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This week SAR readers photos selection.

May 17, 2015
news
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Jamie Black‎
Found a Coke bottle on the beach
Equipment: Sony A6000 + E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Kit lens
Location: Barbados

Quick note: It’s getting harder and harder for me to filter out pics. SAr readers are posting more and more great pictures as you can see from this week collection. Chapeau to all photographers! :)

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3) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me SAR admin will be posted weekly on SAR.

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May 16, 2015
deals
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You get a $200 discount on the Zeiss 24mm APS-C E-mount lens sold at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Sony Store (Click here). That deal expires at midnight!

Plenty of Sony delas can be seen at Amazon US (Click here and than scroll down) and Adorama (Click here).

Sony refurbished stuff with 90 days warranty from Secondipity:

E-mount ebay:
[shoplink 36414 ebay]Sony A7s for $1899 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36305 ebay]Open Box A7r for $1599 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36306 ebay]A7r for $1299 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36366 ebay]Black A5000 with double lens kit for $349 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36301 ebay]Black A5100 with double lens kit for $489 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36302 ebay]Black A6000 with double lens kit for $659 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36378 ebay]Zeiss 24mm lens for $589 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36380 ebay]Zeiss 16-70mm lens for $749 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36296 ebay]18-200mm lens for $569 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36361 ebay]18-104mm lens for $419 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36379 ebay]55-210mm lens for $174 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36309 ebay]18-55mm lens for $99 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36375 ebay]28-75mmm FE lens for $269 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36297 ebay]Silver C3 with lens for $569 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36298 ebay]Black C3 with lens for $569 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36364 ebay]CL-ECU1 Wide Angle Conversion Lens for $74 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36365 ebay]LAEA3 A-Mount to E-Mount Lens Adapter for $126 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 36367 ebay]LAEA4 A-Mount to E-Mount Lens Adapter for $215 (Click here)[/shoplink].

E-mount amazon:
Sony A7s for $1899 (Click here).
Sony A7r for $1299 (Click here).
A5000 double lens kit for $329 (Click here).
Zeiss 24-70mm lens for $799 (Click here).
Zeiss 35mm lens for $559 (Click here).
30mm macro for $199 (Click here).
A5100 double lens kit for $469 (Click here).
FE 28-70mm for $269 (Click here).
55-210mm for $164 (Click here).
18-55mm for $99 (Click here).
Sony LAEA3 for $126 (Click here).
F3 with lens for $189 (Click here).
NEX-3 with lens for $199 (Click here).
A7r for $1299 (Click here).
Black 55-210 for $179 (Click here).
NEX-5t double lens kit for $399 (Click here).
A7 for $899 (Click here).
A6000 double lens kit with SD card for $649 (Click here).
A500 double lens kit for $329 (Click here).
NEX-5r for $199 (Click here).
Zeiss 16-70mm for $749 (Click here).

Focus Numérique says the new Sony 90mm FE is a pleasure for the eyes :)

May 16, 2015
reviews
29 Comments

90mmFE

Focus Numerique (translation here) tested the Sony FE 90mm lens. They said the lens is a pleasure for the eyes and its performance is very impressive!

Martin Vieten (translation here) reviewed the lens and you can see many image samples on his site. He writes that the lens is worth every penny and the lens convinces with an excellent image quality, especially in backlit situations. Resolution and bokeh leave little to be desired.

The 90mm lens will ship from July 7 at those stores:
In USA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
In Europe at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony IT, Sony ES, Sony NL, Sony BE, Sony AT, Sony CH, Sony SE, Sony FI, Sony NO, Sony PT.
In Asia at Digitalrev, Sony Australia.

Sony Tidbits…

May 16, 2015
news
10 Comments

Sony 30mm F2.8 Macro Lens Review

Zeiss Batis on preorder at Amazon DE (Click here)
350 pounds off on the A7Ii at Amazon UK (Click here)
The German Stiftung Warentest says the new Sony A7II scored the best IQ ranking ever (Test.de).
Chipworks reverse engineers Sony 2nd generation stacked sensor (Image Sensor World).
Zeiss Loxia 50mm tested at Focus Numerique.
Online has very differing views on the A7ii 5 axis (SonyAlphaForum).
Zeiss Loxia 35mm F2 Lens Review by SonyAlphaLab on Youtube.
Hands-On Review of the Atomos Shogun (BHphoto).
Why you shouldn’t trust DXO lens testing (SonyAlphaForum).
Einfach nur genial: Das Sonnar T* FE 2,8/35 ZA (Joerghaag.com).

Open Box Sony A7r sells for $1298 only.

May 15, 2015
deals
2 Comments

You save $600 on the Open Box A7r sold at BestBuy (Click here). And Henrys is selling a few refurbished A7r for $1349 on their [shoplink 36553 ebay]eBay site (Click here)[/shoplink]. Henrys also sells the ref. RX1 for $1597 on their [shoplink 36556 ebay]eBay site (Click here)[/shoplink].

The Loxia 50mm lenses are in Stock at Adorama (Click here) and Amazon (via Adorama). One 35mm Loxia is available at [shoplink 36555 ebay]Popflash eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

(SR2) Some more A7rII and 59MP camera info from a new source…

May 15, 2015
rumors
159 Comments

This one is from a new source and not confirmed by any trusted source or leak. But lately few trusted source proved to be wrong (wrong announcement date) and some non-trusted source proved to be right (Batis lens). So let’s see if that new source is spot on. I hope he is wrong because it would mean the A7rII will not get IBIS! Read here:

*Sony will be revealing the Apsc camera within a week.

*A7rII will remain with the 36mp sensor….Release will be before June but not announcement. No IBIS on the new A7rII but will have the new body/ergo style…Sony plans on keeping the IBIS(A7), R, and the S all exclusive to attract different markets in the photo/video world.. $-]

*Ax, will have the 59mp sensor and new raw sensor…(Hint for announcement: 5dsr will be heart broken when it compete against sales)

Would really be surprising if Sony would NOT add IBIS on the A7rII…

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(SR4) More confirmations about E-mount announcement around May 21.

May 15, 2015
rumors
63 Comments

May 20-21-22 announcement:
I keep receiving more confirmations that there is a major E-mount camera announcement next week around May 20-21-22! I also got some more info about cameras I will publish soon after I get some confirmations from other sources…

Today Sony’s Australia event:
Sony Australia had a meeting today with journalists and photographers but their touch and try session has been made with the current camera/lenses . Like it happened with the A7II and the recent FE lens announcements it looks like Sony prefers to announce new products in “solo” without any special journalist/photographers meeting like other companies do. Anyway, there are only 5-6 days now we have to wait to see the new E-mount stuff!

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