Meyer Goerlitz successfully founded the lens project via Kickstarter. Now you can preorder the lens at meyer-optik-goerlitz.com/kickstarter_trioplan/. It costs 1399 Euro and will ship in February. Not really a cheap lens. But the lens is said to give you an extreme and unique bubble effect like this:
You like it?
The Japanese site Egami found a new Konica-Minolta lens design patent that could make current A5/6000 camera owners jump of their chair (if it’s going to be made for real!). This is a 18-35mm f/2.0-2.8 APS-C lens for mirrorless system. Konica-Minolta is known for selling their lens design to third-party companies. And it would be amazing if we would get such a fast zoom lens for E-mount!
Of course it’s just a patent for now but it’s about time for Sony-Zeiss to release a fast zoom for APS-C E-mount camera owners!
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found via MirrorlessRumors.
Sony A7RII. Autofocus Test 2. Fotodiox Pro & Sigma 35 1,4 Art from PDR Photoblog – P De Rubertis on Vimeo.
Metabones adapter are very good and also expensive. So if you are on budget this test is for you: Pdrphoto posted an interesting Commlite vs Fotodiox adapter autofocus comparison on SonyAlphaForum. What adapter works best on the new Sony A7rII?
eBay links to the adapters:
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Sony A7RII Autofocus Test 3 – Commlite & Canon 24-70 & Sigma 35 1,4 Art from PDR Photoblog – P De Rubertis on Vimeo.
Camera Settings for Shooting Portraits – Sony Alpha Tutorial
Today’s Gold Box on the Sony E-mount 18-200mm and Wallimex 8mm lenses at Amazon Germany (Click here)
Macro Therapy – Love Stands Still (Alphauniverse)
A7RII Milky Way (SonyAlphaForum).
The £1,000 Amazon.co.uk Gift Cards Prize Draw (Amazon UK).
Going All-Mirrorless: My First Non-DSLR Wedding (Movingtomirrorless).
Petition for firmware update of the RX1 (Change).
Batis 25mm lens test at DC.watch.
Sony A7II test at Fototesty.pl.
Kerrin: “I thought you’d be interested in how the new 90mm Macro lens does with the FS7 and A7s in (mostly) 4K while following around some insects for a few days. Definitely a gorgeous lens that is very sharp. I also used it for full portraits of my family and it perfect for that as well. https://vimeo.com/136656424”
Sebastian: “I tested out the HFS a bit on the weekend and here are results. In case you will post some more samples. https://vimeo.com/137271489”
Mike Machian: “Shot on two A7s’s in 4k with two Shogun’s attached https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OxyN8lVvhQ”
Fernando: “Extremadura es vida, Timelapse 4k: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhBlUo-0_r8”
Jose: “Here the Vimeo link to the new ALX models: https://vimeo.com/135291022 ALX S4 KIT: http://www.libecsales.com/products/alx/ALX_S4_KIT.html“
On top you can watch the A7rII review video from Dave Dugdale. He is a known GH4 user and loves the A7rII features (with a few missing exceptions).
Photographyblog posted the full A7rIi review and concludes:
The Sony A7R II certainly succeeds in its attempt to turn the heads of DSLR owners. It won’t satisfy the needs of professional sports shooters, the menu system isn’t as refined as the competition, and some people will still put their trust (however blindly) in a more conventional DSLR, but the A7R II is a undoubtedly a break-through camera for Sony, both in terms of the promises that it makes, and the realisation of those promises…
Luminous Landscape tells you what long lens suits best for the A7rII.
The French site Focus Numerique compared the A7rII against the Canon 5DsR. And the A7rII is the winner with the Canon 5Dsr beating the A7rII only when it comes to sports photography.
Alexandre: “I shot beautiful pictures in Thailand with my new Sony A7RII and 3 different lenses, you can share if you like them: http://traveljournalist.com/sony-a7rii-thailand-stars-models-landscapes-beach-resorts-skyscrapers/”
A7r2 – A7r – D810 – 5Ds – 5Dm3 Sharpness / dynamic range / noise comparison by Tweakers.net
Sharpness – http://tweakers.net/reviews/4150/6/zin-en-onzin-van-veel-megapixels-vergelijking-scherpte.html
Noise – http://tweakers.net/reviews/4150/8/zin-en-onzin-van-veel-megapixels-vergelijking-ruis.html
DR – http://tweakers.net/reviews/4150/7/zin-en-onzin-van-veel-megapixels-vergelijking-dynamisch-bereik.html
A7rII store list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Wex UK and ParkCameras.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.
The very ncie new Rokinon APS-C E-mount lenses can now be preordered at Amazon US too: 50mm f/1.2 lens (Click here) and 21mm f/1.4 lens (Click here). Be sure to choose the Sount mount version when you preorder.
Lenswork (Click here) posted the very first two image samples show with the brand new Rokinon 50mm f/1.2 E-mount lens on the NEX-3.
Full preorder links:
Rokinon 21mm f/1.4 Lens for APS-C E-mount (Black) at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
Rokinon 21mm f/1.4 Lens for APS-C E-mount (Silver) at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
Rokinon 50mm f/1.2 Lens for APS-C E-mount (Black) at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
Rokinon 50mm f/1.2 Lens for APS-C E-mount (Silver) at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
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