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Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.
Should You Buy The Sony FX30, A7 IV or FX3?! (CVP).
Brightin Star 16mm F2.8 review at SonyAlphaBlog.
Techart LM-EA9 review by Phillip Reeve.
Using Sony Cameras to Livestream a Wedding Ceremony (Explora).
How to Clean Camera Sensors: The Secret to Safely and Effectively Cleaning Sensor Dust (42West).
When f/1.05 is better than f/0.95? 7Artisans 50mm f/1.05 lens review (Christopher Frost)
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Still running: Up to $600 off on Sony cameras and lenses
Sony launched their Camera/Lens Black Friday deals you can find on those pages at Bhphoto, Amazon (camera deal page here / lens deal page here), Adorama. And you get up to $500 if you trade-in a camera or lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
Cameras:
- $500 off on the Sony A7rIV at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $500 off on the Sony A7II at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $300 off on the Sony A7III at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $200 off on the Sony A7c at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $100 off on the Sony ZV-1 at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
Lenses (only some special mentions as list is incredibly long):
- $100 off on the Sony 12-24mm GM lens at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $100 off on the Sony 14mm f/1.8 GM lens at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $100 off on the Sony 15mm f/1.4 G lens at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $100 off on the Sony 20mm f/1.8 G lens at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $100 off on the Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM lens at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $200 off on the Sony 24-105mm lens at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $100 off on the Sony 50mm f/1.2 GM at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $200 off on the Sony 70-200mm G lens at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $100 off on the Sony 70-300mm G lens at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $100 off on the Sony 90mm macro lens at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $100 off on the Sony 100-400mm GM lens at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $100 off on the Sony 200-600mm G lens at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
Accessories:
- Up to $100 off on Sony memory cards at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $50 off on the Sony VG-C4EM Vertical Grip at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
Software:
- Save $478 on the entire Topaz Photo AI+Video AI app collection (Click here). You can also get the single Photo AI App with a $300 discount (Click here) or the Video AI app with $140 discount (Click here). The deal runs til December 2. Owners of existing products will be offered pro-rated bundles.
Images of the new Cheecar 35mm F1.4 II FE lens

These are the first images of the soon to be announced new Cheecar 35mm F1.4 II FE lens. The new second generation version has a minimum focusing distance of 30cm, an aurora ring design, an all-metal material, and a weight of about 230g.

There is also a leak of a lens that will not be available for E-mount at the start, but it’s likely there is going ot be an E-mount version in 2023. It’s this Astrhori 18mm f/8.0 shift lens:
- optical structure of 9 elements in 9 groups
- field of view of 99.2°
- shift of ±6mm
- minimum focusing distance of 0.34m
- filter interface of 58mm
- lens body size of 62*36mm
- weight of about 164g. /RF/L bayonet




MagRota: World’s Lightest Full-function Magnetic Filters
Magrota launched the worl’s lightest full-function magnetic Filters on Kickstarter (Click here). This is how it works:
DpreviewTV: The A7rV is the best camera and the 16-35mm GMII the best lens of the year
Best lens:
Winner: Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GMII
Runner-up: Sigma 20mm f/1.4
Best video camera:
Winner: Fuji X-H2s
Runner-up: Sony FX-30
Best photo camera:
Winner: Sony A7rV
Runner-up: Fuji X-H2s
Worst lens: Fujinon 18-120mm
Worst video camera: Sony ZV-1F
Worst photo camera: Nikon Z30
On a personal note, this year I agree 100% with their choices!








