Dpreview selects the best cameras of the year and says: “Sony is out for blood in 2015”!

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Dpreview posted the winners of the best cameras of the years in four categories. And dpreview says “Sony is out for blood in 2015”!

2015 Roundups: Fixed Prime Lens Cameras (Dpreview). First place for the Sony RX1rII (Store links at [shopcountry 42288]).
2015 Roundup: Long Zoom Compacts (Dpreview). Second place for the RX10m2 (Store links at [shopcountry 42291]).
2015 Roundup: Interchangeable Lens Cameras around $500 (Dpreview). First place for the A5100 (Store links at [shopcountry 42290]).
2015 Roundup: Advanced Zoom Compacts (Dpreview). First place for the A5100 (Store links at [shopcountry 42302]).

And I guess the A6000 and A7rII will be the winners of the upcoming next categories ;)

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Sony Tidbits…

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Newsshooter at PPE 2015: Mitakon Speedmaster 135mm f/1.4 lens
from Chuck Fadely on Vimeo.

Lomography LC-A Minitar-1 32mm f/2.8 Art Lens Review (ePhotozine).
I Repeat this Ken Rockwell test!. (are the quality of adapter important)? (SonyAlphaForum).
DEO Saker Falcon Lock ON AF test on Sony a7 II camera (SonyAlphaCameras).
This small camera shoots with 16 different lenses – at the same time! (TheNakedCamera).
The 7KG Bag (Mark Galer)
A short write up on Sony A7II , Nikon D810 and Nikon telephoto lens (Jorge Torralba).
Sony 28mm FE review at Mirrorlessons.
A7II and the LA-EA4 adapter tested at ilovehatephoto.
Canon FL 55/1.2, I really wasnt expecting this (SonyAlphaForum)

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Up to $780 off on grey imported FF E-mount lenses and cameras.

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There is a growing amount of grey imported Sony stuff on sale on eBay. Here is a short list of deals which do include a full US valid seller warranty. You save up to $780 compared to regular non-imported prices:
$780 off on the [shoplink 42031 ebay]A7rII with Zeiss FE 55mm and Sony G 70-200mm bundle with 1 year US seller warranty and lot of free extras at DealsAllYear[/shoplink].
$580 off on the [shoplink 42029 ebay]A7rII with Zeiss FE 55mm bundle with 1 year US seller warranty and lot of free extras at DealsAllYear[/shoplink].
$365 off on the [shoplink 42027 ebay]Sony FE 70-200mm with 1 year US seller warranty at DealsAllYear[/shoplink].
$340 off on the [shoplink 42094 ebay]Zeiss 16-70mm E-mount lens with 1 year US seller warranty at DealsAllYear[/shoplink].
$330 off on the [shoplink 42030 ebay]Zeiss FE 24-70mm lens with 1 year US seller warranty at DealsAllYear[/shoplink].
$300 off on the [shoplink 42025 ebay]A7rII with 3 year US seller warranty and lot of free extras at DealsAllYear[/shoplink].
$250 off on the [shoplink 42026 ebay]Zeiss FE 55mm with 3 year US seller warranty at GetDigital[/shoplink].
$170 off on the [shoplink 42028 ebay]Zeiss FE 35mm with 1 year US seller warranty at DealsAllYear[/shoplink].
$130 off on the [shoplink 42093 ebay]Sony E 55-210mm with 1 year US seller warranty at DealsAllYear[/shoplink].

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(SR2) Major store says Sony will release a new 16-35mm f/2.8 FE lens.

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A reader just sent me this message. For privacy reason I removed the name of the store which is one of the biggest in Europe:

I went into (Store name hidden) yesterday to test out a few FE lenses yesterday and to pick me up a 16-35 f/4. He asked me if I didn’t mind waiting a couple of months. I said explain.
That’s when he turned his till terminal screen to face me and asked if I wanted the lens pion their incoming inventory list… It was the Sony FE 16-35mm F/2.8. Naturally in response i said someone has mistyped put FE instead of ‘A’ mount. He went off again, came back with management back-up and stated its accurate even though they haven’t physically seen one yet.
He stated that because of their buying status with manufactures they get wind of what’s coming and place their orders accordingly… This was one of them and is due before Christmas…

So far we don’t know for sure what new zoom lens will be announced from Sony. All we know is that Sony stated many times fast f/2.8 zooms are high on their priority list. And the info coming in via anonymous sources seems to confirm that they will make f/2.8 zoom of all their current FE zooms whcih are the:

  • [shoplink 42147 ebay]16-35mm f/4.0[/shoplink]
  • [shoplink 42149 ebay]24-70mm f/4.0[/shoplink]
  • [shoplink 42151 ebay]70-200mm f/4.0[/shoplink]

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Sony A77m2 translucent mirror replacement no more available? And discontinued at BestBuy?

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One of our readers noticed that the A77m2 SLT mirror part has been marked as “no longer available” at Andrews Electronic. Not sure though this is just the store that will stop doing the camera reparation or if that it’s a worldwide stop of translucent mirror production.

And Jhonlsu reports:

“Seems that BestBuy won’t carry the A77II in store anymore, citing lackluster sales and discontinuance notice. Available online until stock runs out.”

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Sony Tidbits…

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4K How To Use the SmartGrip for the PXW-FS7 | Sony | 4K Creators

A7II with Minolta MD 85mm f 1.7 (SonyAlphaForum).
Check out these wonderful Tuscany pictures from Trubak at SonyAlphaForum.
Filmmaker Brandon Li knocks it out again with Balinese (AlphaUniverse).
Sony A7R II w/adapter versus Canon 5DSR (Ken Rockwell).
40 Things You Didn’t Know You Needed in Your Camera Bag (Explora).
9 Annoying Things Only Photographers Understand (SonyAlphaCameras).
XEEN Cinema Lenses First Impressions (Cinema5D).
Photography, Sony and Minolta’s legacy (Vladimirmarkov).

Joshua:Last summer I got the pleasure of producing a short film shot on the Sony A7S, it was challenging but so much fun. We recently got featured in a blog called “the metropolist” for their top 5 short films of the week and we will premiere in the theonlinefilmfest.com starting in November. I would love for our film to be featured in your blog to show the production capability of the A7S. Let me know if I can provide anymore information to make this happen.
Blog Entry: http://www.themetropolist.com/film/latest-film/short-list-top-5-short-films-see-week/
Film Website: http://www.reformationfilm.com
Film Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reformationfilm
Vimeo Trailer: https://vimeo.com/119932929
Vimeo Full Movie: https://vimeo.com/140886716
Youtube Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU74UtqTO_k
Youtube Full Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qIuGKZMfR

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Sony A99 superkit for $1499. And Lowest price ever on the A77II.

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We have a couple of new A-mount deals:
The Sony A99 certified refurbished A99 superkit sells for $1,499 only at Amazon US (Click here). Includes 90 days warranty.
Lowest price ever on the A77II: It sells with kit lens for $1449 only at Amazon US (Click here).

Hasselblad E-mount lenses:
You cannot miss the great E-mount lens savings on Hasselblad Sony lens clones sold by BHphoto (Click here):
16-70mm Zeiss lens for $699 at BHphoto (Click here).
Hasselblad 18-200mm E-mount lens sells for $499 only (Click here). $350 less than the Sony version.
Hasselblad 16mm E-mount lens costs $100 less than the Sony version.

Crazy 512GB Lexar card:
If you need the biggest 4K ready SD card on the market than get it at BHphoto (Click here). It just got a $50 price drop!

FocusCamera deals (with free printer):
Sony 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 Micro SDHC 70MB/s Memory Card (4-Pack) only $79.99 at FocusCamera (Click here).
If you purchase any Sony camera on this landing page (Click here) you receive a free Canon printer (here is the printer you get). Some of the cameras have an instant rebate already. The printer will show up when you add to cart.

New Sony RX1RII:
And the brand new Sony RX1RII first day sales are pretty good according to Amazon ranking (Click here). Not bad for such an expensive camera! Preorder the new RX1RII at Amazon US (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).

New Sony refurbished stuff with 90 days warranty:
There is a very large Stock of Sony refurbished items sold though their Secondipity partner page on eBay (Click here) and Amazon (Click here).

Lowest A7rII price:
Grey imported (1 year US warranty) Sony A7rII now sells for $2,699 on [shoplink 42156 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].

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