Sony Alpha digital cameras

New Nauticam underwater housing for the RX100M3.

July 20, 2014
news
15 Comments

Nauticam announced the new under water housing for the new RX100M3. All details can be read here: nauticamusa.com/news/2014/7/17/new-housing-for-sony-rx100-mk-iii

Reminder: Also the new Gariz case for the RX100M3 has been announced recently. You can grab it now in [shoplink 27483 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink] or [shoplink 27484 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink] on eBay.

RX100M3 store links:
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA and FocusCamera.
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.

This week SAR readers photos selection.

July 19, 2014
news
6 Comments

Danny Itsreallyme‎
first day out with rx100 m3

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$100 off on the Sigma 28-250mm A-mount (and free extras too).

July 19, 2014
deals
19 Comments

[shoplink 27662 ebay][/shoplink]

For a limited time you save $100 and get also a free extras on the Sigma 28-250mm A-mount lens on [shoplink 27662 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Sony eBay deals:
[shoplink 27611 ebay]Sony A7r with plenty of free extras for $1864 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27610 ebay]Sony QX10 for $149 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27609 ebay]Sony HVL-F43M for $338 (Click here)[/shoplink].

A7-A7r-A7s trade in:
up to -$375.00 trade in saving offer on A7-A7r-A7s running at BHphoto (Click here to read the details).

Current Sony US deals:
RX100 for $413 at [shoplink 27574 ebay]BigValue eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
RX100II for $571 at [shoplink 27575 ebay]BigValue eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Save $380 on the Sony VGC99AM Vertical Grip with Sony A99 Digital SLR Purchase at Amazon US (Click here).
Save up to $200 on Select Sony Lenses with a Qualifying Sony Compact System Camera Purchase at Amazon US (Click here).
Save $50 on Select Sony RX-Series Digital Cameras at Amazon US (Click here) and SonyStore (Click here).
Buy a Qualifying Sony Alpha Digital SLR Camera and Save up to $200 on Select Sony Lenses at Amazon US (Click here).
Save up to $200 on Select Sony Interchangeable Lens Cameras at Amazon US (Click here) and SonyStore (Click here).

New Mecablitz and Phottix flash

July 19, 2014
news
35 Comments

THose of you searching for a new powerful flash will be happy today:

The German company Metz unveiled the new Mecablitz 64 AF-1 digital (all info here).
And Phottix released the new Mitros+ TTL Transceiver Flash for Sony (all info here).

New Sony Lens Profile Support in Camera Raw 8.6 RC

July 18, 2014
news
10 Comments

Adobe issued the new Camera Raw 8.6 update which includes support for many Sony lenses (see list on top). You can download the software here for CC (Click here) and CS6 (Click here).

A3000 for $298. 50mm E-mount for $269.

July 18, 2014
deals
17 Comments

There are some price drops on “cheap” E-mount stuff:

The A300 with kit lens sells for $298 at Amazon (Click here). And the Sony 50mm f/1.8 E-mount lens sells with $30 off at [shoplink 27622 ebay]CameraLand on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Sony eBay deals:
[shoplink 27611 ebay]Sony A7r with plenty of free extras for $1864 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27610 ebay]Sony QX10 for $149 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27609 ebay]Sony HVL-F43M for $338 (Click here)[/shoplink].

A7-A7r-A7s trade in:
up to -$375.00 trade in saving offer on A7-A7r-A7s running at BHphoto (Click here to read the details).

Current Sony US deals:
RX100 for $413 at [shoplink 27574 ebay]BigValue eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
RX100II for $571 at [shoplink 27575 ebay]BigValue eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Save $380 on the Sony VGC99AM Vertical Grip with Sony A99 Digital SLR Purchase at Amazon US (Click here).
Save up to $200 on Select Sony Lenses with a Qualifying Sony Compact System Camera Purchase at Amazon US (Click here).
Save $50 on Select Sony RX-Series Digital Cameras at Amazon US (Click here) and SonyStore (Click here).
Buy a Qualifying Sony Alpha Digital SLR Camera and Save up to $200 on Select Sony Lenses at Amazon US (Click here).
Save up to $200 on Select Sony Interchangeable Lens Cameras at Amazon US (Click here) and SonyStore (Click here).

(SR2) New 400mm f/4.0 lens to come later this year.

July 18, 2014
rumors
213 Comments

Image on top: The current 500mm f/4.0 G lens.

A new source told me that Sony plans to launch a new 400mm f/4.0 A-mount lens by end of this year. No info about pricing and lens design yet!

Oh and please Sony. Make it be a tiny bit cheaper than the $13,000 500mm f/4.0 G lens :)

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