Hasselblad (Click here) just launched the new Stellar website. Not a lot to see there a part of the different variations. No price and not shipping info are avaiable.
And here is the image of the Hasselblad Lunar Germany tour flyer.
P.S.: Some thoughts about the Sony-Hasselblad partnership by SAR reader Sam at Samdcruzphotography.com.
The Sony Hack project is still in a very early stage of development but I hope they can achieve some of the goals met by the guys from Magic Lantern. With the latest update they were able to add two amazing new features on the 5DmarkIII:
1) By exploiting unused dual ISO amplifiers on a sensor chip in the Canon 5D Mark III and 7D, new firmware allows you to record lighter parts of a scene at ISO 100 and darker portions at ISO 1600.
2) RAW video recording has been added.
Full details about the ML project can be read add magiclantern.fm. I hope Sony will take notice of these advancements. RAW video recording is one of the feature they could push into the next generation cameras.
via Engadget.
Sony Exmor and Exmor R CMOS Camera Sensors Explained
12mm Touit tested on the NEX-7 at DearSusans.
New Loan and Try progam from Sony Singapore.
Sony 100mm F2.8 Macro text at Yodobashi.
YASUHARA MADOKA 180 Lens For NEX at Fotorelax.
“What Lenses Did I Actually Use?” (Blogarithms)
RX100MII test at Quesabesde.
Sigma 18-35mm lens test at LensTip.
Sony RX100 II review at Trustedreviews.
Sony SmartWatch 2 confirmed for September 9 launch (Electronista).
F5 and F55 firmware timeline at Sony Community.
4K Faq at Sony Blog.
RX100MII field test at DSLRmagazine.
Zeiss 50mm lens test at Mobile01.
Zeiss 32mm lens test at Fstoppers.
Zeiss 12mm lens test at SonyAlphaLab.
Sony Patent Reveals Plan to Start Tagging Photos with Vital Signs at PetaPixel.
The Indonesian First Lady uses the NEX-7 (Instagram).
A Lens Tube patent at by Sony (pdf file).
Watch this video made by the Wvil creator group. It shows you a concept camera that works just like the soon to come Sony version. I don’t know yet if Sony made an agreement with them to “acquire” their idea. Now I am very curious to see Sony’s real thing!
Crash – FS700 SLOG2 test from TobyLoc on Vimeo.
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There is a NEX camera only a very few here on SAR own. But it’s a camera that can do things no other NEX can do. It’s the NEX-FS700 camcorder. Toby Lockerbie had the chance to preview of the new firmware upgrade for the Sony FS-700 and you can read more about it at Redsharknews (Click here). In short he says that “ISO2000 now looks like ISO640”! Now that’s the kind of firmware upgrade we would love to see on all Sony cameras…Obviously without that 500 Euro extra to pay :)
UPDATE: Our reader Peter Prevec (Click here) did some tests on FS700 with the new 3.0 firmware last week. High ISO noise and S-LOG2 vs. CINE4.
From late July until mid August I will be on vacation to my girlfriends family in France. But bad for me (and good for you) this will be a very busy rumor time with plenty of leaks to come. But between one rumor and another I will try to get some rest and enjoy some time with my family and friends by tasting the mysterious red drink the Frenchman call “vin” :)
And I thought it could be an idea to schedule some articles written by SAR readers so that they can be posted on SAR while I am lying under the sun. So you feel free to send me your articles you want to be posted here at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com. Please send full text and pictures and the credit you want me to add. You are obviously allowed to link back to your personal blog and it may help some of you to become famous :)
So what kind of article are welcome on SAR? First of all want I don’t need are reviews of cameras and lenses that are already well know and out for a long time. I am more interested in real field work narrations (travel stories, fashion photography, extreme conditions reportages). I also like to read curious and funny stories. Small tips and tricks reports are also welcome. In short, stories that usually don’t get posted on classic photography review sites :)
One more idea to save me time: Use DealsRunner.com to submit the SOny deals you find on web. Doing so displays the deals on the right sidebar on SAR and you will help other readers to see and grab the deal. It works without my moderation..instantaneously!
This may turn out to be a good deal for us, I can get some couple of hours per day offline and you can promote yourself. Thanks you!
Andrea
sonyalpharumors@gmail.com
As you may know Fotodiox launched the Vizelex Cannon Nikon G to E-mount adapter which is in Stock at Amazon US (Click here). But from first testings at personal-view we know that the quality is inferior compared to the (more expensive) Metabones.
The company reacted on the critics and announced on Personal-View that they are working on a new version:
Thank you to everyone that bought the Light Cannon. Fotodiox Pro realizes there are issues with the optical quality of the results, and is working hard to fix the problem.
If you are unhappy with the Light Cannon you may return the merchandise for refund of the product cost or exchange, if the return is made within 14 days of receipt. Refunds will exclude any return shipping charges.
However, if you decide to keep this first generation product, you will have the opportunity to receive the Light Cannon Mark II for FREE, when it becomes available in 3 to 4 months. The Mark II will address the optical quality of the glass with an upgraded optical element. The optical element will be completely redesigned to correct the color shift and to keep sharp focus across the image. There will be two versions of the Mark II: 0.5x (created for full-frame lens to open the aperture up 2 extra stops) and 0.7x (created for APS-C Sensors which will open the aperture up 1 more stop). As a Fotodiox Pro customer that tried our first version of the Light Cannon you will get your choice between the two. With the higher quality optics, the Mark II will retail around $199.95, but the optical quality will be better. In order to get the free Mark II, please contact info@fotodiox.com to request the code for a free Light Cannon Mark II when it becomes available for purchase. Please include your name, email, what website you ordered from, and your order number so we can reference your order. Thank you for your continued support for Fotodiox Pro.
More adapter news:
The High Quality (and more expensive) Metabones Speed Booster are now for sale via BHphoto too. And next month the new A to E-mount Speed Booster will be released!
Like the Vizelex also Chinese companies are selling a cheaper Speed Booster clone named “Lens Turbo”:
[shoplink 18692 ebay]Pentax K (here one Bay)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 22693 ebay]Minolta MD/MC (here one Bay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 18694 ebay]Contax C/Y (here one Bay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 18695 ebay]M42 (here one Bay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 18696 ebay]Canon FD (out of stock out) (here one Bay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 18697 ebay]Nikon Ai-s (out of stock out) (here one Bay)[/shoplink].
Leica R will be released on 1st or 2nd week of July. Save this search in Slidoo to get notified when there will be an auction.
