Sony confirms the RX1rII will ship again from February 19!

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Sony Japan issued an official press text to confirm that the RX1RII shipment will resume on February 19!
It’s also good to know that our source gave use that information in advance yesterday. And for you it will be even more exciting to hear that the same source confirmed the A6100 is coming ;)

RX1RII store search link: [shopcountry 44135]

The reason for the delay has not been mentioned by Sony but we can assume that the source who gave us the press information yesterday shared also the correct cause of the delay:

Apparently issue with new rx1 camera was caused by light leak when shooting under harsh direct light. Light was getting inside the camera only with evf up. Cameras that were sold with that issue will be replaced, new shipment of cameras doesn’t have that problem anymore. There should be official announcement tomorrow, dealers were already asked to trace back customers that bought rx1rm2
Good news is that they traced the problem themselves and didn’t follow Nikon “lets hope that no one will find out” path ?

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Today only: Sony SD card rebates (up to $73 off).

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Today you have the chance to save up to $73 on Sony SD cards on sale at BHphoto (Click here). And do not forget there is still an up to 10% reward offer running on both Sony cameras (Click here) and Sony-Zeiss lenses (Click here).

More deals:
$230 off on the [shoplink 44049 ebay]Black Tamron lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
$230 off on the [shoplink 44050 ebay]Silver Tamron lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
$200 gift card for free on the Sony A7rII sold by BHphoto (Click here).
Open Box Sony A7 for $829 at [shoplink 43893 ebay]BuyDig (Click here)[/shoplink]. That’s a $280 saving.
Refurbished Sony FE 70-200mm lens for $1,199 at [shoplink 43896 ebay]Secondipity eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. That’s a $300 saving.
$100 off on the Hasselblad 16mm E-mount lens at BHphoto (Click here).

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Sony fixed the RX1rII issue! Official press text to be released soon (maybe tomorrow).

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RX1rII

A trusted source sent me this regarding the RX1RII production stop:

Apparently issue with new rx1 camera was caused by light leak when shooting under harsh direct light. Light was getting inside the camera only with evf up. Cameras that were sold with that issue will be replaced, new shipment of cameras doesn’t have that problem anymore. There should be official announcement tomorrow, dealers were already asked to trace back customers that bought rx1rm2
Good news is that they traced the problem themselves and didn’t follow Nikon “lets hope that no one will find out” path ;-)

 

 

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(SR5) This is the logo of the new Sony “G-Master” lens line! First lens is the 24-70mm f/2.8.

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G-master

Yes! We have the final proof Sony is about to launch a new f/2.8 zoom series! And we also found the officially Sony trademarked logo of this new lens series called “G Master”.
Sony will soon (at CP+?) announce the first of these lenses, the 24-70mm f/2.8 GM. The document in our hands doesn’t unveil any other details of the lens but this should be a Full Frame E-mount lens. It’s yet unclear how Sony will differentiate this lens line from [shoplink 44108 ebay]current Zeiss zooms[/shoplink] or [shoplink 44109 ebay]Sony A-mount f/2.8 zooms[/shoplink]. Maybe those are powerzooms or “cine-friendly” lenses like the Zeiss Master series?

To recap Sony is “rumored” to launch many new products before or at the Cp+ show in February. These are some of the stuff that could be announced soon:
New A6100
New HX400 successor
Another new mirrorless (unclear what it is or if that is the A99 successor…)
New GM lens line (24-70mm f/2.8)
New FE roadmap with 85mm fast prime and at least a telephoto lens
Zeiss will launch the 18mm Batis

Stay tuned on SAR, its’ going to be very exciting here on SAR the coming days ;)

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Sony Tidbits…

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Filming NYC with Samyang Cine lenses – 21mm and 50mm

Zeiss Distagon 2.8/28 on Sony a7 (Philip Reeve)
Zugspitze, Germany – First trip with A7II + Sony Zeiss 35mm f1.4 (SonyAlphaForum).
New SONY FS5 Promo Video shot with Libec Gear on Youtube.
Beatiful Venice shot on SonyAlphaForum.
21mm Loxia test at Kasayapa.

Firoz Ahmad‎: “https://vimeo.com/149952074 “Morning in Varanasi”, shot completely handheld with sony a7s in Slog2 picture profile with a prime lens FE 55mm Carl Zeiss Sonnar and color graded in Adobe after effect CC and Magic Bullet Suite.”

Bernie Aniciete: “https://youtu.be/_wMtVvyxK3s. Lyrics NSFW. Filmed in San Francisco with A7S and DJI Phantom 3 Pro.”

Baron: “Hi Andrea, will you be interested in our new short film featuring a Red Bull athlete shot with Sony RX10 II? Watch Red Bull athlete Abudi Alsagoff as he parkours in slow motion across the city. Filmed with Sony’s new RX10 Mk II at 250 frames per second in full HD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48dpQD4p5_0“

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First images of the first M-mount to E-mount autofocus adapter. And new videos too!

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Mtech

Finally we can see the first images of (and taken with) the world’s first M-mount to E-mount autofocus adapter! A full report can be read at Advancegearbymx (google translation here). And here are some more detailed new test videos:


Techart AFM Leica M Lens AF adapter test – [shoplink 44078 ebay]Leica Summicron M 35mm f/2 (eBay)[/shoplink].


Techart AFM Leica M Lens AF adapter test – [shoplink 44079 ebay]Minolta Rokkor-M rokkor 28mm (eBay)[/shoplink].


Techart AFM Leica M Lens AF adapter test – [shoplink 44080 ebay]Zeiss Biogon 25mm f/2.8 ZM (eBay)[/shoplink].


Techart AFM Leica M Lens AF adapter test – [shoplink 44081 ebay]Angenieux 90mm f2.5 exakta mount (eBay)[/shoplink].


Techart AFM Leica M Lens AF adapter test – [shoplink 44082 ebay]Leica Summicron M 90mm f/2 (eBay)[/shoplink].

The lens will ship in late January for $349 on [shoplink 44083 ebay]eBay (auctions still not listed)[/shoplink].

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(SR4) Sony to announce at least three new cameras: A6100, HX400 successor and a third “new mirrorless”!

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Back in early December a trusted source shared us the image and correct specs of the new AS50 action camera that then was launched at CES (article here). So let’s hope he is correct too on the rumor he just shared me today! He said Sony is about to announce at least three new cameras:

  1. The a6100 is coming soon
  2. There might be a successor to the [shoplink 44064 ebay]hx400[/shoplink] coming as well.
  3. he also mentioned a new mirrorless camera in the lineup…”no specifics about this one. yes…a completely new model….take this with a grain of salt, because sony is really keeping us in the dark, but it might be true.“

I don’t know what that third camera could be (maybe A5xxx, A7000 or A7rIII, A99II (sort of mirrorless or not?) or maybe something completely new?).

I also do expect the new FE lens roadmap and prototypes to be shows at or shortly after the Cp+ show. There will be also a new Zeiss Batis 18mm lens.

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