Sony Tidbits…(Khövsgöl — To the one who taught us about nature)

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Remi (video above): “The reunion of two brothers – through the frozen Khövsgöl lake – to honor the memory of the man who taught them about adventure. Camera equipment (a7s, a7II and as200) provided by Sony France.”

Today Sony A5100, 35mm and 8mm E-mount Gold Box deals at Amazon Germany (Click here).
Sony FS7 v3.00 firmware update delayed until January 2016 (Newsshooter).
Sony A7S II Field Test: Big improvements make their way to Sony’s low-light champ (Imaging Resource).
Summilux 50mm f1.4 ASPH owners. Care to share your thoughts? (SonyAlphaForum)
A7II and Zhong Yi Mitakon 85mm F1.2 (SonyAlphaForum).

Matthias Kühle‎: “A new, smoothly cut version of my real time polar lights video. It is recorded with Sony A7s at ISO 25600 – 51200. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjQCKYJ8YoI“

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New Sony A7rII deal: $100 gift card and $280 of accessories for free!

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There is a new superbundle deal on the Sony A7rII sold by Focuscamera (Click here). It includes free:
– $100 Focus Camera Gift Card
– Two (2) Sony 128GB Class 10 SDXC Memory Cards Valued at $88.00 at Amazon
– Two (2) NP-FW50 Compatible Batteries w/ Charger Valued at $36.00 at Amazon.
– Manfrotto BeFree Compact Travel Tripod Valued at $160.00 at Amazon.
– Focus DSLR Gadget Bag with Deluxe Accessory Bundle
– Creative & Office Software Suite

They also offer a Sony VGC2EM Vertical Grip Suberbundle deal (Click here).

Reminder: A list of full Sony and accessory deals can be seen on that BHphoto page (Click here). And the Tamron 18-200mm E-mount lens sells for $499 only in [shoplink 43178 ebay]Silver (on eBay here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 43177 ebay]Black (on eBay here)[/shoplink].

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Bad news: Zeiss Loxia 21mm lens in Stock in mid January. Good news: First UK preorders shipping.

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BHphoto (Click here) just postponed the Loxia 21mm availability date from mid December to mid January. It means if you order it now you will have to wait at least one month to get one. I do hope though that early Ocotber preorders will be shipped before Christmas.

The good news is that one: Two UK readers told me their preorder shipped this week.

Still no shipment date for Batis lenses in USA/Europe:
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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Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA Lens Teardown at Lensrentals: “The weather and dust resistance in the lens itself should be superb.”

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Roger from Lensrentals analyzed the build quality of the new
[shoplink 43239 ebay]Zeiss FE 35mm f/1.4 lens[/shoplink] and concludes:

“The Sony 35mm f/1.4 doesn’t give me everything I want in a lens. But it really does show that Sony is learning and improving with each product. The autofocus system is much more robust in this lens than in previous ones. The weather / dust resistance is phenomenal. The build construction is good. The optics, well, I think perhaps that may be a generation away (The one negative is that the Sony 35mm f/1.4 does not have much in the way of adjustable optics).”

Zeiss FE 35mm store price check: [shopcountry 43239].

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Sony A68 and A-mount in general will no more be sold in Taiwan.

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I got this from a source:

“There was a email send by Sony Taiwan to some of their employees. It said that A68 will not be introduced in Taiwan due to decreasing demands of mid-level DSLR from the market.”

So after Australia and New Zealand also Taiwan will likely no more sell any A-mount stuff.

I guess Soy’s startegy now is to sell their new A-mount cameras only in “DSLR-friendly” markets.

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