(SR4) Sony devloping the 5 Axis SSS with Olympus!

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The Olympus 5 axis stabilization presentation video.

Great news folks! As you know the next bunch of A-mount cameras is expected to be launched in early 2014. And of the brand new key features will be the 5-Axis SSS developed in partnership with Olympus! As you know the Olympus E-M5 and the brand new E-P5 have that kind of tech. Sony and Olympus engineers are now developing it further to make it work on Sony’s next Full Frame cameras!

You can see the advantage of the 5 axis IS over the regular 2 axis stabilization on that video:

In short, not only will be the new 400mm f/4.0 A-mount lens be designed with Olympus. Also the new A-mount cameras will get some of the best tech from Olympus. I also hope they will use Olympus JPG engine knowledge to make Sony JPG’s look better.

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Finally: Sigma double E-mount lens kit deal in Europe!

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A couple of months ago there was a great $199 double Sigma lens kit deal. The 19mm and 30mm are great quality lenses. As usual with those kind of great deals it was available for our US citizen only.But finally also EU readers can grab it! The dual kit is in Stock for 189 Euro via [shoplink 18786 ebay]FotoMundus one eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

You can follow and get more deal news at DealsRunner.com.

 

P.S.: Now Sigma launched the new 19mm and 30mm ART lenses which do have the same optical design in a different case.

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A77 climbing the Amazon rankings. Free Metabones on every NEX-FS camcorder purchase!

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Sony US keeps launching great new deals! You now get a free Metabones adapter of your choice ($399 value) on every NEX-FS100/700 purchase! More info at Sony PRO.

Meantime the great A77 up to $600 in Instant Savings at Amazon, Samys, Adorama and BHphoto are psuhing the A77 sales. I think I never saw the A77 sales going that well after their launch in August 2011. it’s now on position 23 of the most sold DSLR cameras at Amazon (see the ranking here). And keep in mind that Canon and Nikon launched also some great deals too!

As usual such deals do not happen in Europe :(

A full overview on all photography deals can be found at DealsRunner. Full roundup of the hot deals of the moment:
60mm Sigma for NEX in Stock at BHphoto (Click here).
60% off SanDisk cards at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the Sony NEX-F3 kit at BHphoto (Click here).
65% off on the Sony 64GB SDHC/SDXC Class 10 UHS-1 R40 Memory Card on [shoplink 18793 ebay]eBay US[/shoplink].
Full A77, A65 and A58 deal page at Amazon (Click here).
New 20mm pancake NEX deal(Click here).
Canon PIXMA PRO-10 Professional Photo Inkjet Printer at Adorama (Click here).
SLTA77 Body $300 Instant Savings + Free vertical grip $300= $600 in Instant Savings at Amazon (Click here), Samys (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
SLTA77 with 18mm-135mm $300 Instant Savings + Free vertical grip $300= $600 in Instant Savings at Amazon (Click here), Samys (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
SLTA77 with 16mm-50mm $300 Instant Savings + Free vertical grip $300= $600 in Instant Savings at Amazon (Click here), Samys (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

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(SR3) First possible hints about a NEX-5r successor

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The NEX-5r has been announced almost one year ago (on August 29). And for Sony time this means that a replacement is not very far away. A SAR reader wrote me the following message: “Just heard a bit of news when sent my NEX 5R for repairing. Since my cam has serious damage I consider getting a new one but the official repair company representative here in Northern Europe told me, that to get on my hands on Nex 5R I have to be quick, because they are taking it off production in June.”

Lately I pushed the A-mount rumors but I will soon post some more E-mount rumors too. Keep in mind that the NEX-7 successor, the 85mm f/1.4 and a fast zoom should be announced by end of August!

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SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources
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up to 60% off on Sandisk cards (today only). Zeiss Touit should ship from today!

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SD card madness:
You gotta prepare yourself for the new 30+ megapixel A-mount cameras by buying plenty of these up to 60% off SanDisk cards at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). Plus There is a 65% off on the Sony 64GB SDHC/SDXC Class 10 UHS-1 R40 Memory Card on [shoplink 18773 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].  Subscribe our DealsRunner.com to follow life (and get notified) when there will be new great deals.

Zeiss Touit:
BHphoto (Click here) still says that the Touit lenses will ship from today. I hope you will get your preordered lens soon!

SLT deals and more new deals:
Full A77, A65 and A58 deal page at Amazon (Click here). New 30mm pancake NEX deal(Click here).
Canon PIXMA PRO-10 Professional Photo Inkjet Printer at Adorama (Click here).
And these are the detailed deals on the A77:
SLTA77 Body $300 Instant Savings + Free vertical grip $300= $600 in Instant Savings at Amazon (Click here), Samys (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
SLTA77 with 18mm-135mm $300 Instant Savings + Free vertical grip $300= $600 in Instant Savings at Amazon (Click here), Samys (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
SLTA77 with 16mm-50mm $300 Instant Savings + Free vertical grip $300= $600 in Instant Savings at Amazon (Click here), Samys (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$200 off on the Apple 16GB iPod touch with FaceTime – Black or White – 4th Generation for $159 at [shoplink 18765 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
Think Geek (Click here) is giving 20% OFF on orders over $75!
Canon PIXMA PRO-10 Professional Photo Inkjet Printer at Adorama (Click here).

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(SR2) New A77 firmware info.

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I know from trusted sources that a new A77 firmware is coming this summer. Yesterday a new source sent me some details. I don’t know yet if what I got is correct or not. So don’t get to excited yet. As usual I hope trusted sources can answer me soon on this to tell me if it’s correct or not. Thanks!

The source told me that the new A77, A65, A57, A37, A58 firmware with new jpg engine will be released in early July. The changes will be:

1) Added Lens Correction
2) Updated Jpg Engine (based on the honami smartphone project).
3) Revisions to menu structure
4) Revisions to video capture rates

As usual with SR2 rumors you know that they can’t be trusted for now! Certainly I would be very happy if that one turns out to be correct! That would be the second good news after yesterdays amazing A77 price drop:

SLTA77 Body $300 Instant Savings + Free vertical grip $300= $600 in Instant Savings at Amazon (Click here), Samys (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
SLTA77 with 18mm-135mm $300 Instant Savings + Free vertical grip $300= $600 in Instant Savings at Amazon (Click here), Samys (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
SLTA77 with 16mm-50mm $300 Instant Savings + Free vertical grip $300= $600 in Instant Savings at Amazon (Click here), Samys (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

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Reminder (SR = Sonyrumor):
SR1=probably fake rumor
SR2=rumor from unknown sources
SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources
SR5=almost certainly correct!

 

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