Firmware update for the Sony RX0

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Sony issued a new firmware update for the RX0 (download here). This utility updates the camera firmware to version 2.00 and provides the following benefits:

  • Supports Camera Control Box (model CCB-WD1) for wired multi-view shooting
  • Improves wireless multi-view shooting with the PlayMemories™ Mobile application

    Notes:

    • PlayMemories Mobile application version 6.2 or higher is required.
    • Depending on the specifications of the access point, smartphone, tablet, and the radio wave environment of the installation location, the number of devices that can be connected will change. Based on testing, up to 50 units have been connected.
    • Use only on Wi-Fi connections with security measures.
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iPhone X failing sales may hurt Sony’s sensor business

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Today you may read about Apple cutting 50% of the production of the iPhone X. This could affect Sony’s business too. Bloomberg reports:

The Tokyo-based company’s image sensor business is likely to weaken amid slowing momentum for Apple Inc.’s iPhones, an analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co. wrote as he downgraded the company to neutral from overweight. IPhone X production will probably fall 50 percent quarter over quarter and the weakness is likely to continue for the first half of the year as demand for high-end smartphones plateaus, according to J.J. Park. Sony shares fell as much as 5.2 percent by midday in Tokyo.

Still, Sony is still doing well:

Despite a correction in Apple supply chain names, Sony has massively outperformed its global peers thanks to the structural trend of dual-cam

via Image Sensor World.

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Back in Stock: Sony A7rIII with free 128GB card and bag

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The A7rIII with free accessories is back in Stock at Amazon and FocusCamera.

Reminder:
The new Godox Xpro-S now available for preorder at Amazon and Adorama.
Meike just announced their new MK-A9 Pro Battery Grip for the Sony A9 and A7rIII. You can preorder it now at Amazon US, Amazon CA, Amazon DE, Amazon UK.
10% discount on Capture One 11 (Click here) and Capture One 11 for Sony (Click here). Use the coupon code “AMBSAR“.

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(SR5) List of E-mount lenses to be announced soon by Sigma, Samyang, Tokina, Zeiss, Venusoptics…

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The 9mm f/2.8 from Venus Optics

February promises to give us plenty of new E-mount lenses. Here is what to expect:

1) Zeiss Loxia 25mm f/2.5 FE. It will cost $1,299 and preorders will be open on February 14
2) Laowa 9mm f/2.8 for APS-C E-mount. To be announced within the next days
3) Sigma 50mm f/1.4 APS-C E-mount lens
4) Presentation of a new Sigma FE lens line (ART primes and maybe a zoom too)
5) New Samyang FE lens (specs unclear)
6) Tokina Super wide and Wide FE primes

 

What lenses could be announced by Sony?

  1. We have been told the 200.-600mm FE is on the roadmap but it will not be announced at CP+
  2. The 135mm f/1.8 FE is still on top of the roadmap. Could be announced at CP+

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony Alpha A7RIII Custom Settings for Movies

a7RIII AF-C accuracy with Batis 85/1.8 (Jim Kasson).
Part 1 – My First Sony A6500 Experience (Peter Gregg)
New Shoten Leica L to Sony E-mount adapter.
The Wide Bunch: A Guide to Wide and Extreme Wide-Angle Lenses (Explora).
Vuze+ VR 360 Camera and underwater case (Personal View).
Laowa 105mm F2 T3.2 STF review (Marc Alhadeff)

Scott: “I’ve done a low light comparision between the A7sii and the A7riii. The results were interesting. I’d like to share it. The link is here https://vimeo.com/251986515“

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