Hot deals: $100 off on the DJI Osmo 4

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$100 off on the DJI Osmo 4 sold by Amazon and BHphoto. I own it for my mountain bike tours and I am super happy with it. I really wonder why Sony is not in the action camera business with some big sensor offers!

Lowest price of any v90 card!
The 256Gb V90 fast SD card sells for $129 only at Amazon US (Click here). It’s the lowest price you can get now on fast V90 cards.

If you need a faster CFexpress Type A card:
You save 15% on the fast and most affordable Pergear Type A card sold by Amazon US (Click here and click on the coupon button).
You save 20% on the same card sold in Europe by Amazon DE, Amazon UK.

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Jeven Dovey: The Sony A9III is a CINEMA CAMERA!

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I think most of the people still underestimate the power of the Sony A9III when it comes to video. So I am happy to see that Jeven Dovey posted this video today where he clearly made this point. What he did not mention is that you don’t have any issues anymore with many classic video artifacts like banding, flickering, hello effect….all gone for the first time on a hybrid mirrorless camera!

Preorders (shipment start Feb 21):
Sony A9III at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. Calumet. WexUK.
Sony 300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. Calumet. WexUK.
Sonny A9III Vertical Grip at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. Calumet. WexUK.

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New firmware updates for the Sony HVL-F60RM2 and HVL-F46RM adds full Sony A9III support

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New firmware update for two Sony flashes:

Sony HVL F60RM2 (firmware here) Benefits and Improvements:

  • Adds support for Global Shutter Sync photography in all shutter areas: By using an HVL-F60RM2 flash with a camera equipped with a global shutter image sensor, flash photography can be synchronized with the entire range of shutter speeds available on the camera and enable more effective flash exposures than conventional High-Speed Sync photography (HSS).
  • Adds Flash charge Priority setting: When CHG PRIORITY is set to STABLE on the MENU screen, although the charging time is longer compared to when it is set to NORMAL, it allows for more stable firing.

Sony HVL FF46RM (firmware here) Benefits and Improvements:

  • Adds support for Global Shutter Sync photography in all shutter areas: By using an HVL-F46RM flash with a camera equipped with a global shutter image sensor, flash photography can be synchronized with the entire range of shutter speeds available on the camera and enable more effective flash exposures than conventional High-Speed Sync photography (HSS).
  • Adds Flash charge Priority setting: When CHG PRIORITY is set to STABLE on the MENU screen, although the charging time is longer compared to when it is set to NORMAL, it allows for more stable firing.
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We finally got the first of the much faster 4.0 Type A cards from Lexar with double the speed!

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Current Type A cards have a read speed up to 900MB/s and a write speed up to 800MB/s. The just announced new Lexar CFexpress 4.0 Type A cards uses the new PCIe Gen 4 bus and features read speeds of up to 1800 MB/s and write speeds of up to 1650 MB/s. UPDATE: Theses cards are backwards compatible but will NOT work at full speed on current Sony cameras. You need extra hardware for this. So hopefully the A7sIV, A7V and A1II will have full support for them.

The new card is not available for preorder at BHphoto or Amazon. And we have no info about the price which I guess will be NOT low!

Reminder:
You save 15% on the fast and most affordable Pergear Type A card sold by Amazon US (Click here and click on the coupon button).
You save 20% on the same card sold in Europe by Amazon DE, Amazon UK.

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YES! Sony will announce the new 85mm GMII in Spring!

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After exactly eight(!) years Sony will finally update the current 85mm f/1.4 GM. Two trusted sources told me this lens will be in Stock by early Summer. Which usually means announcement will happen 1-2 months earlier (Spring). They didn’t want me to share the specs of the lens but unconfirmed rumors do suggest this to be a new 85mm f/1.4 GM II. it will be optcially much improved and slightly more compact.

But there is a but…super wild rumors I got speculate about the possibility of a DOUBLE 85mm GM lens announcement with the second lens being faster than f/1.4! But this is NOT coming from my trusted sources so take it with a huge grain of salt for now!

To wrap it up:

  • CONFIRMED: New Sony 85mm GM coming in Spring (and in Stock by early summer)
  • Likely: Same f/1.4 aperture but optically improved and slightly smaller/lighter
  • Wild rumor: There might be a second and faster 85mm GM too

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