Alsong the A77II, A7s and RX100M3 Japan presentation Sony also confirmed the launch of the new Zeiss 16-35mm f/4.0 OSS FE lens (Source: DC.watch). Still weird that the lens hasn’t been announced in other countries too (a part of Germany).

There is no info about the pricing and final release of the lens although I have been told price will be on the same range of the Zeiss 24-70mm FE lens. Price check in USA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. And in Europe at Sony DE, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, SE, PT (Click on country name to see the lens site).

Sony Japan also showed that image of the 28-135mm G OSS PZ zoom prototype (price unknown). And here is the question:

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A7s and RX100M3 Preorders:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here), Sony Canada.
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here).
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT.
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan.
Sony A7s EU pages (no preorder yet): Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE, FI, PL.

A77II Preorders:
Sony A77II body in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77II with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77II body in Europe at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, PT, NO, SE, FI.

SonyAlphaRumors support note: If you use these store links to preorder the camera I will earn a small commission that will help me to cover the cots and if preorders are high also reward me a bit for the daily work I do on SAR. Thanks for your help guys!!!!

Sony A77II focus points dancing around :)

A6000 review at Engadget.
A6000 review at ePhotozine.
Sony’s Full-Frame Warpath (Diglloyd)
What *is* it with the Sony A6000? (Imaging Resource).
Thoughts on Panasonic GH4 and GH4 Video Quality vs Sony A7s (Diglloyd)
Sony FE 70-200mm test at Yodobashi.
18-105mm F4 G OSS at DCfever.
YONGNUO Smart Adapter from Canon EF to Sony E-mount on [shoplink 26620 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
A6000 review at Cnet.
Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8 Planar on Sony A7R: Usable Full-Frame Area (Diglloyd).

Christian: “I just completed a lengthy comparison of the Sony E-Mount zoom lenses for APSC bodies such as the 5N and A6000.
Pixel-peepers can download those comparisons or just read the conclusions here: http://luxorphotoart.blogspot.de/2014/05/pixep-peeping-comprehensive-zoom-lens.html Maybe this is of interest of other SAR readers who still wonder what to expect from those lenses?“

You can download the latest Sony financial report at http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/. But here are some key info:

Sony is still writing red numbers and the forecast for 2014 still doesn’t look good. That said the Imaging Division is doing good. The overall sales decreased 2.0% year-on-year but Sony managed to increase the net income which is writing black numbers. Sony says:

This decrease was primarily due to a significant decrease in unit sales of compact digital cameras and video cameras reflecting a contraction of these markets, partially offset by the favorable impact of foreign exchange rates during the current fiscal year. And sales increased primarily due to the favorable impact of foreign exchange rates as well as an increase in unit sales of interchangeable single-lens cameras.

So overall the Imaging business is doing fine and that’s good to know because it means Sony will keep pushing on it. Also important to note is that their System cameras are selling fine! Now let’s hope the company as a whole will recover soon too!

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A7s and RX100M3 Preorders:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here), Sony Canada.
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here).
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT.
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan.
Sony A7s EU pages (no preorder yet): Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE, FI, PL.

A77II Preorders:
Sony A77II body in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77II with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77II body in Europe at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, PT, NO, SE, FI.

SonyAlphaRumors support note: If you use these store links to preorder the camera I will earn a small commission that will help me to cover the cots and if preorders are high also reward me a bit for the daily work I do on SAR. Thanks for your help guys!!!!

Keyvan Varashk
Sony A7, Vivitar 90mm 2.8 Minolta MD Mount, Tripod
www.absolutminimum.tumblr.com

Time to catch up with some of the best SAR readers pictures posted this week on the SAR Facebook wall (Click here).

It’s finally here! The RX100M3! And the good news is that the A7s got a price too:

Preorders:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here), Sony Canada.
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here).
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT.
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan.
Sony A7s EU pages (no preorder yet): Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE, FI, PL.
By using these preorder links for your preorder you will support SAR! Thanks!

Previews, Hands-on and Tests:
First impression by Dpreview, Hands-on pics at Photogrpaphyblog, Hands-on at ePhotozine, Official RX100M3 Sony.net site. First impression at Trustedreviews.

Videos:

Image samples:
Sony.net.

Official Press Release:
A7s pricing info at Engadget, Dpreview, Imaging Resource.
Dpreview, ThePhoBlographer, Imaging Resource, Cameras.Reviewed, Photographyblog, ePhotozine, Engadget, DSLRmagazine (Spanish), TheVerge, Photoscala (German), Quesabesde (Spanish), Focus Numerique (French), DC.watch (Japanese).

Poll:

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Preorders:
Sony A7s preorder in USA at Amazon US (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here).
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here).
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT.
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan.

SonyAlphaRumors support note:If you use these store links to preorder the camera I will earn a small commission that will help me to cover the cots and if preorders are high also reward me a bit for the daily work I do on SAR. Thanks for your help guys!!!!