Free $100 gift card with the Sony RX10m3. New Rokinon E-mount lens savings.

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There is a new deal on the Sony RX10m3 sold by BHphoto (Click here). You get a 64GB SD card and a $100 gift card for free. We also got three new Rokinon lens deals:

1)  $50 off on the Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye II at BHphoto and Adorama.
2) Rokinon 8mm Ultra Wide Angle f/3.5 E-mount (older version) $179.00 after coupon code “ROKINON8MM59” at FocusCamera (Click here).
2) Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC Lens For Sony E Mount $259.00 at FocusCamera (Click here)
3) Rokinon Cine DS T1.5 Cinema Lens Kit – 50mm + 35mm + 85mm + 24mm (Sony E-Mount)$1699.00 after coupon Code “ROKINONCINESONY300” at FocusCamera (Click here). That’s an extra $300 off!

An overview of all Black Friday deals can be found on that Amazon page (Click here). Specific Sony Black Friday pages can be seen at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). Here is a short selection of the ongoing deals:

Sony cameras:
$200 off on the Sony A7II at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$350 off on the Sony 6000 kit at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony A5100 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Sony A5000 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony RX100III at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony RX100II at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony RX100 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Full Frame E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 50mm f/1.8 at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon

APS-C E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the 10-18mm 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 16-50mm 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.
$50 off on the 35mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the lens 30mm macro at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

 

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DxO tests the new Sony 50mm FE macro: “outstanding sharpness”

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DxOmark published the full 50mm f/2.8 FE macro lens test and concludes:

Shooting full-frame, a 50mm prime is a really handy option for general use and portrait photography, as well as a relatively lightweight and portable lens. Adding 1:1 macro focusing, the Sony FE 50mm f/2.8 Macro offers greater functionality for Sony A7 series owners, making it an even more versatile optic at a sensible $499 price point. Sharpness is outstanding on the Sony A7R II, achieving 37 P-Mpix of the Sony A7R II’s total 42Mp resolution, and it’s the third-sharpest lens we’ve tested on this camera. It’s not as sharp as the Zeiss Sonnar T* 55mm f/1.8 and lets in half the amount of light using the maximum aperture, but it’s also half the cost of the $998 Zeiss and offers macro.

Sony FE 50mm macro lens is in Stock in USA at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon and in Europe at Amazon.de, Amazon UK.

Highlights

  • Lightweight and portable
  • 1:1 macro focusing
  • ED (extra-low dispersion) element
  • Dust- and moisture-resistant
  • Outstanding sharpness from f/4 to f/8
  • Well-controlled chromatic aberration

Drawbacks

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Firmware update for the Sony A7II

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Sony released a new firmware update for the Sony A7II (Download it here). Improvements over version 3.20:

  • Improves a condition that occurs with system software version 3.20 where, when using the Flash, the amount of light at the edge of the image is insufficient.

 

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Did Canon just blatantly copy a Sony video?

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The 2016 Canon video about David McLain

SAR reader Alex just sent me this:

Have you noticed that Canon just put out a video copying what Sony did 4 years ago with David McLain? They even both have BTS videos and everything!


The 2012 Sony video about David McLain

What would Homer Simpson say about this?  D’oh!!!!

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony 28mm f2 VS Minolta 28mm f2.8 in 4k

Sony A99 II Gallery: Real-world shots straight from the Lone Star State (Imaging Resource).
Samyang 50mm AF vs Sony 55mm by Mirrorlessons.
Swedish GM lens test by Fotosidan.
3rd part of overview of E-mount lenses for APS-C format by Polish site Tomiga.
Rokinon 35mm f/1.2 APS-C E-mount lens tested at Lenswork.tistory.com.

To write a guest post on SAR follow the instruction on that page.

Emin: “Yesterday i try to shoot on a new techart pro adapter and projection lens https://www.facebook.com/emin.kuliyev.54/posts/10211215088878132”

João: “Some info that might interest you. If you go to Magnum web site you can see the EXIF. Here’s a short list of who’s using sony a7’s and even Sony A mount cameras. Richard Kalvar, Alex Majoli, Abbas, Christopher Anderson, Eli Reed, Peter Van Agtmael, Michael Christopher Brown, Mikhael Subotzky, Larry Towell, Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Moises Saman”

 

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With up to $300 Black Friday discount the A6000 sells in big numbers

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Yesterday Sony US launched their Black Friday deals. And if you look at the Amazon mirrorless (Click here) and overall DSLR+mirrorless ranking you will notice the A6000 is selling in big numbers! Also the A7II is sellling fine with it’s $200 discount.

An overview of all Black friday deals can be found on that Amazon page (Click here). Specific Sony Black Friday pages can be seen at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). Here is a short selection of the ongoing deals:

Sony cameras:
$200 off on the Sony A7II at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$350 off on the Sony 6000 kit at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony A5100 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Sony A5000 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony RX100III at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony RX100II at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony RX100 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Full Frame E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 50mm f/1.8 at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon

APS-C E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the 10-18mm 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 16-50mm 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.
$50 off on the 35mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the lens 30mm macro at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

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