Refurbished Sony’s: A7r for $1299 and A7 for $829.

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The price of the Sony refurbished cameras went down and here are the new deals:
Sony A7r for $1299 at Amazon (Click here) and [shoplink 38751 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony A7 for $829 at Amazon (Click here) and [shoplink 38752 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony A7s for $1899 at [shoplink 38754 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

And there is also one FE lens:
Sony 24-70mm FE lens for $799 at Amazon (Click here) and [shoplink 38750 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

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Sony A7rII legacy test: “strong indication the sensor has no problem with magenta color shift at the borders anymore”.

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Image courtesy: 3D-Kraft.

There are still no reviews of the new Sony A7rII. Bit strange if you consider the camera is set to ship in a few days on August 5 according to Amazon US (Click here). Sony still doesn’t allow to shoot pictures with legacy lenses but 3D-Kraft (Click here) tested the [shoplink 38771 ebay]Zeiss Hologon T* 8/16 lens[/shoplink] on the A7rII and analyzed the results from the LCD screen. Of course this is not a very scientific way but 3D-Kraft has a good eye when it comes to legacy lens test. So these are his first impressions:

What you see on the display looks very promising for legacy lens collectors! It gives strong indication that the sensor of the new Sony A7RII has no problem with magenta color shift at the borders anymore. It also looked like the borders were less blurred compared to the sample from the A7S.

Well, let’s hope his “Impressions” will be confirmed by future more advanced tests!

A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

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BIG Giveaway: Iridient Developer is giving away Five Free Licenses + Ten discounts of 25% !

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Brian at Iridient Digital is happy to offer five free licenses along with ten 25% discounts to our Mac OS X readers! Iridient Developer is highly regarded for its exceptional RAW processing quality, sharpening, noise reduction, lens corrections, monochrome conversions and more. Check it out at:
www.iridientdigital.com

For this Giveaway, Brian is offering

– A total of five free Iridient licenses (one for each site: Iridient, SonyAlphaRumors, 43rumors, FujiRumors, CanonWatch)
– A total of ten 25% discounts (two free licenses for each site)

You can enter our giveaway and win simply by visiting any of the participating sites on Facebook and/or following them on Twitter. To win one of the prizes use the dedicated giveaway box above.

The more sites you visit on Facebook and follow on Twitter, the more entries you’ll gain and hence increase your chances to win one of the prizes.

If you instead visit just the SonyAlphaRumors Facebook page, then you’ll enter SonyAlphaRumors’ giveaway, but you are missing the chance to win anything on the other sites. So, like and follow to increase your chance to win! The more social you are, the more chances you have to win.

PLEASE NOTE: To enter this Giveaway, the Option “Follow Iridient on Twitter” is mandatory.

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The Rumor Guys

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV spinner high frame rate sample video (960 fps)

German Gold Box deal on the Tamron 16-300mm at Amazon (Click here and than scroll the horizontal bar to find it).
Slow-motion video samples from the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV (Dpreview).
Astrophotography with the Sony A7II (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony Alpha a7s Travel Photography: Filmmaker and Pro Surfer Cyrus Sutton (Adorama Blog).
Review of Venus Optics LAOWA 15mm f/4 1:1 Wide Angle Macro Lens (SGmacro).
A7s and A7II test at Nikkei.jp.
Keeping photographers and reporters at distance: The “Clinton-rope” (TheNakedCamera).
A7s Slog2 Shogun (SonyAlphaForum).

Wes: “Shot my first wedding a week and a half ago on an a6000. Using the SEL35f18 and SEL70200G mostly.
https://m.facebook.com/wesperryphotography/albums/403110616560866/“

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New Nissin Di700A Flash to ship on July 31. And got a $25 mail in rebate too.

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The Nissin Di700A will ship on July 31 according to BHphoto (Click here). And you also have a new $25 mail in rebate! The new Nissin can also be preorder in Europe at Amazon Germany (Click here), Amazon UK (Click here) and [shoplink 38763 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Reminder: Prodigital has a new list of discounted Tamron A-mount and E-mount lenses on their eBay page:
E-Mount:
[shoplink 38709 ebay]$250 off on the Black Tamron 18-200mm E-mount lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38710 ebay]$250 off on the Silver Tamron 18-200mm E-mount lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38712 ebay]$260 off on the Black refurbished(!) Tamron 18-200mm E-mount lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
A-Mount:
[shoplink 38704 ebay]$120 off on the Tamron 70-200mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38705 ebay]$80 off on the Tamron 150-600mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38706 ebay]$100 off on the Tamron 24-70mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38707 ebay]$120 off on the Tamron 70-200mm macro lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38708 ebay]$60 off on the Tamron 16-300mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38711 ebay]$210 off on the Tamron 90mm macro lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38713 ebay]$120 off on the Tamron 10-24mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38714 ebay]$130 off on the Open Box Tamron 10-24mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38715 ebay]$140 off on the Tamron 28-75mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38716 ebay]$100 off on the Tamron 18-270mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38717 ebay]$130 off on the Tamron 70-300mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38718 ebay]$210 off on the Tamron 90mm macro lens (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38719 ebay]$220 off on the Tamron 17-50mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink]

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New Zeiss Batis news roundup: User reports doens’t read manual and complains about the OLED screen :)

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The very first user review at BHphoto (Click here) is negative because the user didn’t get it how to use the manual :). He writes:

“I just received Zeiss Batis 85mm. Well, the OLED just stopped working. I am returning it. So so disappointed.”

But as our reader Aldro noticed this is not a fault on the Zeiss lens:

Something tells me that guy didn’t read the manual. I had mine ‘die’ on my first day of my hands on review too. It didn’t die. I just turned the focus ring too far and somehow the setting switched it off. You can configure the display by turning the focus ring very far. It’s described in the manual.

ThePhoBlographer posted a first impression review:

“So far, we’re really liking the image quality that this lens can deliver. But we have a lot more testing to do. Autofocusing with this lens seems to be the way to go over manual focusing in the current weather conditions as we stated earlier.”

Zeiss Batis 25mm semi Review with alot of photos by Albert Dros. Discussion on SonyAlphaForum.

A beautiful lens that without a doubt will sell very well. It’s beautifully designed both inside and outside. It’s tack sharp wide open from corner to corner, suffers from little distortion (without lens profiles for LR) and little CA.

Batis store links:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens in US at Adorama, Bhphoto. In Eu at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama, Bhphoto. In EU at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.

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This week SAR readers photos selection.

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Miguel Quiles
I managed to get my hands on the Zeiss Batis 85mm 1.8 last week and used it at my “Dramatic Portrait” class at Adorama. The lens feels well built, focus is quick and is one of the sharpest native lenses I’ve used so far! Here’s an example shot taken at f/1.8.

1) Submit your picture with a message and picture here: facebook.com/sonyalpharumors or on the SonyAlphaForum image section.
2) Like and comment the pictures from other readers here: facebook.com/sonyalpharumors/photos_stream?tab=photos and on SonyAlphaForum.
3) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me SAR admin will be posted weekly on SAR.

Note: When sending a pic feel free to also add a link to your site to promote yourself!

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