These are the most read SAR news of the year 2014.

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The most watched image was that ISO 409600 shot with the A7s

Well, I checked my stats for 2014 to see what actually was the content that SAR readers liked most. And those were the pages that have been more popular (Most popular on top):

1) Amazing Sony A7s Low Light test video! (article here).
2) (SR5) Hot: First RX100M3 images leaked! (article here).
3) (SR5) First pictures of the ILCE-QX1 E-mount camera! (article here).
4) Hot! Sony A7II officially announced in Japan! (article here).
5) Full A6000 manual available for download! (article here).
6) Surprise! Sony also announces the new Zeiss FE 16-35mm f/4.0 FE lens! (article here).
7) Sony announces the new FE lenses! (article here).
8) Sony A7s announced! Can go up to 409,600 ISO! (article here).
9) (SR5) Sony A7s has a brand new 12 Megapixel Full Frame sensor! (article here).
10) The Full Frame E-mount Lens roadmap: 15 lenses will be launched until late 2015. (article here).

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Today only: Gold Box deal on Sandisk cards at Amazon and Adorama. A7II in Stock at BH.

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Today only you save few $$$ on Sandisk cards sold by Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). And the A7II is now in Stock at BHphoto (Click here).

Current Sony US deals:

A-E mount cameras:
$200 off and free $50 gift card on the A58 with kit lens sold at BHphoto (Click here).
Free stuff worth $299 along the A7r (Click here)
Free stuff worth $219 along the A7s (Click here).
Free $50 gift card with the A6000 kit (Click here).
Lot of free extras with the A6000 double lens kit sold at BHphoto (Click here).
$400 off on the Sony A5100 with 16-50mm & 55-210mm Lenses at BHphoto (Click here).
$2,300 discount on the Hasselblad Stellar on sale at BHphoto (Click here)
Refurbished NEX-5t double lens kit for $399 on [shoplink 31431 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
$200 off on the Sony A7 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$200 off on the Sony A7 with kit lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
Free card and bag ($200 value) with all A7/r/s cameras sold at SonyStore.
$300 off on the Sony A77II with grip at Amazon, Adorama and SonyStore.
$600 off on the Sony A77II with lens and grip at Amazon, Adorama and SonyStore.
15% credit you get when trading in a camera for the A7/r/s or Fe lenses at BHphoto (Click here to see the special page).
If you trade-in an older camera you could now pay down to $950 only for the new A7 at Adorama trade-in (Click here).

E-mount lenses:
$150 off on the 18-200mm OSS at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$100 off on the 24mm Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$100 off on the 18-200mm OSS at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$100 off on the 10-18mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$50 off on the 35mm 1.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$50 off on the 16-50mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$50 off on the 5omm f/1.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$25 off Sony 30mm f/3.5 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore
$50 off on the Bower 35mm T1.5 Cine Lens for E-mount at BHphoto (Click here).
$500 off on the world’s fastest native E-mount lens: Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 sold at BHphoto (Click here).

A-mount lenses:
 $200 off on the 16-105mm f/3.5-5.6 DT at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 24-70mm f/2.8 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 135mm f/1.8 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 35mm f/1.4 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 24mm f/2.0 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$50 off on the 100mm f/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$50 off on the 16-50mm f/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$25 off on the 50mm f/2.8 macro at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$25 off on the 85mm f/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$25 off on the 35mm f/1.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$25 off on the 30mm f/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$50 off on the Bower 35mm T1.5 Cine Lens for A-mount at BHphoto (Click here).

Sigma A-mount lenses:
$200 off on the Sigma 70-200mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, and BHphoto.
$25 off ont he Sigma 70-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$300 off on the Sigma 150-500mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$300 off on the Sigma 50-500mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$200 off on the Sigma 18-250mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the Sigma 10-20mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$75 off on the Sigma 12-24mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sigma 8-16mm lens at Amazon and BHphoto.

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You can follow the Sony CES 2015 press annuncement on January 5th live on SAR!

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I will embed the Sony live press announcement on SonyAlphaRumors. The conference starts at 5pm PST time on January 5th. That’s…

8pm New York time
01.00 London time
02:00 Berlin time
10:00 Tokyo time

So far I do not expect any new E or A-mount photo camera announcement. There will be certainly new camcorders and maybe an E-mount camcorder too. But don’t worry, major E (and?) A-mount announcements will be made right before the CP+ show in early February. It’s 100% sure they will officially release the new FE lenses they pre-announced at Photokina. There are also rumors about a new A7000 and higher end FE camera. But I am yet not sure which one will come (or if both will come). And while I got reliable rumors about a new A-mount FF camera the source who gave me the info didn’t tell me when the camera would be released. Just to say there is some hope :)

 

 

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New Sony “Pregius” sensor line with global shutter.

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Toshiba Teli Pregius

 

Image Sensor World spotted that Toshiba slide showing a new generation of Sony sensors named “Pregius“. It has global shutter, high frame rate and a yet not quantified “high sensivity-low noise-high dynamic range”. The sensor size offered by Sony goes up to 1.1 inch. Here are all sensor specs:

Toshiba Teli Pregius-1

It’s not clear yet if that sensor tech will be implemented in future larger APS-C and FF sensors.

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Kipon releases two new autofocus electronic adapters for E-mount (available on eBay).

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Kipon makes their version of the Metabones Speed Booster and you can find them with the name [shoplink 32063 ebay]Baveyes on eBay (Click here to see them)[/shoplink]. And recently Kipon announced two more of those adapters. Here is the press text:

KIPON released new EF-NEX AF autofocus electronic adapter and Baveyes EF-NEX AF autofocus optic adapter, both of two adapters can use full frame canon EF lens on SONY E mount mirrorless cameras, and realize autofocus function, former one can be used for SONY apsc frame E mount body(C3,NEX5,NEX7,A6000…),also can be used on full frame E mount body(A7,A7R,A7S,A7Ⅱ..),but when use it on apsc frame E mount body,there will physically have 1.5x crop factor; the second one have built-in 4 optic element,through special designed optic system, getting rid of the crop factor, to get the same view like full frame lens on full frame cameras.

Our products are always well known because of our stable quality and unique design, compare to other similar products, our these two adapters have better stability and best compatibility.

We will start the sale in US,Europe,Asia market for these two adapters before Christmas this month, retailer price would be 309USD and 408USD.

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Sony Holiday Deals at Adorama. A7II in Stock at BHphoto.

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The many Sony Holiday deals are about to end soon. And the full list of them can be found on that special Adorama page (Click here).
UPDATE: The A7II body only is back in Stock at BHphoto (Click here).

Current Sony US deals:

A-E mount cameras:
$200 off and free $50 gift card on the A58 with kit lens sold at BHphoto (Click here).
Free stuff worth $299 along the A7r (Click here)
Free stuff worth $219 along the A7s (Click here).
Free $50 gift card with the A6000 kit (Click here).
Lot of free extras with the A6000 double lens kit sold at BHphoto (Click here).
$400 off on the Sony A5100 with 16-50mm & 55-210mm Lenses at BHphoto (Click here).
$2,300 discount on the Hasselblad Stellar on sale at BHphoto (Click here)
Refurbished NEX-5t double lens kit for $399 on [shoplink 31431 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
$200 off on the Sony A7 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$200 off on the Sony A7 with kit lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
Free card and bag ($200 value) with all A7/r/s cameras sold at SonyStore.
$300 off on the Sony A77II with grip at Amazon, Adorama and SonyStore.
$600 off on the Sony A77II with lens and grip at Amazon, Adorama and SonyStore.
15% credit you get when trading in a camera for the A7/r/s or Fe lenses at BHphoto (Click here to see the special page).
If you trade-in an older camera you could now pay down to $950 only for the new A7 at Adorama trade-in (Click here).

E-mount lenses:
$150 off on the 18-200mm OSS at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$100 off on the 24mm Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$100 off on the 18-200mm OSS at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$100 off on the 10-18mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$50 off on the 35mm 1.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$50 off on the 16-50mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$50 off on the 5omm f/1.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$25 off Sony 30mm f/3.5 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore
$50 off on the Bower 35mm T1.5 Cine Lens for E-mount at BHphoto (Click here).
$500 off on the world’s fastest native E-mount lens: Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 sold at BHphoto (Click here).

A-mount lenses:
 $200 off on the 16-105mm f/3.5-5.6 DT at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 24-70mm f/2.8 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 135mm f/1.8 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 35mm f/1.4 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 24mm f/2.0 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$50 off on the 100mm f/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$50 off on the 16-50mm f/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$25 off on the 50mm f/2.8 macro at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$25 off on the 85mm f/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$25 off on the 35mm f/1.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$25 off on the 30mm f/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$50 off on the Bower 35mm T1.5 Cine Lens for A-mount at BHphoto (Click here).

Sigma A-mount lenses:
$200 off on the Sigma 70-200mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, and BHphoto.
$25 off ont he Sigma 70-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$300 off on the Sigma 150-500mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$300 off on the Sigma 50-500mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$200 off on the Sigma 18-250mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the Sigma 10-20mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$75 off on the Sigma 12-24mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sigma 8-16mm lens at Amazon and BHphoto.

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