You can download the full “Corporate Strategy Meeting” PDF file at http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/info/strategy2013/pdf/presenE.pdf. No big surprise here. Focus goes on Image Sensor Development, on Mirrorless and High End photography market.

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MXcamera (Click here) released the full Lens Trubo for NEX roadmap:

[shoplink 18692 ebay]Pentax K (here one Bay)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 22693 ebay]Minolta MD/MC (here one Bay)[/shoplink] are available now.
[shoplink 18694 ebay]Contax C/Y (here one Bay)[/shoplink] release this week.
[shoplink 18695 ebay]M42 (here one Bay)[/shoplink] will be released on 1st week of June
[shoplink 18696 ebay]Canon FD (out of stock out) (here one Bay)[/shoplink] will be restocked on 1st week of June.
[shoplink 18697 ebay]Nikon Ai-s (out of stock out) (here one Bay)[/shoplink] will be restocked on 3rd week of June.
Canon EF will be released on 4th week of June. Save this search in Slidoo to get notified when there will be an auction.
Leica R will be released on 1st or 2nd week of July. Save this search in Slidoo to get notified when there will be an auction.

SAR reader Andrea sent me his Lens Turbo first impression:

“First of all congrats for your great blog, I usually follow your updates every day.
I bought a lensturbo for canon fd lenses by the Shanghai eBay seller you posted  the link.
I received it two days ago. I tested it with my 50mm and it is fantastic to see the larger frame and, it seems, a better contrast and sharpness. The weak point is the already known issue of the blue spot when facing a light or the sun, but is not such a big issue.

The real problem came when I tested the lens turbo with the canon fd 20mm. I almost risked to ruin the rear/back lens of the 20mm! The fact is that when you are trying to reach the infinity focus the rear lens of the 20mm protrusion hit the front lens of the lens turbo!!

That problem is not mentioned by the seller and also by the reviewer (the martist, you linked in a post). I wrote to both. The reviewer only write to me he doesn’t have this problem. This is strange because the lensturbo seller just wrote to me:

Hi Andrea,
Thanks for the message…
Indeed the FD 20/2.8 can not use… the rear lens protrusion will hit the lens… sorry… I think you can only focus up to 3 meter, right ?
except for the 20, the other lenss 28, 35, 50, 85 all can use..
best,
R.J.
– jinfinance

Therefore I’m writing this to you because I want to avoid that the same thing happens to others.

I’d also like to know if other lensturbo buyers had the same problem as I did.

Thx for your time.
Best regards“

Chain Reaction: A Story in Four Images

Here is a roundup of all mails to tests and work done by SAR reader. If you have links to send me (or if I missed to post a work you sent me in the past) contact me at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com.

Jason: “Not exactly news  but thought id share anyway, testing the Sony FS700 with the Metabones Speed booster and loving the full frame esque results. https://vimeo.com/67176161”

Marc: “Here are some photos of the new sigma 35 f 1.4 for alpha and a few sample shot available in full resolution; http://www.flickr.com/photos/alhadeff/sets/72157633770534271/”

Алексей:  “Hello, Andrea.If You have 10 – 15 free minutes welcome to http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/paparazi2008/album/351277/ My first outdoor shooting with A99 – many CamJpg + several RAW + several A77 foto. Fullsize without postprocessing with open exif.”

Laszlo: ” yesterday I got the new Sigma 35mm f1.4 from www.Digitfoto.de and it´s really a wonderful lens on my A57. I uploaded some testshots on google –> https://plus.google.com/photos/104390226143263323305/albums/5882966453347908337?authkey=CKL2w8Ws3cDOhQE”

Ainga: “I think your readers will be interested in seeing the very capable Sony NEX 7 in low light action. Most of the images were taken with the NEX 7 and the 24mm 1.8 and 50mm 1.8. Here is one of the posts shot entirely with the NEX 7: http://aingaframes.com/blog/2013/4/15/bw-photo-set. I wrote a NEX 7 user review here: http://aingaframes.com/blog/2013/4/6/sony-nex-7-one-year-review”

Jonathan: “Hi Andrea, I made a comparison video between the new and old 70-400 with focus speed and sharpness comparisons.  My conclusion:  the focusing is MUCH better on the new lens, but the IQ is pretty close. Check out the video: http://youtu.be/QzKQWqTUJ6Y”

Sergey: “I am a photographer from Russia. March 1, 2013 I started my “Project 365” with the camera Sony NEX-6. Every day I make one picture and write a story about photo and the camera. This is my fifth NEX – and the camera is so good, that I started this project: http://nex6everyday.blogspot.ru/”

Gkemp: “I modded a Meike clone VG-B50AM grip so it can be used with my a55, allowing me to power the a55 with a pair of NP-FM500H batteries and get use of the shutter release.  For details, see my set on flickr linked below.  Feel free to share pics with SAR readers if you like.  Just thought I would pass this info around in case others find it useful. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gkemp/sets/72157633542391862/with/8756515667/”

Lehwego: “just sharing a video I made from trinidad carnival earlier this year.  Nex5n with 35mm/1.8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRvl90c1lWo”

Jeroen: “RX-100 to the test in video! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151472068242151”

Brandon: “ just shot an episode of the MTV show True Life on two Rx100’s.  Here’s my blog post with all the details: http://rungunshoot.com/how-i-made-an-mtv-reality-show-with-two-pocket-cameras-and-a-macbook/”

Anders: “Hello, I haven’t seen any pictures by people using professional Sony equipment.  If you like to, do I have a picture I took yesterday with a Sony a99, and Sony Carl Zeiss 16-35mm F/2.8. The picture shows how big dynamic a99 have, and the power from a carl zeiss. http://500px.com/photo/36169198”

Thanks you all!