Desy Cheng
Sony A7 + Zeiss 55mm
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The NEX-6 with kit lens got an ulterior price drop and now sells for $519 only at Amazon US (Click here) and there fore it remains unchallenged on top of the most sold mirrorless camera ranking (Click here to see the list).
$80 off on the Rokinon 8mm fisheye lens for both A and E-mount at [shoplink 26986 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
Reaminder:
RX100 with seven free accessories for $433 only at [shoplink 26952 ebay]6ave on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony A7 body only for $1498 at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Sony Store (Click here).
Sony A7 with 28-70mm lens for $1798 at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Sony Store (Click here).
Save $200 on the A7r with lens too at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Sony Store (Click here). You also save $250 on the A7r with LA-EA4 adapter at Amazon (Click here) and Sony Store (Click here).
You can finally preorder the A7s in Europe too!
At Sony Germany (Click here), Sony UK (Click here), Sony France (Click here), Sony Italy (Click here), Sony Spain (Click here), Sony Switzerland (Click here), Sony Austria (Click here), Sony Netherland (Click here), Sony Belgium (Click here), Sony Portugal (Click here), Sony Sweden (Click here), Sony Norway(Click here), Sony Finland (Click here).
These preorders are now available since 1-2 hours only. If you rpeorder now you will get on top of the waiting list!
Also the RX100M3 preorders started today: 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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The amount of preorder of the new [shoplink 26501 ebay]Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 Full Frame E-mount lens[/shoplink] was much bigger than expected. Therefore shipment will start on June 18 and not the first week of June. Also the name of the lens chanced from Mitakon Speedmaster to ZY Optics Speedmaster. And the producer website changed too in http://www.zyopticslens.com/.
You can preorder the lens at [shoplink 26501 ebay]eBay Hong Kong (free worldwide shipment)[/shoplink]. It’s also sold via [shoplink 26982 ebay]MXcamera Europe eBays tore (Click here)[/shoplink].
There is also a new review from Yannick Ciancianelli:
The lens is, as expected, rather soft wide-open. But I have to say that I find the result very pleasing and I must admit that it is my favorite aperture on the lens. The 0.95 resulting images are so milky silky smooth. It’s like an almost 100% bokeh picture. Yeah, it’s like…chocolate mousse! Mmmmh.
Dear Europeans: Just click on the linked country code to preorder the RX100M3 now at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT. Preorders are online from now only!
A7s and RX100M3 Preorders:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
Sony A7s EU pages at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE, FI, PL.
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA.
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT.
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan and Sony Australia.
Our friend David from Photoclubalpha got a confirmation from Sony that the Sony A7s has a complete silent shutter mode! Early beta testers of the A7s got a firmware upgrade that adds the feature. The firmware fixes and upgrades are:
– α7S now offers a ‘Silent Shooting’ mode
– ISO range for Movie Shooting extended to ISO100 – 102400, expandable to ISO100 – 409600
– Dynamic Range extended to 15.3 stops as sensor RAW output
David writes:
This is not the same as the Electronic First Curtain shutter found on the A7, A99, A77, A6000 and so on but conspicuously absent on the A7R. Nor is it the same as the near-silent leaf shutter terminated exposure mode of the RX100 models, RX10, or RX1 models. It’s completely free of all mechanical action and totally silent.
Sounds terrific!
A7s and RX100M3 Preorders:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
Sony A7s EU pages: Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PL. And Wex UK.
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA.
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT. And Wex UK,
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan and Sony Australia.
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Venetian Carnival & Fire Show, Hamburg 2014 (FullHD wide screen) from Hacky on Vimeo.
Time to catch up with Sony A7 and A7r and FE lens test submitted to me by SAR readers (Thanks!). Here they are:
Venetian Carnival And Spectacular Fire Show & Venetian Masked Ball filmed with Anamorphot 1.33x on Zeiss FE 1.8/55 and HyperPrime CINE 35mm T0.95 on Sony A7R: 3d-kraft.com
Winter In Iceland With The Sony a7R (PDF file)
Soma magazine: first editorial: shooting for print with the Sony A7r: field report, part two. (Mike Kobal).
Sony A7r and 28-70mm on the streets (Soundimagesplus).
Review of the Zeiss 24-70 at Fratkinphoto.
Review of the A7r at Ohm-Image.
70-200mm FE lens test at SLRclub.
Eric Lafforgue has tried his hand with the A7 (Flickr).
A7r review at Crispyscapes.
Zeiss 24-70mm FE lens test at Bestmirrorlesscamerareviews.
ISO quality comparison between the 7r, a99, and NEX-7 at Davetameling.
A7 review at Jimmartinphotoblog.
DearSusans A7r tests:
Sony – Zeiss T* Sonnar FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA (by Philip Partridge): http://dearsusan.net/2014/04/07/212-sony-fe55-tibet-winters-tale/
Leica-R Elmarit 19/2.8 : http://dearsusan.net/2014/03/12/leica-elmarit-r-19-sony-a7r/
Leica-M 135/3.4 : http://dearsusan.net/2014/01/01/190-leica-apo-telyt-1353-4-on-sony-a7r-the-long-ranger/
Leica-R Summicron 50/2 : http://dearsusan.net/2014/01/02/191-leica-summicron-r-502-the-perfect-50-for-the-sony-a7r/
Leica-R 60/2.8 : http://dearsusan.net/2014/04/01/210-leica-macro-elmarit-r-602-8-soulful-engineer/
Sony A7r page : http://dearsusan.net/sony-a7r-review-page/
Dave: “I finally picked up an a7r and I’m blogging my way through my experience as compared to my a99, NEX-7 and NEX-5R. I have over a dozen old manual focus lenses which will be tested throughout the process. My first look after a couple of weeks of use is a bit behind the times but I couldn’t score a loan from the local rep so I had to wait until I could buy one for myself. The next test is a straight up comparison with the a99 to determine wether or not I keep it or pass the a99 on to somebody else while it’s still worth something. http://davetameling.com/blog/2014/3/sony-alpha-ilce-7r-first-impressions”
Luis: “He publicado dos entradas que quizas os interesen, una es una review del Leica summilux 50mm pre-asph en la Sony A7 y la otra es el adaptador King con AF para lentes canon en cuerpos con montura Nex:
http://coolframe.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/review-leica-summilux-1-450-pre-asph/
http://coolframe.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/adaptadores-con-af-canon-ef-a-sony-nex/”
Michael: “Linked is a travel report from a trip I recently did together with the A7R. Maybe you find it interesting enough to publish it on your page. You can find it in English: http://www.napsis.de/en-a7r/ or German: http://www.napsis.de/a7r/”
Bart: “Michael Frye switched to Sony a7r!!! You should post it immediately.First league photogs are into the Sony world now :-) http://www.michaelfrye.com/landscape-photography-blog/2014/04/18/sony-a7r/#comment-250188”
Jul: “Take a look: https://vimeo.com/92116879. I shot this time lapse on the night of the 14th as there was the full moon eclipse in San Francisco. I originally planned for the Golden Gate but too much fog came in so had to move North to Tiburon and then San Rafael where I was able to capture the moon going from red (orange) back to bright yellow. This was shot with A7r, and combination of the FE55, FE35 and 10-18mm APSC zoom lens. Time Lapse was made from 1,500 raw shots, processed in LR and video put together in Premiere CC.”
Javier: “Hola te adjunto este video test con sony A7+ziss55mmF1.8 a 4000 ISO en Semana Santa Spain. http://youtu.be/oG0Q0ENC4nM”
Specs and Store Links in US and Canada:
Sony A7r body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony A7 body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony A7 with 28-70mm kit lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Specs and Store Links in Europe:
Sony A7r body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE.
Sony A7 body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Sony A7 with 28-70mm kit Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Asia:
A7r at Digitalrev.
A7 at Digitalrev, Amazon Cina.
A7 with 28-70mm lens at Digitalrev.
