The big savings (Up to $350 off and up to $500 free gift card) are ending soon at BHphoto (Click here to see the full list). A few selected deals:
Free $200 gift card on the A7rII.
Free $500 gift card on the A7sII.
Free $200 gift card on the A6300.
Today(January 4th at 5:00pm Las Vegas time) Sony will live stream a press conference from the CES show. There is almost zero chance Sony will announce a new camera or lens. Instead our sources told us to expect them to show a new prototype of “CLEDIS TV screens”. These are rumored to be even better than OLED TV’s;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRucBViqF6U
New E-mount lenses are more likely to be announced by early February before the CP+ show in Japan.
The two lenses I will take on my mountain trip this Summer ([shoplink 54090]70-300mm FE[/shoplink] and [shoplink 49023]16-35mm FE[/shoplink])
On New Year’s Eve I asked the SAR community for help to choose the best gear for my upcoming major ALPS photography tour. The reason why I am writing this post is that I noticed one specific fact:
It has been a very constructive and civilized discussion and many readers gave very good tips that will help me and many other SAR followers a big help when choosing the best tools for work.
I realized with that specific article that there is a lot of “positive” potential in our community. We may have to do some brainstorming together to see how we can further develop that kind of positive collaboration!
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Personal note: After reading all your comments I decided to go for the 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss. And maybe the 70-300mm FE too. But I will have to see if it isn’t too much weight also because I will do a lot of climbing too. Probably the biggest problem I have to think about are the batteries. yes I can take 5 of them with me. But I am not sure if I can always find a spot to recharge them….
Sony RX100 V review with Gordon and Doug
Best of 2016: Sigma Lenses (Explora)
Help! How Much Should I Charge For My Photography? (Adorama Learning Center).
Restaurant “Chamonix Mont Blanc” French cuisine | Sony A6300 (SonyAlphaForum).
Lensbaby TRIO test on the Sony A7II (DC.watch).
The future of photography looks lensless (Asian Review)
Sigma 85mm stomps all Otus lenses (Lenstip).
To write a guest post on SAR follow the instruction on that page.
Jay: “Sony RX1R II Review – Real World, Lab, Sample Video, Menus System Overview, and Detailed Lightroom CC Photo Analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB3TRCYkBz8“
This one runs Today only: $160 off on the Axler cage for Sony A7 cameras at BHphoto (Click here).
More deals:
You save $600 on the reconditioned A7rII sold by BuyDig (Click here). It’s covered by a 1 year seller warranty too.
The big savings (Up to $350 off and up to $500 free gift card) are ending soon at BHphoto (Click here to see the full list). A few selected deals:
Free $200 gift card on the A7rII.
Free $500 gift card on the A7sII.
Free $200 gift card on the A6300.
The image above shows the new Meike 6.5mm f/2.0 Fisheye E-mount Lens. You can order it now at Amazon US, Amazon DE and Amazon UK.
These are the key specs:
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via ePhotozine
Sony announced the World’s Smallest Super Small 1M-Pixel Lens Module:
The world’s smallest 1M-pixel lens module (2.6 mm*2 (W) × 3.3 mm (D) × 2.32 mm (H)) was realized by newly developing a super small 1M-pixel image sensor with a chip size of 2 mm × 2 mm and a super-small low-profile lens with a head size of 2.6 mm × 2.6 mm. This lens module is also equipped with a low power consumption mode that reduces power consumption by approximately 10 % to 60 % compared to existing image sensors with an equivalent number of pixels for mobile applications. This makes it the ideal lens module for super-small and lightweight mobile devices.
The IU233N2-Z and IU233N5-Z will help to further reduce the size and weight of mobile devices such as head-mounted displays and smart watches, and to develop new markets such as IoT and drones.
This sensor is probably going used by future wearable devices.
