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2018 Sony World Photography Awards: Meet the winners

Understanding Exposure, Part 1: The Exposure Triangle (Explora).
Deity SMic Original 2 (Personal View).
You can back up your (or anyone elses) entire flickr account using the software “Youtube-DL” (Reddit).
Fuji 250/4 on GFX 50S, Apo-Telyt-R on a7RII (Jim Kasson).
Ein Tag unterwegs mit der Sony RX100 VI (Photoscala).
Tamron 28-75 mm f/2,8 Di III RXD – Prueba de campo (AlbedoMedia).

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German “Stiftung Warentest” says top three best cameras are all Sony’s

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There is and will always be some pro Sony fanboy reviewers and some anti Sony testers. But the German Stiftung Warentest is certainly known to be a neutral review platform. From Wikipedia:

Stiftung Warentest is a German consumer organisation and foundation involved in investigating and comparing goods and services in an unbiased way.

So what are their unbiased testing results about the current best FF cameras? Florian translated their findings posted on N–tv.de:

Stiftung Warentest has crowned 3 Sony cameras as best full frame cameras on the market. It’s the leading independent testing service in Germany and is highly recognised as truthful and reasonable. Amazing news for Sony in Germany. And even more buzz for them.

Here is the ranking (lower numbers are better):

  1. Sony A7III with 1.5 points ([shopcountry 72407])
  2. Sony A7rIII with 1.6 points ([shopcountry 72408])
  3. Sony A99II with 1.7 points ([shopcountry 72409])
  4. Nikon D850 with 1.8 points
  5. Pentax K-1II with 2.0 points
  6. Pentax K-1 with 2.0 points
  7. Canon EOS 5D IV with 2.0 points
  8. Canon EOS 6D II with 2.1 points

Fanboys share this news, anti-Sony folks I wanna see your fantasy arguments now :)

 

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(SR1) Impossible(?) rumors roundup: A7sIII, A6700 and new lenses

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A6700 rendering from Narek Avetisyan.

This is a new roundup of nearly impossible rumors I received from unknown (and therefore unreliable) sources.

Source 1:

*there wont be any a5000 series camera anymore, the line was axed long time ago
*in aps-c world, sony thought ibis was the future, but the price skyrocket so they are considering release a version without ibis to try to get that a6000 sales numbers again, but the a6000 design its over
*the new high (above 6500) and if ever the low model, will get a new body with z battery, touchscreen, better grip and dials, more in line with new a7 bodies (say goodbye to pocket zoom, the new model will ship with 18-135, sony overpriced this lense to public, so when people look bundle it to a body they can think are getting an awsome deal, just like old a77 days)
*the a5, and i think sony its going that route, a mid range fe body, not weather sealing, smaller evf, just enough specs (like almost nothing revolutionary, old tech) the killer feature if u can call it, its the low price, aiming to be the a6000 of the fe, the one that will sell like hot cakes
*theres some a7siii prototypes, some with old sensor, one with new sensor that will had obiusly better iso, but the best thing is the global shutter along 4k120fps, new codec and only xqd card
*new info about apps/software/api
*long telephoto zoom before year end

Source 2 (rumor sent to me before NABshow):

The a7s3 will not be making its appearance at NAB. It will also not have 10 bit recording. I am also getting whispers that there will be an entirely “kind” of sensor in this camera. RGBW or organic sensor tech (not the global shutter version they just announced) is my best guess.

Most likely specs based on my conversations with my sources:

12-16mp new sensor
third generation internal processing
very high ISO (over 2 million)
fast continuous shooting
PDAF
4k 60p
1080p 120p full sensor read out
better IBIS

Source 3:

A6800 aps c camera will be announced after the rx100 mark 6.
Source 4:
16-50 f2.8 lens will be released with the new Sony APS-C flagship camera by the end of the year.

 

Notes on those kind of (im-)possible rumors:

  • Fake rumors sent by so claimed sources that are known to create fake rumors are NOT included. What you see here are messages I got from unknown sources where I have no track of any “rumor history”
  • It’s by readers request that I create this sum up of low ranked rumors. But please remind all that these are not rumors from trusted sources and don’t count me accountable on those kind of very low ranked rumors :)
  • The last year a couple of those “impossible” rumors were right (RX1rII and A6300 specs). So miracles sometimes can happen :)
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Skylum’s Lightroom competition will be released in a few weeks

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Skylum announced that their Lightroom alternative will be soon released as a Beta version and be free for current Luminar owners:

Skylum plans to offer the new DAM free to anyone who owns a current version of Luminar. Within a few weeks, the company will announce its final sale of the current version. There will be a well-known, well-publicized, time limit set for this sale and at the end of the sale, the retail price of the product will go up. Everyone who buys (or currently owns) the current version of Luminar before that date, will get the new DAM free of charge. After that date, the price will rise and will still be very affordable.

The new DAM is still under development, and the company wants to make sure it is rock solid before it comes out of BETA. We’re in the home stretch. As soon as possible, the shipping date will be announced. For now, make sure you own the current version of Luminar to put yourself in the queue to receive the new DAM free of charge. 

Note that you save $10 on Luminar when using our code “SAR” at checkout!

This is the presentation video of the DAM module:

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Laowa 15mm f/2 Zero-D FE Lens for Sony | Q-Review

Can You Balance Sony a7III + 24-70mm G Master on Zhiyun Crane Plus? – How to Balance a Gimbal (Jason Vong).
Maxxum 70-210 pre production beer can (SonyAlphaForum).
DJI Puts More Smooth in Your Moves with Official Launch of Ronin-S Stabilizer (Explora).
Dutch Sony FE 16-35mm 2.8 review at Pixelmania.
Deity Vmic D3 Pro In detail (Personal View).
Panavision Liquid Crystal ND Filter (Cinema5D).

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