I think you should take a close look at the new Sigma BF camera (here at BHphoto). The main reason is that it has a radically minimalist design, which I personally really like! Here is some important information:

• carved from a single block of aluminum
• minimalist controls
• 230 GB of internal memory
• No EVF, no SD slot, no HDmi, no IBIS and NO to a lot of things you usually have on a camera!
• Sigma BF Stands for ‘Beautiful Foolishness’

From a technical perspective, this really is a ‘boring’ camera, but the novelty here is the radical new design and user interface. I would love to see Sony produce a ZV or RX FF camera with such high build quality and a simplified, solid button layout. I’m seriously considering buying the WHITE model :)

Here you can see images of the Aluminum block used to carve out the new BF camera:

The I lens series has been redesigned to match the new BF camera style:

Hands-on images with the new BF:

And here a size comparison with the older FP model:

Preorders:
300-600mm lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
16-300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
Full press release on Explora

Preorders:
300-600mm lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
16-300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
Full press release on Explora

via Gordon Laing and via PetaPixel

Preorders:
300-600mm lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
16-300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
Full press release on Explora

If you search on youtube for cameras like the Sony A7rVI, Sony A7V, Sony FX3II and so on, you will find a large number of ‘rumor’ videos. Over the past few months, readers have often pointed these videos out to me and some of them believed that they were real rumors.

But they are all AI generated videos!!!

There’s software that basically uses tools like CHATGPT to create a scripted text for a YouTube video, and then uses AI tools for image and video generation that create images based on that scripted text. In fact, most of the text in these videos is scraped from my websites, and then they add a few fantasy ideas to grab your attention. I hope that Youtube will soon crack down on AI-generated videos. Some of these videos have more views than my real rumor videos on Youtube :(

In general, I’m surprised at how many people fall for these IA pictures and videos. On many social networks like Facebook, IG and TikTok, I see hundreds of thousands of likes for such content and most people believe it’s real!

It’s a crazy world we live in… I almost think it’s time to go live on a mountain with my dog…. ah, sorry… I don’t have a dog… it’s just a dog created by AI!

Chipfancier has launched three new VPG400 Type A cards with very low price:

• 1TB card for $439 at Amazon.
• 512GB card for $239 at Amazon.
• 256Gb card for $139 at Amazon.

If you want to pay even less your best option is the VGP200 certified cards from OWC: The 480GB card sells for $159 only at BHphoto and Amazon.

Reminder: Sony has launched new savings you can find on this special BHphoto page (Click here)

Sony Camera deals:

• $500 off on the Sony A1 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $300 off on the Sony A7IV at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $400 off on the Sony A7rV at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $300 off on the Sony A7sIII at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $400 off on the Sony A7III at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $300 off on the ZV-E1 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $200 off on the Sony A6600 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $150 off on the Sony A6400 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.

Sony Lens deals:

• $100 off on the 12-24mm GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 100-400mm GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 50mm f/1.2 GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 200-600mm G at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 70-200mm GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama
• $100 off on the 24-70mm GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama
• $100 off on the 14mm f/1.8 GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 35mm f/1.4 GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 16-55mm F2.8 G at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 24mm f/1.4 GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 50mm F/1.4 GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 70-300mm at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama
• $100 off on the 16-35mm f/4.0 PZ at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 24-105mm G at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 90mm macro at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 20-70mm at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 24-240mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 20mm f/1.8 G at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 10-20mm PZ at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 15mm f/1.4 G at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 20mm f/1.8 G at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 10-20mm PZ at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 15mm f/1.4 G at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.

Tamron issued a firmware update for the 35-150mm FE lens: tamron.com/global/consumer/support/download/firmware/a058/sony_e/. Here are the benefits:

• Improved AF performance during zooming
• With α9 III, when its focus mode is set to AF-S, DMF, or MF, it will support continuous shooting at up to approximately 120 frames per second
  * Update can be done with TAMRON Lens Utility™.

But as noticed by PetaPixel:

While yes, the Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 is now able to shoot at 120 frames per second on the Sony a9 III, it can only do so in AF-S, DMF, or MF focus drive modes. The lens remains capped at the 15 fps rate when using AF-C, as is typical with third-party lenses used on Sony mirrorless cameras.