Konica-Minolta is designing the lenses for Sony curved sensor (for the iPhone?)

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This is NOT surprise. While Konika-Minolta HAS stopped MAKING their own lenses they still are in the business to design lenses for others! And a brand new Japanese patent spotted by Egami shows how they are working on a 20mm f/2.8 lens designed for a small-sized curved 1/3.2 inch sensor. I guess that kind of sensor will find his way in future iPhones as first. Just recently Sony also patented a 35mm f/1.8 lens for a Full Frame sensor. I guess we are now really close to see such kind of sensors used on smartphones and high-end cameras.

The advantages of having a curved sensor is that lenses do not have to correct for corner issues. It means lenses can be smaller and/or brighter compared to classic lenses designed for flat sensors.

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Sony Tidbits…

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10 Reasons You Don’t Need a DSLR

Sony Camera Club Challenge Winners (Sony Blog).
Planet Alpha is giving away a new Think Tank Urban Approach 15 backpack to one lucky forum member.
A Comparison Between the Canon 70D and Sony A7 (ilovehatephoto).
Professional Photography with E-Mount (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony’s 4K FDR-X1000V Vs. GoPro 4K GoPro Hero4 Black (ActionCameraRumors).

Eric:I have a Kickstarter up and many of the images were shot on the A7r: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ehodgesphoto/alpamayo-to-yerupaja

Andrea:I’m Andrea Corticelli of CP tech srl Italy. The b-grip line. We have released a new holster specifically designed for mirrorless and compact sized cameras: http://www.bgrip.com/uno-en/

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Price of the refurbished Sony A7 drops down to $899.

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You now can grab a refurbished Full Frame E-mount camera for under $1,000. You get it for $899 only at [shoplink 35139 ebay]Secondipity eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

More refurbished deals:
Refurbished A7r sells for $1,399 at [shoplink 34937 ebay]Secondipity eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished Zeiss FE 55mm lens for $749 at [shoplink 35071 ebay]Secondipity eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]
Refurbished RX100m2 sells for $379 at [shoplink 35140 ebay]Secondipity eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished A5000 sells with two E-mount lenses and free 16GB SD card for $349 at [shoplink 34892 ebay]Secondipity eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]
$300 off and free SD card and case on the A6000 double lens kit at [shoplink 34733 ebay]Secondipity eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
$100 off on the A3000 with kit lens at [shoplink 34732 ebay]Secondipity eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Save $250 on Open Box Sony A7s cameras sold by [shoplink 34706 ebay]Samys on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

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(SR2) First very wild rumors about the April 23 products (A-mount and RX).

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April23

I am now 99% sure Sony will announce new (non E-mount) products on April 23. And E-mount stuff will be announced soon after in May! So as you see there may be something nice coming for everyone :)

I got this very wild rumor from a Japanese store. They told me that but kep it with a grain of salt as usual:

1.) A9 Almost sure to happen. Almost sure to be A-mount and 50MP. And, you can check current 50MP camera from Canon to get an idea on what it’s going to cost.
2.) RX series, from what I heard, going to be RX100-IV (or 4). NOTHING on a RX10 sequel. (i.e., RX20, etc.)

Again keep in mind that “store rumors” are never really reliable stuff! But I will keep my fingers crossed for a new A-mount cam to be released!

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Best cheap gear: 70€ Minolta 50mm MC Macro Rokkor QF 3.5 on the A7II.

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Image by Drasko (SonyAlphaForum). 500px.com/DraskoStojadinovic  and facebook…tojaphotography

The Sony A7II is capable of fulfilling two tasks that only 2 years ago where pure dreams:

1) Use any kind of third-party lens on an affordable Full Frame camera
2) Improve the image quality with those lenses by adding on sensor stabilization.

So I figured out it would be nice to show you how you can spend $100 or less for a second-hand lens and take great pictures with it.

SAR reader Drasko tested the [shoplink 35229 ebay]70€ Minolta 50mm MC Macro Rokkor QF 3.5[/shoplink] on the A7II. You can find all the pictures on our SonyAlphaForum (Click here). Those images are simply great!

The lens only way to grab the lens is on [shoplink 35229 ebay]eBay (search results here)[/shoplink].
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Image by Drasko (SonyAlphaForum)

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https://www.facebook…tojaphotography

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Lensbaby teases a new 55mm f/1.6 lens.

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Lensbaby is teasing a new lens on their facebook page. The lens should be a 55mm f/1.6 an will be unveiled on April 7. We can expect an A and E-mount version of that lens like we have on the 58mm f/3.5 fisheye. That one is available in [shoplink 35199 ebay]A-mount (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 35200 ebay]E-mount (Click here)[/shoplink].

Click on those images to see the images of the lens:

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via Photographybay.

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This week SAR readers photos selection.

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Anders Wotzke‎
https://flic.kr/p/rC7m3p
There was a slim break in fellow tourists and I managed to compose this shot.
Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto
Sony A7 II + 55mm
f1.8 1/100 400ISO
Http://Flickr.com/photos/anderswotzke
Http://instagram.com/anderswotzke

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3) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me SAR admin will be posted weekly on SAR.

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