Sony Japan just issued a new firmware update for the A7rII and A7sII cameras. There is only one new feature: You can now record XAV-S on [shoplink 47270 ebay]SDHC cards[/shoplink] too (before that only [shoplink 47271 ebay]SDXC cards[/shoplink] were supported).

UPDATE: it’s now available at eusupport.sony.com.

Sony A7 camera series and ZEISS Touit Lenses – The perfect addition for certain shooting situations

The Digital Minilux – Summarit 40mm conversion on the Sony a7RII (Chad Wadsworth).
The Progression Of A Professional by Douglas Dubler on Alphauniverse.
200/4.0 MicroNikkor (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony RX1R II: primeras muestras (Quesabesde).

James: “I recently shot a little piece testing high frame rates on the Sony RX100 IV, conforming some of the shots to 1000 fps. Just wondered if this was the sort of stuff you like to the tidbits section? Here’s a link to the video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Dc6g-aOxM”

Zack: “The issue with my current sony alpha6300 video recording. The detailed of the complaint to Sony Singapore can be seen below:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154791987868312&set=o.110135522136&type=3&theater”

Kin: “Just posted a real quick test last night on a slow motion comparison between A6300, GH4 and A7s ii. Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ghvulJXslw”

Federico: “I point out that our video, in Italian unfortunately, to show how Canon and Sigma lenses work perfectly on Sony A7RII through Commilite adapter ring. We also did a video review of the camera and the written review, but they are always in Italian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOrTjrT7n7o“

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Weeks ago Fuji photographer Sator claimed that E-mount has an inherent faulty design that makes it impossible to design lenses that are smaller than DSLR lenses.

Mike asked Zeiss about the E-mount flange distance influence on the lens design. And this is the official Zeiss answer:

Dear Mike!
We have an answer for you now: because of the shorter flange focal distance of mirrorless camera systems compared to SLR systems (e.g. E-mount: 18mm, F-mount: 46.5mm), some lenses could be designed differently. This could result either in a slightly smaller (shorter) barrel, or in a more complex, higher performing lens compared to a comparable SLR lens of the same focal length and speed. Of course, it is not possible to overcome the laws of physics. The diameter of the entrance pupil is always fixed by the focal length and speed.
Completely new optical designs like our [shoplink 46456 ebay]Loxia Distagon T* 2,8/21[/shoplink] benefit from the short flange focal distance of the E-mount, leading to a more compact lens compared to the SLR lens with the same data.
Best regards
ZEISS Camera Lenses Team

This should put an end to the debate if E-mount allows lenses to be more compact than DSLR equivalent lenses! Godfather Zeiss just pronounced the final sentence :)

Links to all Batis and Loxia lenses:
Batis 18mm at [shopcountry 47045].
Batis 25mm at [shopcountry 45790].
Batis 85mm at [shopcountry 45791].
Loxia 21mm at [shopcountry 46456].
Loxia 35mm at [shopcountry 47046].
Loxia 50mm at [shopcountry 47047].

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Thanks Lucas for spotting this!

Ma1co from the Personal View forum managed to create an app to unlock the two settings on your Sony camera:

• Remove the 30min video recording limit
• Unlock the language menu

You can find the hacked files at GitHub. This is just the start. He may be able to unlock more features in the near future!

α6300 -AF Performance Test | α | Sony

Lensbaby Twist 60, rebirth of a classic, quirky, beautiful (Tyson Robichaud).
a6300 Engineers’ Interview at Sony Japan (google translation here).
A7r autofocus test (Dario Cannone).
Best tripod for A7 Series under 1.3kg (2.8lb) and over 130cm height (SonyAlphaForum).

Eddie Hobson: “https://vimeo.com/162269387 Made in Venice, timelapse shot with Sony A7r and Sony Zeiss 16-35 – video shot with A7s, Sony Zeiss 16-35 & DJI Ronin M.”

Richard: “My A6000 Time-Lapse app based TL: https://vimeo.com/162937887”

Jonathan: “I just made my first time lapse short using the a7rii and LRTimelapse. It is to show off Houston after dark. Here is the link https://youtu.be/j2LDd7msMTA“