Still one more day to grab the PhotoPlus specials

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These deals at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here) will last til tomorrow midnight.

Preorders:
Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK.
Sony 24-105mm at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK.

Sony savings:

FF cameras:
The Sony A7rII  now sells for $2,398 with lot free extras at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.
The Sony A7sII also sell for $2,398 with free extras at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and Focuscamera.

APS-C cameras:
$70 off on the Sony 6300 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$100 off on the Sony 6000 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$100 off on the Sony 5100 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.
$200 off on the A6000 dual kit at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Focuscamera.

 

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New Sigma 16mm f/1.4 lens info by Dpreview and hands-on by Jason Vong

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We still have no info at all about the new Sigma 16mm f/1.4 pricing and shipment start. But at least we got a short Dpreview’s 16mm hands-on report. This is what they had to say about the new lens:

– In person, the new lens is a relatively small, but beautifully well-made prime
– At 405g (14 oz) it’s relatively heavy for its size
– While Sigma typically doesn’t make any specific claims about weather-sealing, a thin rubber ring around the lens throat should help keep dust and moisture from entering the camera.

Hands-on by Jason Vong:

Here is also a short interview with sigma by Cameta:

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This week SAR readers photos selection

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Pavel ‘Pasharome’ Vavilin‎
“Noname”
Mount Subasio, Italy
Sony E 35/1.8
ILCE-6000
https://500px.com/pasharome
https://www.facebook.com/pasharome

1) Submit your picture with a message and picture here: facebook.com/sonyalpharumors or on the SonyAlphaForum image section.
2) Like and comment the pictures from other readers here: facebook.com/sonyalpharumors/posts_to_page/ and on SonyAlphaForum.
3) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me SAR admin will be posted weekly on SAR.

Note: When sending a pic feel free to also add a link to your site to promote yourself!

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Sony A7rIII is the second best seller camera at Amazon system camera sales ranking

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Of course this isn’t a scientific sentence: But the Sony a7rIII is the second best camera at Amazon system camera sales ranking (Click here to see it). By comparison not event the a9 or A7sII camera reached the top three position. Still take those Amazon rankings as a pure relative indication.

The “bad” news is that the new 24-105mm FE lens doesn’t even make it into the top 100 ranking. But usually people doesn’t hurry so much on lens preorders anyway.

Preorders:
Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK. Sony Australia.
Sony 24-105mm at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK.

Join the A7rIII facebook group to discuss the camera features and tests!

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Early estimated A7rm3 DR range from Photons to Photos sees no improvement over a7rm2

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Photonstophotos.net posted this chart based on estimated (Not actual measured”) Dynamic Range. I saw in the past that those estimations can be very off. So I wouldn’t read too much into it. Som why did I post this now? because this chart being shown on many website and I wanted to make it clear that is yet NOT the measured Dynamic Range.

Sony said that at low ISO the new A7rIII will be around 1 stop better than the A7rII. The chart above shows no such improvements. But my bet is on Sony and that actual measurements will show this improvement at Low ISO.

Preorders:
Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK. Sony Australia.
Sony 24-105mm at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK.

Join the A7rIII facebook group to discuss the camera features and tests!

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Sony also announced the new “Imaging Edge” Software Suite

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Sony also announced a new “Imaging Edge2 Software suite that will be soon available here: support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/ie/en/. Sony writes:

“New with the α7R III is a software suite called “Imaging Edge” that extends the creative capabilities of the entire shooting process – from pre-processing to post-processing.  “Imaging Edge” provides three PC applications called ‘Remote’, ‘Viewer’ and ‘Edit’, available for free download, which support live-view PC remote shooting and RAW development.”

Alin Popescu had the chance to shortly see the new software and writes:

Imaging Edge provides three applications called ‘Remote’, ‘Viewer’ and ‘Edit’, that will be available for free download, which will support live-view remote shooting and RAW development. Also Edit will take care of the Pixel Shift Technology.

We’ve seen a pre-beta version of the software and I was curious about the Viewer capability to sort images fast, something similar to Photo Mechanic. Good news is that we don’t need to import a folder to select and rate photos. The bad is that we’ve seen it on a slow laptop and I can’t make a guess on how fast this software will be.

On Remote I’ve been attracted to the Manual Focusing feature: you have some controls on software with minor and major movement of focusing, directly from the computer. Lenses with Piezoelectric focusing motors, will be as precise as 1/1000 mm incremental movements. Add this to the magnified focusing and 42 mpx of resolution and you’re going to be the most precise photographer in focusing :).

Preorders:
Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK. Sony Australia.
Sony 24-105mm at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK.

Join the A7rIII facebook group to discuss the camera features and tests!

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