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Zhongyi Mitakon 20mm f/2.0 4.5X Super Macro Lens Demo

How to Shoot Street Portraits With Permission (PetaPixel).
Atomos Shogun Inferno Update – High Frame Rates for Sony FS-Raw With AtomOS 8.1 (Cinema5D).
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Stefan: “Giving away a rx100III to my instagram followers cheers to sony. Thought to give the word out a bit wider if there’s interest.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BO1ILTrBzA9/
Simple rules, summer photos, enter as many as you want. mention/follow me (@stefan_haworth) and hashtag #sonysummer in the main caption. Only for new uploads not editing old captions so i dont miss them. ”

Andrzej: “I’ve published another video – this time reviewing a manual Exakta 70-210mm lens adapted to my Sony A7 using a Novoflex adapter. In my review I give some infos about the lens, show example pictures and a little movie of monkeys that I shot in Siem Reap in Cambodia. Hope you like it and would love to see it on SonyAlphaRumors :)
Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDhwoQVxVV8“

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(UPDATED) Sony A77II is NOT discontinued

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While BHphoto still has the A77II in Stock s strange note appeared saying this:

Bad news: Sony Alpha a77II has been discontinued. Good news: Our experts are standing by to help you find a replacement. Call 800.606.6969 or Live Chat during business hours.

UPDATE: BHphoto contaced us to say that this was a mistake from their side. The A77II is NOT discontinued.

Anyway, the line has a 3 year cycle and the A77II was announced in 2014. So maybe a new successor is on the line. I expect the new A77III to use a new 24MP sensor and new autofocus system. Would be nice if Sony would also give us some new A-mount lens too!

 

 

 

 

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Loxia 85mm will ship in February in USA

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The new Loxia 85mm f/2.4 should have started to ship out on December 21. But SAR reader Eric (Thanks) reports us that stores managers told him that “unfortunately we don’t have an estimate yet for when it will be coming in“. On Amazon the estimated shipment is Jan. 30 – Feb. 14 !!!

And here is a new review from Eric Barger:

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24-70mm GM lens tested by Photozone: “while we are impressed by the quality, it didn’t really blow off our socks either.”

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Photozone reviewed the 24-70mm GM lens and the conclusion is:

Sony’s marketing made some pretty aggressive announcements at the time of the announcement of their new GM lineup. The Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM is the first GM lens that we tested here and while we are impressed by the quality, it didn’t really blow off our socks either. Now please note again that lens was tested on a 42 megapixel sensor. This is challenging. e.g. Our full format Canon tests are now based on 50 megapixels and some of you may have noticed that many lenses struggle here as well. So keeping this in mind, the Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM is actually a very good lens indeed.
If there is a single aspect that disappointed us it’s the bokeh. Or to be precise – the difference between Sony’s claim and reality. Generally the bokeh is good for a standard zoom lens … that is except for the rendition of highlight discs. Sony made quite a fuzz around clean highlight discs but truth remains that they can be rather rough and they aren’t any better than what we’ve seen from Canon or Nikon really.
The build quality of the Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM is extremely high. The materials are top notch and the weather/dust sealing is the cream on the cappuccino here. However, at that price point we expected no less and the competition is, again, no worse either. Anyway, if you want the best standard zoom lens in Sony E mount, this is certainly it.

24-70mm GM store links: [shopcountry 47915].

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