New 7Artisans 85mm F/1.8 autofocus Full Frame E-mount lens will be announced on July 5th

Chinese manufacturers are extremely busy launching one autofocus E-mount lens after another! On July 5 7Artisans will launch their third autofocus E-mount lens: The 85mm F/1.8 FE.

  • Announcement: July 5th 18:30 (Peking time)
  • 7Artisans AF 85mm F1.8
  • Fullsize
  • Sony E-mount
  • AF
  • Aperture ring F1.8-F6
  • AF/MF switch
  • AFL button

Here are the links to their other two existing autofocus E-mount lenses:

via Asobinet

Blackmagic taunts Adobe and promises no “AI training” will be ever done on your media

Blackmagic updated their Cloud Login page with this note about “No AI training”:

We acknowledge that you own your uploaded media. Blackmagic Cloud is not a trick to access your media for AI training. Your media is private and won’t be used to train AI. So you can work with security, knowing your ideas won’t leak publicly via AI.

Game Set Match for Blackmagic against Adobe!

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via Diyphotography Tip by Hugh Brownstone Thanks!

Sony FX6 finally gets the firmware Update Ver. 5.01

As you know Sony first released than pulled off the Version 5.0 because of a bug. Now they released the 5.01 version that fixes everything:

Benefits and Improvements

Notes:

  • For customers using the Content Browser Mobile app:
    • After the update, you will not be able to use the monitoring function in the Content Browser Mobile app.
    • Please install the Monitor & Control app (Ver. 2.0 or later) to continue using this feature after the update.
  • Fixes an issue where, after updating the system software to Ver. 5.00, the audio from CH2 changes unintentionally when turning the power ON while the INPUT2 (audio input 2) switch is set to LINE.
    • We apologize for the inconvenience

This update also includes the following benefits from Ver. 5.00:

  • Adds support for the new preset 709tone Base Look
  • Adds a 1.5x De-Squeeze setting for both the viewfinder and HDMI output
  • Adds support for the Monitor & Control app, including:
    • Waveform and histogram displays
    • False-color and Focus Map displays
    • Monitoring at 1024×576 resolution

    Note: Please update the Monitor & Control app to the latest version (Ver. 2.0 or later) to continue using this feature after the update.

  • Adds support for the Area Indication setting when using the Multi Matrix correction feature
  • Improves the image quality when using 3D LUT software
  • Adds 23.98PsF (progressive segmented frame) support for SDI output
  • Adds support lenses (SEL100400GM, SEL200600G) for the Breathing Compensation function
  • Adds the ability to use the multi-selector to choose the focus target for the real-time tracking auto focus feature
  • Adds the following settings:
    • Format Media A or B setting on the Media status screen
    • Wireless LAN, Wired LAN, or Modem setting on the Network status screen
  • Improves the adjustment range of the Matrix/Multi Matrix settings when the Base Look is set to between User1 and User16, and when Target Display is set to HDR (HLG)
    Note: The effect on the setting values is different from Ver. 4.0 or earlier. If you are using the Matrix or Multi Matrix settings, please readjust the range.

Note: Refer to the Manual for additional details on all updated functions.

Reminder: Sony Europe cashback launched with up to 500€ off on Sony gear

Sony has launched a massive cashback action in Europe! check out those special pages at FotoErhardt, Fotokoch, Calumet, WexUK, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES (Note: Amazon stores don’t display the cashback info you will have to get here: https://www.sony.de/cashback/sommer).

Some special deal mentions:

There arena ton of new coupon rebates at Amazon Germany:

There are similar deals in other Amazon stores like Amazon UK (on this page), Amazon Italy (on this page), Amazon France (on this page).

You save up to 300€ on Tamron lenses at Amazon Europe, FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, Calumet, WexUk.

Sony Tidbits…

Jay (video on top):

We went to Tahiti last month and took surfing video of the GOAT (Kelly Slater) with this set up:
Sony A1
70-200mm GMII
1.4 TC
Shot in 120 FPS.The video is getting a lot of views (around 13K views as of now).

I hope you’ll feature the versatility of this camera/lens combination in your website.

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Will there be a Tamron 180-600mm f/5,6-6,3 FE lens?

Here is a curious story first reported on Nikoneye:

A newly published Tamron patent confirms the Nikkor Z 180-600mm f/5,6-6,3 VR lens is actually a Tamron design. The following image shows the optical design from the patent compared with the official design of the Nikon:

We all know Sony has 14.80% share in Tamron and we know Tamron has no problem making such lenses for different mounts. The question therefore is…will Tamron also make an E-mount version of this lens? Keep in mind there is already a Tamron 150-500mm f/5-6.7 FE lens…would you need a 180-600mm FE?