The Zeiss 16-70mm E-mount lens sells for $699 only on [shoplink 39576 ebay]GetDigital eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. It’s grey imported but comes with 3 year seller warranty.
More Sony deals:
A3000 for $249 on [shoplink 39567 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
The Big A and E-mount lens savings is still running and a full overview can be seen on those special pages at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). These are the FE lens rebates in detail with Amazon links included:
$100 off on the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 16-35mm f/4.0 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 24-70mm f/4.0 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 28-70mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 28-135mm PZ lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
With so many cameras crossing my desk each year it’s hard not to cozy up with the prettiest new face on the street. But the A7RII is more than just a pretty face. It’s a highly competent tool for creating images that gives up almost nothing to any competitor, and while it doesn’t win every race, it places in the top three if not the very top in every category. It’s now only August, and there’s a long way to go until December 31st. But, unless another company pulls the proverbial rabbit out of a hat I wouldn’t be at all surprised if when year-end comes that the Sony A7RII doesn’t become most reviewer’s “2015 Camera of The Year“.
They also shared some “impression” about the A-mount future:
I can’t give a definitive answer, but when I met with the senior Sony executives in Portland, and asked this question, I found their responses evasive and vague. In my experience this usually means “No“, but with no one really wanting to actually say so. It may well be that the answer is yes. I just can’t be sure. More informative was the unsolicited comment from one of the people at the table. The gentleman said…”The A7RMII would make an excellent camera for anyone invested in A mount lenses. Just add one of the inexpensive mount adapters, such as the LEA-3 and all A series lenses will work perfectly”. This adapter sells for about $199. The more expensive LEA-4 isn’t needed because the A7RII has Phase Detection AF built into the sensor itself and doesn’t need the Translucent Mirror Technology of the LE-A4.
Colour rendition differs (both were set to Daylight WB) but most obvious is that the Sony with its 90mm Macro has higher internal contrast. When subjected to ultimate pixel peeping (200X and 300X) it is extremely hard to see any difference in resolution, which really is a testament to the Pentax 120mm Macro. Subjectively, overall, I give the win to the Sony, but only slightly, showing that the 50MP over 43Mp sensor size is a quibble.
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More Sony deals:
A3000 for $249 on [shoplink 39567 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Additional $200 off on the Zeiss 16-70mm E-mount lens on [shoplink 39576 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. It’s grey imported but comes with 3 year seller warranty.
A-mount and E-mount special deal pages at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Yannick Ciancanelli (Click here) posted a long Canon EF lens with A7rII autofocus performance test. Along all “normal” Canon lenses tested by Yannick he also had the chance to play with the massive [shoplink 39571 ebay]Canon 600mm EF lens (over $10,000 price here on eBay)[/shoplink]. Yannick writes:
“This stunning lens’ AF, sadly, does not work that well. Focus picks up sometimes. It depends on contrast and subject. Face detection helps a lot. Without it the lens would be lost, but when faces show up then boom it’s nailed. Does not focus in-between shots (High Burst rate of 5fps).”
And here is the video showing the A7rII with the lens:
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Kai from Digitalrev tested the new Sony A7rII. And he surprisingly has really nothing negative to say about the A7rII. For him the camera it’s just ” bloody awesome!”.
A7rII in Stock in USA and Germany too: The A7rII is in Stock at Amazon USA (via third part resellers) at [shoplink 39551 ebay]eBay Germany (Click here)[/shoplink] at [shoplink 39493 ebay]E-infinity on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Digitalrev (Click here).
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The Big A and E-mount lens savings is still running and a full overview can be seen on those special pages at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). These are the rebates in detail with Amazon links included:
A7rII in Stock in USA and Germany too: The A7rII is in Stock at Amazon USA (via third part resellers) at [shoplink 39551 ebay]eBay Germany (Click here)[/shoplink] at [shoplink 39493 ebay]E-infinity on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Digitalrev (Click here).
Dpreview posted their big autofocus Sony A7rII test and their conclusion is absolutely sensational:
The a7R II, when paired with a bright lens, can match or exceed the performance of the best DSLRs with respect to low-light AF ability. And we haven’t even shared the most exciting thing with you yet: although in this video we show you results at -2EV, our ‘extinction’ tests measured -3EV as the failing point of phase-detection with the a7R II + 35mm F1.4 combo. That’s very dark, and represents potentially game-changing performance, in our opinion.4
Sounds like for the very first time Canon and Nikon managers will REALLY have to worry about Sony taking away the spotlight from their Full Frame Pro market!
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