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Switching To Sony From Canon or Nikon Easily by Gary Fong.

ProMediaGear introduces L-plates for Sony A7 series (Planet Alpha).
Arri accessories for the FS7 (Newsshooter).
My first five years with NEX cameras (SonyAlphaForum).
Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Sample Images (Photographyblog).
Nissin Di866II for Sony is no more in production (Thansk Christian for sharing the info).
Zhongyi Freewalker 24mm f/1.7 Lens Review (ePhotozine).
Enable uncompressed or lossless compression RAW files on the A7 cameras and future (F)E mount cameras (Change.org).
α700 test at DC.watch.

Martyn: “Sony FS7 film camera just before Christmas https://vimeo.com/115970587“

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First refurbished Sony A7s for sale ($1,899)

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If you wish to own the A7s but want to save as much as possible than you may get the refurbished version for [shoplink 32190 ebay]$1,899 on eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].

Those are the refurbished A7/r/s camera you get on eBay right now:
[shoplink 32188 ebay]A7 for $1198 at Beachcamera eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Open Box Sony A7 for $1,150 at [shoplink 32378 ebay]Samys eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 32189 ebay]A7r for $1499 at Secondipity eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 32190 ebay]A7s for $1899 at Secondipity eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Ad those are the new A7/r/s cameras you get with a discount on eBay right now:
A7r sells for $1,599 via [shoplink 32388 ebay]CameraLand on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. That’s $500 off!

Amazon Sony deals:
– Save $200 on the Sony A77II Interchangeable Lens Camera (Click here)
– Save Up to $400 on the Sony A7 Family of Interchangeable Lens Cameras (Click here)
– Save $100 on the Sony A5100 Interchangeable Lens Camera (Click here)
– Save $100 on the Sony A6000 Interchangeable Lens Camera (Click here)
– Save $50 on the Sony A5000 Interchangeable Lens Camera (Click here)
– Save $50 on the Sony RX100MII Fixed Lens Camera (Click here)
– Save $50 on the Sony QX Family (Click here)
– Save Big on the Sony Family of Action Cameras (Click here)

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An “unfair” comparison: Sony A7II 5 axis stabilization versus A7II with DJI Ronin and Glidecam HD2000!

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A7II Stabilization Test with DJI Ronin, Glidecam HD2000 & Handheld

How good is the Sony A7II 5 axis stabilization versus the more “serious” DJ Ronin ($2,699 here on BH) and Glidecam HD2000 ($479 here on BH) Stabilizer Systems? Well watch the video on top to see it.Keep in mind that the test was done before the new firmware released on January 8th. The new firmware improves the performance quite a bit!

And if you need to see more about the new A7II here are two more news:
Sony A7II review at TheVerge.
Model Train Video shot with Sony A7 M2, Action Cam Mini and A99 (SonyAlphaForum).

USA/Canada A7II links:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for $1,698 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore and Sony Store Canada.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for $1,998 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II Lens for $1,148 at BHphoto.

EU A7II links:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for 1.799 Euro at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Jessops UK, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Spain, Sony Austria, Sony Switzerland, Sony Netherland, Sony Belgium, Sony Portugal, Sony Sweden, Sony Finland, Sony Norway.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for 2.099 Euro at Amazon Germany, Wex UK, Jessops UK, Verkkokauppa.

Asian/Australia A7II link:
Sony A7II at Sony Store Australia, Digitalrev and Amazon Japan.

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This week SAR readers photos selection.

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Charles Chiho Lo‎
Watch Your Step, beware the ants.
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Shot with Sony A7 and Voigtlander 12mm.

1) Submit your picture with a message and picture here: facebook.com/sonyalpharumors or on the SonyAlphaForum image section.
2) Like and comment the pictures from other readers here: facebook.com/sonyalpharumors/photos_stream?tab=photos and on SonyAlphaForum.
3) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me SAR admin will be posted weekly on SAR.

Note: When sending a pic feel free to also add a link to your site to promote yourself!

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First leaked images of the new Samyang 135mm f/2.0 lens!

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Our friend Vitaly from personal View found the images of the yet not announced Rokinon/Samyang 135mm f/2.0 lens on [shoplink 32428 ebay]eBay Hong Kong (Click here)[/shoplink]. The version you  see here is for Canon but as usual with Samyang expect version for all other mounts including Sony Alpha and Sony E-mount. The lens costs around $570 and will be announced before the CP+ show that starts on February 12.

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Key Features:
– Extra low dispersion (ED)
– Glass aspherical lenses (AS)
– Ultra multi coating (UMC)
– Internal focusing (IF)

Uncomplete Specs:

Bildschirmfoto 2015-01-10 um 18.07.41

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New FE mockup lens pictures on Dpreview.

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Sony A7 with the new Zeiss 28mm f/2.0 FE lens..

The same FE lens mockups that were shown at Photokina have been shown at CES too. You can see the new pictures over at Dpreview (Click here). They share some info about the lenses:

90mm f/2.8 OSS macro: “Due to be available in March, this lens features a focus limiter and inbuilt OSS optical image stabilization. Build quality is high. ”

Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA: “is a gorgeous thing. The manual aperture dial is sure to appeal to experienced photographers. This aperture dial can operate in click detents, or smoothly (the latter being ideal for aperture adjustment during video capture). You can switch between the two modes using a click on/off switch on the lens barrel. ”

So far the “unofficial” info is that:

– 28mm f/2.0 G should cost 499 Euro (February shipment)
– 35mm f/1.4 Zeiss should cost 1399 Euro (March shipment)
– 90mm f/2.8 G macro should cost 999 Euro (March shipment)
– 24-240mm f/3.5-6.4 should cost 1099 Euro (March shipment)
– both converters should cost 229 Euro each (March shipment)

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Fashion expert (Bulgari, Prada, Gucci) Perry Oosting becomes Hasselblad CEO.

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I guess Hasselblad really wants to focus on the “fashion” aspect of their camera business. At least that could be the reason why they choose Perry Oosting as new CEO. Hasselblad just recently announced the Stellar II which is their fourth Sony based luxury edition cameras after the [shoplink 22672 ebay]Hasselblad Lunar (here on eBay)[/shoplink], [shoplink 22673 ebay]Stellar (here one Bay)[/shoplink] and the Hasselblad HV (here at BHphoto). Now let’s see if and how they will continue to expand that kind of business with the new CEO.

Here comes the full press release from Hasselblad:

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