Sony issued a firmware update for three generation RX100 cameras:
RX100m5: Download here
RX100m4: Download here
RX100m3: Download here
Those are the improvements:
Sony announced the best single photos for each category. You can find them all at worldphoto.org.
And SAR follower Josselin Cornou won the French national Award. This is his message to us:
Today the World photo organisation winners have been announced.
I am delighted to learn that I just won the French national Award, becoming French photographer of the year of the 2017 World Photo organisation awards, all categories included!
Being shortlisted TOP 10 photographer for the World photography Awards was already an amazing recognition. Winning the national awards, and being considered as the top#1 French photographer in the biggest photo competition is an other. When submitting this photo, I would have never thought this would be possible. This gives me motivation to master the art of photography even more, and foster the impact I can have with photography.
Like many photographers, I invest a gargantuan amount of time into this passion, trying to express my creativity in a highly competitive space. Creating an aesthetic art piece is one thing, but conveying authentic emotions using landscape photography is another. I am humbled and honored that the judges expressed similar feelings, even being thousands of kilometres away from Antarctica.
I see this recognition as the perfect opportunity for me to inspire people to develop strong environmental awareness in France and around the world. My work is never finished, but winning the World Photo Awards national award is definitely an important step.
Thanks to all of you, my friends, and family that are always here to push me moving forward ! I don’t think this would be possible without you.
https://www.instagram.com/untitledshot/
Congratulations Josselin!
Sony A99II Trick to Autofocus in Manual Video
Quick Color Match – Sony a7rii to Canon 5D IV (Dave Dugdale).
Get SHARPER Magnify Focus in Video Mode! Sony a6500 a6300 a7S II a7R II (Jason Vong).
Sony RX10 III Brief Hands-on Review (Krishna Mohan).
film vs. digital – an argument against the argument (35mmc).
Sony’s ghosting problem (A6000, A6300, A6500, A7) at Sebimagery.
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V, Submerged (Explora).
The new Silver version of the Rokinon 35mm f/1.2 APS-C E-mount lens is in Stock for the first time at BHphoto, Adorama and soon at Amazon too. One more in Stock note: The 70-200mm GM lens is in Stock at [shoplink 55583 ebay]BestBuy (Click here)[/shoplink].
Reminder:
You save up to $400 on A6500-A6300-A6000 bundles sold by BHphoto (Click here to see the list).
Up to $300 savings on Sony cameras and lenses at BHphoto and Adorama.
New Sony US trade-in program is now running at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Sony A7 cameras:
$300 off on the Sony A7rII at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$300 off on the Sony A7sII at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$200 off on the Sony A7II at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$200 off on the Sony A7 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Our readers just confirmed their 100mm STF GM preorder shipped out at BHphoto. And the lens is also currently in Stock at FocusCamera.
Ending soon:
Sony A7rII:
Free Lightroom 6 with the A7rII sold by Amazon and Adorama.
Various A7rII kits with free grip and cards at Amazon and Adorama.
Free 2 Terabyte USB 3.0 drive with the A7rII sold by BHphoto.
Free Adobe Creative Cloud 12-Month Subscription with the A7rII sold by BHphoto.
Sony A7sII:
Various A7sII kits with free grip and cards at Amazon and Adorama.
Free Rode VideoMic with the A7sII sold by BHphoto.
Free Bag and SD card with the A7sII sold by BHphoto.
Sony A7II:
Various A7II kits with free grip and cards at Amazon and Adorama.
Free bad, SD card and battery witht he A7II sold by BHphoto.
Sony A6500/6300:
Free bad, SD card and battery witht he A6500 sold by BHphoto.
Free bad, SD card and battery witht he A6300 sold by BHphoto.
I got these small info from a reliable source:
1, they have no plans to bring the new menu design (from a6500) to the current a7 line but would be using it on newer models
2, current e mount flashes can not fire the af beam (on the flash) when another flash is being controlled wirelessly. This is a limitation of the current implementation and is currently impossible to fix.
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Ming Thein © Hasselblad
Well that sounds unusual: Hassleblad appointed Ming Thein as new Chief of Strategy. It’s unusual because usually we see “pure” business manager or engineers in that position and not a real skilled and well-known photographer like Ming Thein (althaugh he has some important business experience too). It will be interesting to see if Ming Thein can lead back Hasselblad to past glorious. I think he certainly has the talent to do so. But it will be a difficult work now that Fuji is competing in that segment too.
It would be my dream if Hasselblad and Sony could work together on a 55x41mm large mirrorless medium format system camera. Let’s see if Ming Thein will take note of my wish :)
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found via DSLRmagazine
