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Christopher Frost reviewed the Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro Lens. (Sony A / Sony FE mounts available)

New Jupiter 3+ tested on the Sony A7II (Dc.watch).
Canon Full Frame switcher -many questions for Sony owners! (SonyAlphaForum).
Only one mirrorless system camera used by the World Press Photo 2016 winners (Quesabesde)
The Zeiss Loxia 35 in colour (Dear Susans).
A brief assessment of the Sony FE 90/2.8 G (DearSusans).

Jobe: “I work for http://www.deandigital.com and we did a shoot with the a7R for Coke//Mello Yellow. He has also been picked up by Vanguard who recently ran a nice little article about the shoot and using the tripods. Figured you might be interested as all of this was shot on Sony’s and occasionally the chatter about real pro’s, and all that. Well, Floyd has been shooting commercially for 30yrs, I’ve chosen to work for him because he is about as real as it gets. Here is a link to the article, http://www.vanguardworld.com/photo_video/2016/02/03/7922/”

Zarif: “I follow your rumors alot and would love if you guys can share my video about fixing a strap problem with the a6000 or the a7 line of cameras. I really want to get it out there, i believe it will help a lot of people. The video is here – https://youtu.be/BuAOX2dbLFo”

 

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Sony A68 will ship on May 19 in USA. Deal reminder: A7rII for $2,499 and A7sII for $2,399.

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Two years after the last A77II A-mount camera announcement US readers can preorder a new A-mount camera: The A68 is now listed at BHphoto (Click here), Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). The camera will ship on May 18 according to Amazon.

If saving every Dollar is what matters to you grab the grey imported deals from Electronicsvalley. There is a 1 year US seller warranty on those:
$700 off on the [shoplink 45813 ebay]Sony A7rII (Click here)[/shoplink].
$600 off on the [shoplink 45814 ebay]Sony A7sII (Click here)[/shoplink].
$160 off on the [shoplink 45831 ebay]Sony A6000 with kit lens (Click here)[/shoplink].

All current Sony US lens deals can be seen on that special BH page (Click here).
Our readers get 65% off on the BLACK & WHITE projects 4 software sold by Franzis (Click here).
Batis 25mm lens in Stock at FocusCamera (Click here).
A6300 in  Stock at FocusCamera (With lot of free extras).

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Sony A6300 review at CameraLabs: “Sony sensor technology is racing ahead of the competition”

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CameraLabs posted the final full Sony A6300 review:

Ultimately I commend Sony on its sensor technology which is racing ahead of the competition. The autofocus and movie capabilities of the A6300’s sensor are truly impressive, and by eliminating viewfinder lag, they’ve also addressed one of the remaining benefits DSLRs had over mirrorless cameras. I just wish they’d invest as much effort into control and ergonomics as my issues with them hold the A6300 back from my top award. That said, I’ll be upgrading my own A6000 to the A6300 for sports and action photography and look forward to updating this review with how it performs in the future.

More new A6300 tests:
New York Fashion Photographer Mike Kobal posted his A6300 first impression review.
Gray Fong made another great A6300 tutorial video and explains us continuous High Speed Motor On The Sony a6300 (Watch here on Youtube).
Max Yuryev compares the A6300 VS NX1 – Video Autofocus Comparison Test (Watch here on Youtube).

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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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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