Still hot: Refurbished 55-210mm E-mount lens for $149.

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[shoplink 44184 ebay]55-210mm[/shoplink]

There are still a few in Stock: Refurbished 55-210mm E-mount APS-C lens sold by [shoplink 44184 ebay]BuyDig on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] for $149 It is covered by a 1 Year Parts & Labor warranty.

More deals:
 Up to 10% reward offer running on both Sony cameras (Click here) and Sony-Zeiss lenses (Click here).
$230 off on the [shoplink 44049 ebay]Black Tamron lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
$230 off on the [shoplink 44050 ebay]Silver Tamron lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
$200 gift card for free on the Sony A7rII sold by BHphoto (Click here).
Open Box Sony A7 for $829 at [shoplink 43893 ebay]BuyDig (Click here)[/shoplink]. That’s a $280 saving.
Refurbished Sony FE 70-200mm lens for $1,199 at [shoplink 43896 ebay]Secondipity eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. That’s a $300 saving.
$100 off on the Hasselblad 16mm E-mount lens at BHphoto (Click here).

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Zeiss Loxia 21mm lens review at Mirrorlessons

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Mirrorlessons reviewed the new [shoplink 44222]Loxia 21mm f/2.8 lens[/shoplink] and writes:

The Loxia 2.8/21 delivers exactly what you’d expect from a Zeiss lens. It is sharp at the centre, sharp in the corners, handles flare like a pro, and doesn’t show any relevant traces of CA. There is some slight vignetting at f/2.8 but it can be easily corrected with any software. As such, it doesn’t really qualify as a negative point since it happens with almost every wide angle lens. The only thing I couldn’t test because of the bad weather was coma aberration for astro images.
Of course, we could also talk about the price. This lens is not cheap by any means but if you look at the entire Zeiss catalogue, you will find that it fits in the usual price range applied to this type of lens. The Milvus lenses or old classic ZF/ZE versions are actually more expensive. So yes, the price is high but the lens delivers exactly what it promises.

Loxia 21mm store links at [shopcountry 44222]

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Sony Tidbits…

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Zeiss v. Zeiss -Battle of the 35mm’s – Loxia & Sony

My Sony A7 II as back up for my Nikon D810… and why I sold it after all (Insignia Chiaki).
First pics of Sony A7 with legacy zeiss glass (SonyAlphaForum).
AF a7II vs a99 (SonyAlphaForum).
Gallery of shots with the sigma 19, 30, 60 mm (SonyAlphaForum)

Gareth: “Hi, it’s clearly not fully developed & released yet, but the new Wireless Trigger ” Air R” that works with the Nissin Air Commander has appeared on the Nissin site. This will allow users to add other flashes (including the fantastically compact i40) to the Air Commander control system. http://www.nissindigital.com/air_r.html One of the few affordable native hot-shoe compatible systems. Much more affordable than Sony of Phottix flash.”

Joe: “I just dumped a trove of APS-C E mount zoom test shots onto my blog, along with a bit of commentary:
http://www.chromadic.com/?p=189
http://www.chromadic.com/?p=123
http://www.chromadic.com/?p=142
http://www.chromadic.com/?p=157
http://www.chromadic.com/?p=176
That was a lot of work, I hope somebody else finds it useful.“

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RX1RII finally in Stock at BH. And the RX1 discontinued.

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R1XrII

The new RX1rII is finally in Stock at BHphoto (order today and ships on Monday). And the “older” RX1 is marked as discontinued. The batch shipping by BHphoto has no light leak issue.

And this one is still running too: Save $200 on the refurbished 55-210mm E-mount APS-C lens sold by [shoplink 44184 ebay]BuyDig on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. It is covered by a 1 Year Parts & Labor warranty.

More deals:
$230 off on the [shoplink 44049 ebay]Black Tamron lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
$230 off on the [shoplink 44050 ebay]Silver Tamron lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
$200 gift card for free on the Sony A7rII sold by BHphoto (Click here).
Open Box Sony A7 for $829 at [shoplink 43893 ebay]BuyDig (Click here)[/shoplink]. That’s a $280 saving.
Refurbished Sony FE 70-200mm lens for $1,199 at [shoplink 43896 ebay]Secondipity eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. That’s a $300 saving.
$100 off on the Hasselblad 16mm E-mount lens at BHphoto (Click here).

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(SR5) Sony to announce two compact cameras along the A6100: HX80 and HX350

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Image on top shows the current [shoplink 44224 ebay]HX300[/shoplink].

A small correction first. We reported earlier there would be a HX400 successor. The source corrected the info because the camera will replace the HX300 and not the HX400.

So far he heard of three cameras going to be announced soon by Sony:

Sony A6100 E-mount APS-C
Sony HX350 fixed lens compact
Sony HX80 fixed lens compact

Still no 100% reliable info about the “high End” stuff. But stay tuned…

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World’s first Nikon to Sony E-mount autofocus adapter is now in Stock on eBay!

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[shoplink 44210 ebay]Nikcommlite[/shoplink]

The world’s first Nikon F to Sony E-mount autofocus adapter is now in Stock for the first time on [shoplink 44210 ebay]eBay (Now sold out!)[/shoplink] and at Eachshot (Click here).

Main Features:
1. EXIF Parameter Transmitting;
2. Support AF (for AF-I, AF-S lens with lens’ internal motor only)
3. Support Aperture Control (Including the EMD and Pull-rod Aperture type Lens)
4. Support VR Stabilizer Function;
5. Compatible with teleconvertor lens even Aperture less than F8;
6. Support all Nikon F lens in MF mode;
7. Made of Aluminum Alloy, powerful and stable;
8. Standard 1/4 tripod baseplate at the bottom;

A test video can be seen here. Note that there is also a second adapter from Techart which is going on sale soon (test videos here).

This is the compatibility list:

UPDATE: Our reader Animalsbarry made me notice that there is a small disclaimer not that doens’t really sound too good. It says: “if you are worried about damage to your lens do not buy“.

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