Bad news for A-mount folks: Sigma silently killed the A-mount version of their 24mm ART lens (Source BHphoto). And the official Sigma site doesn’t display the A-mount version anymore.

Hi!

I reported yesterday that there is one advertisers not respecting the google adsense rules. This leads to redirects on mobile browsers where you see unallowed and offensive ads. Google asked me to help them out to catch the advertisers. The issue happens only in some countries like USA and UK. And it doesn’t happen in the country where I am located right now. That’s why I need some experienced techfreaks SAR readers that currently see those redirects on their mobile devices. If you could help me out by dong this:

1. Follow those instructions to be able to grab the AD redirects https://support.google.com/dfp_premium/answer/6206401?hl=en
2. Send me the results at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com.
3. As soon as I have them I will block the advertiser

To all readers:
This morning I removed all ads from mobile devices to get rid of the redirects. I will now have to activate those ADS again so that we can catch that annoying advertiser. Once we got them I will let you know who it was! But in the meantime sorry if you have those annoying ads again.

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.”