Matt Granger explains why he had to ditch Sony to get back to Nikon: Please Sony managers do listen!

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Matt Granger had to give up the professional use of his Sony E-mount gear. The cause is the terrible Sony PRO service which by now is known to be by far not as good as Nikon and Canon services. I do hope that by posting this video Sony managers will recognize they have to quickly address the issue. Please Sony bring us Matt back by offering a serious non-outsourced and personal PRO service!

Note: In the past year I got many similar reports from all over the world. This is not an Australia issue only…

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Thanks Ori and Matt for sharing this!

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Sony Tidbits…

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Voigtlander Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical III Lens with Sony a7 cameras

Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/90 T* reviewd for Sony (Phillip Reeve).
Loxia 21/2.8 test images by Bob on SonyAlphaForum.
Sony UWP-D11, K2M-XLR, SMAD-P3 comparison test with A7S2 (Paul Zetter on Youtube).
Video REVIEW of the Sigma 19mm DN Art lens (Loloho.Photo)

Javier: “I wanted to share with you some of the photos i´ve been doing for the last year with the Sony a6000.
I think it´s an amazing camera at a very affordable price ( even more now that the a6300 is out ). I use it principally for astrophotography with a Samyang 12 mm f2.0 and I think it´s a great combo, you cant find anything better for the money. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmartinez76/albums/72157663703654559”

Said: “I’ve started a petition to ask Sony to add these features on the original A7 cameras since Sony seems to have stopped after doing so with the A7ii. Here’s the link : https://www.change.org/p/kazuo-hirai-sony-a7-14-bit-uncompressed-pdaf-with-third-party-adapters”

Donald: “This is a short 4k time-lapse of clouds I shot with the RX100 III in various locations around the world. Hope you find it interesting! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUpV6kYvcHc“

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Updated USA shipping dates for the new Sony, Batis, Loxia, Tamron, Voiglander and Sigma lenses

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There is plenty of new stuff that will ship out soon. Here are the dates:
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN E-mount lens on March 17 acccording to BHphoto. No date yet at Amazon.
Sigma MC-11 on March 23 acccording to BHphoto. 2-3 weeks at Amazon.
Zeiss Loxia 21mm by end of March acccording to BHphoto.
Zeiss Batis 25mm by end of March acccording to BHphoto.
Voigtlander Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 E-mount by end of March acccording to BHphoto.
Sony 24-70mm GM on March 31 acccording to BHphoto. April 7 according to Amazon.
Sony 85mm GM on March 31 acccording to BHphoto. April 7 according to Amazon.
Zeiss Batis 85mm has no shipping date yet acccording to BHphoto.
Sony A6300 has no shipping date yet acccording to BHphoto and Amazon.
Sony 70-200mm GM has no shipping date yet acccording to BHphoto.
Tamron 85mm SP A-mount has no shipping date yet acccording to BHphoto.
Tamron 90mm SP A-mount has no shipping date yet acccording to BHphoto.
Nissin Air R Receiver for Sony Flashes with Multi Interface Shoe will ship in mid May according to BHphoto.

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$700 off on the A7rII and A7sII. Gold Box on PNY, Transcend and Sandisk.

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Eelctornicsvalley hot a major deal on Sony cameras. Both are grey imported but do come with full 1 USA seller warranty and huge savings that will tempt you for sure:
$700 off on the [shoplink 45813 ebay]Sony A7rII (Click here)[/shoplink].
$600 off on the [shoplink 45814 ebay]Sony A7sII (Click here)[/shoplink].

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We got plenty of card deals today at Amazon:
Up to 70% off on Sandisk cards (Click here).
Gold Box deals on PNY, EyeFi and Trascend cards (Click here).

Reminder: The official Sony partner Store Secondipity listed plenty of new refurbished E-mount cameras. All do come with full 90 day US warranty:
$400 off on the Sony A7rII sold on their [shoplink 45607 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Amazon (Click here) store.
$400 off on the Sony A7s sold on their [shoplink 45609 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Amazon (Click here) store.
$400 off on the Sony A7II sold on their Amazon (Click here) store.
$400 off on the Sony A7II kit sold on their [shoplink 45608 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] store.
$324 off on the Sony 70-200mm FE sold on their Amazon (Click here) store.

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Sony releases firmware update for the A7r, A7rII, A7s, A7, A7II, A6000 cameras!

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Sony released a new firmware update for almost all E-mount cameras to add support for the new lenses. Download here:
A7rII at eusupport.sony.com.
A7r at eusupport.sony.com.
A7II at eusupport.sony.com.
A7s at eusupport.sony.com.
A7 at eusupport.sony.com.
A6000 esupport.sony.com.
A5100 esupport.sony.com.

A7rII-A7II-A7r-A7s Improvements over version 3.00:

  • New lenses are supported.
  • Phase-detection AF is supported
  • The AF can be used in movie recording mode with the SEL85F14GM

A6000-A7 Improvements over version 2.00:

  • New lenses are supported.
  • Phase-detection AF is supported
  • The lens name will be correctly recorded in the EXIF
  • The AF can be used in movie recording mode with the SEL85F14GM

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Thanks “Del” for finding and sharing this!

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This is the 24-70mm GM lens box. New lens and A6300 tests.

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The image above from Blog Naver shows the 24-70mm GM lens box. So this is the first thing you will see when you receive your box at home :)

And here is a list of GM related news:
‘Let’s Dance’ – a video shot entirely using autofocus with the Sony a6300 (Newsshooter).
Sony’s Master plan – new 85, 24-70, 70-200 and more at Photoclubalpha
FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM first shots (Dpreview).
The G Master lens presentation page at Sony.
Popular Photography: Sony G Master Lens Sample Image Gallery
Sony’s precision aspherics (Photoclubalpha)
G Master 24-70 raw files by our reader Ben (Thanks!) on Dropbox.

Preorders:
A6300 body at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. Amazon.de. WexUK. Jessops. Amazon.fr.
A6300 with kit lens at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. Amazon.de. WexUK. Jessops.
24-70mm f/2.8 GM FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK. Jessops.
85mm f/1.4 GM FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK. Jessops.

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