eBay promoting many Sony and Zeiss FE deals. 85mm GM in Stock at Amazon US.

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The official eBay US deal page (Click here) is promoting plenty of grey imported Sony-Zeiss deals. All do come with 1 or  3 year US seller warranty:
$700 off on the Sony A7rII at [shoplink 47061 ebay]eBay US (1 year US seller warranty)[/shoplink].
$600 off on the Sony A7sII at [shoplink 47167 ebay]eBay US (1 year US seller warranty)[/shoplink].
$200 off on the Sony FE 55mm at [shoplink 47062 ebay]eBay US (3 year US seller warranty)[/shoplink]
$180 off on the Sony 18-200mm at [shoplink 47166 ebay]eBay US (3 year US seller warranty)[/shoplink]
$170 off on the Sony FE 24-240mm at [shoplink 47118 ebay]eBay US (3 year US seller warranty)[/shoplink].
$150 off on the Sony 6000 kit at [shoplink 47168 ebay]eBay US (1 year US seller warranty)[/shoplink].
$114 off on the Zeiss FE 16-35mm at [shoplink 47165 ebay]eBay US (3 year US seller warranty)[/shoplink]

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The 85mm GM lens is back in Stock at Amazon US (Click here) and at BHphoto (Click here).

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The Minolta FE rendering

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Michael Christensen sent this images of an imaginary Minolta FE camera. He morphed the [shoplink 46420 ebay]Minolta SR style (here on eBay)[/shoplink] with the current Sony A7 design. Would be nice ot have a more “classic” looking FF E-mount camera don’t you agree?

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Couple of news: Sony revises down earning forecast in Camera Devices Segment . Apple adds A6300/A68 support.

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Yesterday Sony issues a press release to report this:

Due to a decrease in projected future demand, Sony has revised its Mid-Range Plan for the camera module business in the Devices segment from the period beginning with the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017.

In a second press release issued today Sony reports:

The survey of damage to the Kumamoto Technology Center conducted so far has revealed damage to certain parts of the building, clean rooms and production equipment. The timeframe for resuming operations has yet to be determined. The Kumamoto Technology Center is the primary manufacturing site for image sensors for digital cameras and security cameras as well as for micro-display devices.

But still the good news is that the company as a whole is doing better than expected:

The forecast for net income attributable to Sony Corporation’s stockholders is expected to increase from the January forecast despite the above mentioned downward revision in income before income taxes, primarily due to a reversal of valuation allowances on deferred tax assets for local taxes by a subsidiary in Japan.
One mroe news: Apple added A6300/A68 RAW support (info here).
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15mm Voigtlander Heliar FE unboxing pics

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A photographer who wishes to remain anonymous just received his 15mm E mount Voigtlander Heliar. He shared those images and writes:

“Jesus it’s small…I never had the old one so I can’t comment but obviously there’s no longer the need for an adapter.  Turning the focus ring activates the in-viewfinder magnification. Falloff seems minimal, little distortion, no purple corners, very sharp in center, and very good at edges. Will need to do some real testing to comment authoritatively, but so far it’s all I hoped and expected it to be.  It’s TINY.  Did I say it’s very very small?”

The Heliar 15mm II for Sony E is in Stock at [shoplink 47157 ebay]FotoMundus (Worldwide shipment)[/shoplink] and will be in Stock soon at CameraQuest and Bhphoto.

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85mm GM in Stock at BH. Voigtlander 15mm FE to ship on April 27.

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The mighty superbokeh 85mm GM lens is back in Stock at BHphoto (Click here).
The Voigtlander 15mm f/4.5 III FE lens will sbip on April 27 at CameraQuest (Click here).

The big NAB deals (Click here to see them) are ending tonight. So check them out!

The great savings on grey imported Sony E-mount items has now been extended to three products:
$170 off on the Sony FE 24-240mm at [shoplink 47118 ebay]eBay US (3 year US seller warranty)[/shoplink].
$700 off on the Sony A7rII at [shoplink 47061 ebay]eBay US (1 year US seller warranty)[/shoplink].
$200 off on the Sony FE 55mm at [shoplink 47062 ebay]eBay US (3 year US seller warranty)[/shoplink]

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Craft shows us how you could make a Sony E and A-mount hybrid camera!

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If you ever wondered how a hypothetical Sony hybrid A and E-mount hybrid mount camera could work look here:
Craft Camera just announced a camera where you can swap between PL, EF and MFT mount by a push of a lever. The image above shows a MFT mount on the left and the EF mount on the right. It’s a different concept than using adapters as in the Craft Camera there is no fixed basic lens mount. Just watch the video to see how this works:

Could be a solution for the perfect Sony A-E mount camera or not?

A bit of history: The “hybrid” mount concpet isn’t anything new. The [shoplink 47137 ebay]Contax IIA (here on eBay)[/shoplink] has such a kind of mount too!

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