Sony Xperia 1II at BHphoto and FocusCamera. And you get the WF-1000XM3 Headphones for free!
Ted Forbes tested the camera features of the new Sony Xperia 1II. Like I said a couple of times…I think that kind f touchscreen interface should be implemented on Alpha cameras too:
Samyang 75mm f/1.8 FE lens is in Stock at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
Marc Alhadeff from SonyAlphaBlog concluded:
The Samyang 75mm F1.8 AF (440 euros) is an excellent lens for Sony A7 system. It is an unusual focal length but very practical on day to day. The lens is designed to get a maximum of performances in the smallest form factor possible
Everything is not perfect but the lens scores very well on all the main points : very good to excellent sharpness, very good color rendition, beautiful blurry background , good bokeh balls wide open & at F2.8 , efficient AF, small/light/cheap on a full frame mirrorless
It is also a very innovative lens for Sony E mout with a button that allow to either use the focusing ring to focs or as an Aperture ring without going to crazy price. An excellent idea and almost a reason for me to buy this lens
The lens will be perfect up to 42 Mpix , on the 61 Mpix although results are not top notch wide open (only very good) you need to close down to F2.5 to get excellent results. But this is similar to the Sony FE85mm F1.4 GM that cost 4 times more !
Shooting with this lens is a pleasure and overall it is an excellent value for moneyPros
Very good to excellent sharpness in the centre
Very Small and lightweight
Reasonable price
Large aperture
Possibility to switch the focusing ring into an aperture ring
Creamy background
Good Bokeh balls at F1.8 & F2.8
Very good color rendition
Very Good and silent AF
Unusual but very practical focal length
very low distorsion and reasonable vignetting wide open
Very good build qualityAverage
Corners sharpness wide open could be better, optimum only at F5.6
Resistance to flare good but not exceptional
Small level of CA
Bokeh Balls no more circular as of F4 (9 shaped)
Rare AF pumping in videoCons
No weather sealing
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Samyang AF 75mm f/1.8 FE review (Digitalcameraworld).
A Guide to Accessories for Newborn and Infant Photography (Explora).
Lenses for mirrorless: how Canon, Nikon, Panasonic and Sony full-frame options compare (Dpreview).
German test of the 70-180mm Tamron lens by Andy Grabo.
Tamron 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD Lens – Capturing Porch Photos by Ashly Deskins
Tips for Cleaning Your Lenses and Image Sensor (Explora).
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Today BH launched the Mega Deal Zone (Click here to see all deals).
The 30% discount on the newly announced Nik Collection 3 (Click here to see all details) will end soon:
The only reliable rumor we got so far tells us about a new FF camera that is “something new” and that it will be announced by end of August. What this camera might be I don’t know yet. So let’s keep rolling some wild rumors I got. One of our long time SAR readers heard this from a Sony manager:
In about a month Sony will announce “Sony A5 – new entry level full frame camera, small size and no EVF“.
If someone reading this post has any kind of proof to debunk or confirm this rumor please drop me a message using this anonymous contact box (use an nickname to be recognizable in the future) or drop me an email at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com. Thanks!
Venus Optics has two new ultra-wide-angle 9mm Laowa lenses in its lineup – Laowa 9mm f/5.6 which is the world’s widest rectilinear lens for full-frame cameras and Laowa 9mm T2.9 – a cine version of their 9mm f/2.8 lens for APS-C sensors. Both lenses are fully manual and they should start shipping in June.
