Sony A6000 gets the Gold Award at Dpreview.

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The A6000 with Gariz case on eBay in [shoplink 26006 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 26007 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 26008 ebay]Camel (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 26009 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink].

Dpreview (Click here) posted the fulL A6000 review and writes:

The a6000 is a really solid camera and is better than its predecessor in almost every respect – anyone worried about Sony cutting corners to hit a lower price point should be reassured that it has done so intelligently. The result is a really capable camera, offering impressive image quality in both Raw and JPEG modes, plus class-leading video features. That it then does so in a small, convenient, well featured and competitively priced package is what really seals the deal for us. It’s strong in all areas and outstanding in some.

The camera therefore earned the Gold Award with a score of 80%.

Sony A6000 store link list:
Sony A6000 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at Amazon US, BHphoto, WexUK.
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore, Sony Canada, WexUK.
Silver A6000 with lens at Amazon US, BHphoto, WexUK.
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT

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(FT2) Super compact Full Frame E-mount to be anounced at Photokina.

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Keep your feet and hopes on ground. This one comes form a new anonymous source so take it with a grain of salt. The sources said Sony will launch one new Full Frame E-mount camera at Photokina. And it will not be an A9 or other A7 series camera. It will be a Full Frame NEX-5 alike camera with no built-in EVF and priced very low (close to $1,000). The interesting thing of such a news is that this would be the cheapest Full Frame camera ever released and at $1,000 ( or little above) it would start to compete and eventually eat up the APS-C market share. And it would be the tiniest FF camera ever made too!

Until now trusted sources didn’t tell me about such a camera but we know that Sony patented such a camera design last year (article here).

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Detailed hands on video with the Sony A7s by Sony.

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Sony posted that detailed A7s hands-on video on Youtube.

Europe A7s and RX100M3 Preorders:
A7s at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, CH, AT, NL, BE, PT, SE, NO, FI.
RX100M3 at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT.

USA and Asia A7s and RX100M3 Preorders:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA.
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan and Sony Australia.

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Sony A77II test roundup!

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Detailed hands on with the Sony A77 II by Sony

 

Here are a couple of A77II test links I got from SAR readers (Thank You All!).

A77II quick review by Yannick Ciancanelli.

ISO test images and RAW files at Sonyuserforum.de.

Vishal: “I received my A77II and have been taking plenty of photos with it. I’m aware there are not that many shots taken with the camera online as of yet, so I would like to point SAR readers to my Flickr page, which showcases some of the images I’ve taken with my Zeiss 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 (SAL1680Z). I’ve organised the photos in a folder named “Sony A77II” to make things easier. The images were shot in Raw and converted to jpeg using the latest version of Sony’s Image Data Converter. You can find the images here. https://www.flickr.com/photos/drvish/sets/”

Andreas: “I’ve found a way to convince Photoshop CS5 to process Sony α77 II (ILCA-77M2) raw files, which might be interesting for other fellow Sony users: http://seeraeuberphoto.wordpress.com/2014/05/29/how-to-convince-photoshop-cs5-to-process-sony-%CE%B177-ii-ilca-77m2-raw-arw-files/ However I have no idea if I am the only one where this “hack” works, or if it works for other people as well.”

Sony a7s a77ii launching show film from GFILM on Vimeo.

Sony A77II specs, preorders and shipment date:
Sony A77 body in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77 with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77 body in Europe at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, PT, NO, SE, FI and Wex UK.
Sony A77 in Asia at Digitalrev and Sony Australia.

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US deal reminder: The crazy Zeiss Touit (one lens for free!) deal and the great new Sony A and E-mount savings.

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Over the weekend Sony and Zeiss launched new deals in USA. The craziest one is the free Touit lens you get when you buy…a Touit lens :) Check it out at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). And here are the other new great Sony US deals:

A6000 and other mirrorless cameras:
$50 off on all Sony A6000 kits at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sony US store.
$50 off on all Sony A3000 kits at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sony US store.
$50 off on all Sony A5000 kits at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sony US store.
Buy the Sony A7R Interchangeable Lens Camera and Save on Select Lenses and Accessories at Amazon US.
Save up to $200 on Sony A7 Interchangeable Lens Cameras at Amazon US.
Save up to $300 on Select Sony Lenses with a Qualifying Sony Compact System Camera Purchase at Amazon US.

E-mount lenses:
$200 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 18-200mm OSS PZ at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$100 off on the 10-18mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$50 off on the 16-50mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$50 off on the 35mm f/1.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.
$25 off Sony 30mm f/3.5 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Sonystore.

A-mount lenses:
$50 off on the 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 16-35mm f/2.8 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$50 off on the 16-50mm f/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$50 off on the 16-105mm f/3.5-5.6 DT 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 24-70mm f/2.8 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$25 off on the 30mm f/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 35mm f/1.4 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$25 off on the 35mm f/1.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 50mm f/1.4 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$25 off on the 50mm f/2.8 macro at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G II at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 85mm f/1.4 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$25 off on the 85mm f/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$50 off on the 100mm f/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 135mm f/1.8 Zeiss at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 135mm f/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$100 off on the 300mm f/2.8 G II at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.

A-mount cameras:
Save up to $500 on Sony Alpha A99 Digital SLR Bundled Purchase at Amazon US.
Buy a Qualifying Sony Alpha Digital SLR Camera and Save up to $250 on Select Sony lenses at Amazon US.
Save up to $300 on Select Sony Alpha Digital SLR Cameras at Amazon US.

RX100/m2 and compact cameras:
Free 32 GB Memory Card with Sony RX100M2 Digital Camera Purchase at Amazon US.
Save up to $100 on Select Sony Digital Cameras at Amazon US.

QX and Action cameras:
Free Case and Memory Card with Sony QX Lens-Style Cameras at Amazon US.
Save up to $50 on Select Sony Action Video Cameras at Amazon US.
Save $50 on the Sony RMLVR1 WiFi Remote with Sony Action Video Camera Purchase at Amazon US.

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Sony A6000 reviews roundup!

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Time to catch up with some tests about the newest Sony APS-C E-mount camera, the A6000! And as you know the lens got a $50 off in USA which makes it even more interesting (see at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore).

LensVid posted that video review of the A6000 with the Nanoha 5X Lens Review. A great Introduction to Super Macro Photography!
Gary Fong is going to B&H in NYC (Click here to read more about the event).
Sony A6000: Sensor Quality at ISO 100 (Diglloyd).
Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100 M3 : real world sample images (Dpreview).
The Sony A6000 Digital Camera Review. Sony steps it up again! by Steve Huff.
Sony A6000 Shooter’s Report Part II: Focusing on a world in motion (Imaging Resource).
Sony A6000 Digital Camera Review at Cameras.Reviewed.
Sony a6000 and Sony Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA Lens – The best of Sony (Soundimagesplus).
Sony a6000 – The Positives (Soundimagesplus).
Alpha Dog: How Sony Created the Most Innovative Camera Brand in Under a Decade (PetaPixel).
Sigma 50mm F1.4 ART Review (on Canon) at Willchaophotography.
Sony a6000 vs Panasonic GX7 Video Quality test by Sebastian Castilho on Vimeo.
A6000 vs. A7(R) at Beforethecoffea.

Jimmy: “I’m a daily reader and have just posted a video review of the A6000 on youtube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM1JF4yUZig&list=UUTnN5wS9QhpLtFKwUOvi3rw”

Sony A6000 store link list:
Sony A6000 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at Amazon US, BHphoto, WexUK.
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore, Sony Canada, WexUK.
Silver A6000 with lens at Amazon US, BHphoto, WexUK.
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT

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Sigma says they have no plan to make FE lenses yet (but it could change in future).

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Image of one of their current APS-C 19mm E-mount lens.

Plenty of A7 camera owners hope to see Sigma make a proper E-mount version of the superb 50mm A-mount lens you can preorder Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here), WexUK (Click here) and WexDe (Click here). But I have some bad news:

A SAR reader contacted Paul Pizzano (Manager from Sigma) and he told him that there is not plan to make Full Frame E-mount lenses yet:

“Maybe one day but it would take a much larger commitment on the part of Sony. A full Line of cameras and lenses with the FE mount, as well as the conversion of their NEX line to the FE mount. At the moment it is a very limited line and we are unable to invest in it when the parent company Sony seems reluctant to do so.”

IN short, Sigma will wait to see if the Full Frame E-mount will become popular or not…

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