Sony Tidbits…

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Fuji X-T2 vs A6300 Dynamic Range F-Log VS S-log 2 & 3

Samyang 135 F2 – Review (Andreas Elste).
Sony 50mm FE macro lens review by Phillip Reeve.
Sony RX100M5 vs RX100M4 — In Depth Review and Comparison (iPhonedo on Youtube).
Sony vs Canon 70-200mm f/4.0 test by DSphotoblog.
Video with the Sony A7 + Zeiss Batis 25mm and Sennheiser MKE 600 (Hikeventures).
Fuji XT2 vs. Fullframe (DSphotoblog).
Sony 50 1.8 Real World Test (Hunter Press on Youtube).
Hands-On Review: 3 Legged Thing Equinox Tripods (Explora).

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$1,400 off (!!!) on the 40mm f/0.85 E-mount Handevision lens

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Well, it doesn’t happen very often I can report about a 70% price drop on an E-mount lens! The Handevision 40mm f/0.85 APS-C E-mount lens now sells for $499 only at BHphoto (Click here).

More Sony deals:
Plenty of savings on the Sony Open Box FE on sale on eBay (Click here).
You save up to $220 on the A6000 camera kits sold at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.

All new Sony stuff on (pre)order:
Sony A99II at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Calumet Germany and WexUK.
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.
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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Finally! Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 A-mount lens will ship from November 18

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The new Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 A-mount lens will start shipping on November 18 at BHphoto and Adorama.

All new Sony stuff on (pre)order:
Sony A99II at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Calumet Germany and WexUK.
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.
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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(SR1) The impossible rumors roundup…

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This is a list of rumors I got from anonymous sources. These are sources who never contacted me before and whom I cannot verify the correctness of the information. Most of these kind of rumors is usually wrong. But you never know and let’s hope that among those messages there will be some correct info:

New High End cameras:

There are multiple models come up for the high end new Sony. They have a larger body and they each have a party trick inside. The one with the fast AF will have a GPS module built in. One with the highest MP will have the new wireless flash trigger built in.  Video version will have a fancy mic built in instead.

New High End cameras 2:

Sony has been working on a new procerssor chip and raw image format for the upcoming FF A9 camera series to utilize the newly developed 92MP FF image sensor

New image processor engine:

Sony investigated the difference of the difference of their own cameras with the performance of third party cameras utilizing the same sensors. The result is that besides Sony having the better sensor knowledge and earlier access other manufacturers achieve better performance.
This has several implications:
Sony is trying to employ / poach specialized people
Sony is putting more effort into glass (see G master)
Sony is revising their whole image processing chain
Especially in camera processing. Meaning we might see a new image processor as well as image format in the new upcoming cameras.

Examples:
http://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Nikon-D810-versus-Sony-A7R___963_917
http://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Nikon-D7200-versus-Sony-A6000___1020_942
Nikon is more performat especially in dynamic range besides utilizing the same sensor.
Also Nikon is more performant in AF speed – but this is a result of the dedicated AF sensor

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Just for fun: Which one of those rumors would you like to be true?

Notes on those kind of (im-)possible rumors:

  • Fake rumors sent by so claimed sources that are known to create fake rumors are NOT included. What you see here are messages I got from unknown sources where I have no track of any “rumor history”
  • It’s by readers request that I create this sum up of low ranked rumors. But please remind all that these are not rumors from trusted sources and don’t count me accountable on those kind of very low ranked rumors :)
  • The last year a couple of those rumors were right (RX1rII and A6300 specs). So miracles sometimes can happen :)
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Sony Tidbits…

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Quick and Easy technique to find the Hyperfocal Distance

Your brain straight up can’t handle this color (Businessinsider).
Recording location information from your smartphone to the images (Video for Android and for iOS)
HXC-FB75 and HXC-P70 Promotion Video (Youtube).
Podcast: Sports Photography—More Than the Eye Can See (Explora).
Sale of Equity Interest in Sony Electronics Huanan Co., Ltd. by Sony’s Chinese Subsidiary (Sony.net).
What is ISO in Photography and Cinematography (Youtube).
Test – Sony RX100 Mark V : présentation et caractéristiques (Focus Numerique).
giant moon (Imaging Resource).

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Kevin: “Autofocus Performance Testing of Techart PRO with Chinese Lenses
Techart PRO x Zhongyi Mitakon Lenses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQpU3fdoRto
Techart PRO x Laowa Lenses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPjeE-4PV8s“

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$100 off on the excellent Laowa 105mm f/2.8 STF lens

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You save $100 on the Laowa 105mm STF lens: E-mount version (Click here) or A-mount version (Click here).

Photozone recently tested the Canon version and wrote:

The technical quality of the Laowa lens is truly impressive even when ignoring the STF feature. It is extremely sharp in and near the image center and the borders are also very good.
The most significant value proposition is, of course, the rendition of the bokeh and the lens truly shines here (mostly at f/2). The highlight discs and (background-)focus transitions are indeed very silky. Thus while the focal length and speed alone may not be a reason to get excited, the STF feature is! The amount of bokeh fringing is, again, typical for a lens in this class.

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The 50mm battle: Zeiss FE review at Admiringlight. Rokinon at Lenstip.

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Should you get the superb new Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 FE lens or the much cheaper Rokinon 50mm f/1.4 FE autofous lens? What’s the trade off with the rokinon? Check out those two new review:

Admiringlight tested the Zeiss and concludes:

The cons list is short, and show really the only two things that are bad about the lens: it’s quite big, and it’s quite expensive. If you can get past those, there’s absolutely nothing left to worry about. Optically, this is the finest 50mm lens I’ve ever used, and is among the finest lenses of any focal length I’ve ever used. It’s exceptionally sharp across the entire frame right from f/1.4, and somehow gets even a bit sharper at smaller apertures. The bokeh is excellent and it controls almost all aberrations extremely well. The lens handily outperforms the already rather exceptional FE 55mm f/1.8: extremely impressive.

Lenstip tested the Rokinon (Smayang) lens:

The Samyang AF 50 mm f/1.4 FE seems to be a bit less successful lens than its reflex camera brother with the same parameters.Not so long ago the Samyang AF 50 mm f/1.4 FE was the cheapest standard with autofocus available and that fact held promise of a significant sale volume. After the launch of the Sony FE 50 mm f/1.8 the situation doesn’t look so rosy anymore; it seems without a distinct lowering of the price the Samyang won’t enjoy a huge market share.

To me this sound slike: if you have the money and ened the ultimate image quality go for the Zeiss. If money is factor and f/1.4 is not really needed go for the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8!

And by the way…here are the links to ALL FE 50mm lenses:

Sony FE 50mm f/2.8 macro ([shopcountry 51065])
Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 ([shopcountry 49849])
Zeiss FE Loxia 50mm f/2.0 ([shopcountry 47047])
Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8 ([shopcountry 37736])
Rokinon (Samyang) FE 50mm f/1.4 ([shopcountry 51066])
Sony APS-C 50mm f/1.8 ([shopcountry 51067])
Handevision Iberit APS-C manual focus 50mm f/2.4 ([shopcountry 51068])
Zeiss 50mm FE f/1.4 ([shopcountry 51069])
Rokinon (Samyang) APS-C manual focus 50mm f/1.2 ([shopcountry 51070])
Rokinon (Samyang) FE manual focus 50mm f/1.4 ([shopcountry 51071])
Zeiss Touit APS-C 50mm f/2.8 macro ([shopcountry 51072])
Mitakon FE manual focus 50mm f/0.95 ([shopcountry 51073])

Long list :)

 

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