The Japanese electronics maker’s credit rating was upgraded to Baa3, up one notch from the “junk” status of Ba1. Moody’s has also changed the ratings outlook to stable from positive.
They also expect to hear more good news from Sony as it is “setting aside one-off factors — such as [the] Kumamoto earthquake“.
2016 was a relatively “slow” camera year. 2017 should be different from that point of view with at least 2 FF cameras to be announced.
Quick Tip: How to get X5 more time than the Sony camera battery
Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Sample Images (Photographyblog).
The Business of Business on the Internet (Thenimblephotographer).
Techart Pro adapter review by John Leathwick
Does the Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 hold focus when zoomed? And could your lens adapter be part of the problem or solution? (Newsshooter).
Zeiss Milvus 135mm Short review by Jorge Torralba.
Sony Recognized as a Leader in Water Resource Management in the CDP Global Water Report 2016 (Sony.net).
Dpreview published the full A6500 test and the conclusion is:
For the money, you get a light-weight, weather-sealed body with excellent still image quality, excellent 4K video quality, a degree of in-body stabilization and the ability to photograph high speed action with ease. And if you take the time to fully customize the camera, you can really make it sing. Simply put, as an all-arounder, its pretty hard to beat what the a6500 offers, but as an engaging artistic tool, the a6500 may still leave some wanting more.
I don’t think we will ever see a Super High End A-mount camera. But this is a rendered image showing how it could look. It’s would be an expensive professional tool similar to the $6,000 Canon EOS-1D X Mark II.
But let’s get real, Sony will never do a camera like that…or not?
Today is big Sony Gold Box deal day at Amazon Germany (Click here). This includes two E-mount deals:
At 19.24 Gold Box on the 24-70mm GM.
At 12.00 Gold Box on the A5100 kit.
As usual all Europeans with an Amazon account can grab them.
There are also new Sony Cashback actions at Calumet.de.
UPDATE: There is also the 50mm f/1.8 FE lens on Gold Box at Amazon Italy.
RX1rII review at Travelshaun.
Sony RX100 V – Prueba de campo (DSLRmagazine).
Next Generation Image Sensors from Sony – Novus Light Today
4K Ultra HD SOOC Footage from the Sony A6500 using the Sony Zeiss 35mm, 85mm G Master, & 16-35 Zeiss (Jason Lanier).
Why You Should Go Beyond the Kit Lens (Explora).
How We Learned the Hard Way To Always Shoot in RAW (ALC).
Michael (video above): “OK everybody, we’re doing an amazing giveaway this week. Stella (link in bio) has given me a Stella 1000 to give to a deserving photographer or film maker! This is an incredible light that puts out 1000 lumens and has a battery life of between 90-700 minutes! Get this IT IS ALSO FULLY SUBMERGIBLE to 100 meters. No joke. This thing retails for $499.99, so get excited.
To enter here’s what you have to do. 1) Follow me @mrubee 2) Follow Stella @stellaprolights 3) Post a beautiful night picture and tag #stellaprogiveaway
As a bonus if you repost this and tag #stellaprogiveawaybonus I’ll enter your name twice.”
