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).

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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!!!!

PlayMemories Camera Apps “Smooth Reflection”

Best primes for the A5000 (DxOmark).
IBELUX 40mm f0.85 lens first seen in flesh at Newsshooter.
Making compact technical camera for A7/A7r at Chiek.co.kr. youtube http://youtu.be/YdYB3BWE08c
Quick test of A6000 with Zeiss lenses (in Swedish) at Fotosidan.
A7r RAW is not all that raw. The full discussion is at Dpreview forum.
Zeiss is having a Touit photo contest, 1st prize is a free touit (including the new 50mm)… “One year of Touit – show us your best image!” http://blogs.zeiss.com/photo/en/?p=4948

Alex: “Now I did something new. Again with the A7R + 50 Summilux 1.4 ASPH FLE I had an event at a bar where people had the chance to get a professional portrait. The best pictures I posted on my new Facebook page: Faces. All of them where shot at 1.4 or 1.8 and the difficulty was to get the people motivated while try to stay on focus because only a slight movement of few millimeters was enough to get the whole picture blurry. The challenge was also to not get one guy shot right but 12 on the same evening. I was very happy that I could hold my promise and every one got one really nice and professional portrait :)
So even though I wished I had autofocus it’s also possible to shoot manual if you try hard enough.”

James: “Sony HK has brought their pro camera support program online. I hope we get this in the US soon.”

Andres: “Not a rumour, but some findings about A6000:s PDAF system. It does not work with all lenses, and I guess it depends on what kind of focus motor is used. Here are the findings with the lenses I’ve tested:
Sigma 19mm f/2.8 – does not work
Sony 18-55/3.5-5.6 (old kit zoom) – does not work
Zeiss 24mm f/2.8 – works
Zeiss 16-70 mm f/4 – works
Sony 35mm f/1.8 – works
Sony 50mm f/1.8 – does not work
Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8 – works
Kinda dissapointing since the 50/1.8 is one of my favourites, and I was looking forward to fast AF performance with that lens :(” SAR answer: Tried to perform the firmware upgrade??? :)

Michael: “Know you´re busy with the a77 stuff. But found this in a forum, and thought it was funny and a nice little feature (had in my powerzoom Canon years ago) that nobody talks about. I mentioned it to you some weeks ago: in a video it seemed as if the a6000 in fact allows you to take a still-picture while video-recording. Apparantly it does :)“