SAR reader Amit sent me this screenshot:
Imagine my surprise where in a scene depicting a professional photographer with real looking professional equipment the camera used was none other than the great Sony A99.
La La Land is a serious contender for the Oscars, even if probably not for the Sony scene :)
All Europeans can grab the Gold Box deal offered on the Zeiss 16-70mm E-mount lens at Amazon Germany (Click here). The deal starts at 9.50!
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The Photographs of Rodney Smith 1970-2016 (Explora).
Sony at CES (Youtube).
A lawyer rewrote Instagram’s privacy policy so kids and parents can have a meaningful talk about privacy (Quartz).
The rambling video autofocus mega-test – Part 2 (Philip Bloom)
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Marco: “A shot of mine taken with the a99ii and Sony Carl Zeiss 24-70G2 is featured on the web site of the National Trust, a major British charity – it is the ‘amphitheatre’ shot on this page. Click on the I on the right for the image credit. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/claremont-landscape-garden“
Egill: “New Years eve in Iceland, everything shot on A7SII + 85mm GM. Most of the footage is shot in 100fps (2.2x crop mode), little bit in 4K 25fps. https://youtu.be/NERI3L-OihQ“
James: “Sony A7S2 Opinion After One Year https://youtu.be/sqOBrFBPYQQ“
The Rokinon 8mm E-mount lens is on Gold Box at Amazon US (starts at 18:10 NYC time).
More deals:
A5000 with kit lens for $299 only at Amazon US (Click here) and BestBuy (Click here).
$200 off on the A77II sold by Bhphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
Full list of deals at BHphoto (Click here).
$100 gift card with the A6300 at Adorama.
There is a new Stock of reconditioned E-mount stuff at Amazon US (Click here).
Save $240 on the Tamron 18-200mm APS-C E-mount lens sold by Prodigital: You can get it either in Black (Click here) or Silver (Click here).
Image on top shows the current 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss FE lens
Before to start with a new bunch of 2017 rumors. Let’s do this: This is a roundup of statements and hints revealed or hinted by Sony itself that reveal what could happen in 2017:
Next generation A7 cameras:
Sony told Jeff Remas dual card slot FE cameras are coming
16-35mm f/2.8 GM:
Sony photographer hints the new 16-35mm GM is really coming
A-mount lenses:
Sony is conducting surveys to establish what lens they need to develop for the A-mount system. And they also told Dan M Lee they will refresh some of their current lenses. This proves once more that A-mount isn’t a dead system :)
85mm A-mount Zeiss:
Sony removed it from the main A-mount page.
Medium Format:
Sony has no plan to go medium format yet.
Autofocus:
Sony acknowledged they have to improve the autofocus speed to match the best in the class.
STF lens:
Mr. Motoyuki Otake from Sony said an STF FE lens is in the works.
Megapixel race:
Sony confirmed the Megapixel number will increase on the next generation cameras.
One more thing: Sigma FE:
Sigma CEO confirmed they are developing FE lenses.
Mirrorlessrumors shared the 2016 Japanese market shares report from BCNranking. In the mirrorless system camera segment Sony lost 8% sales share compared to 2015. This isn’t surprising as in 2016 Sony had “only” two new APS-C E-mount cameras (A6300 and A6500). The biggest gain has been achieved by Canon thanks to their first really serious mirrorless camera: The EOS-M5.
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