New Rokinon 50mm f/1.2 and 21mm f/1.4 E-mount lenses on preorder at Amazon. First image samples on the NEX-3.

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The very ncie new Rokinon APS-C E-mount lenses can now be preordered at Amazon US too: 50mm f/1.2 lens (Click here) and 21mm f/1.4 lens (Click here). Be sure to choose the Sount mount version when you preorder.

Lenswork (Click here) posted the very first two image samples show with the brand new Rokinon 50mm f/1.2 E-mount lens on the NEX-3.

Full preorder links:
Rokinon 21mm f/1.4 Lens for APS-C E-mount (Black) at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
Rokinon 21mm f/1.4 Lens for APS-C E-mount (Silver) at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
Rokinon 50mm f/1.2 Lens for APS-C E-mount (Black) at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
Rokinon 50mm f/1.2 Lens for APS-C E-mount (Silver) at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.

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(SR3) No new A-mount camera coming at Photoplus (now 17 months without A-mount camera announcement).

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One trusted source who lately shared some correct news sent me a disappointing info on A-mount. On his latest meeting with Sony managers he has been told there is no new A-mount camera coming at Photoplus this year. Now, the only hope left is that Sony somewhat lied to him to hide some surprise. But I really don’t think that’s the case.

It’s really sad that Sony is leaving A-mount owners in the dark. Despite their official statement that A-mount will “continue” the truth is the following:

1) The last A-mount camera they announced was the A77II in May 1, 2014. So it’s now 17 months without any new A-mount camera announcement.
2) The high end A99 camera got announced three years ago on Sep 12, 2012. It would be about time to announce a new camera!

And A-mount owners are not the only guys concerned. Also E-mount APS-C E-mount camera owners are waiting to get some new APS-C E-mount lens and new camera to upgrade. You can’t just ask A3000/A5000/A6000 camera owners to buy expensive and much to big FE lenses for their cameras…

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Sony new microlens design could dramatically improve phase detection autofocus performance.

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Egami spotted a new Sony patent that could dramatically improve the autofocus performance on future Sony cameras. Imaging Resource writes:

Sony’s patent publication (which means it has been filed and acknowledged, but not yet denied or approved), lays out the groundwork for being able to create unique microlenses with different profiles (shapes), so that the microlenses over the phase-detection pixels could direct light coming only from the desired direction onto the surface of the pixel, without requiring shading. This technology is significant and unique for the fact that the patent implies this would be done on a pixel-by-pixel basis.
This change would give the pixels and overall system much more information to work with in low-light situations.

We are slowly getting there…catching up with Nikon and Canon AF performance!

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You can win 6x Sony A6000 cameras at Amazon Germany photo contest.

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German folks can join the photo contest organized by Amazon Germany (details here) to win one of the six A6000 or…one Vespa :)

And from now till October 11th Amazon Germany (Click here) runs daily deals on camera stuff. Among them today we have a Gold Box on the A77II and WX500 Sony cameras. All EU folks can actually buy from Amazon Germany if you understand the language to hit the right buttons :)

Two Amazon.de Gold Box on SD cards and two on cameras:
32GB at 10:00 (Click here).
64GB at 11:30 (Click here).
A77II at 18:00 (Click here).
WX500 at 18:00 (Click here).

Two Amazon UK card deals:
44% off on the Lexar 8GB SD card (Click here).
26% off on the Transcend 32GB SD card (Click here).

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Sony Tidbits…

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35mm Full Frame, APS-C, and 1.0-Type Sensor Depth of Field Comparison

Rokinon 135mm f/2.0, Manual Focus Lens – Product Review at Adorama Blog.
Pictures taken with Sony Alfa Cameras and Contax Zeiss lenses (SonyAlphaForum).
Gorgeous pictures taken with the A7II by Albert Dros at SonyAlphaForum.
FE 28mm review at MoveToMirrorless.
Sony’s RX10 II is a powerful superzoom camera with some quirks (Engadget)
Sony RX100 IV Field Test: Plenty of power in your pocket (Imaging Resource).
Sony Zeiss 135mm f/1.8 ZA lens (Neilvn.com).
Build Your Composition, Then Wait For The Light (Alphauniverse).

Kevin: “I did a 4k test video on the RX100IV with Nebula 4000 lite on S-Log2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBAxiD4mpCQ”

Paul: “A7ii + outex housing at 500px.”

Boon: “I managed to use the Sony A6000 + FE 70-200/4 lens for shooting some waterskiing at Cotswold Country Park. http://myphotojourney.co.uk/watersports-cotswold-country-park/“

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Up to $250 Trade-in bonus is now back and running again at Amazon and Adorama.

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You can trade-in your camera to get an up to $250 bonus when purchasing Sony cameras. The full details about how it works can be read on those special pages at Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).

New list of  Open Box, refurbished and grey imported Sony deals:
$170 off on the  [shoplink 40799 ebay]Open Box Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 Distagon FE lens at Samys eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished Sony A7r for $1,299 on [shoplink 40699 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished Sony A5100 with two(!) lenses for $469 on [shoplink 40700 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished Sony A6000 with two(!) lenses for $629 on [shoplink 40701 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Grey Imported Sony A7s for $1,699 on [shoplink 40698 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Grey imported Zeiss 16-35mm FE lens for $1,19 on [shoplink 40702 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Grey imported Sony FE 70-200mm lens for $1,144 on [shoplink 40703 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Grey imported Zeiss 24-70mm FE lens for $899 on [shoplink 40704 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

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