Sony finilized the Toshiba’s image sensor business acquisition for 19 billion yen

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Sony’s world sensor domination plan made one step further. They announced the definitive acquisition of Toshibas Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities:

Tokyo, Japan, December 4th, 2015 — Based on the memorandum of understanding entered into between Sony Corporation (“Sony”) and Toshiba Corporation (“Toshiba”) on October 28, 2015, the parties today announced that they have signed definitive agreements to transfer to Sony and to Sony Semiconductor Corporation (“SCK”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony, certain Toshiba-owned semiconductor fabrication facilities, equipment and related assets in its Oita Operations facility, as well as other related equipment and assets owned by Toshiba (the “Transfer”).

Under the agreements, Toshiba will transfer semiconductor fabrication facilities, equipment and related assets of Toshiba’s 300mm wafer production line, mainly located at its Oita Operations facility. The purchase price of the Transfer is 19 billion yen. Sony and Toshiba aim to complete the Transfer within the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016, subject to any required regulatory approvals.

Following the Transfer, Sony and SCK plan to operate the semiconductor fabrication facilities as fabrication facilities of SCK, primarily for manufacturing CMOS image sensors.

The parties expect to offer the employees of Toshiba and its affiliates employed at the fabrication facilities to be transferred, as well as certain employees involved in areas such as CMOS image sensor engineering and design (approximately 1,100 employees in total), employment within the Sony Group, upon the completion of the Transfer.

via Engadget

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This is the new world’s smallest Sony A7rII :)

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This is one of the coolest Sony A7 gadget ever: An exact replica in miniaturization of the Sony A7rII can be bought for $49 on [shoplink 42428 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. And it’s actually a useful 16GB flash drive too.

This is for real hardcore A7 fans out there ;)

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Jason Lanier shares first pictures shot with the soon to be announced new Sony FE lenses!

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Image by Jason Lanier

The two images you see here have been taken with two different “top secret” FE lenses! Jason did remove all EXIF data and not share any spec info on Facebook. So it’s SAR readers duty to guess what the lens on top is and what the lens below is. MY guess:
On top the 24-70mm f/2.8 G lens
Below the 85mm f/1.4 G lens

As a reminder: Sony scheduled a product announcement event for January 5!

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Image by Jason Lanier

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm F1.4 ZA Product Overview

Sony A7s II & Hitting Things – film riot on Youtube.
Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM A1 MTF Curves (Lensrentals).
Zeiss Milvus 21/2.8 on a7RII (SonyAlphaForum).

Andrè: “This holiday video was shot on the A7S in summer 2015 in Croatia! A beautiful destination! It was a great challenge to try and capture a variety of shots with 50 people! But with a small full frame camera like the A7S it was quite effortless simply because of its portability. Sony really started something special with their A7 range. Something I believe many of their rivals are rushing to imitate! Please share this link with the SAR community to see.
Croatia Holiday Video
http://youtu.be/anfdbSqScvc
More content shot on A7S & Leica M (typ 240)
www.amgv.london”

Julio: “I work in downtown Manhattan and shoot street almost every day. I’ve been posting to Tumblr for a couple of years, my Sony Rx1 is my go to street camera but I recently got the A7r2 and love it so I thought I would send you a link. http://sloppy96.tumblr.com”

Chuck: “I wanted to share a video that I made covering the current line of Sony A7 Cameras: https://youtu.be/g4Amfujo6RI“

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SLR Magic will improve the Cine 50mm f/1.1 FE performance before it ships.

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Time Stood Still – An Extreme Low Light Video – Sony a7SII & SLR Magic 50mm f/1.1 from Johnnie Behiri on Vimeo.

The new SLRmagic 50mm f/1.1 FE lens was actually supposed to ship on December 10 according to BHphoto (Click here). But after some concern raised by early reviewers SLR Magic sent a message to Cinema5D:

From the two weeks of real life testing by several testers, we received 3 main concerns.
– Corner softness at infinity
– Sharpness at f/1.1
– Lens flare
We are currently making some changes within our capability to address the issues. The new changes would improve corner sharpness at infinity by approximately 20% but do not expect perfection after the changes. Sharpness at f/1.1 is not affected. Lens flare would be addressed with an optional lens hood.

So it’s yet unclear when the lens will actually ship.

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New Sony deals: Now A5000 with kit lens for $348!

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Up to a $200 Adorama Gift card on select Sony Cameras & Lenses at Adorama (Click here). And these are some of the coolest deals:
You get a $50 gift card with the A5000 with kit lens which pushes the “virtual” price down to $348 only at Adorama (Click here).
Sony a7RII + Wacom PTH451 Intuos Tablet + $200 Adorama Giftcard at Adorama (Click here).
Sony 70-200mm f/4.0 G OSS E-Mount NEX Camera Lens + $125 Adorama Gift Card at Adorama (Click here).
$200 gift card + Metabones adapter + Rode mic with the A7rII sold by BHphoto (Click here).

Those deals are also still running:

$200 gift card from Amazon US:
There is a new “hidden” Black Friday deal offer: You get $200 off on all major Sony cameras  if you click on that Amazon link (Click here) and use the code “CAMERAGIFT” at checkout. Here are the detailed Instructions: http://amzn.to/1lLDni1
Plenty of photo accessory Gold Box deals at Amazon US (Click here).

Sony A6000:
Free extras and an additional $50 gift card for free with the A6000 double lens kit sold at Adorama (Click here).
$150 off on the Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Camera w/ 55-210mm Lens & Acc kit at BHphoto (Click here).
$230 off on the Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless l Camera w/ 16-50mm Lens & Acc Kit at BHphoto (Click here).
Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera – Body only Deluxe Bundle at Amazon US (Click here).

Sony A7rII and A7II:
Free $200 gift card and free Metabones Smart adapter with the A7rII sold by BHphoto (Click here).
Sony a7R II Full-Frame Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera, Body Only Deluxe Bundle at Amazon US (Click here).
2% reward and free extras with the A7II sold by BHphoto (Click here).

RX100m4:
Free $100 gift card with the RX100 IV at BHphoto (Click here).

Full Frame E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Camera Hotlink deals at Adorama (Click here).
$80 off on the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 FE lens at BHphoto (Click here).

APS-C E-mount lenses:
$50 off on the 50mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 35mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 10-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the lens 30mm macro at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$150 off on the 18-200mm PZ lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 18-200mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 16-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$200 off on the Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

A-mount lenses:
 $50 off on the 11-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 16-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 16-105mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 24mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the 30mm macro lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the 35mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the 50mm DT lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-300mm II lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the 85mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 100mm macro lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 135mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Upt to $300 off on Sigma A-mount lenses:
 $250 off on the 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$250 off on the 70-200mm F2.8 DG OS HSM at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$300 off on the 105mm F2.8 DG OS Macro HSM at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$250 Instant rebate on the 17-50mm F2.8 DC /OS at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
50mm f/1.4 ART for $849 at Amazon and Bhphoto.
Save $370 on the Tamron 150-600mm A-mount lens sold by [shoplink 42888 ebay]BuyDig on eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. Add the $120 mail in rebate and you pay $699 only.

Rokinon:
$150 off on the 135mm Cine E-mount lens at BHphoto.
$230 off on the Rokinon 12mm f/2.8 ED AS IF NCS UMC Fisheye Lens at BHphoto (Click here).
Black Friday Rokinon Lens deals at Adorama (Click here).
Rokinon and Sigma lens deals at BHphoto (Click here).
Protective Hard System case and a $50.00 Gift card on the Cine E-mount lens bundle at FocusCamera (Click here).

New low price on the Sony A7:
Getting a Full Frame camera was never so cheap: The Sony A7 now sell for $999 only at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. And BH also gives you a 4% reward and free stuff for $248 value. The camera plus lens sells for $1,298 again at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

SD cards:
Sandisk Instant Savings: Up to $132 at BHphoto (Click here).
Some great deals on SanDisk Memory Cards at Adorama (Click here).
Lexar Memory Specials at Adorama (Click here).

Hasselblad:
Huge savings on the Hasselblad Lunar and Stellar Sony camera clones at BHphoto (Click here).

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