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Sony DSC-HX400V Review by John Sison

Sony RX100 III review (CameraLabs).
A7s review at PhileWeb.
Sony A3000 review (CameraLabs).
Sony A77 II : test terrain et montée ISO (Focus Numerique).
Mitakon 50 0.95 lens Review on the Sony A7s (Steve Huff).
Japanese A7s review at MyNavi.
Japanese SAL16F28 review at Ascii.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 / Sony Alpha 7S Comparative Review (Dpreview).
HDR Photography with the Sony A7s at SonyAlphaLab.
Full review of the E-Mount version of the Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 is up on Admiring Light.

Mario: “Took the A7s for a spin with my C100: http://youtu.be/J5w3CPauHqM. Interested to see if anyone can tell which shots are from which camera? C100 was recording to Ninja in ProResHQ, A7s internal with s-log2”

Doug: “I just published a blog post about using an inexpensive intervalometer with the a7, a7s, a7r and a6000. (It may work with other models, but I haven’t tested them.) http://www.blogarithms.com/2014/08/04/sony-a7a6000-intervalometer-hack/. There have been some videos about this hack, but they don’t give step-by-step details.”

Boon: “I have just recently been to Cornwall, UK and managed to try the Sony A6000 AF-C on birds-in-flight. This is the link: http://myphotojourney.co.uk/sony-a6000-af-c/“

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Fastest Full Frame E-mount lens now shipping via BHphoto (50mm f/0.95 Mitakon).

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The new Speedmaster Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 Full Frame E-mount lens is now sold directly by BHphoto (Click here). It sell for $849 which is $50 less than the regular price you pay on [shoplink 27952 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].

Sony US is selling plenty of top refurbished cameras with huge discounts:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1 for 2,299.00 by [shoplink 27941 ebay]Sony on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished Sony Cyber-shot Digital Camera RX100 II for $524.99 by [shoplink 27939 ebay]Sony on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
VG900 for $1,349.99 by [shoplink 27940 ebay]Sony on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
$600 discount on the A99 at [shoplink 27915 ebay]Sony eBay page (Click here)[/shoplink].

More Sony deals:
Up to $900 reward deal at Amazon US (Click here).
$200 off on the A7r at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here) and Sony Store (Click here).
$200 off on the superb Zeiss 55mm FE lens at [shoplink 27874 ebay]BigValue (Click here)[/shoplink].
Save $380 on the Sony VGC99AM Vertical Grip with Sony A99 Digital SLR Purchase
Buy a Qualifying Sony a7 Series Camera and Save on Select Lenses and Accessories
Buy a Qualifying Sony Alpha Digital SLR Camera and Save up to $200 on Select Sony Lenses
Save up to $200 on Select Sony Lenses with a Qualifying Sony Compact System Camera Purchase

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(SR4) Big Sony camera and lens announcement scheduled for late August?

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I keep receiving more and more hints about a possible big announcement from Sony between August 22 and August 28. Be prepared guys… :)

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Philip Bloom reviews the A7s: Says it’s an “awesome” camera.

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Video review of the Sony A7S from Philip Bloom Reviews & Tutorials on Vimeo.

Philip Bloom posted his Sony A7s video review. He really likes the A7s despite the camera having one major issue…Massive Rolling Shutter issues…

Sony A7s store links:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
Sony A7s EU pages: Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PL. And Wex UK.
A7s Gariz leather case in [shoplink 27569 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27570 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27571 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 27572 ebay]Orange (Click here)[/shoplink].

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More “cheap” Sony refurbished stuff (RX cameras and more).

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Sony US is selling plenty of top refurbished cameras with huge discounts:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1 for 2,299.00 by [shoplink 27941 ebay]Sony on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished Sony Cyber-shot Digital Camera RX100 II for $524.99 by [shoplink 27939 ebay]Sony on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
VG900 for $1,349.99 by [shoplink 27940 ebay]Sony on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
$600 discount on the A99 at [shoplink 27915 ebay]Sony eBay page (Click here)[/shoplink].

More Sony deals:
Up to $900 reward deal at Amazon US (Click here).
$200 off on the A7r at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here) and Sony Store (Click here).
$200 off on the superb Zeiss 55mm FE lens at [shoplink 27874 ebay]BigValue (Click here)[/shoplink].
Save $380 on the Sony VGC99AM Vertical Grip with Sony A99 Digital SLR Purchase
Buy a Qualifying Sony a7 Series Camera and Save on Select Lenses and Accessories
Buy a Qualifying Sony Alpha Digital SLR Camera and Save up to $200 on Select Sony Lenses
Save up to $200 on Select Sony Lenses with a Qualifying Sony Compact System Camera Purchase

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(SR2) Some possible RX2 zoom lens specs.

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I am very confident we will soon get a new RX camera with curved sensor and 35mm f/1.8 Zeiss lens. But according to an anonymous (and new source) there could be a second RX FF camera with a zoom lens and “classic” non curved sensor. He says the new RX2 will feature the same A7r 36 MP sensor and have a 35-70mm f/2.8 compact zoom lens.

Like I said, this is a new source so take it with a grain of salt. As a side note: Sony itself said it’s very difficult to design zoom lenses for a curved sensor so that could be the reason why such a camera still uses the normal flat sensor.

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Something is changing? DSLR sales going down. Mirrorless sales going slighty up.

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Image courtesy: Personal View.

Well, if you look at that chart posted by Personal View you will notice a big change is going on in the system camera market. DSLR sales are dropping while mirrorles system camera are holding their ground. The data is based on the sales from Japanese camera manufacturers (Source: CIPA). It may explain why Sony is betting high on their mirrorless system and is a bit less “engaged” on the A-mount front. Still, there is a lot to do to make that mirrorless sales line make growth further…

via MirrorlessRumors.

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