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Sony FE 20mm f1.8 G Hands-on Review

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“I’ve made 4 videos about my sony exchange experience maybe someone would find it useful when they decide to change system.
If you are interested to be posted on the website would be awesome.
https://youtu.be/HbXJcNUD59s Dynamic range
https://youtu.be/BkTnTAI_Gv0 A anti flicker issue with the sony
https://youtu.be/3aMkqx3whH8 Menu interface
https://youtu.be/uYTDqKqHKYE Ergonomics”

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New Tamron 70-180mm FE reviews do confirm this $1,199 lens is actually sharper than the $2,599 Sony GM lens!

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You can preorder it now at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and FocusCamera. In Eu at FotoKoch DE, Calumet DE, WexUK and ParkCameras.

Marc Alhadeff from SonyAlphaBlog just posted the first full review of the new Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 FE lens. He writes:

The Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VXD (1499 euros) is an excellent lens proposed at a very reasonable price. It completes perfectly the 2 other Tamron zooms but the quality of this zoom is clearly higher than previous Tamron Zooms. Indeed it supports perfectly the 61Mpix of the A7RIV whereas the 2 other zooms where showing their limits on the A7RIV

To achieve this performance at this price and this reduced size and weight Tamron had to make some choices:
180mm instead of 200mm
No optical stabilization
Lens extends when zooming
No “fancy” buttons on the barrel
No tripod foot (but you don’t need it considering the weight)
Not compatible with Sony TC

All the above compromises do not influence at all the image quality that is excellent (sharpness and bokeh) and allow for a weight and price divided by 2 compared to the Sony GM

Pros
Excellent sharpness on the entire field and entire range at all apertures
Very small and light
Very reasonable price
Very good bokeh and soft background blur
Extremely fast , silent and accurate AF
Very low level of chromatic aberrations
Moderate vignetting
Very good resistance to flare
Fully weather sealed

Average
Color rendition little bit yellowish
Not compatible with Sony TC1.4 & TC2.0
No button to switch to MF, to set a custom function, to limit focusing range
No optical stabilization

Cons
Huge distortion between 135mm and 180mm (no lens profile yet available as of April 2020)
Lens does extend when zooming and the zoom ring is quite dampened , so no smooth zooming possible in video
Does not look “Pro” if your are pro wedding photographer

The Tamron delivers similar performances to the Sony FE70-200 F2.8 GM in most cases and even surpass it sometimes (corner sharpness and sharpness at 180mm, portability) at half of its price. A superb Performance !

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And this is the video review from Scott Dumas:

You can download his samples photos at https://geni.us/tamron70180sony

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You can preorder the new Tamron now at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and FocusCamera. In Eu at FotoKoch DE, Calumet DE, WexUK and ParkCameras.

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WILD RUMOR: Is Zeiss going to launch a sort of “Otus” line for mirrorless?

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From reliable sources we know that Zeiss wants to further focus on the Full Frame mirrorelss system. I got no reliable details to share yet. All we heard from a new source is that Zeiss is considering to launch a sort of high quality Otus series for mirrorless cameras.

Sources are welcome to confirm this info by dropping a message using our contact form or sonyalpharumors@gmail.com mail.

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Sony releases the new Sony A9II firmware update 2.0

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You can now download the new firmware update at Sony’s website.

Benefits and Improvements from the latest update

  • Adds the Hi Frequency flicker function, which allows you to reduce the impact of flickering of artificial light sources (e.g. digital signage, electronic signboards, LED lights, etc.), by more finely adjusting the shutter speed
    NOTE: The Imaging Edge Remote, Imaging Edge Mobile, and Remote Camera Tool software will not be supported after April 9th, 2020
  • Improves the Face/Eye Priority in the AF function:
    • When set to a custom key, the Face/Eye Priority in the AF function can be activated or deactivated each time the custom key is pressed
    • If Face/Eye Priority is already set to custom key, this improvement will be available after the camera is updated
  • Improves the Remote Camera Tool function by adding support for displaying Focus Frame for almost all scenes
    NOTE: Version 2.00 (or later) of the Remote Camera Tool is required. Please update to the latest version.
  • Improves the FTP transfer function
  • Allows the camera’s MAC address to be displayed as a QR code
  • Adds a function to close the shutter when you turn off the camera to prevent dust or debris from adhering to the image sensor when you change lenses
  • Allows you to save or load the customized camera settings to My MENU
  • Improves the overall stability of the camera
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All Peak DesignTripod sales profits will be donated for the Covid-19 fight

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The new Peak Design Tripod is now in Stock (worldwide shipment). The very good news is that all profits will be donated for the Covid-19 fight!

Reminder:

You can now use our checkout code “RUMOR” to get an additional 15% discount on all TOPAZ products (Click here). This is what you save on the single products:

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