Daniel from Cascable sent me this:

I’m contacting you because we’re releasing updates to our products that I think will be of great interest to your audience.
We’ve just released the latest update to our mobile toolkit for your WiFi-enabled camera, Cascable.

This release adds support for Sony’s newest lineup of cameras, including the α7R III, α7 III, and α9. Unfortunately, Sony has removed several remote control features from these cameras, which affects the features Cascable is able to provide when connected to these cameras.

We’re disappointed that Sony have gone backwards in this area. Their Smart Remote Control app provided an open and powerful platform for remote control over Wi-Fi, and crippling their newer cameras with reduced remote control functionality hurts what are otherwise an incredibly impressive lineup of cameras.

We hope Sony re-adds this functionality in future firmware updates.

Additionally, this release adds a great quality-of-life feature: Quick Connect. Now, with any camera that displays a QR code on its display when using WiFi, you can scan that code with Cascable to automatically join that camera’s WiFi network and connect to it!

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For more information on this release, including details on the limitations with these new Sony cameras, please see our blog post: https://cascable.se/blog/cascable-34-released-with-modern-sony-quick-connect/.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiKxA8SJ5kw
Terry Donnelly Shooting with the Sony A9 and 85mm f/1.4 G Master Lens

A7RIII Portraits in Haiti: Letting Haitians Be Haitians by Patrick Murphy-Racey
Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8 User Experience Review (Jason Vong).
NAB 2018: New from Syrp, the Genie II 3-Axis Motion Control System (Explora)
Joe Cornish and the Sony A7R II (Photogearnews).
CIPA results for February: Tremendous decline of worldwide camera shipment. DSLR beating mirrorless this month. (Mirrorlessrumors).
Haida Nano Video Filters Interview (Personal View).

Personal photos and tests from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and 500px.

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Ein Beitrag geteilt von Andrea Photographer-Explorer (@andrea_pizzini_photographer) am Mär 27, 2018 um 10:31 PDT

We have now two major Sony events where we might see some product announcement:

Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition from April 20 to May 6
Kando trip from May 9 to 12

On all of these exhibitions there have been at least a product announcement in the past. So what can we expect to get?

I am 90% confident we will get a new 24mm f/1.4 GM lens soon (maybe at Kando trip).
Sony A7sIII is unlikely, new APS-C E-mount camera more likely while RX cameras are usually announced in June.
Probably some more not yet rumored E-mount lenses.

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The largest Japanese camera store published the March sales report. The Sony A7III has been the most sold camera:

1st place: Sony α7 III
2nd: Fujifilm X-H1
3rd : Nikon D850
4th: Nikon D7500
5th: Sony α7R III
6th: Olympus Tough TG-5
7th: Canon EOS 6D Mark II
8th: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
9th: Canon EOS Kiss X9
10th: Nikon D5600

In Stock status check:
Sony A7III in USA at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon,  BestBuy, FocusCamera, BuyDig.
Sony a7III in Europe at Amazon DE, Calumet Germany, Amazon UK, ParkCameras UK, WexUK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.