Here they come the Cybermonday deals: Save big on Sandisk-PNY-Lexar cards, Vello battery grips, Sony gear!

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You now have a bunch of new Cyber Monday deals on those pages at Amazon.com, Adorama and BHphoto.  List of some of the new deals:

  • Save big on up to 1TB Sandisk cards at Amazon.
  • Save big on Lexar SD cards at Amazon.
  • Save big on up to 256GB Sandisk cards at Amazon.
  • Save on PNY SD cards at Amazon.
  • Save big on Sony cameras at Amazon.
  • Save on Joby, Manfrotto, and Lowepro accessories at Amazon.
  • Save big on Vello battery grips for Sony at BHphoto.
  • $100 off on the Rokinon 21mm f/1.4 E-mount lens at Adorama.

The Big software deals:

Remember the Sony camera and lens deals will end on November 29!

Here are all the new Sony US camera deals:

Here are the new Sony US lens deals:

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World’s first review of the new Yongnuo YN85mm F1.8 lens

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Yongnuo recently announced the new 85mm f/1.8 FE autofocus lens. This will be their second E-mount lens after the 50mm f/1.8 APS-C (here on Amazon).

And Marc Alhadeff posted the world’s first review of this new lens:

The Yongnuo YN 85mm F1.8S DF DSM (200$) is an excellent lens for the price. It is astonishing to have produced a lens with a very good AF and that can reach outstanding sharpness results on A7RIV at that price. On A7RIV The lens is already good in the centre at F1.8 but come excellent at F2.8 and outstanding at F4. Corners however are always lagging behind, If you transpose results to a A7III results will be excellent wide open. Color rendering and background blur is very good to excellent. Bokeh ball are very good wide open but as of F2.8 they exhibits heptagons due to only 7 Aperture blades. Video rendering is also very good.
There are also sacrifice on the build quality the lens being very “plastic” and very light, but you get a customizable focus hold button. I never had any focusing issues with firmware V5 of the lens with full compatibility with Sony real time tracking and eye AF. Highly recommended on A7III for small budget

Pros

Small and lighweight
Price
Very good AF
On 61Mpix : Good sharpness at F1.8, Excellent sharpness as of F2.8 ,Outstanding sharpness at F4
Smooth background blur
Very good color rendition
Very good in video
Very Good bokeh balls wide open
Very good rendering for portrait and skins
Good ergonomics with AF/MF button and focus hold button
Firmware upgrade possible via USB-C

Average

Moderate Distorsion
Low Chromatic aberrations but requiring sometimes a little correction
Average Bokeh Balls shapes: some cats eye and heptagon quickly visible as of F2.8 but not onion rings

Cons

High vignetting that decreases as you close the aperture but never dissapear
Build quality is cheap : plastic and flimsy focusing ring
Lens hood difficult to mount unmount
Sharpness in the corners only good

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Amazon Europe adds cashback to Sony cameras and lenses

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Amazon Europe has added up to 300 Euro cashbacks on Sony cameras at Amazon Germany, Amazon FR, Amazon UK, Amazon IT, Amazon ES. Just check those Sony A7 search pages and near product you will read “Amazon Aktionsgutschein”, “economisez” or “Voucher” . Here are the links to the savings at Amazon Germany:

Save 80 Euro on the Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 FE lens at Amazon Germany.  All other Tamron lenses have a discount too.

All New Black Friday deals at Amazon DE, Calumet DE, Fotokoch DE, Amazon UK, ParkCameras UK, WexUK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES, Amazon NL.

Software:

Amazon Germany:

Calumet DE:

Fotokoch DE:

Amazon UK:

  • Save Big on Sony Cameras and Lenses at Amazon UK.
  • Save big on Sandisk SD cards and storage at Amazon UK.
  • Save big on Adobe Creative Cloud at Amazon UK.

Park UK:

Amazon FR:

Amazon IT:

  • Buy a Sony camera or lens an get a Gift Card at Amazon IT.
  • Big savings on Sony cameras ane lenses at Amazon IT.
  • Save big on Sandisk cards at Amazon IT.
  • Sony 85mm f/1.8 FE for 439 Euro at Amazon IT.

Amazon ES:

  • Big savings on Sony cameras and lenses at Amazon ES.
  • Big davings on cameras and lenses at Amazon ES.
  • Big Savings on SD cards at Amazon ES.
  • Sav big on Adobe Creative Cloud at Amazon ES.

Amazon NL:

  • Big savings on Sony cameras and lenses at Amazon NL.
  • Big Savings on SD cards at Amazon NL.
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This week SAR readers photos selection

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Paul Tan
Blue-tailed Bee-Eater season in Singapore begins!
a9+FE200-600mm+1.4TC/Handheld

1) You can submit one single picture per week only.
2) To submit your picture for the weekly readers roundup post you can choose one of the following three options:
– Instagram: Follow @sonyalphagallery and tag us on your picture to give us the permission to repost your image on the instagram gallery and on SAR (we will credit you)
– Facebook: Submit your picture on our group: facebook.com/groups/sonyalphacamera. Please add the hashtag “#sonyalphagallery ” to grant the permission for reposting on SAR. Without the hashtag we will not add your picture!
– Forum: Submit your picture on the SonyAlphaForum image section and add the hashtag “#sonyalphagallery ”
3) Like and comment the pictures from other readers here: instagram.com/sonyalphagallery, facebook.com/groups/sonyalphacamera and on SonyAlphaForum.
4) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me SAR admin will be posted weekly on SAR.

Note: When sending a pic feel free to also add a link to your site to promote yourself! And please do share one single picture per week only. Do not spam :)

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Super low price: Sigma 56mm f/1.4 E-mount lens for just $339 ($140 off)

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Today only you save $140 on the excellent Sigma 56mm f/1.4 APS-C E-mount lens sold by Adorama.

All Sony Black Friday deals will end on November 29 at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon. All general Black Friday photo deal cane be found on those pages at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FocusCamera.

And don’t forget you save 68% on the complete Topaz Suite (Click here). If you already own some of the plugins you save even more. Here is what you get:

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