I got the impression the new Loxia 85mm lens didn’t get a love here on the SAR community. And I guess the main issue is the high price ($1,399 at BHphoto and Adorama). That said the lens promises to deliver a stellar performance.
A99II image via Digitalrev Digitalrev published their Sony A99II first impression review: It is indeed smaller than the first A99 (8% to be exact), and so close in size to the a77 II that Sony can even use the same battery grip for both cameras.
Reminder: You can now preorder the new Sony A99II camera at BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and Amazon (Click here). In Europe preorder is available at Calumet Germany (Click here) and WexUK (Click here).
Reminder: The camera will be available for today at 11am New York time at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). – Thanks Patrick for the video! The post Video shows quick overview of the new A99II menu and burst rate speed appeared first on sonyalpharumors.
Matt Granger posted the first hands-on video with the new Sony 50mm FE macro lens. The lens will start to ship worldwide next week and can be preordered in USA at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon and FocusCamera.
Newsshooter at Photokina 2016: Canon 5D mkIV beater? full featured Sony a99 II shoots 4K from Dan Chung on Vimeo. Future Sony A99II owners are going to love the first impression review just posted by Newsshooter: 1) The a99 II has all the same gammas and audio options as the a7R II, but with the […]
Photokina opened his doors today and plenty of bloggers and SAR readers are sending us their hands-on reports and impressions. This post will be continually updated with new informations. Photokina A99II newsfeed: Hands-on with Sony a99 II at Dpreview.
The camera will be available for preorder tomorrow (September 21) at 11am New York time at BHphoto (Click here).
You can now preorder the new Zeiss Loxia 85mm FE lens at BHphoto (Click here). Zeiss also published a full Image Gallery shot with the new Loxia 85mm lens on Flickr (Click here). The leaflet with the full technical details can be downloaded at Zeiss (Click here).
To read all details and see the MTF graph and optical design of the new Sony 18-110mm f/4. 0 OSS PZ E-mount lens click over at Sony UK. And here are two hands-on reports from Cinema5D and Newsshooter: Hands On With Sony 18-110mm F/4 from cinema5D on Vimeo.
The following is a guest post from Andrew Mohrer (Andrew-mohrer.squarespace.com). To write a guest post on SAR follow the instruction on that page. My time with the Carl Zeiss Loxia 21mm & Batis 18mm Before we get started I want to thank everyone for checking out my new website! I’m happy to finally have this […] The post My time with the Carl Zeiss Loxia 21mm & Batis 18mm by Andrew Mohrer appeared first on sonyalpharumors.
DxOmark published the full Sony 85mm GM lens test. And it says the lens has an “Otus-level image quality”: After the somewhat mixed results for the Sony FE 24-70mm f2. 8 GM on the A7R, the second lens in the company’s new GM series, the FE 85mm f1.
The following is a guest post from Phil Rudin (http://www. uwpmag. com/). To write a guest post on SAR follow the instruction on that page. Zeiss Batis 18 Mm F/2. 8 & Zen DP-200 Dome review by Phil Rudin Zeiss the company founded by Carl Zeiss in the mid 1800s’ is among the most renowned of lens manufacturers.
From the presentation text: Photographer Joe Brady explores the next biggest thing for Sony shooters, Elinchrom’s new EL Skyport Plus HS system with Hi-Sync capability. This system allows you to shoot studio and portable strobes with shutter speeds up to 1/8000th of a second.
This is a guest post from Dierk Topp: Cheap solution for Long Time Exposures with Sony NEX and Alpha cameras beyond 30 seconds A few weeks ago I noticed a very special phenomena. When I left our house for a few minutes of fresh air at about 11 PM I noticed incredible flashes in the […] The post A cheap solution for Long Time Exposures with Sony NEX and Alpha cameras beyond 30 seconds (Dierk Topp) appeared first on sonyalpharumors.
vs vs (via CameraSize and PCH) The following article is a Guest Post from Johnny Perkka. To write a guest post on SAR follow the instruction on that page. Additional Editor’s note: This isn’t a fair comparison because you should compare lenses with the exact same focal length and aperture.
Should you go for the new excellent Zeiss Planas 50mm f/1. 4 FE lens or for the much cheaper but still very good new Rokinon 50mm f/1. 4 FE lens? Max Yuryev compared both and he is really impressed by the Rokinon which he says 90% as good as the Zeiss.
Sony G Master 70-200 Hands On Review For Shooting Video. Sony informed the dealers that they expect to ship a new Stock of 70-200mm GM lenses “sometimes in September”. I guess it’s more likely this means by “end of September” otherwise they would have a more precise shipping info.
The following article is a Guest Post by Steve Lawlors. To write a guest post on SAR follow the instruction on that page. —— I have done a study of travel tripods in search of a suitable yet lighter one than the Promaster X525 at 1.