This week SAR readers photos selection.

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Pierre Paqueton‎
Paris, La Défense at sunrise, Nex 6 with Zeiss 24, ISO 100, f5.6, 1.6 sec. If you want to see more pics, visit my blog : lecomptoirdepierre.wordpress.com

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eBay deal of the day: Zeiss FE 55mm for $699!

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This is a new eBay dela of the day: [shoplink 45088 ebay]Zeiss 55mm FE lens for $699 only (Click here)[/shoplink]. This is a grey imported item but it is covered by a 3 year US seller warranty. You save $300 over the regular price at Amazon.

Reminder: Save $700 on the Sony A7rII sold by [shoplink 45013 ebay]Electronicsvalley on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. Grey imported and 1 year US seller warranty.

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New 85mm GM lens tests and first 85mm GM box image!

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We all saw the images of the new 85mm GM lens but this is the first image of the…BOX :) It’s part of the Korean Hands-on report on blog.naver.com.

Those of you considering to buy the 85mm GM can check out those latest test:

  1. Miguel Quiles posted two videos, one showing time lapses and the other showing how to retouch an image shot with the new 85mm 1.4GM:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61p9rkcwesQ (retouch tutorial)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Iepi0llVPo (time lapse)
  2. G Master 85mm f/1.4 REAL HANDS ON Model Shoot with Sony A7Rii & Rotolight Neo by Jason Lanier on Youtube.
  3. Hands-on by Alin Popescu.

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

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Sony Tidbits…

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Zeiss Batis Swimsuit Shoot at the Old Abandoned Helensburgh Train Station, Sony A7R II

Zeiss FE 24-70mm f/4 OSS by Admiringlight.
What Can We Expect From A Sony A7III/Mark 3? (Ilovehatephoto).
Rx100MK1 Sharper at Full Zoom than 24/70FE (V2) at SonyAlphaForum.

Andrzej Michałowski: “https://vimeo.com/153842548 – made with Sony A6000”

Ori: “this is an awesome movie about someone moving from nikon to nex to a7RII. He says its like film, and describes how his whole mental perspective changed, using zeiss, mitakon, petzel, etc. https://vimeo.com/154595921”

Hunter Peress: “I have a burning question: “Why can’t I fire a Yongnuo Flash from a Nissin Commander?”  This video explains the question fully, and should be enlightening to all https://youtu.be/Dvw19m7SaKM”

SAR deal: “You save 72% on the DENOISE projects professional software (Click here to get the discount and see the final price). This software, 100% developed in Germany, removes all forms of image noise: luminance noise, colour noise, banding, hot pixels & more. It can be used as a stand-alone Program or Plug-in (on both, Windows or Mac). You can  learn more about the software here and order it here.“

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(SR5) First image of the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 native(!!!) E-mount APS-C lens!

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This morning we leaked the MC-11 FF E-mount electronic adapter (article here). Now we got the first image of the new Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DN E-mount lens that will be announced on February 23!Specs via Digicameinfo:

– Nine lenses in 7 groups (Double-sided aspherical lens with high refractive index and high dispersion glass)
– Aperture blades: 9 sheets (circular aperture)
– Filter Size: 52mm
– AF motor: stepping motor
– Shortest photographing distance: 30cm
– Maximum shooting parking rate: 1: 7
– Inner focus
– Total length: 73.3mm
– Maximum diameter: 64.8mm
– Weight: 265g
– Mount Sony E mount, Micro Four Thirds mount
– Release Date: March 18, 2016
– Suggested retail price of 51,840 yen (tax included). This is around 420 Euro or $460.

This is by far the most exciting lens of the DN line. This currently has three native E-mount lenses: [shoplink 45059 ebay]19mm f/2.8 E-mount (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 45060 ebay]30mm f/2.8 E-mount (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 45061 ebay]60mm f/2.8 E-mount (Click here)[/shoplink].

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Stay tuned on Sonyalpharumors! We will report about the Sigma announcement on Tuesday Feb 23 at 5-6am London time.

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