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What a deal on the new A77. Check out that price drop on [shoplink 15205 ebay]BigValue eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. You save over $230 on the normal price you pay for example at Amazon. A $150 rebate is also available on the [shoplink 15206 ebay]A65 (Bigvalue)[/shoplink].
Found via Slidoo eBay.
Our friends over at ePhotozine (Click here) are among the very first websites to post a full NEX-6 review. And the camera got a “highly recommended” mark: “There wasn’t much we could find to be critical about, it’s a little more expensive than some of the competition and the going through the menu system can become long and drawn out. With the positives far outweighing the negatives, we are happy to recommend the Sony NEX-6.”
The camera is now for sale at Amazon too (Click here). And it is now the second most sold mirrorless camera right behind the 5n (Click here to see the ranking).
In Eu in Stock in many eBay stores (list here on Slidoo).
Sony A99, prueba de vídeo from QUESABESDE on Vimeo.
Our Spanish friends over at Quesabesde (translation here) posted the full Sony A99 review. And while we know that at High ISO the A99 is certainly not the killer camera Quesabesde testing found that the A99 has the greatest dynamic range of all Full Frame cameras on market. And color reproduction and resolution are on a very high level. Really great news! I certainly prefer to have a gretaer dynamic range than having a little bit less noise at 12.800 ISO!
And also the german website D-pixx (translation here) likes the A99: “it is one step ahead (of Canon and Nikon) in terms of features and ease of use.”
Sony A99 preorder list:
A99 body Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Jessops, Wex UK, Wex Germany, eBay, Sonystore DE–UK–FR–IT–ES–NL–SE–FI–CH and more links at Alphacameradeals.
A99 with kit lens links Alphacameradeals.
Some more A99 bits: A99 pics by Simon on Flickr. Why A99 video is limited? (dpreview forum).
Our reader Lewis wrote on facebook SAR that: “Nissin Digital have informed me via email that the Nissin Di866 Mark II Pro firmware upgrade for Sony Alpha 77 will be released in November.”
What kind of improvements we can expect is unkwnown yet.
If you have some time today and are interested to watch the latest Cameradiner show than click play on that video on top. It’s all about Sony E-mount!
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Sony VG90o on eBay Slidoo.
Sony NEX-6 on eBay Slidoo.
For the very first time in USA the NEX-6 (body and kit) can be found in Stock for the regular price at Samys (Click here). Before Samys also Buydig (Click here) had some camera in Stock but you had to pay a $50 extra.
P.S.: The super discounted NEX-5n remains the most sold mirrorless camera (ranking here). European and Asian readers can find many of them in Stock on [shoplink 14167 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
The VG-900. The first E-mount FF
Two trusted sources confirmed that Sony is working on a Full Frame NEX-7 alike system. And they said the camera prototype is almost “ready”. But the real issue is the lens system. They told me that Sony has not enough resources yet to design and produce lenses for a new Full Frame mirrorless system. Currently the priorities are those:
1) Develop and produce new E-mount lenses for the current cameras
2) Develop and produce (and redesign some of the existing) A-mount lenses
The sources said that for that reason we don’t have to expect a new FF mirrorless lens system to be ready before the very end of 2013! But nothing has been decided yet. The priority for the first half of 2013 are the new A and E-mount lenses plus the new NEX-7 update and new SLT cameras.
A litte more info: Expect these lenses to be larger than current known FF lenses like the [shoplink 15173 ebay]Leica M (here on eBay)[/shoplink] or [shoplink 15174 ebay]Zeiss ZM lenses (here on eBay)[/shoplink]. Lens design for digital sensors requires a bit a different approach than the design for film cameras (for example AF parts have to be included).
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Just a note. Zeiss made many FF ZM lenses and quite some of them would be interesting for a new Sony FF mirrorless system:
[shoplink 10875 ebay]Distagon T* 2,8/15 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9803 ebay]Distagon T* 4/18 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9804 ebay]Biogon T* 2,8/21 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9804 ebay]C Biogon T* 4,5/21 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9805 ebay]Biogon T* 2,8/25 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9806 ebay]Biogon T* 2,8/28 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9808 ebay]Biogon T* 2/35 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9808 ebay]C Biogon T* 2,8/35 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9809 ebay]C Sonnar T* 1,5/50 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9809 ebay]Planar T* 2/50 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9810 ebay]Sonnar T* 2/85 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9810 ebay]Tele-Tessar T* 4/85 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
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FF mirrorless: Currently only Sony and Leica are offering FF mirrorless systems. Sony has the VG900. While Leica has three new offerings, the Leica ME. Leica M and Leica Monochrome.
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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!
