Deals of the day: $140 off on the NEX-6 kit! $200 off on the Rokinon 16mm. Zeiss 24-70mm in Stock at Amazon and BHphoto.

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That’s great deal for US readers: The NEX-6 with 16-50mm lens sells for $598 only at BHphoto (Click here) and [shoplink 24798 ebay]RobertsCamera on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. That’s $140 off compared to yesterday’s lowest US price ($739 at Amazon).

And for exactly 24 hours only you get $200 off(!) on the Rokinon 16mm f/2.0 E or A mount sold by BestPriceOptics on [shoplink 24799 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. That is also the official deal of the day at eBay!

One more note: The new Zeiss 24-70mm f/4.0 FE lens is in Stock at BHphoto (Click here) and via third party resellers at Amazon US too (Click here).

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The Sony 4K future just started: Sony Z2 can record 4K video. Sony 4K mirrorless camera coming soon

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Sony 4K: One of the few certain things we know for 2014 is that Sony will add full 4K video on many of the this year new A and E-mount models. And yesterday Sony announced the new Xperia Z2 (specs here at Amazon) which shoots 4K videos!

Sony 4K camera: And a new Sony 4K mirrorless camera (no SLT!) will be announced in about one month. It will neither have an E nor an A-mount. A-mount cameras with 4K will be announced a couple of months later.

 

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Sony A6000 review by Popescu. A5000 gets DxOmarked.

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Alin Popescu (Click here) posted the first full Sony A6000 review.

I can say with all my heart, this little guy which is a6000, is the most precise and fast focusing mirror-less camera I have ever tested. Even better than many dSLRs that got in my hands.

And the A5000 sensor got tested at DxOmark and it shows only a marginal quality increase over the predecessor:

Although it lacks the on-chip PD-AF pixels required for faster autofocus of the older 16-Mpix sensor in the NEX-5T, it concedes nothing in IQ while the higher pixel count is promising. At around $499 it doesn’t look overpriced.

This is the updated preorder list with US and Europe links:
Sony A6000 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at WexUK (Click here).
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here), Sony Canada (Click here), WexUK (Click here).
Silver A6000 with lens at WexUK (Click here).
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon (CLick here), BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT

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Competition news: Newly announced Nikon D4s can go up to 409,600 ISO.

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This time we don’t have a new Megapixel race. It’s a complete ISO madness :)

Today Nikon announced the new Nikon D4s (specs here at Amazon) which uses a new 16 MP sensor and goes up to 409,600 ISO. This isn’t a revolutionary camera. It has plenty of small improvements and a nifty price tag of $6,500.

Sony flagship:
Sony never had a sort of flagship camera like the Nikon D4 series or Canon EOS 1D series. And honestly I never got any realibale rumor about such a Sony Flagship camera that could comepte against them. Sony’s focus is on the development of $2,000-$3,000 Full Frame cameras rather than $6500 FF.

Would you really suggest Sony to make such a high End DSLR, pardon SLT, pardon A-mount mirrorless cameras? :)

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(SR5) Don’t worry, new RX FF is in the works! Release at Photokina.

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LLoyd Chambers over at Diglloyd wrote:

where is the Sony RX2R model sporting that nifty 36 megapixel sensor? And where is an RX2R model with an 18mm and 24mm and 75mm lens? Or at least one of those options? The design concept is terrific; it has legs and I’d like to see it move forward. But nary a word from Sony, which is a pity given the appeal of the RX1R.

I can give him a quick answer: “Don’t worry, new RX FF is in the works”. It should be announced before Photokina in September. And I have been told it comes with a huge surprise (that’s all I know for now).

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New A7 and A7r leather cases from “Leather Explorer”, “Ciesta”, “Kaza” and “Dignis”.

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Leather Explorer has A7-A7r leather cases in [shoplink 24599 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24600 ebay]Black-Metallic (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24601 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink],

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Dignis has A7-A7r leather cases in [shoplink 24602 ebay]Black-Red (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24603 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24604 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24605 ebay]Yellow (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24606 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24607 ebay]Dark Brown (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 24608 ebay]Khaki (Click here)[/shoplink].

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Ciesta leather case in [shoplink 24609 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24610 ebay]Dark Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24611 ebay]Black Red (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 24612 ebay]Vegetable Leather (Click here)[/shoplink].

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Kaza has them in [shoplink 24615 ebay]Vintage Brown (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 24616 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink].

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Already mentioned on SAR and very requested by A7 and A7r owners is the Gariz leather case in [shoplink 23521 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 23522 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 23523 ebay]Orange (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 23524 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink].

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Sony A6000 AF low light test by Alin Popescu (amazing fast!).

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SONY a6000 11 fps AF-C indoor

Sony claims the A6000 has the worlds fastest AF but how does it work in indoor light conditions? Alin Popescu tested the A6000 and posted a couple of videos. And as you can see the A6000 performs pretty well. Still, it’s not really an extreme low light conditions. There is one very low light video shot by Jun-hee Park (youtube) and it looks like the A6000 can autofocus pretty well in these conditions too.

More video from Alin Popescu:
How easy is to move focus print (Flexible Spot) on SONY a6000 (Youtube)
Clip made from photos shot with SONY a6000 at 11 fps and AF-C. Lens used was SONY 18-105 mm f4 mostly on Shutter priority to maintain 1/200s and on Auto ISO (Youtube)

The A6000 could become the real first E-mount camera that has a mature autofocus system. Perfect for family and sport shooting!

Thanks Michael for finding and sharing this!

This is the updated preorder list with US and Europe links:
Sony A6000 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at WexUK (Click here).
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here), Sony Canada (Click here), WexUK (Click here).
Silver A6000 with lens at WexUK (Click here).
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon (CLick here), BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT

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