(SR5) Sony will soon announce a new High End E-mount camera!

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Today Sony registered a new camera with the code “WW942051” in Asia. We can pretty safely say this is a new High End E-mount camera because the camera features the same 5.8GHz Wifi first introduced with the A7rIV. So this camera must be one of these three:

  • Sony A7sIII
  • Sony A9II
  • Sony A6700

My very personal bet goes on the A6700. But that’s just my pure speculation.

Sony now has a total of three new cameras that will be announced in August/September. Two of them should be entry level cameras (could be RX or/and A5100 successor) and a High End camera:

1) A new low-mid level camera with 2.4GHz WiFi (code WW594724)
2) A new low-mid level camera with 2.4GHz WiFi (code WW642826)
3) New High End camera with 5.8GHz Wifi first introduced with the A7rIV (code WW942051).

There is an exciting time ahead and I am already receiving first info about a new announcement in August! Stay tuned folks!

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Dynamic range comparison: Fuji GFX100 versus the Sony A7rIII

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Photons To Photos measure the Dynamic Range of the new Fuji GFX100. As expected it has improved over the previous 50Mp Sony sensor. I do not think the new Sony A7rIV will do noticeably better than the A7rIII. Jim Kasson speculated that this will be indeed the case:

The  SNR in the deep-shadow end of the a7RIV will very slightly exceed that of the a7RIII. But even then, there will be no material difference between the two cameras in terms of shadow noise.
So, unless Sony has a trick up their corporate sleeve, the photographic dynamic range of the a7RIV is going to be about the same as the a7RIII.

Sony A7rIV and new accessories:
Sony A7rIV in USA/CA at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon, BuyDig, Henrys.
Sony A7rIV in EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK, Calumet NL.
Sony A7rIV in Asia at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.
Sony VG-C4EM grip in USA at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, ParkUK, WexUK.
ECM-B1M Digital Audio Shotgun Microphone at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.
XLR-K3M Mic at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.

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New Canon EOS-R will have more Megapixels than the new Sony A7rIV ?

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Sony A7rIV will ship in the USA from Sept 12 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.

CanonWatch reports about a new high-resolution EOS-R camera:

the upcoming EOS R will have a resolution “way beyond the Sony a7R IV“.

There are wild guesses that Sony launched the A7rIV earlier than expected because they knew Canon would launch a new High Resolution EOS-R camera in September/October. This is a wild guess but I know that Sony had rushed the launch of the previous A7rIII after Nikon had launched the D850.

Sony A7rIV and new accessories:
Sony A7rIV in USA/CA at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon, BuyDig, Henrys.
Sony A7rIV in EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK, Calumet NL.
Sony A7rIV in Asia at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.
Sony VG-C4EM grip in USA at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, ParkUK, WexUK.
ECM-B1M Digital Audio Shotgun Microphone at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.
XLR-K3M Mic at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.

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Sigma 35mm f/1.2 FE tested by Phillip Reeve: “this is an outstanding lens”

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Phillip Reeve is the first reviewer testing the new Sigma 35mm f/1.2 FE lens:

I did not spend that much time with the Sigma 35mm 1.2 Art yet but I already got the opportunity to shoot a full wedding with it (and I was using it as one of my two main lenses) and while I am usually very hesitant with my first impressions I can already tell you: this is an outstanding lens.

I think we all expected this to be a sharp lens, but neither did I expect it to be such a big improvement over its predecessor (especially being faster) nor did I expect it to be an improvement in terms of bokeh over the other fast Sigma lenses.

What I also really enjoy is how close it is in terms of handling to the Sony GM primes. Before we saw the first pictures of this lens I always argued “it may be good optically in the end, but I would surely miss the focus hold button and the aperture ring and I don’t think Sigma will include either”. Oh how wrong I was. Luckily.

Compared to the latest Canon f/1.2 mirrorless lenses I also cannot complain about the price, it seems to be justified in my opinion.

So the only disadvantages that remain are size and weight. At almost 1.1 kg this is a heavy lens. And it is a really big lens. Surely not one I would take on a hiking trip. But it was never Sigma’s intention to design a compact lens for hiking here. They wanted to design the best 35mm lens ever. And they weren’t satisfied with making it f/1.4, they made it f/1.2. And from what I have seen so far: they succeeded.

Also the japanese Fujia-blog tested the lens and says it has an impressive level of high quality!

All Sigma preorder links:
Sigma 35mm f/1.2 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.
Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.
Sigma 45mm f/2.8 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.

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Sony Tidbits…

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3 Reasons Why I Bought The Sony A7iii

Godox Introduces Round-Head V1 On-Camera Flash (Explora).
SmallRig Sony A6500/A6300/A6000 Cage & Handles review by Marc Alhadeff.
Sony announces Simple Live Streaming for HXR-NX80 & PXW-Z90 camcorders (Newsshooter).
A6400 video review by Haegreendal
Rokinon 85mm f/1.4 FE review at Enthusiastphotoblog.
Sony A9 new firmware update review by SLRclub.
DPReview TV Short: Deity Connect Wireless Microphone Review

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At last: Sony 24mm and 135mm GM will be in Stock in 1-2 weeks at BHphoto

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These two GM lenses are impossible to find in Stock in the USA. I asked around and BHphoto told me they will have the Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM in Stock next week. And the Sony 135mm f/1.8 GM will be in Stock in 2 weeks.

If you preorder them now you will get them :)

Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM at Bhphoto. Adorama. Amazon.
Sony FE 135mm f/1.8 GM at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.

New E-mount geat on preorder:

Sony A7rIV and new accessories:
Sony A7rIV in USA/CA at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon, BuyDig, Henrys.
Sony A7rIV in EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK, Calumet NL.
Sony A7rIV in Asia at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.
Sony VG-C4EM grip in USA at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, ParkUK, WexUK.
ECM-B1M Digital Audio Shotgun Microphone at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.
XLR-K3M Mic at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.

Sony RX100VII:
Sony RX100VII in the USA at BHphoto, Adorama, BuyDig and Amazon.
Sony RX100VII in EU at ParkcamerasUK, WexUK.

New Sony FE lenses:
Sony 200-600mm FE in USA at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Adorama and Henyrs.
Sony 600mm FE GM in USA at Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Adorama and Henyrs.
Sony 35mm f/1.8 FE USA/CA at Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BHphoto and Henrys.
Sony 200-600mm FE in Europe at Amazon DE. Calumet DE. Amazon UK. WexUK. ParkCameras. Amazon FR. Amazon IT. Amazon ES.
Sony 600mm FE GM in Europe at Calumet DE.WexUK. ParkCameras.
Sony 35mm f/1.8 FE in Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, WexUK, Calumet NL.
Sony 200-600mm FE in Asia at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.
Sony 600mm FE GM in Asia at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.

Sigma FE lenses:
Sigma 35mm f/1.2 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.
Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.
Sigma 45mm f/2.8 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.

Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 FE:
In the USA at BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig and Adorama.
In Europe it’s available at Amazon DE, Calumet DE, WexUK, Park UK, Amazon IT, Amazon FR, Amazon ES, CameraTools NL.

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