A7sII news: Free A7sII with the F5! Hands-on by Lok from Digitalrev.

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The Sony A7sII will ship next week according to Amazon US. And if you want the camera for free(!) well there is a way! If you buy the PMW-F5 camcorder you get the A7sII for free (See at AbelCine).

And we have two new A7sII hands-on videos:
The video on top shows Lok from Digitalrev at the Sony press conference in Hong Kong. He finds out whether the A7sII can really see in the dark!
The video below si posted by Dpreview and shows Jared Polin in the “dark room” to see how good the A7sII is in low light conditions.

Sony A7sII at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, Adorama and in Europe at WexUK. In Asia soon at Digitalrev.

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First Sony A7 competitor the Leica SL will cost over 10.000 Euro with kit lens.

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Mirrorlessrumors reports the Leica SL with 24-90mm kit lens will cost over 10.000 Euro once it’s launched. The SL is a mirrorless Full Frame system camera with autofocus lens system. So while form a technical point of view this is indeed the first Sony A7 competitor the price will make it affordable for only a selected few.

One more thing: Canon will launch a sort of A5000 competitor within the next few days (Image and info again at Mirrolessrumors).

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(SR5) Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 to be announced on Wednesday October 14 at 11:00 Berlin time.

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Zeiss will have two separate announcements next week!

  1. On Monday Oct 12 at 11:00 (Berlin time) they will announce the 21mm f/2.8 Loxia FE lens
  2. On Wednesday Oct 14 at 11:00 (Berlin time) they will announce the new 28mm f/1.4 Otus lens

For sure there will be no new Batis lens next week. They are still lagging behind with the current 25mm and 85mm Batis lens production.

Batis store links:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens in US at Adorama, Bhphoto. In Eu at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama, Bhphoto. In EU at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.

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New Metabones firmware improves A7rII preformance with EF Smart Adapter and Speed Booster Ultra.

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Metabones released the new EF-E Smart Adapter MARK IV and EF-E Speed Booster ULTRA firmware V0.45. Download it here for Windows (Click here) and Mac (Click here).

Those are the improvements:

  • A7RII PDAF speed improvement for some wide angle, normal and medium telephoto lenses on A7RII
  • Fixed an intermittent overexposure issue on A7RII
  • Fixed an intermittent start-up issue on A7S
  • Stability improvement
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Up to $500 off on refurbished Sony cameras and lenses: A7 with lens for $999.

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Sony is selling a new Stock of refurbished items though their Secondipity partner page on eBay (Click here) and Amazon (Click here). In details those are the direct links to the items listed on eBay:

FE cameras:
[shoplink 41063 ebay]Sony A7s[/shoplink]
[shoplink 41064 ebay]Sony A7II with 28-70mm lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 41065 ebay]Sony A7r[/shoplink]
[shoplink 41066 ebay]Sony A7II[/shoplink]
[shoplink 41067 ebay]Sony A7 with 28-70mm lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 41068 ebay]Sony A7[/shoplink]

FE lenses:
[shoplink 41058 ebay]FE 70-200mm[/shoplink]
[shoplink 41060 ebay]FE 24-70mm[/shoplink]
[shoplink 41062 ebay]FE 35mm[/shoplink]
[shoplink 41069 ebay]FE 24-240mm[/shoplink]

APS-C cameras:
[shoplink 41061 ebay]A6000 with two lenses[/shoplink]
[shoplink 41070 ebay]A6000 with kit lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 41071 ebay]A5000 with kit lens[/shoplink]

APS-C lenses:
[shoplink 41072 ebay]50mm[/shoplink]
[shoplink 41073 ebay]55-210mm[/shoplink]

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The Sony A7rII is the product of the year at Dpreview!

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DPReview just issued the 2015 Awards. And the best product of the year is the Sony A7rII:

The Sony’s combination of image quality, video capability and autofocus performance come together to make it our camera of the year. The camera’s sheer capability: a 42MP sensor that performs well in high contrast or low light situations, built-in image stabilization, 4K video with internal recording, is hugely impressive. But add to this the ability to sensibly use other brands’ lenses and the a7R II becomes a significant camera far beyond the market for this particular high-end model: it could be the sign of things to come.

And the best zoom compact camera is the RX100m4:

The RX100 series has redefined what’s possible with a pocket camera and the Mark IV has pushed that capability even further. Sony’s latest Stacked CMOS sensor adds high speed capabilities (plus improved autofocus) and, when combined with the higher-res viewfinder, results in the best RX100 yet. Which is to say, the best pocket compact yet.

Well done Sony!

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.

RX100m4 cameras store links:
In USA at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Wex UK.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

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(SR3) New RX1 successor could have popup EVF and 42MP sensor.

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A photoshopped RX2 image …no big deal :)

A source just shared this:

The next generation of SONY RX1 or RX1R (not sure which name is correct) will have a pop up EVF same as RX100 IV. And it will use the same sensor as A7R II, the 42M BSI. Size and the shape is similar as the current one.

I guess there will be no more a “R” version as the A7rII sensor already has no anti aliasing filter. This could become a nice street camera for those who want the A7rII power in a more compact size. Just to display the difference here is the exact size comparison:


Source: Camerasize.

Yep I think that RX2 would make a lot of sense!

A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

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