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Sony Eye AF Basics: The Breakdown with Miguel Quiles

2016 Roundup: Interchangeable Lens Cameras around $500 (Dpreview).
Curiosity: Sensor improved by 1,5 stops only in 10 years development (Mirrorlessrumors).
9 Recommended Entry-Level DSLR Cameras (Explora).
Carrying Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 in the Field (Diglloyd).
Laowa 105mm test at LeMondeDeLaPhoto.

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

Elmar: “My name is Elmar Laubender Im a Photographer based in Switzerland. Would like to share some Underwater Photography pictures all taken with the Sony A7rII and
Vario-Tessar® T* FE 16-35 mm F4 ZA OSS with the 180mm optical glass wide angle port and for the macro shots I use the Makro G OSS mit FE 90 mm F2,8 with the Macro port 105 for Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS (For NA-A7II)
I use the Nauticam housing, 2 x Inon Z240 underwater flash, for the macro shots additional the super macro converter SMC wich is a wet lens .
http://www.blueworldpixel.com/underwater-model-photography-
http://www.blueworldpixel.com/macro-art
http://www.blueworldpixel.com/untitled-coty
http://www.blueworldpixel.com/manta–sharks“

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Sony A6500 is now shipping in USA too

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Many SAR readers contacted me to tell me that their A6500 US and Europe preorders shipped out today (Screenshot above from Chuck. Thanks!). Check the Stock status at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and FocusCamera.

By the way: The Sony camera and lens savings are still running even after all that Black Friday and Cyber Monday run. Check out those pages at Adorama and BHphoto. The two hottest deals:$200 $200 off on the Sony A7II at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$350 off on the Sony 6000 kit at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

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Handevision will begin shipping its new IBERIT FE lenses in December

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The two companies Kipon and Handevision jointly announced the release of five new Full Frame E-mount lenses. All lenses will be priced between $480 and $660 and ship in December:

Shanghai, Nov 29,2016. Handevision will begin shipping its new IBERIT series of full frame lenses of 24mm/35mm/50mm/75mm focal lengths with constant aperture f2.4 from the beginning of Dec.This collection are designed for SONY E mount, Leica SL mount, Fuji X mount, also Leica M rangefinder version. The 90mm/f2.4 lens will ship in January 2017.
This series are jointly developed by camera adapter specialist at KIPON and German lens manufacture IB/E OPTICS GmbH . The development endeavor has lasted a year and half before it’s final release. This series now come in four colors choices in response to market demand. Followers and fans are now able to choose to suit their personal preference.

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First Tokina Firin 20mm f/2.0 review by Stan Moniz

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Stan Moniz tested the new Tokina 20mm FE Firin lens:

So no joke and I’m not just saying this. This piece of glass will blow minds! Tokina has FINALLY entered the mirrorless game. Maybe a little late but never less they came in kicking the door down with their first of many e-mount lenses to come. Hope this review and sample images with the new Tokina Firin was helpful to you. 

The lens will ship in Q1 2017. It’s yet listed on BHphoto but with no preorder option.

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DxO tests the RX100m5. And as expected it has same RX100m4 performance.

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DxOmark posted their RX100m5 sensor test results:

The upgrades to Sony’s RX100 V autofocus and burst shooting frame rate are welcome improvements for photographers after a high-performance compact. Its incredible 24fps frame rate with full autofocus and exposure tracking, not to mention its ability to capture up to 150 RAW and JPEG files, is some impressive high-speed shooting, and the new 315-point autofocus should improve focus tracking, too. Image quality hasn’t improved over the Mark IV, but it’s still very good for a compact camera. If you can shoot outdoors or in good lighting conditions at low ISO sensitivities, both color and dynamic range are excellent, and noise is respectable up to ISO 800. If high-quality low-light photography is important, however, the higher levels of noise above ISO 800 might be disappointing and may require some smoothing in post-production for better results.

No surprise here…

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New Sony A6500 tests (and it’s shipping in Europe)

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Hugh Brownstone published that over 30min long A6500 review. So have your popcorn ready when you starting watching this :)

Sony A6500 Field Test Part I at Imaging Resource:

Although burst performance is greatly improved, write performance isn’t. This has long been something of a bugbear for Sony’s cameras, and the A6500 is no different. With no UHS-II compatibility, it can take a while for the A6500 to catch up after a burst and write your images to memory — and until they’re all written, they can’t be checked for focus, exposure and composition.
You can now, however, at least review those images which have already been written to storage while you’re waiting for the buffer to clear. And there’s also now an indication on the display showing how many images are remaining in the buffer. That helps a bit with the watched-kettle-never-boils syndrome, giving you an idea of how much longer you’ll have to wait before you can review those last images or access the camera’s full capabilities.

The A6500 is shipping in Europe (example Fotomundus) and will ship within 24 hours in USA too:

A6500 in Stock status at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at Amazon.de, Fotomundus, Calumet.de. WexUK. PCHstore.

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Cyber Monday deals: New A6000 deal and $700 off on XEEN FE lenses.

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Today we have the new Cyber Monday deals. A general overview of all new deals can be seen here:
All Black Friday deals at Amazon, Bhphoto, eBay, Adorama, BestBuy, Target and Walmart. In EU at Amazon: DE, UK, FR, IT, ES.
Camera/Photo Black Friday deals at Amazon, eBay, BestBuy and BHphoto. In EU at Amazon: DE, UK, FR, IT, ES.
Sony special deal pages at Adorama and BHphoto.

Today’s new Sony related deals:

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$350 off and now also an additional $50 gift card for free on the A6000 dual lens kit sold by BHphoto (Click here).
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Save $700 on the Cine XEEN E-mount lenses at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

$23 off on the Fotodiox Canon to Sony E-mount autofocus adapter on Amazon US (Click here).
Tiffen 72mm UV Protection Filter on Gold Box at 3.30m New York time at Amazon US (Click here).

Sony cameras:
Free $200 gift card with the Sony A7rII at BHphoto.
Free $200 gift card with the Sony A7sII at BHphoto.
$150 off anf free $50 gift card with the Sony A6000 at Adorama.
$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.
Free $100 gift card with the Sony A6300 sold by BHphoto.
Free $100 gift card with the Sony RX100m5 sold by BHphoto.
$100 off and extra free $50 gift card on the A5000 at BHphoto.

Third party E and A-mount lenses:
Up to 40% off on SLRmagic lenses at Adorama.
Up to $300 off on Sigma A and E-mount lenses at BHphoto and Adorama.
$40 off on the Lensbaby Twist 60 Optic at BHphoto.
$100 off on the SLR Magic Cine 50mm f/1.1 Lens at BHphoto.
$100 off on the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 A-mount lens at BHphoto.
$100 off on the Sigma 24-105mm A-mount lens at BHphoto.
$10 off on the Lexar 128GB Professional 1000x SD card at BHphoto.
Rebates on the Sigma AF 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM Lens + USB Dock Bundle on eBay.

Sony 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
$370 off on the Grey Imported Zeiss 55mm FE lens on eBay.
$360 off on the Open Box 70-300mm FE lens on eBay.

SD cards:
SanDisk Black Friday Specials at Adorama and BHphoto (Scroll down to find them).
Savongs on the Lexar 64GB Professional 1000x at Amazon and BHphoto.
42% off on the 2-Pack – Lexar 32GB SD card at Adorama.
Rebates on the SanDisk 128GB Extreme PRO SD card at Adorama and BHphoto.
45% off on the SanDisk 16GB Class 4 SDHC Memory Card, 2 Pack at Amazon.
28% off on the SanDisk 16GB Class 10 SDHC UHS-I at Amazon.

Adapters and Accessories:
$20 off on Vello adapters at BHphoto.
$50 Instant Savings with Promo code “SHOPBH1680” on Metabones adapter at BHphoto.
Dolica AX620B 62-Inch Proline Tripod and Ball Head $44.95 at FocusCamera.

Software and Tutorials:
$200 off on the Tutorial from Miguel Quiles

Sony 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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