TheCameraStoreTV best gear of the year: A7rII as Best Camera, FS5 Best Videocamera, Zeiss Batis 85mm Best Lens.

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Sony Sony über alles! That’s the hymn TheCameraStoreTV is singing in their best 2015 gear awards: The Sony A7rII is the best camera, the FS5 the best video camera and the Batis 85mm the best lens!

And if you want to know what’s the worst camera, well check out the video above :)

Store links for the best Gear:
A7rII at [shopcountry 43363].
FS5 at [shopcountry 43364].
Batis 85mm at [shopcountry 43365].

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Surprise! Sony announces a new A7rII and A7sII firmware update which also improves the image quality!

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Sony is giving us a nice Christmas present today! They just released a new firmware update for the A7rII and A7sII which improves the 4K recording time when using the vertical grip. And it also adds a mysterious” Picture quality improvement”. UPDATE: It seems like they improved the automatic chromatic aberration correction.

A7rII download page at Sony.com (Click here).
A7sII download page at Sony.com (Click here).

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First Zeiss Loxia 21mm in Stock on eBay. Full review at Photographyblog.

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[shoplink 43319 ebay]Shenikon eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] is the first store having the Loxia 21mm lens in Stock and shipping.

Photographyblog posted the full Loxia 21mm lens review and writes:

The Zeiss Loxia 21mm F2.8 is an exceptional wide-angle prime lens. You’d expect sharpness to be high across the frame from such a premium optic, and it doesn’t disappoint. As with its older brethren, if you can learn to love the manual-focus only nature of this lens, the Zeiss Loxia 21mm F2.8 is a superb wide-angle optic for full-frame E-Mount Sony owners.

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A7rII review at Imaging Resource: “Groundbreaking features”.

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UPDATE: You get a $399 Metabones EF smart adapter for free(!) with the Sony A7rII sold by BHphoto (Click here).

Imaging Resource posted the full Sony A7rII review and writes:

Image quality has also taken a sizeable step forwards in the Sony A7R II. In terms of resolution when shooting with a quality lens, its detail-gathering is simply spectacular. In fact, it comes surprisingly close to what medium-format cameras are capable of in a far, far more compact body.

Current A7rII deals:
$200 gift card with Amazon US (Use “CAMERAGIFT” as code).
A7rII Deluxe at Amazon US (Click here)
$160 reward on the A7rII sold by BHphoto (Click here).
Ssuperbundle deal on the Sony A7rII sold by Focuscamera (Click here).
New low price on the A7rII at Amazon Germany (Click here).

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Sony RX1RII shipment delay in Japan. Autofocus issues?

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Sony Japan announced that it will postpone the RX1RII shipment start in Japan. And I got word from US and other Asian stores that also they will have to wait to get a new Stock of RX1rII cameras. The reason for the stop is unknown. And Sony also does not tell when they will resume sales.

UPDATE: An anonymous source (thanks!) told me: “The production of the RX1R2 is halted because of AF inconsistencies

US stores also do not show the RX1RII in Stock anymore (Amazon US, Bhphoto and Adorama).

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