The “old” style looking new Ultron lens.

Two small news about new Voigtländer M-mount lenses you can use on Sony E-mount cameras with an adapter:

1) Fotocommunity unveiled the pricing/shipment of the new Ultron 35mm f/1.7 lens. It will cost 1.000 Euro and ship in May. The lens is M-mount but has been “optimized” to be used on digital cameras.

2) The Sony FE optimized Heliar 15mm f/4.5 lens will ship from early April at [shoplink 34591 ebay]Fotomundus Germany (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 34590 ebay]Shenikon Hong Kong (Click here)[/shoplink]. A review of the lens on the Sony can be seen here on SAR.

Thanks Martin for finding and sharing the news.

Sergey Kuznetsov‎
The land before time. Iceland.
Sony Nex-7 + SEL1855.

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A7II with Torii Koubou case and a [shoplink 34385 ebay]Helios 53mm f/1.8 lens (here on eBay)[/shoplink].

The Japanese company Torii Koubou just announced their new Sony A7II Ever Ready case. It is really a sexy looking accessory with one main drawback. It costs $350(!) and it’s for sale in Japan only. That means most of us will have to be happy with those still very nice A7II Gariz cases sold in [shoplink 32354 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 32396 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink],  [shoplink 32355 ebay]Orange (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 32356 ebay]Camel (Click here)[/shoplink].

All images via Torii Koubou and DC.watch.

USA/Canada A7II links:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for $1,698 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore and Sony Store Canada.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for $1,998 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II Lens for $1,148 at BHphoto.

EU A7II links:
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for 1.799 Euro at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Jessops UK, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Spain, Sony Austria, Sony Switzerland, Sony Netherland, Sony Belgium, Sony Portugal, Sony Sweden, Sony Finland, Sony Norway.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for 2.099 Euro at Amazon Germany, Wex UK, Jessops UK, Verkkokauppa.

Asian/Australia A7II link:
Sony A7II at Sony Store Australia, Digitalrev and Amazon Japan.

Chasing Aurora with the A7s

Why I don`t use DSLR cameras (Enrique Pacheco).
Should we really hate Sony ? (Dear Susan).
We pair the new Sony 35mm f/1.4 FE Zeiss Distagon with the A7 II for an initial gallery sampling (Imaging Resource).
The Sony A7 MkII ILCE-7M2 Review – Hand Held Video (Soundimagesplus).
Zeiss 50mm f2 Loxia review at ThePhoBlographer.
Sony A7r with the Canon 11-24mm f4 : Ultra-wide angle on a high megapixel setup (Josselin Cornou).
Sony A7m2 with Samyang 14mm f2.8 (SonyAlphaForum).

Vytas: “Some news for Sony A7 owners – proof positive that it is definitely worthwhile to upgrade to A7II if you are a night shooter. The two photographs below were taken of the same scene, lens, aperture, iso, etc. The first one was with an A7 and shows the nasty green goblins of flare, whereas the second one with an A7II is perfectly clear! All my night photos are flawless now, and while the A7II has the same sensor as the A7, the A7II has nevertheless definitely improved the overall quality of my photographs through better AF and IBIS.
A7 Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/72914878@N04/15852608288/
A7II Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/72914878@N04/16037278864/”

Boon: “I’ve recently posted about the Sony A6000 and images of my Yorkshire terrier running in the field and of a Red Kite bird-in-flight with the Sony A6000 and FE 70-200mm lens.
http://myphotojourney.co.uk/rosie-in-the-park-sony-a6000/ And http://myphotojourney.co.uk/bird-in-flight-kite/“

The German Journalist Martin Vieten got had a meeting with Sony Germany. And they confirmed to him that “there will be many new fast primes” and “One of the new fast primes should be a portrait lens (around 90mm).” My guess is that most of these primes will be announced by end 2015 but available from early 2016 only. What lens do you hope to get? My wishlist: 24mm f/1.4, 85 f/1.4 and 135mm f/2.0.

All new FE lens preorder links:
In USA at:
Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 FE at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony US.
Sony 90mm f/2.8 FE at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony US.
Sony 24-240mm FE at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony US.
Sony 28mm f/2.0 FE at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony US.
Sony Fisheye Conversion Lens for FE 28mm F/2 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony Ultra-Wide Conversion Lens for FE 28mm F/2 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony Fisheye Converter for E 16mm F/2.8 and E 20mm F/2.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony Ultra-Wide Converter for E 16mm F2.8 and E 20mm F2.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
In Europe at:
Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 FE at Sony Germany, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, FI, NO, PT.
Sony 90mm f/2.8 FE at Sony Germany, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, FI, NO, PT.
Sony 24-240mm FE at Sony Germany, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, FI, NO, PT.
Sony 28mm f/2.0 FE at Sony Germany, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, FI, NO, PT.
Wide Angle converter at Sony Germany, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, FI, NO, PT.
Fisheye converter at Sony Germany, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, FI, NO, PT.
Wide angle converter for 16 and 20mm lenses at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, FI, NO, PT.
Fisheye converter for 16 and 20mm lenses at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, FI, NO, PT.
In Asia/Australia at:
Sony 24-240mm FE lens at Digitalrev, CameraPRO, Sony Australia.
Sony 28mm FE lens at Digitalrev, Sony Australia.
Sony 90mm FE lens at Digitalrev, Sony Australia.
Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 FE lens at Digitalrev, Sony Australia.
Wide angle converter for 16 and 20mm lenses at Digitalrev, Sony Australia.
Fisheye converter for 16 and 20mm lenses at Digitalrev, Sony Australia.

What’s in your kit bag with Matt Allard ACS from RØDE Microphones on Vimeo.

What is in your bag (Newsshooter).
The Jesus of Low light Cameras, a Sony A7s Review (Bitt-N).
Manual lenses on the Sony a7 – A beginners guide (Philip Reeve).
A7R with Canon 17mm TS-E tilt/shift and Metabones adapter Mark III (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony NEX5 IR converted (hyryz)
Sony FDR-AX33 4K Camcorder 2015 Unboxing and First Look (Youtube).
10 Reasons To Switch From A DSLR To A Mirrorless System (With examples: Nikon vs Sony) at iLoveHatePhoto.
Lightroom and Photoshop Creative Skills (Youtube).
Short test with the 1957 Jupiter-9 85mm f/2 (SonyAlphaForum).

Anonymous: “Very great video from the comet lovejoy in January 2015, with the a7s in real time! I think not one other camera can film it in real time video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lix4Zym-_HQ. Here a video from a Canon camera for comparison. The camera need 40 sec.!! shutter to film it….. its therefore only a timelapse possible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RshNt4a5UQ”

Walter: “I got an A7s, and I’m a videomaker. I override the 30 minutes time limitation of recordings thanks to InfiniREC. It’s an IR remote control that makes one and only simple thing: press rec and stop and rec again and stop again and rec again… and again… and again… for you. EVERY 29.30 minutes! So, no more forgetting to press rec and just 2-3 seconds of break time between recordings. It’s a small package, patchable to the camera. It’s also customizable (how much often and time between recordings). Since I didnt read about it around and everyone is complaining about this limitation… Here is the solution and I would like to tell you, if you do not know about it.“