Animalsbarry sent me this:
“Talked to Sigma tech rep: Sigma will not be making a NIKON version of the mc-11 ever. The reason for this is that there are differrences in how the Nikon lenses work that would be problematic, so Sigma decided to only make Sigma and Canon versions because they are easier.”
Sigma’s new MC-11 adapter cost $249 and will ship in April according to BHphoto (preorder here).
Sony HVL-F20M Flash Review
The A99mk2 will not be released before June 2016 (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony 70-300mm 4.5-5.6 SSM G II Lens Review (SonyAlphaLab).
Interesting debate with the angry photographer about mirrorless cameras (SonyAlphaForum).
Venus LAOWA 15mm F4 tested by Dpreview.
How One Photographer Frankenlensed His Way Beyond f/1.0 (Popphoto)
Yuri: “I’m Yuri from Switzerland 17 year old. Last summer I discovered my fascination for astrophotography. For four months, I captured the beauty of night sky in Switzerland with the Sony a7s. The result of my journey is a six minute long time-lapse movie.
I hope you like it and I’ll be more than happy if you post it on your inspirational website!
Here is the link to my movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvOog2A6xCk”
Christopher: “http://yannickkhong.com/blog/2016/2/23/the-problem-with-modern-optics. I’ve followed and enjoyed your blog for the past year and as I’ve been working with my A7RII and a few sony lenses I’ve been struck by it’s lack of life and skinniness that just don’t feel as good as my previous cameras (other things I absolutely love about this camera though, I can handhold and film with a 200mm!). The above is a good take on how to look at what is a good lens vs just what the numbers say and something I find is a bit lacking in most discussion. Thought you’d enjoy it.”
If you are going to buy an A7 series camera soon know that at BHphoto (Click here) you can get those with an up to $200 gift card for free! Or alternatively select the “Free accessory Kit” option. All current Sony US lens deals can be seen on that special BH page (Click here).
And if saving every Dollar is what matters to you grab the grey imported deals:
$700 off on the [shoplink 45813 ebay]Sony A7rII (Click here)[/shoplink]. Sold by Electronicsvalley with 1 year US warranty.
$600 off on the [shoplink 45814 ebay]Sony A7sII (Click here)[/shoplink]. Sold by Electronicsvalley with 1 year US warranty.
$300 off on the [shoplink 45959 ebay]Zeiss 55mm FE (Click here)[/shoplink]. Sold by GetDigital with 3 year US warranty.
$160 off on the [shoplink 45831 ebay]Sony A6000 with kit lens (Click here)[/shoplink]. Sold by Electronicsvalley with 1 year US warranty.
One more deal: Our readers get 65% off on the BLACK & WHITE projects 4 software sold by Franzis (Click here).
Gary Fong posted another of his helpful A6300 tutorials. This time it’s about the Smile Detect Shutter Feature. Here are the links to other A6300 tutorials:
Eye Auto Focus On The Sony A6300
Face Registration Features With The Sony a6300
Continuous High Speed Motor On The Sony a6300
Reminder: BestBuy has the Sony A6300 in Stock as [shoplink 45948 ebay]body only (Click here)[/shoplink] and with [shoplink 45950 ebay]kit lens (Click here)[/shoplink].
More new tests:
A6300 vs NX1 vs G7 (Max Yuryev)
Sony A6300 overheats recording 4K (ZedProMedia).
Sony A6300 4K Super 35 Sample (TheDigitalMedia).
Pair a6300 with Canon EF-S 17-55 f2.8, 24-70ii OR Sony 24-70 GM? (SonyAlphaForum).
New LockCircle Cinematic Production Cage 6300NY for the Sony a6300 4K announced (Info at https://www.lockcircle.com/)
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Lately some of you experienced annoying pop up ads issues or redirects on the mobile version of SonyAlphaRumors. I have google adsense advertising running on SAR and it appears some advertiser is not respecting the rules of google. I asked google what to do and I need your help to fix this. If you happen to see such an advertising please send me the following info at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com:
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As you know Zhongyi recently announced the new Mitakon 35mm f/0.95 II APS-C E-mount lens. You can preorder the lens at Bhphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). The new lens is more compact and has an improved optical performance compared to it’s predecessor. Richard Wong is the first to have tested the new lens and writes:
The original Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95 is a pretty nice lens, but the wide open sharpness really isn’t that impressive. I’m happy to report this is greatly improved with the new mark II version. Even with the pretty demanding 24MP Sony A6000, the center sharpness is really good at maximum aperture. The bokeh is really quite nice and smooth. There is a little bit of cat’s eye effect but nothing too dramatic.
Check out the image samples posted by Richard Wong. Looks like this is a pretty good lens…
Georges-Emmanuel Arnaud
SONY Model ILCE-7RM2
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