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Sigma 30mm F1.4 Contemporary DC DN Lens Review

Sony a7ii Cine4 Profile Video (SonyAlphaForum).
A6500 test at German Chip.de
Photography Tips for the Handmade Hustle (Explora).
Sony A7rII review at Fototesty.
Legendary Beatles Photographer Harry Benson Visits Adorama (Adorama Learning Center).

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Patrik: “Right before Christmas I thought you might enjoy few nice shots taken with Sony Alfa under the water! Quite a spectacle! :) http://blog.patrikbanas.com/2016/12/synchro.html“

Anonymous: “Not a rumor, and not related to Sony, but might be interesting. Imaging sensors have problems capturing light at high incident angles. This affects design of wide-angle and large aperture lenses, making them bigger and heavier. It seems that the ultimate cure is finally found by a research team from Aalto University. Their sensor captures 96% of light at an angles up to 70 degrees across the visible spectrum (+UV and near IR).
http://phys.org/news/2016-11-detector-record-high-sensitivity-revolutionize-imaging.html“

Andrzej Michałowski‎: “Chopin and Carols: https://vimeo.com/196599241”

 

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SAR community tell us: What’s the best Sony product of the year?

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The year is ending and it’s time to let choose the SAR community what’s the best gear of 2016. Let’s see who gets the first place!

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New A99II reviews by Imaging Resource and Photoscala

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Imaging Resource posted the first part of their A99II review. Of course they like the camera a lot, particularly the image quality. The only real downside is that:

Overall, the biggest issue with the A99 II’s performance is its buffer clearing performance. The occasional slowdowns in the field, such as when the camera is writing files, can be frustrating as well. It is puzzling why Sony opted not to include UHS-II support in the A99 II as it would have surely helped accelerate buffer clearing. With all that said, the A99 II still offers very impressive overall performance. Being able to capture 42-megapixel uncompressed RAW images at over 11 fps, while just shy of the advertised burst rate, is excellent.

Also the German site Photoscala. tested the camera and writes that it’s impressed by the fact that the semitransparent mirror seems to not deteriorate the image quality. For them it is as good as the A7rII and the superb A99II autofocus makes it more useable than the A7rII.

One more A99II review by Francesco Carucci.

Sony A99II preorders at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. PhotoPorst, Calumet Germany, Amazon UK and WexUK.

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Sony Professional: “Working your Dreams” with FS7 II & Chuck Fishbein

Sony RX100 V review (CameraLabs).
Sony RX100 V Field Test (Imaging Resource).
4 Portraits with the 4th ZEISS Loxia – 2.4/85 (Lenspire).
Does anyone think there would be a market for an A5? (SonyAlphaForum).
A Buying Guide for Solar and Solar Eclipse Viewing (Explora).
Holiday Parties: How To Capture The Good Times (Adorama Learning Center).

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New Sony A99II ISO tests (beats the Nikon D5)

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Sony A99ii outperforms Nikon D5 at high ISO

If you care about the High ISO performance of the new Sony A99II check out those new videos.

Chuck also sent me this: “Here’s some High ISO images from both the A99II and the A7RII, with a link to download the RAW files from both.
https://twotwentystudios.smugmug.com/High-ISO-Testing”


Sony A99II and A7RII High ISO Image Sampling


Sony A99ii ISO Test

Sony A99II preorders at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. PhotoPorst, Calumet Germany, Amazon UK and WexUK.

More A99II tests:


Sony A99II Continuous AF Testing of an oncoming model train….


Sony A99II & A7RII Cityscape Photos:

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