Asobinet spotted two brand new Tamron patents that disclose two unique telephoto zoom lenses with Fresnel design:

• Tamron 400-1000mm f/10-11.5
• Tamron 250-700mm f/6.5-13

The Fresnel design allows those lenses to be more compact than “classic” lenses. The downside is that you loose a bit of Image Quality and Speed. An example of such a lens is the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR Lens.

Considering the crazy focal lenght I think this is a wise choice from Tamron to use that desing to keep them more compact.

Sony A1 Review – Better than Nikon Z9 or Canon R5?

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Flash Sync at Any Shutter Speed with the a9 III (Explora).
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Sony A7CII // 1 Year Later Review (Chris Brockhurst).
Sony A9III and it’s Relationship with Flash Duration. A fast camera needs a fast strobe! (PM-R TV).
5 Photography Mistakes Beginners Make! (42West).
Photographing Baseball with the Sigma 500mm f/5.6 (Explora).

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Some Pentaxians may be frustrated that their company does not produce FF mirrorless cameras. This might ease their pain: Fiveskin has produced this skin for the Sony A7IV camera with the “Asahi Pentax” logo. This is the closest you will ever get to a Pentax FF mirrorless :)

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A SAR reader sent me this picture of Biden’s last speech. He noticed that there were only Sony cameras in the room: Sony A1, A9, FX3 and FX9! Let me know in the comments system if you can describe the exact cameras and lenses I circled in this cropped section. Let’s see whom of you can find them all ;)

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The BEST VALUE 24-70mm F2.8 Lens

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Sony and other Japan chipmakers to spend $30bn in production race (Nikkei).
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The Truth About Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 G2: Is It Worth Your Money? (Pav SZ).
Adapting a Cheap No-Name Vintage Prime Lens for Beautiful Shallow Depth of Field Photos (Fotodiox).
Lens in Focus: The All-Around Tamron 50-400mm Lens for the Varied Nature Photographer (42West).
The Best Sony Shotgun and Lavalier Mics for Content Creators (Explora).

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