light performance. The KP can go up to top 819200 ISO!

It might be that Sony will use that sensor on future own 24MP sensor cameras like the A77II successor or the A6700 which arrives in march…just joking again :)

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