Sony extends deals on the A77II with free SD card and free bag ($134 value).

• November 5, 2014
• deals
• 12 Comments

Not only got the A77II a heavy discount. Sony US (Click here) now also gives you a 32GB card and bag for free ($134 value)!

Reminder:
Black Friday Deals are already running on Amazon US (Click here to see the long list).
A6000: $100 off on the body and kits at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
A5100: $100 off on the body and kits at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
A5000: $100 off on the body and kits at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.

Sony patent discloses groundbreaking per pixel exposure sensor!

• November 5, 2014
• rumors
• 120 Comments

If Sony is going to make this for real it will change the way we used to take photo! What you see here is a Sony sensor that can change the shutter time of each single pixel on a sensor! It means areas of the sensor gathering more light will have a short exposure time and darker areas will get a longer exposure!

Unlike HDR shots where you take multiple and in time separated pictures on the new Sony sensor all this happens simultaneously:

 

You will no more have to struggle with extreme highlights or too dark areas. Everything on the image will get the exact light that is needed. There may be one single limit on that. If you take a picture of a fast moving object the image can result in a mess. But Sony is working on that too with the implementation of a special HDR Blending/Blur correcting unit:

Of course this sensor would work perfectly fine for sports photographer too if they turn off the asynchronous per pixel shutter option. Really smart from Sony!

Full PDF file of the patent at SonyAlphaForum.

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First Meike vertical grip overview video!

• November 5, 2014
• reviews
• 12 Comments

SAR reader Mark Lee sent me this [shoplink 30140 ebay]Meike A7 vertical grip[/shoplink] overview video. Thanks a lot Mark!

You can buy the Meike grip on Amazon US (Click here), [shoplink 30140 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Alibabaexpress (Click here).

Sony Europe offers 3 year warranty on the 16-35mm FE Zeiss for 1 Euro only.

• November 5, 2014
• deals
• 23 Comments

Sony Europe offers you the chance to extend the warranty on the soon to ship Zeiss 16-35mm FE lens for 1 Euro only! And you will get full 3 years warranty! Grab it here: Sony DE, UK, ES, IT, FR, CH, AT, NL, BE, FI, SE, NO, PT.

Note: UPDATED Zeiss FE 16-35mm preorder links list:
Zeiss 16-35mm FE at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony Store US, Sony Canada.
Zeiss 16-35mm FE in Europe at Sony DE, UK, ES, IT, FR, CH, AT, NL, BE, FI, SE, NO, PT.
Zeiss 16-35mm FE in Australia and Asia at Sony AUS and Digitalrev.

Black Friday deals (already) started at Amazon US!

• November 4, 2014
• deals
• 13 Comments

23 days ahead of the real Black Friday…the Friday Deals are already up and running on Amazon US (Click here to see the long list)! There are also a couple of photo accessories to find (Click here). Let’s hope to see some great Sony deals the days to come!

Reminder:
A77II: Up to $500 off on the body and kits at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
A6000: $100 off on the body and kits at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
A5100: $100 off on the body and kits at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
A5000: $100 off on the body and kits at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.

Fotodiox Canon 10-Stop ND filter adapter for E-mount.

• November 4, 2014
• news
• 59 Comments

Catching up with a news I didn’t post: Fotodiox 10-Stop ND filter adapter for E-mount now ships at:
Canon EF to Sony E-mount at BHphoto (Click here).
Nikon F to Sony E-mount at Amazon (Click here).
Minolta MD to Sony E-mount at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

Instead of going through long press releases to understand how this works…just watch those two videos:

Five Facts about the ND Throttle: Why Put A Variable ND Inside A Lens Adapter?

FDXtra: Variable ND Lens Adapter – the Vizelex ND Throttle

Reminder: Though full metal E-mount replacement at Amazon (Click here to preorder) and BHphoto (Click here to preorder).

Found via PetaPixel.

Sony says there is no collaboration with Olympus on the camera business (and hints some medium format poker face)

• November 4, 2014
• news
• 44 Comments

Sony unveiled at DSLRmagazine (google tranlsation) that they still are not working together with Olympus when it comes to develop cameras. For now the only real collaboration is on the medical business.

An interesting “psychological” analysis from DSLRmagazine. When they asked Sony about a possible future RX medium format camera Sony didn’t answer but the “poker face interpretation” from DSLRmagazine makes them believe the camera is coming for real :)