A6000 accessory roundup.

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The A6000 is one of the most loved cameras on SAR. And it’s also the best bang for the buck. So if you own it here are some accessories you may need to get:

1) Battery grips:
– Ownuser grip on [shoplink 32882 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] or Amazon (Click here).
– Neweer battery grip on Amazon (Click here).
– Travor A6000 battery grip is for sale on Alibaba (Click here).

2) Sony A6000 Flash bounce cards on Amazon (Click here).

3) Underwater TTL Housing for Sony Alpha a6000 from Ikelite.

4) Cineasy Touch Video Record Button Enhancement [shoplink 36621 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]

5) Sexy Garix leather case on eBay in [shoplink 26006 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 26007 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 26008 ebay]Camel (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 26009 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink].

6) Lensmate Thumg Grip for the A6000 at Amazon US (Click here).

Sony A6000 store link list:
Sony A6000 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK

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First Sony Starvis sensor review (at minus 20 degrees Celsius)

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This post is more for hard-core sensor tech interested people than for classical Alpha shooters. But maybe it’s interesting for everyone to see how a Sony sensor performs at -20 degrees Celsius.

Back in October Sony posted a Brochure (PDF here) and a Slideshow (website here) explaining the detailed new Starvis tech. Well now the very first cameras using that sensor is on sale on [shoplink 44152 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 44151 ebay]eBay DE (Click here)[/shoplink]. The “ZWO ASI 178” camera has a cooled Sony Starvis sensor which can go below ambient temperature by 35-40 degrees Celsius.

Myphotojourney posted a first impression (here) and a first review (here) of the camera with Sony sensor. Enjoy the reading!

P.S.: Would be interesting to see a -20 degree A7rII sensor test. High ISO noise should be less (on paper).

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Sony Tidbits…

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Batis 85mm with Sony a7 and a7ii

Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 on Sony A7S II Aperture Series: Blue Dusk Settles on Snowy Lundy Canyon (Diglloyd).
Lomography Petzval 58 Bokeh Control Art lens Review (Photobyrichard)
α7R II + PO3-3M 50mm F2 (Dc.watch).
Is it Time to go Full Frame? Weight These Pros and Cons Before You Decide (Digital-photography-school)
Frozen Landscape Photography with Sony a7ii (SonyAlphaForum).
Hands-On Review: The Sony FS7 and Sony’s FE PZ 28-135mm Variable Speed Zoom Lens (Explora).
Interchangeable Lenses versus Built-in Zoom: What Filmmakers need to Know (Explora).

Martin: “I will have a german webinar on using Lightroom for a streamlined workflow. http://xritephoto.com/ph_learning.aspx?action=webinars&eventid=-125&eventdateid=-151. All images were shot on the A7mk2 and A7R. Maybe its cool for some of your german language readers.”

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Tamron SP 15-30mm A-mount in Stock. A6000 ref. double lens kit for $589.

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[shoplink 44376 ebay]A6000d[/shoplink]

A limited quantity of refurbished A6000 dual zoom lens kits are for sale via [shoplink 44376 ebay]Secondipity on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. Comes with 90 day warranty. They also sell a [shoplink 44377 ebay]A7r for $1299 (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 44378 ebay]RX1 for $1599 (Click here)[/shoplink].

And the Tamron 15-30mm A-mount lens is finally in Stock at BHphoto (Click here). Perfect lens for your future A99II :)

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Sony patents a new FE 28-70mm f/2.0 lens!

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We still didn’t get a f/2.8 FE zoom but it seems Sony is considering an even bigger surprise. Egami spotted a brand new 28-70mm f/2.0 FE zoom patent! Here are the details:

  • Patent Publication No. 2016-14841
    • Published 2016.1.28
    • Filing date 2014.7.3
  • Example 1
    • Focal length f = 28.84 45.32 66.50mm
    • Fno. 2.06
    • Half angle of view ω = 36.87 25.52 18.02 °

I seriously doubt Sony will really make such a lens. It would be huge! So far only Sigma made a f/2.0 FF zoom, [shoplink 44359 ebay]the 24-35mm f/2[/shoplink]. And Fuji made a 14.5-45mm T2.0 Cine lens for Super35 whish costs $99,000 at BH!

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Sony Q3 financial report: Less sales but increased profit.

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Sony posted the full Q3 financial results (PDF file here). Here are a couple of key info:

1) The overall Sony Net income increased 21%
2) In the imaging segment Sony reports a 5% decrease in sales. But the profit had a 4.0 bln yen increase. The profit has been achieved thanks to cost cuts and “improvement in the product mix of digital cameras”
3) Q4 Forecast for the imaging segment: Sales estimation is 10 bln yen less than expected. This because of “Lower than expected sales of broadcast- and professional-use products”. But Sony also increased the operative income forecast (5 bln yen upward revision) because of “a shift to high value-added models”
4) For the first time after many years Sony reports a decrease in Image Sensor Sales (-12% sales). This reflects the current “crisis” of the smartphone market.

Overall the news is good for Sony. Like any other company the digital camera business sales are shrinking. But Sony shift towards high-end products with higher net margin is paying off.

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