FREE Profoto Air Remote ($411 value) with the purchase of any B1 or B2 Kit

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From now through April 21st get a FREE Profoto Air Remote ($411 value) with the purchase of any B1 or B2 Kit at Adorama (Click here) or BHphoto (Click here).

Reminder:
New Sony US trade-in program is now running at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Up to $300 savings on Sony cameras and lenses (Overview of all rebates at BHphoto and Adorama):

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.

Full Frame E-mount lenses:
 $100 off on the 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama (extra $100 gift card) and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-70mm f/4.0 Zeiss lens at Amazon, Adorama (extra $50 gift card) and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the Sony 28mm FE lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony 28-70mm FE lens at Amazon, Adorama (extra $25 gift card), BHphoto.
$100 off on the 28-135mm PZ lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 5omm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony 50mm FE f/1.8 lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon and Focuscamera.
$100 off on the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 90mm macro lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.

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Ambivalence short film shot on the A7s

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Ambivalence from Lammens & Lahousse on Vimeo.

Maximousse (SonyAlphaForum) shared this great short film shot on the A7s:

Two female filmmakers,
one writer and director,
one director of photography,

are proud to present you …

AMBIVALENCE is a short that tells the story of Nora, who lives a very eccentric life.
She looks at her life as if it’s a rollercoaster that’s only going up.
But Nora doesn’t realize that her cheerful nature might also have a very dark edge.

Shot on A7S.
Samyang VSLR lenses – 24/35/50/85.
1080HD / 25 and 50 fps internal recording.
Grading in DaVinci Resolve.
No animals were harmed ;)

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony Alpha a6500 Unboxing and First Look

Sony A-mount vs Sony E-mount: battle of the a99II & a7rII (Douglas Rahden)
Buying Guide: Gear for All Your New Year’s Resolutions (Adorama Learning Center)
User review of the Fujifilm GFX 50S and GF63mm F2.8 by Keith Wee Kheng (MirrorlessRumors).
Canon user asks: Should I make the switch? (SonyAlphaForum).
New “mygearvault” app helps photographers keep track of and insure their cameras and gear (Froknowsphoto)
Triggertrap Going out of Business FAQ (Medium.com).

Join the new Sony Alpha Camera Facebook group.
To get news from our Forum subscribe that RSS feed.
To write a guest post on SAR follow the instruction on that page

Fivepin: “In the last year I purchased a Sony A77ii to fill the spot of my aging a77 apsc camera. The new model was a wonder of technology and a fantastic tool. That being said however I noticed using the same high end glass on the new camera as the original A77 was not giving me the same results. Many of the shots were not as sharp as they should have been. Well after doing many hours of testing on the system I figured out what is going on. I am not sure why the new camera with its new technology has this issue, but I can show you what feature is causing the issue, show you examples and show you how to solve the problem. You will have to shut off a new feature to fix this problem. I made this video months ago and have had hundreds of others confirm the issue with their A77ii. What I would like to see is if this issue persists in E mount or the new A99ii. As a community we need to test this further and work with Sony to fix the software. Shutting off the software will work. But in the end it would be nice to use the stabilized shutter feature as I am a nature photographer and shoot a lot of long lenses. Check out the video below to see my test comparison and results. Leave me message on the video link and lets get this resolved! https://youtu.be/8NE-E9GMnGo”

 

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100mm STF and 85mm f/1.8 FE hands-on video with El-Deane Naude, Miguel Quiles, Brian Smith and Dpreview

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The new Sony lenses and flash are now finally available for preorder:
85mm f/1.8 FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
100mm f/2.8 STF FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
HVL-F45RM Wireless Radio Flash at BHphoto, Adorama.

New hands-on videos and lens presentations:

El-Deane Naude walks through the key features of the new 100mm F2.8 STF G Master, 85mm F1.8 and HVL-F45RM flash:

Hands-on video from Miguel Quiles and Brian Smith:

Miguel Quiles On The 100mm F2.8 STF G Master Lens

And Dpreview posted a new video too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKcHpPZ9kaQ

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Sony 85mm f/1.8 FE image samples and MTF graph

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The Sony 85mm f/1.8 FE has the potential to quickly become one of the favorite lenses of the FE range. On the downside it is more expensive than the Nikon 85mm or Canon 85mm equivalent lenses. But I guess that like it happened with the 50mm FE the lens will get some price drop later. Moreover this is a new lens designed for high-resolution sensors (and the MTF graph is promising). So here are a couple of interesting bits about that lens:

Lens design and MTF graph:

Image samples:

More info about that lens at Sony.net

Preorders start 10am NYC time Thu Feb 9:
100mm f/2.8 STF FE at BHphoto, Adorama.
85mm f/1.8 FE at BHphoto, Adorama.
HVL-F45RM Wireless Radio Flash at BHphoto, Adorama.

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