Dpreview says the Sony A7II is the best camera of the year in the $1200-2000 price range!

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Sony keeps winning all kind of different Dpreview awards. Today the Sony A7II got selected as the best camera of the year in the $1200-2000 price range:

Unlike the Samsung and the Panasonic, the [shoplink 42630]Sony a7 II[/shoplink] brings a full-frame sensor to the party while still maintaining a relatively small form factor (at the expense of larger lenses, of course). The in-body image stabilization is excellent, and the phase detection AF system ensures swift, accurate autofocus. The a7 II’s sensor is superb too, both in terms of resolution and dynamic range. And the recent addition of an uncompressed Raw option makes it all the more powerful photographic tool.

Sony A7II store price check at [shopcountry 42630].

And I have the strong feeling the A7rII will win the upcoming $2,000+ competition ;)

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Sony Tidbits…

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Park Cameras Hands-on First Look: Sony a7s II

Beautiful Japan pictures reportage (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony A7sII review at TheVideoMode.
A7sII review by Mirrorlessons.
Sony IMX258 Flyer (Image Sensor World).
Sony 28-70mm f3.5-5.6 OSS review by ThePhoBlographer.
a6000 and 12mm touit in Yosemite at MoveToMirrorless.

Edd: “I recently finished writing reviews for the three small auto focus Sony FE primes. Analysing how well each lens copes with different infra-red wavelengths. This was tested on a full spectrum Sony A7, with various filters. I thought this might be of use any A7 shooters wanting to try out IR because most of these lenses aren’t mentioned on any other IR lens list yet.
28mm – http://infraedd.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/lens-review-sony-fe-28mm-f20.html
35mm http://infraedd.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/lens-review-carl-zeiss-sonnar-t-fe-35mm.html
55mm – http://infraedd.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/lens-review-carl-zeiss-sonnar-fe-55mm.html”

Fiberstrobe: “I’ve developed a freelensing technique for the SEL16F28 + VCL-ECF1 but I guess it can be used with the FF version as well. I describe it in detail on my blog:
http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2015/07/can-we-get-bit-closer.html
http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2015/09/freelensing.html
http://fiberstrobe.blogspot.de/2015/09/freelensing-versus-30mm-macro-with.html
By the way I’ve just won a dpreview challenge (Freelensing) with one of my photos taken with this technique (although it was a mini challenge I have to admit):
http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=942059&View=Results&Rows=4”

Sony Europe deals:
Aktion: 15% Rabatt auf Original Zubehör und bis zu 50 EUR Sofortrabatt auf Objektive (Amazon Germany).
Bis zu 50 EUR Sofortrabatt auf den Kaufpreis beim Kauf einer ausgewählten Sony Kamera (Amazon Germany).
Gratis Halterung für Sony Alpha 7R (nur Gehäuse) (Amazon Germany).
Up to £200 cashback on a selected Sony Digital Imaging selection (Amazon UK).
Offre de remboursement Sony : Jusqu’à 100€ remboursés sur une sélection de produits Photo (Amazon France).

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New Sony refurbished savings: A7 with lens for $999, A3000 with lens for $199 and more!

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[shoplink 42601 ebay]secondipity[/shoplink]
Sony listed new refurbished deals through their Secondipity partner page on eBay (Click here) and Amazon (Click here). All items sell with 90 day repair warranty. Here is the detailed list:

Sony A7II body lens for $1,299 on [shoplink 42600 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Amazon (Click here).
Sony A7r body lens for $1,299 on Amazon (Click here).
Sony A7 with lens for $999 on [shoplink 42601 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony A7s with lens for $1,785 on [shoplink 42609 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Amazon (Click here).
Sony A3000 with lens for $199 on [shoplink 42597 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony 16-50mm PZ lens for $149 on [shoplink 42599 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony A5000 with lens for $269 on [shoplink 42602 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony A5100 with two kit lens for $469 on Amazon (Click here).
55-210mm E-mount lens for $179 on [shoplink 42603 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
55-210mm (Silver) E-mount lens for $179 on [shoplink 42604 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Zeiss 55mm FE lens for $749 on [shoplink 42605 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Zeiss 24-70mm f/2.8 A-mount lens for $1,799 on [shoplink 42606 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Zeiss 24 f/2.0 A-mount lens for $854 on [shoplink 42607 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony A6000 with two kit lens for $699 on [shoplink 42608 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Amazon (Click here).

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Sony to release a new Sony A7sII firmware update tomorrow!

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A7sII

Hurray…This was superfast! Read this:

“Sony will release a firmware update for the α7S II camera on 20th November, 2015. It is designed to eliminate the occurrence of a black spot that may appear in frame when shooting in a specific set of high intensity light conditions.  The new firmware, version 1.10, will be available for download through Sony’s e-support site http://www.sony.eu/support/ on the product page for model “ILCE-7SM2“

found via EosHD.

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A7sII store list:
In USA at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama.
In Europe/Asia at ParkCameras, WexUK, Jessops and Digitalrev.

 

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First Sony RX1rII tests at Dpreview and Imaging Resource.

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Imaging Resource tested the different LPF (low pass filter) settings:

“The trade-off between moiré and overall sharpness is evident, especially in the first example with the bottle label.”

Dpreview added the studio test scene and the RX1rII shows an impressive tack sharp resolution.

The new RX1RII will ship starting from next week at Amazon US (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).

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Noticed something strange? New Sony A68 is not available for preorder outside Europe.

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A68

Well, if the just announced Sony A68 was supposed to get back some “confidence” in the A-mount system well it seems it’s definitely not enough. A couple of things that not look…right are:

  1. The new Sony A68 can be predordered in Europe only (See Technikdirekt). There is yet zero info if the camera will be ever available in other regions.
  2. Sony Australia officially said they will no more sell A-mount stuff. That seems to hint that no major A-mount stuff is supposed to be announced in future?

So we are back again at the start: What’s Sony’s real plan with A-mount? Please Sony give us some “solid” answer. A new A99II example would do just fine :)

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