Lensrentals big macro test: 90mm FE macro beats all other Nikon-Canon-Zeiss lenses!

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What’s the best Macro lens between the Nikon, Canon Zeiss lenses and the [shoplink 48071]Sony 90mm FE[/shoplink]? Lensrentals compared them all and the conclusion is:

The Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro totally shocked me. It’s clearly better at all frequencies at macro distances. In fact, it’s the highest resolving off all these lenses at macro distances, at least in the image center. I’m not certain if it’s related or just coincidence, but the Sony lens has electronic motors controlling both the focusing and the compensating element. As best I know, all of the other macro lenses tested have mechanical movements of the compensating elements.

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Note: You save $250 on the refurbished lens sold by Secondipity (Click here). And $130 on the Open Box version sold by Best Buy (Click here).

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Competition news: This is the new Canon 5D mark IV!

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Canon is the number one camera manufacturer of the world. And the 5D series is certainly one of the drivers of their success. So let’s take a look to their newest camera. These are the first images and the full specs of the new Canon 5D Mark IV. It’s going to be announced on August 27:

  • Sensor: Effective pixels 30.4 million pixels, dual pixel CMOS
  • AF point: 61 points
  • ISO: 100-102400 (extension) standard ISO up to 32000?
  • Continuous shooting: 7 frames / sec.
  • Video: 4K 30fps, HD120fps
  • 150,000-pixel RGB + IR photometry sensor
  • touch screen
  • Anti-flicker
  • Built-in GPS, Wi-Fi · NFC connection
  • Media: SDXC / SDHC / SD, CompactFlash Type II
  • The main terminal: USB 3.0, HDMI
  • Size: 150.7 x 116.4 x 75.9mm
  • Weight: 890g

via Digicameinfo and Nokishita

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Message to source “E.”

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Sorry dear SAR readers, I have to write this post to send a message to source “E.”:

Source E. can you please share some general tech insights too? Like Autofocus and Sensor performance? And possibly the date of the announcement so that I don’t miss that one :)

Thanks a lot!!!

Andrea

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This is the worldwide effect of the Sony sensor production stop in Kumamoto…

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What happens if you stop the sensor production in one single Sony factory?  CIPA published the new worldwide camera shipment figures and they show that never in the modern digital camera market history shipment were as low as now!

Sony restored the full sensor production capability in August only (3,5 months after the production stop). And the effects of that will last til early 2017.

via Mirrorlessrumors.

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sunset Freeski Session – Chasing The Sun – Snowpark Seiser Alm (Shot on the A7s)

Techart Pro autofocus adapter with ZEISS manual focus lenses (Chad Wadsworth).
Shoots made with the A6300 and the 35mm 1.4 Distagon (SonyAlphaForum).
Studying Photography in New York City (Explora).
Download LENSPIRE 8/2016
Test – Samyang AF 50 mm f/1,4 AS IF UMC (Focus Numerique).
Dutch review FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM on Pixelmania.

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Special deal on the Lexar 32GB Professional 1000x SD card. $100 off on the 50mm f/0.95 E-mount Mitakon lens.

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We got two new deals today:
For a limited time and quantity you can buy the fast Lexar SD dual pack card for $34.95 at BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 Lens for Sony E-Mount at BHphoto (Click here).

Reminder:
The Easycover for the Sony A63000 is in Stock at BHphoto and Amazon.
The new Sony Water/Dust/Shock/Bend Proof SD cards are now in Stock at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
The new Rokinon 50mm FE f/1.4 autofocus lens is in Stock at Amazon US (Click here) and at BHphoto (Click here).

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The big rumor roundup (Sony A9, Sony A99 successor, Zeiss lenses and Sony STF)

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It’s time for a roundup of the next rumors cameras and lenses. I will divide them into “rumors from known sources” and “rumors from new sources”:

Rumors from known sources:

  1. Sony High End E-mount camera:
    “The next generation flagship mirrorless camera from Sony will be a giant leap. It will drop a huge bomb in the imaging industry. It will not be A7III or A7RIII. It will be a new model above A7 series. I would say A9 (let’s name it as the new model). So the new A9 will have [shoplink 46602 ebay]dual XQD card slot[/shoplink], no CFast version, only XQD. A9 can do UNLIMITED RAW burst, UNLIMITED. The camera wont pause for buffering.”
    – “The camera will be slightly bigger than the current A7 series”
    Editor’s note: Join the Sony A9 facebook group !
  2. Sony A99 successor:
    – The camera is on the Sony roadmap and development has finished. But the release date unclear yet.
    Editor’s note: I hope the fact development has finished means also that it’s coming this year. It’s the only way to kill the “A-mount is dead calls” :(
  3. Sony STF:
    – Sony will release a STF FE lens:
  4. Zeiss:
    – Zeiss will launch both new Batis and Loxia lenses in September/October.
    – For sure there are telephotos among them
    – Could be 2 Loxias and 2 Batis
  5. Sony GM:
    – The next zoom lens will be a 16-35mm f/2.8 GM
  6. Profoto:
    Profoto b1 air remote is coming for Sony by end of 2016

Rumors from new sources:

  1. Zeiss:
    Batis 135mm and Loxia 85mm are coming
  2. Sony STF:
    100mm f/2.8 STF FE autofocus lens
  3. Sony A99II:
    – Possible specs:

    42 Megapixel sensor
    499 AF points
    Dual AF
    4K video recording
    Same A7rII IBIS
    Dual card slot
    improved flash system+battery
    will ship together with new 24-105 f/4.0

  4. RX100mV:
    – “The new compact and high speed Sony camera (RX100 V) will switch from SD Card to UFS Card storage. The card size is similar to microSD saveing space in the camera body and the speed increased to up to 600MB/s enabling longer slowmo Videos and higher FPS shooting. Sony will if this is succesful also use this format in future higher class cameras”
  5. E-mount lens:
    sony will add PZ to FE16-35 24-70 70-200
  6. Sony A7III:
    To be announced at Photokina

I hope this helps to get a more clear overview of what could be announced the coming months. Please note that Sony will announce most of the stuff OFF the shows! So don’t be surprised if some of the hot stuff will be announced weeks after Photokina!

To all sources or people “who knows” stuff:

You can send information anonymously by using the following contact form:

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It’s not required to share your email address or name. But It would be useful if you use some kind of nickname so that I can recognize you as trusted source in the future :)

For direct contact write me at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com. Thanks!

A note on general talk on rumors:

Of course rumors can be wrong….particularly low ranked rumors please keep that in mind! And rarely also good sources can get some “wrong” information and/or Sony can change their roadmap.
So just a reminder to the folks here, these are the rumors (from SAR and not from other sites!) that were correct the past 12 months:

RX1rII specs
New A6xxx (or A7xxx) is weather sealed and gets fastest autofocusing of the world.
Sony 85/1.4 G to be annound in September/October?
A6xxx announcement again(!) delayed til February 2016.
Trusted source: Yes, Sony will launch a 85mm G lens soon (creamy bokeh)
This is the logo of the new Sony “G-Master” lens line! First lens is the 24-70mm f/2.8.
New Zeiss Otus is a 28mm lens!
Zeiss to announce a new Loxia 21mm f/2.8 FE lens in mid October.
There is a “Sony event” coming the first week of February
The new A6100 looks just like the “old” A6000.
Sony to announce a new A68! To be unveiled in early November already!
First image leaked of the new Sony Action Camera.
First rumors about the upcoming new f/2.8 FE zoom lenses!
First image of the new Irix 15mm f/2.4 lens!
HX80 specs
Sony A6xxx will ship in March!
Batis 18mm f/2.8 lens
Sony will announce a new A-mount camera in early November!
New Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 FE lens gets listed at Sony Assist system!
Next Batis will be a new 18mm wide angle lens.
24-70mm f/2.8 FE will ship in March?
Another fast FE prime will be announced in 2016 (It’s the Zeiss 50mm Planar).
Sony price increases will start on August 1!

 

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