(SR4) Zeiss to announce a new Loxia 21mm f/2.8 FE lens in mid October.

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Multiple sources told us Zeiss will announce new lenses in mid-October (that’s a 100% reliable info)

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New DEO Saker Falcon Lite test videos!

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Here are some test videos shot with the new DEO Saker Falcon Lite Canon EF to Sony FE adapter. You can preorder the lens directly at Deo (Click here) and within the next days on [shoplink 40637 ebay]eBay (Search link here)[/shoplink].


AF Speed Test II : Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 II on Sony a7rII camera


AF speed Test 1: Canon EF 50/1.2 L on Sony a7R II


DEO Saker Falcon Lite (beta) AF test on Sony a7R II

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That’s the coolest small vacuum cleaner for your Sony Camera!

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If you want to suck out all the dust inside your camera than you really have to buy the new Fujin Mark II! The cleaner looks like a lens and comes in Canon EF or Nikon F-mount which you can easily use on a Sony via any adapter. You can buy it on eBay [shoplink 40741 ebay]here (eBay Alex-Tokyo)[/shoplink], [shoplink 40743 ebay]here (eBay Alex-Tokyo)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 40744 ebay]here (eBay Alex-Tokyo Nikon version)[/shoplink]. And the Nikon mount version on Amazon (Click here).

PetaPixel epxlains how it works:

Inside the Fujin is a high-speed electric fan that produces 2.7 times more airflow than the first generation Fujin lens vacuum, changing the air inside your camera 6 times every second.There are special electrostatic filters that are designed to be inserted in the front of the lens. These attract the dust, dirt, and sand particles as they flow out of the camera chamber.

The Lens-vacuum-cleaner is powered by simple AAA batteries and there is a simple on off button on the lens to activate it. There are four videos posted by Fujin on Youtube to see how it works. More pictures below.

Order options:
Fujin mark II cleaner on eBay [shoplink 40741 ebay]Canon mount at Alex-Tokyo)[/shoplink], [shoplink 40743 ebay]Canon mount at[/shoplink] and [shoplink 40744 ebay]Nikon mount at Alex-Tokyo[/shoplink]. Nikon mount version on Amazon (Click here).
Fujin mark I cleaner on [shoplink 40753 ebay]eBay (multiple sellers)[/shoplink].

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Dpreview tests the new Sony A7rII 14 Bit uncompressed RAW files.

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Image from DPreview showing the absent artifacts on the new 14 Bit RAW file (on the right)

DPreview is the first site having access to Sony’s new 14 Bit uncompressed RAW files. They tested it and those are the benefits they noticed:

1) No Artifacts on high contrast edges: “no longer introduce errors and artefacts around high-contrast edges.”
2) Very small Dynamic range improvement: “There’s possibly a tiny improvement if you try to brighten very deep shadows but the difference is so subtle that we don’t consider it to be photographically significant. But, even without this, the camera’s Raw files are more flexible than they were before.”

The files are twice as big as the previous compressed RAW files. And also very interesting: Sony’s new 14 BIT upgrade offers “uncompressed RAW files” and not “losslessly-compressed Raw”. The reasons are limitations of working with the cameras’ existing processors. But Sony said they will investigate the possibility to add “lossless compression system if there’s sufficient user demand.”

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A7rII store list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Wex UK and ParkCameras.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

The A7sII preorder list:
In USA at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama.
In Europe at WexUK.
In Asia soon at Digitalrev.

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Gold Box deal on the Sony 32GB SD card at Amazon US.

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There is now a Gold Box deal on the Sony 32GB SD card sold by Amazon US (Click here). A full list of Gold Box deals can be found here. And on Bhphoto here.

Reminder: new list of refurbished and grey imported Sony deals:
Refurbished Sony A7r for $1,299 on [shoplink 40699 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished Sony A5100 with two(!) lenses for $469 on [shoplink 40700 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished Sony A6000 with two(!) lenses for $629 on [shoplink 40701 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Grey Imported Sony A7s for $1,699 on [shoplink 40698 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Grey imported Zeiss 16-35mm FE lens for $1,19 on [shoplink 40702 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Grey imported Sony FE 70-200mm lens for $1,144 on [shoplink 40703 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Grey imported Zeiss 24-70mm FE lens for $899 on [shoplink 40704 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

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Sony A7rII tested by TheCameraStoreTV: “Blows the Canon 5DSr out of the water”!

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TheCameraStoreTV team posted their Sony A7R II Hands-On Field Test Part 1 With Kyle Marquardt. And they compared it against the Canon 5DSr and they say the A7rII simply blows the Canon out of the water! With one exception: The Canon still beats the A7rII for sports photography because of the much more accurate autofocusing on moving objects. Something Sony has to improve on the future A9 :)

More A7rII tests:
A7rII Dynamic Range Tests at Luminous Landscape with a video from Michael Tapas who defines the A7rIi as a “very very very game changing camera“!
A7r II and Voigtlander lenses (Mirrorlessons).

A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Wex UK and ParkCameras.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

A7rII case:
Gariz leather case in [shoplink 39113 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 39108 ebay]Camel (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 39110 ebay]Orange (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 39111 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 39112 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink]. Also available on Amazon US (Click here).
Gariz Alcantara case in [shoplink 39094 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 39095 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink]. Also available on Amazon US (Click here).
Lim’s case in [shoplink 39107 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 39102 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 39103 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 39104 ebay]Yellow (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 39105 ebay]Navy Blue (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 39106 ebay]Khaki (Click here)[/shoplink]. Also available on Amazon US (Click here).

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(UPDATED) Bad news if true: Samsung kills their camera business?

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There are four companies that can do almost all of the tech in-house (sensor, processor and so on). Those are Sony, Canon Panasonic and Samsung. And if the rumors reported at Mirrorlessrumors are correct than Samsung just decided just killed the entire camera business on a manager meeting held in July.

UPDATE: Samsung just released an official statement at Imaging Resource:

“Withdrawing from the camera business is not true and there is no official plan to stop production of cameras and lenses. Samsung continuously analyzes the varying needs and requirements of consumers in each market and region very carefully. However, we do not officially comment on rumors or speculation.“

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