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SHOOTING a Video at F1.1 – This lens is a Bokeh Beast

B&H Creator of the Week: Ming Thein
Sony a9M2 ILCE 9M2 Review (Dustin Abbott).
Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Lens review by Digital Goja.
7Artisans 35mm F1.2 MArk II review by SonyAlphaBlog.
Sony A6600 + Sigma 16mm 1.4 VS A7RIII + Sony 24mm 1.4 GM | Sample Photos (H-G)
Choosing an On-Camera Monitor (Explora).
Sony ZV-1 – Beginners Guide on How-To Use The Camera (SonyAlphaLab).

Personal photos and tests from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and 500px.

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Sony A9 group and Sony A9 page.
Sony A7rIV group and Sony A7rIV page
Sony A7sIII group and Sony A7sIII page
Sony A7III group and Sony A7III page
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Sony a7S III Lab Test by CineD: 12.800 native ISO, best rolling shutter performance ever tested, 13 stops true dynamic range

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Sony A7sIII preorder at Adorama. BHphoto. Amazon. FocusCamera. Fotokoch. Calumet DE. WexUK. Park UK.

CineD published their full Sony A7sIII lab test results:

The new Sony a7S III shows a mixed bag in the lab test. It shows by far the best rolling shutter result that we ever tested for a full frame camera – 8.7ms. Amazing.

In the dynamic range test at ISO 640 it has a solid 12.4 stops at SNR = 2, but not much more is there – maybe half a stop. It looks like Sony has a lot of internal noise reduction processing going on to squeeze out this result. Which for most users is fine – a great out of the box result! At ISO 16000 the results are really impressive: 11.9 stops (SNR = 2) are measured.

A Panasonic S5 for example shows 12.1 stops (SNR = 2) but a 13th and 14th stop are still there – similar to the Canon R5 in RAW filming mode. And the Sony FX9 has a 13th, 14th and even a hint of a 15th stop buried in the noise floor, although it shows only 11.5 stops at SNR = 2 – thats the reason why we always give you the full result that you can put things into perspective.

In the underexposure test, the Sony a7S III is hindered by strange, large patches of chroma noise artefacts – if you don’t want to have those the limit is reached at 3 stops of undereposure – rather similar to the Sony FX9 if you use the internal All-I codec.

For comparison the recently tested Panasonic S5 actually looks surprisingly good until 4 stops of underexposure, you could get away even with the 5 stops underexposed image. Mainly because the noise is very finely dispersed such that you can very effectively apply noise reduction in post production (and yes, please turn off the lens compensation for V-Log as our reader Cliff Totten has pointed out).

In any case, I want to remind everyone that the lab test is just one piece of the puzzle when comparing / making a judgement on cameras – overall the Sony a7S III packs a huge list of superb features in a very compact body.

Times are good for us filmmakers.

Chris Brockhurst just published his Sony A7sIII Thoughts after real world use:

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The Sony registered “WW638397” code may be for the new FX6 E-mount camcorder

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As you know last week Sony registered a new camera code in Asia: “WW638397”. I told you before that both the A7IV and the new A9III will be announced in 2021 only so this code cannot be for a new E-mount camera.

Today Nokishita confirmed that the “WW638397” code may be for the FX6 camcorder.

The rumored Sony product launch timeline: We will get one new FE lens in October/November, two new GM primes in early 2021 and a new A9III camera in early 2021

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Sony Tidbits…

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Trying out a new live set up with the Sony A7S III

Sony a7C sample gallery updated, with more shots from compact 28-60mm kit lens (Dpreview).
Sony Store Nagoya relocated and renewed in November (DC.watch).
Nisi S6 for the Sony 12-24 GM review at SonyAlphaBlog.
Sony ZV-1 – Review After the Hype (TheHybridShooter).
Power your Atomos Ninja V and A7iii (or any camera) from a portable charger (Chris Brockhurst)
Secure Portable Drives: Protect Your Data on the Go (Explora).
Best Camera System For Video: Ranking Each Company (Camera Conspiracies).
Sony A7R IV – Exposure, Aperture, Shutter Speed, Manual Mode, and Bulb Mode by SonyAlphaLab.

Personal photos and tests from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and 500px.

Join the new Sony Alpha Camera Facebook group.
To get news from our Forum subscribe that RSS feed.
I kindly invite you all to follow our RSS feed, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to not miss news and rumors

We have our own Facebook camera groups and pages you can join to discuss the upcoming new cameras in detail:
Sony A9 group and Sony A9 page.
Sony A7rIV group and Sony A7rIV page
Sony A7sIII group and Sony A7sIII page
Sony A7III group and Sony A7III page
Note: In groups you can post your own stuff like images, news and questions. While on pages you will read the specific camera news from SAR.

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Up to $300 off on Sigma, Tamron and Voigtlander lenses

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You now save up to $300 on lenses:

Tamron:
$50 off Tamron 20mm  f/2.8 at Adorama, FocusCamera and BHphoto.
$100 off Tamron 24mm  f/2.8 at Adorama, FocusCamera and BHphoto.
$50 off Tamron 35mm  f/2.8 at Adorama, FocusCamera and BHphoto.

Sigma:
$350 off Sigma 28mm f/1.4 at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
$100 off Sigma 35mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, FocusCamera, Amazon and Adorama.
$30 off 56mm f/1.4 (APS-C) at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon
$30 off 16mm f/1.4 (APS-C) at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon
$30 off 30mm f/1.4 (APS-C) at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.

Voigtlander:
$150 off Voigtlander 10mm f/5.6 FE at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$100 off Voigtlander 15mm Skopar at BHphoto.
$100 off Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4 FE at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
$200 off Voigtlander 35mm f/1.4 FE at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$100 off Voigtlander Color Skopar 21mm f/3.5 E-mount lens at Amazon and BHphoto.
$150 off Voigtlander 40mm f/1.2 FE at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$100 off Voigtlander 50mm f/1.2 FE at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 offVoigtlander 65mm f/2.0 FE at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
$100 off Voigtlander 110mm f/2.5 FE at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.

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