Metabones announced the new PL to E-mount adapter. Key features:
found via MirrorlessRumors.
On left the Loxia 35mm corner at f/2.0. On right the [shoplink 9808 ebay]ZM[/shoplink] at f/2.0 (Image 3D-Kraft)
Last week 3D-Kraft proved for the first time the Zeiss Loxia are not just modified ZM lenses. These deliver indeed a major image quality jump forward. A “source” now told me the following:
I spoke to one of the (Zeiss Loxia) designers who confirmed that it needed to be designed specially for the A-7, which presents problems for lens manufacturers due to the glass layer over the sensor.
Great to hear that!
Zeiss Loxia preorders:
Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Lens for Sony E Mount at BHphoto, Adorama., WexUK, CameraPro.
Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* Lens for Sony E Mount at BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK, CameraPro.
Zeiss Lens Hood for Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss Lens Hood for Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* Lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss 52mm Front Lens Cap for Touit and Loxia Lenses at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss De-Click Key for Loxia Lenses (5-Piece Set) at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss Rear Lens Cap for Loxia E-Mount Lenses at BHphoto and Adorama.
Mr Aoki from Sony (Image courtesy: Quesabesde)
Quesabesde interviewed Mr. Aoki from Sony and these are the highlights of the interview:
1) Sony said they are developing many important new cameras but the announcement time didn’t fit with this year Photokina.
2) Sony decided to focus on lens announcement first because there was an urgent demand for it.
3) Our main efforts go to Full Frame E-mount cameras but there will obviously new APS-C E-mount cameras and lenses in future.
4) When asked about a possible medium format camera or A7 with high megapixel count Sony said they cannot comment on future products but confirmed they are working on “Innovative” products.
5) Aoki also confirmed they are developing the SLT tech. But he didn’t unveil any info about future products (of course).
6) Finally a confirmation: The “perfume-selfie” KW1 camera (here at Sony Hong Kong) has a curved sensor!
The fact the KW1 has a curved sensors confirmes also that our sources were right. And the same sources said the curved sensor FulL Frame RX is coming…so let’ see how soon this one will become true!
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Sony released the new Light Trail App (Click here). It captures light trails from fireworks or the headlights of moving cars in a single magical photo. You can see how this works on the video on top. Sony also update the Time-Laps APP.
ILCE-QX1 series Set-up Video Tutorial (For iPhone)
Sony just posted those official setup video tutorials. On top you see the QX1 tutorial for iPhone owners. More tutorials can be seen here:
ILCE-QX1 series Set-up Video Tutorial (For Android)
DSC-QX30 Set-up Video Tutorial (For iPhone)
DSC-QX30 Set-up Video Tutorial (For Android)
PlayMemories MobileTM (Ver5.0) Video tutorial for operations
QX1-QX30 store links
E-mount QX1 in USA at Amazon (Click here), SonyStore US (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), FocusCamera (Click here).
E-mount QX1 in Europe at Sony DE, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony ES, Sony IT, Sony NL, Sony NO, Sony BE, Sony PT, Sony SE, Sony FI.
E-mount QX1 in Asia at Digitalrev (Click here).
QX30 in USA at Amazon (Click here), SonyStore US (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), FocusCamera (Click here).
QX30 in Asia at Digitalrev (Click here).
Carl Zeiss 35mm F2.8 Lens Review by John Sison.
Sony is one of the 20 coolest brand in UK (TheGuardian).
How To apply Sony creative Styles in Lightroom by Brian Smith.
Kipon HandeVision IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 Hands-On Preview (ePhotozine).
Speedmaster 50mm 0.95 FE review at Coolframe.
Olympus v. Fuji v. Sony – Camera Shoot-out – Part 5 – Final Thoughts by JoshMcLeod.
Sony A77 II Shooter’s Report Part I (Imaging Resource).
Konica Auto S3 rangefinder with NEX-5 sensor inside at Frankencamera.
Leica T+35mmf2 and Leica MP+35mm Summilux vs Sony A7R+35mmf2.8 Zeiss at Thevisualexperience.
Boon: “I’ve just posted on Waddesdon Manor today. Infrared images shot with Sony NEX-3. http://myphotojourney.co.uk/waddesdon-manor/“
Many months ago I reported how Sony was developing a Full Frame monochrome sensor. Interesting enough Nikon just announced a new DS-Qi2 monochrome camera for microscope use. It has a 16.2 Megapixel Full Frame monochrome sensor “that features high pixel density, high sensitivity and low noise, making it an excellent choice for applications in quantitative fluorescence imaging.“. As you know “most” of the Nikon FF sensors are made by Sony so is that one a Sony FF too?
I hope we will get such kind of sensor on a real RX(?) camera soon!
Here are the sensor details:
