And now some more “serious” news about the new Loxia lens:
Zeiss LOXIA 21mm f/2.8 Sample Photos (ePhotozine).
Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Hands-on Photos (Photographyblog).
First impressions by Mirrorlessons.
Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Distagon Aperture Series: Bristlecone Sculpture on Slate Outcrop, Late Dusk (Diglloyd).
More A7sII tests:
Sony A7SII Profile Test: https://vimeo.com/143344079
Sony A7s mark II vs the A7s Frontallobbings.
Sneak Peek: A Pro’s Take on the New Sony Alpha7S II (Vimeo).
The Sony a7S II – hands on and comparison to a7R II (Hireacamera).
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Fstoppers posted a Sony A7R II vs Canon 5DS R vs Nikon D810 Camera Shootout (video above). The conclusion is that switching system for the A7rII is yet not recommended:
The Sony A7RII is a great camera. If you don’t already have a lot of money invested in a camera system and 2.8 lenses aren’t a necessity right now, the A7RII may be a fantastic choice. I just didn’t feel like the Sony was able to outperform the DSLR competitors in an area other than 4k video recording. That leads me to conclude that the A7RII isn’t actually better than the D810 or 5DSR, it’s just a really great smaller option.
Sony 14 bit RAW. First impressions (DearSusans).
PIX2015 – Sony Alpha 7R II Technology at the Sony Booth by Dpreview.
Color test @ daylight ACR RAW by Marcio Cabral.
Hello, new to forum Canon user looking at A7RII (SonyAlphaForum).
Minolta 28-135 F4-4.5 (Handshake) on A7Rii w/ LAEA4 (SonyAlphaForum).
SONY A7RII + SEL28135G 4K Birds at the Beach (Youtube).
Shooting family portraits with the Sony a7RII and Zeiss & Canon lenses (movetomirrorless).
A7rII review at Chromadic.
Ongoing reviews of Leica M mount lenses on SONY A7RM2 from 12 – 135 mm at German DSLRforum.
Dave: “Sony sent me an A7rII to try because I was considering dumping my Nikons and Fuji X T1 for their system. I used it on a big photo shoot up in Duluth, Superior, Bayfield and Northern Wisconsin. I loved the camera, but one deal breaking feature has stopped me from making the switch: the camera won’t shoot when writing to the card. So close to selling all my other gear, but that is a flaw I can’t live with. http://wisconsinbikefed.org/2015/10/09/testing-the-sony-a7rii-on-the-camba-and-coggs-trails/”
Marc Galer made that nice and simple Sony 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM II introduction video. It’s a great A-mount lens to use on your E-mount camera too!
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The PhotoPlus opened yesterday and the first Sony booth images and videos are being published on the web. A special mention goes to Emin Kuliyev who tried to shoot the new Mitakon 135mm f1.4 (3Kg!) with the Sony a7RII. See him on Youtube.
More reports:
What’s Happening at Sony and Samsung | Photo Plus Expo 2015 (Youtube).
Adorama Exclusive – PhotoPlus 2015: The Leica SL Camera (Youtube).
Adorama Exclusive – PhotoPlus 2015: Sony RX1R II, a7S II and a7R II (Youtube).
Adorama Exclusive – PhotoPlus 2015: Sony FS5 4K XDCAM Camera (Youtube).
What’s Happening at Sony and Samsung | Photo Plus Expo 2015 (Youtube).
Hands-On from the Mitakon booth with the 135/1.4 and 35mm f/0.95 for APS-C E-mount is now up on Admiring Light.
Hands-On with the Leica SL and Leica Q, including the 24-90 and 90-280mm lenses, with full size samples (Admiringlight).
Hands-On with the Sony RX1R II, Sony A7S II and Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8, including full size samples from the Loxia 21mm (Admiringlight).
Hands-On with the Fujifilm 35mm f/2 and 1.4x TC (Admiringlight).
By the way, the Leica SL has Panasonic’s V-LOG and very likely also Panasonic autofocus system and other know how. A FulL Frame Gh camera may be on the way and this could certainly become a real Sony competitor.
Sony A7r II – Buffer Test with compressed and uncompressed RAW
Sony A7rII firmware 2.0 is out (Download here for Windows or Mac). I checked the first tests done by the community and so far that’s what people noticed when shooting uncompressed RAW images:
1) You get 80+ megabyte files 2) Buffer size is much less (You can shoot around 10 frames of RAW until you reach the limit on a fast card). 3) Image quality difference is only visible in extreme conditions (when you push files at +5EV). Artifacts in high contrast situation are gone.
More test links:
Sony A7R II Uncompressed RAW with Adobe DNG Converter (Photographylife).
Sony a7r II uncompressed raw file support in Camera Raw and Lightroom (Adobe).
First impression by Ricky Ban.
Bulletproof Guide to firmware upgrade by Brian Smith.
First comment by Diglloyd.
Comments on SonyAlphaForum.
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