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Schneider Optics, NAB 2017

how to color your photos (using the hsl tool) at Brevite.
Sony a6500 review at CameraJabber.
Top 50 Best Sony Alpha / A Mount Lenses 2017 (ePhotozine).
Things We Love: Leica Table Tripods and Ball Heads (Explora).
Shooting Weddings with the Sony a99ii (Leonardo Studios).
Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS Review (Mirrorlessons).
New images of the production ready Light L16 camera! (Mirrorlessrumors).
Sony Funds Three TPS Member Projects (Thephotosociety)

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Sony A7 for $948 is now the most sold Sony FF at Amazon (and the best camera for the price)

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Sometimes “Older” camera come back to live. This is the case of the Sony A7 which now sells for $948 only at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon. With the 28-70mm lens you get it for $1098 only. It’s the first Sony camera selling for under $999 (as original “new” and not as “Open Box” or “Imported”).

If Image Quality is what you are after no other camera in the $1,000 price range beats the A7 yet. And that’s why it’s selling hot according to the latest Amazon sales ranking.

The A7 is selling for under 1.000€ in Europe too at Amazon.de, Amazon.it, Amazon.fr and Amazon.es.

New Sony USA deals:

Sony A7 cameras:
$200 off and free extras on the A7rII at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$100 off on the A7sII at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$50 off on the A7II at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$50 off on the A7 at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.

Sony A6300-A6000-A5100:
$150 off on the A6300 with 16-50mm lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$100 off on the A6300 at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$300 off on the A6000 Dual lens kit sold by Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$100 off on the A5100 with 16-50mm lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon

Full Frame E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the Zeiss 5omm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-70mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

APS-C E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the 16-70mm Zeiss lens at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
$100 off on the 10-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 18-200mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 18-200mm PZ lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 20mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 35mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 50mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Sony Accessories:
$50 off on the Sony HVLF32M MI (Multi-interface shoe) Camera Flash at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony HVLF43M High Power Flash with Quick Shift Bounce at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony VGC2EM Vertical Grip at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony LA-EA4 A-Mount to E-Mount FF Lens Adapter with TMT at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$20 off on the Sony HVLF20M at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$20 off on the Sony ECMGZ1M Gun / Zoom Microphone at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$30 off on the Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony FA-WRC1M Radio Control Wireless Commander at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony FA-WRR1 Wireless Radio Receiver at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony HVL-F60M Wireless Shoe Mount Flash with built-in LED light at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony VG-C1EM Vertical Grip for Alpha a7, a7R and a7s with built-in LED light at Adorama, Amazon.

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(SR4) 16-35mm GM and 135mm FE lenses coming soon…

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Batis 135mm f/2.8 vs the [shoplink 48572]Zeiss 135mm f/1.8 A-mount[/shoplink] (CameraSize).

Last week we reported about a possible imminent announcement of the 16-35mm FE GM lens and another 135mm FE lens. Well today a trusted source confirmed two lenses are coming:

“Like 16-35mm f2.8 GM and 135mm portrait lens.”

So still no info on the aperture of the 135mm lens but it will be faster than the newly announced Batis 135mm f/2.8. Sony is expected to announced the 16-35mm GM lens between late May and June. I don’t know if the 135mm FE will be announced together with the 16-35mm GM or sometimes later.

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New Zeiss Batis 135mm will start shipping on May 10 (in Stock in EU)

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We finally got a shipping start date on the new Batis 135mm lens. According to BHphoto the first preorders will ship out on May 10. The lens is in Stock in Europe at Amazon.de and Photo-Porst-Neuwied.

And the Sony 85mm f/1.8 FE lens will be in Stock again on May 11 at Amazon and a few days later at BHphoto.

New Sony USA deals:

Sony A7 cameras:
$200 off and free extras on the A7rII at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$100 off on the A7sII at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$50 off on the A7II at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$50 off on the A7 at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.

Sony A6300-A6000-A5100:
$150 off on the A6300 with 16-50mm lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$100 off on the A6300 at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$300 off on the A6000 Dual lens kit sold by Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$100 off on the A5100 with 16-50mm lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon

Full Frame E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the Zeiss 5omm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-70mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

APS-C E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the 16-70mm Zeiss lens at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
$100 off on the 10-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 18-200mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 18-200mm PZ lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 20mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 35mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 50mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Sony Accessories:
$50 off on the Sony HVLF32M MI (Multi-interface shoe) Camera Flash at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony HVLF43M High Power Flash with Quick Shift Bounce at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony VGC2EM Vertical Grip at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony LA-EA4 A-Mount to E-Mount FF Lens Adapter with TMT at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$20 off on the Sony HVLF20M at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$20 off on the Sony ECMGZ1M Gun / Zoom Microphone at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$30 off on the Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony FA-WRC1M Radio Control Wireless Commander at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony FA-WRR1 Wireless Radio Receiver at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony HVL-F60M Wireless Shoe Mount Flash with built-in LED light at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
$50 off on the Sony VG-C1EM Vertical Grip for Alpha a7, a7R and a7s with built-in LED light at Adorama, Amazon.

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Dpreview says the Sony A9 real problem is the color output

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Paul Bunyard says A9 focus fast on the huge Canon 500mm lens. Info and images here:  facebook.com/groups/sonyalphacamera/
Sony A9 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon

Dpreview analyzed the A9 RAW files (note: pre-production camera!). First the good news:

Noise appears to be well-controlled, and they’re very malleable, even at the high ISO values we found ourselves shooting at.a

And now the bad news:

These issues with color are exacerbated with auto white balance that struggled under artificial light (see the skaters at the top of the page). Sure, it’s not difficult to dial in a custom white balance for a sideline photographer shooting under the same light all evening, but it’s something to note nonetheless as auto white balance can be valuable for fast-moving photographers in fast-changing situations.

While this is also in some measure a matter of personal taste I kinda have to agree that Sony still is a tiny bit behind the great color quality of Canon. Of course this isn’t something to worry about if you have time to work on files. But I do hope Sony will further improve the color performance via future firmware upgrade so that we have to spend less time on post processing.

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Sony A9:
Sony A9 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, BestBuy. FocusCamera. Calumet.de. Park UK. Wex UK. Jessops.
Sony A9 with Grip Extension Kit at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
Note: US readers preordering the A9 at BHphoto or Adorama using our links (and our affiliated links only!) have a chance to win a Sony A9.

100-400mm GM:
Sony 100-400mm GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumet.de. Park UK. Wex UK. Jessops.

Sony A9 accessories:
Sony A9 battery grip at Adorama, Bhphoto, Amazon. Wex UK. Jessops.
Sony A9 Glass screen protector at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
NP-FZ100 battery for the A9 at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon. Jessops.
GP-EX1 grip at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon. Wex UK.
FDA-EP18 eye cup at Adorama, BHphoto.
MQZ1 multi battery charger at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon. Wex UK.
BCQZ1 Z-series Battery Charger at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon

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New King Pro TTL HSS Flash for Sony!

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PixelHK announced the new King Pro TTL HSS Flash for Sony. It is already available at Amazon US, Amazon.ca, [shoplink 58392 ebay]eBay[/shoplink], Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.it and Amazon.es.

King PRO for Sony, a multifunctional Wireless TTL Transceiver Trigger, is a newly flash trigger designed for new Sony hot shoe. It supports TTL, M, HSS, light ratio control, exposure compensation, group control and so on. Importing FSK2.4GHz wireless flash control system, the control distance is up to 300m. Apart from the high performance of controlling Sony Speedlite, it also controls the flash on the receiver of King PRO for Canon/Nikon reach the same high performance flash mode.

Here are all press pictures (Click on it to enlarge):

via Pixelhk. Thanks Carlos!

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NAB related announcements (Samyang 16mm E-mount, DJI Ronin 2, Zeiss CP.3)

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We got a bunch of new NAB announcements:

Samyang 16mm t/2.6 E-mount Cine lens (Samyang)
New Zeiss Compact Prime CP.3 and CP.3 XD lenses (Zeiss).
New DJI Roninon 2 (Ronin Youtube).
Sony UMC S3CA block camera: A7S II sensor in an even tinier package – NAB 2017 (Newsshooter).
SLRmagic announced a new 25mm f/1.4 Cine Full Frame E-mount lens (SonyAlphaRumors).
Kinefity 5K camcorder with E-mount adapter (SonyAlphaRumors).
Images from the NAB show from Personal View.
YI 4K+ 4K 60fps camera (Personal View)
Power Vision Submarine and Egg Drones, NAB 2017 (Personal View).
SLR Magic Anamorphic Lens Rig, NAB 2017 (Personal View).
Lanparte Gimbal for 360 cameras, NAB 2017 (Personal View).
Nick Driftwood’s 12k 360 Rig using 6x Lumix GX80 cameras (Photogearnews)
Lanparte monitor QR and arm Personal View
NAB 2017 Highlights (ALC).

 

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