Sony A6300 review at CameraLabs: “Sony sensor technology is racing ahead of the competition”

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CameraLabs posted the final full Sony A6300 review:

Ultimately I commend Sony on its sensor technology which is racing ahead of the competition. The autofocus and movie capabilities of the A6300’s sensor are truly impressive, and by eliminating viewfinder lag, they’ve also addressed one of the remaining benefits DSLRs had over mirrorless cameras. I just wish they’d invest as much effort into control and ergonomics as my issues with them hold the A6300 back from my top award. That said, I’ll be upgrading my own A6000 to the A6300 for sports and action photography and look forward to updating this review with how it performs in the future.

More new A6300 tests:
New York Fashion Photographer Mike Kobal posted his A6300 first impression review.
Gray Fong made another great A6300 tutorial video and explains us continuous High Speed Motor On The Sony a6300 (Watch here on Youtube).
Max Yuryev compares the A6300 VS NX1 – Video Autofocus Comparison Test (Watch here on Youtube).

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

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Matt Granger explains why he had to ditch Sony to get back to Nikon: Please Sony managers do listen!

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Matt Granger had to give up the professional use of his Sony E-mount gear. The cause is the terrible Sony PRO service which by now is known to be by far not as good as Nikon and Canon services. I do hope that by posting this video Sony managers will recognize they have to quickly address the issue. Please Sony bring us Matt back by offering a serious non-outsourced and personal PRO service!

Note: In the past year I got many similar reports from all over the world. This is not an Australia issue only…

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Thanks Ori and Matt for sharing this!

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Sony Tidbits…

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Voigtlander Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical III Lens with Sony a7 cameras

Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/90 T* reviewd for Sony (Phillip Reeve).
Loxia 21/2.8 test images by Bob on SonyAlphaForum.
Sony UWP-D11, K2M-XLR, SMAD-P3 comparison test with A7S2 (Paul Zetter on Youtube).
Video REVIEW of the Sigma 19mm DN Art lens (Loloho.Photo)

Javier: “I wanted to share with you some of the photos i´ve been doing for the last year with the Sony a6000.
I think it´s an amazing camera at a very affordable price ( even more now that the a6300 is out ). I use it principally for astrophotography with a Samyang 12 mm f2.0 and I think it´s a great combo, you cant find anything better for the money. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmartinez76/albums/72157663703654559”

Said: “I’ve started a petition to ask Sony to add these features on the original A7 cameras since Sony seems to have stopped after doing so with the A7ii. Here’s the link : https://www.change.org/p/kazuo-hirai-sony-a7-14-bit-uncompressed-pdaf-with-third-party-adapters”

Donald: “This is a short 4k time-lapse of clouds I shot with the RX100 III in various locations around the world. Hope you find it interesting! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUpV6kYvcHc“

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Updated USA shipping dates for the new Sony, Batis, Loxia, Tamron, Voiglander and Sigma lenses

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There is plenty of new stuff that will ship out soon. Here are the dates:
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN E-mount lens on March 17 acccording to BHphoto. No date yet at Amazon.
Sigma MC-11 on March 23 acccording to BHphoto. 2-3 weeks at Amazon.
Zeiss Loxia 21mm by end of March acccording to BHphoto.
Zeiss Batis 25mm by end of March acccording to BHphoto.
Voigtlander Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 E-mount by end of March acccording to BHphoto.
Sony 24-70mm GM on March 31 acccording to BHphoto. April 7 according to Amazon.
Sony 85mm GM on March 31 acccording to BHphoto. April 7 according to Amazon.
Zeiss Batis 85mm has no shipping date yet acccording to BHphoto.
Sony A6300 has no shipping date yet acccording to BHphoto and Amazon.
Sony 70-200mm GM has no shipping date yet acccording to BHphoto.
Tamron 85mm SP A-mount has no shipping date yet acccording to BHphoto.
Tamron 90mm SP A-mount has no shipping date yet acccording to BHphoto.
Nissin Air R Receiver for Sony Flashes with Multi Interface Shoe will ship in mid May according to BHphoto.

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$700 off on the A7rII and A7sII. Gold Box on PNY, Transcend and Sandisk.

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Eelctornicsvalley hot a major deal on Sony cameras. Both are grey imported but do come with full 1 USA seller warranty and huge savings that will tempt you for sure:
$700 off on the [shoplink 45813 ebay]Sony A7rII (Click here)[/shoplink].
$600 off on the [shoplink 45814 ebay]Sony A7sII (Click here)[/shoplink].

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We got plenty of card deals today at Amazon:
Up to 70% off on Sandisk cards (Click here).
Gold Box deals on PNY, EyeFi and Trascend cards (Click here).

Reminder: The official Sony partner Store Secondipity listed plenty of new refurbished E-mount cameras. All do come with full 90 day US warranty:
$400 off on the Sony A7rII sold on their [shoplink 45607 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Amazon (Click here) store.
$400 off on the Sony A7s sold on their [shoplink 45609 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Amazon (Click here) store.
$400 off on the Sony A7II sold on their Amazon (Click here) store.
$400 off on the Sony A7II kit sold on their [shoplink 45608 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] store.
$324 off on the Sony 70-200mm FE sold on their Amazon (Click here) store.

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Sony releases firmware update for the A7r, A7rII, A7s, A7, A7II, A6000 cameras!

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Sony released a new firmware update for almost all E-mount cameras to add support for the new lenses. Download here:
A7rII at eusupport.sony.com.
A7r at eusupport.sony.com.
A7II at eusupport.sony.com.
A7s at eusupport.sony.com.
A7 at eusupport.sony.com.
A6000 esupport.sony.com.
A5100 esupport.sony.com.

A7rII-A7II-A7r-A7s Improvements over version 3.00:

  • New lenses are supported.
  • Phase-detection AF is supported
  • The AF can be used in movie recording mode with the SEL85F14GM

A6000-A7 Improvements over version 2.00:

  • New lenses are supported.
  • Phase-detection AF is supported
  • The lens name will be correctly recorded in the EXIF
  • The AF can be used in movie recording mode with the SEL85F14GM

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Thanks “Del” for finding and sharing this!

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