Canon mega teaser was a double flop: No new camera and wrong advertising based on a movie shot on a Sony.

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Canon “Impossible Teaser” revealed to be a double flop:

1) First, they teaser promised so much that all people expected to see some kind of exciting new camera. But instead they announced a “self promoting” new site.

2) The video ad you see on top tells the story from Uruguayan film director Fede Alvarez who shoot the famous viral “panic attack” video (here on Youtube). But the director itself commented on the Canon video to tell them that he shoot the movie on a Sony and not on a Canon camera!

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Amazing how companies keep doing that kind of huge marketing mistakes. There is now a lot of humor-shit about Canon and one of them is that nice anti-impossible-teaser spotted by our friend Steve on CanonWatch.

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Two new Sony PXW-FS7 test videos.

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Sony PXW-FS7: another UHD XAVC very quick test from Filippo Chiesa on Vimeo.

The latest 4K E-mount camcorder got quite a positive feedback from early testers. And here are two more new test videos to check out!

Sony PXW-FS7 test/essais Cinematographie.info/Sony from Cinematographie.info on Vimeo.

Sony PXW-FS7 body only at BHphoto (Click here).
Sony PXW-FS7 with 28-135mm lens at BHphoto (Click here).
Sony VCT-FS7 Lightweight Rod Support System for PXW-FS7 at BHphoto (Click here).
28-135mm at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
28-135mm powerzoom in Europe at Sony DE, UK, ES, IT, FR, CH, AT, NL, BE, FI, SE, NO, PT.

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eBay launches special Sony deal page (A7r, RX100, A7 and more).

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eBay US launched a special Sony deals page. Those are the most interesting deals:
1) A7r with free extras for $1864 at [shoplink 29667 ebay]6ave (Click here)[/shoplink].
2) A7 with lens and with free extras for $1630 at [shoplink 29674 ebay]6ave (Click here)[/shoplink].
3) A6000 with lens and with free extras for $684 at [shoplink 29672 ebay]6ave (Click here)[/shoplink].
4) RX100 with free extras for $370 at [shoplink 29673 ebay]6ave (Click here)[/shoplink].

P.S.: There are now five different Sony cameras and lens deals running at Amazon US (Click here to see them all).

 

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Diglloyd: Zeiss 35mm ZM Rendering Style Sets New Benchmark. But doesn’t work well on the A7.

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Digglloyd is the first reviewer that has tested the new Zeiss ZM 35mm f/1.4 lens and writes:

It is unequivocally the star of the ZM lineup. In terms of operational excellence, I rank it above all my Leica M lenses.” And “Rendering Style Sets New Benchmark”.

But there is also a bad news:

but what a pity that the thick sensor cover glass of Sony A7-family cameras degrades its ultra high grade performance via ray angle (as with all wide angle M lenses).

I do hope Zeiss will release an optimized “Loxia” version of this lens in 2015!

Zeiss Loxia preorders:
Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Lens for Sony E Mount at BHphoto, Adorama., WexUK, CameraPro.
Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* Lens for Sony E Mount at BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK, CameraPro.
Zeiss Lens Hood for Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss Lens Hood for Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* Lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss 52mm Front Lens Cap for Touit and Loxia Lenses at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss De-Click Key for Loxia Lenses (5-Piece Set) at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss Rear Lens Cap for Loxia E-Mount Lenses at BHphoto and Adorama.

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(SR3) XAVC-S recording coming to the A7-A7r with the next firmware update?

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Recently the RX10 got a nice update which added XAVC-S recording. According to a video maker close to Sony also the A7 and A7r could get such an update soon. Would certainly be nice!

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A “cheap” Waterproof Housing for the A7-A7r-A7s from Meikon.

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SAR reader Seppo (Thanks) found a cheap alterative of the certainly higher quality but also ten times more expensive Nauticam A7 camera underwater hosuing ($2,850 here at Samys). The Meikon Waterproof housing for the A7/r/s cameras is for sale for less than $180 on [shoplink 29636 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. It works up to 130ft and with the 28-70mm FE lens.

10 times less epxnaive…maybe some SAR reader can finally buy a waterproof housing without having to pay for it than the camera he carries :)

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Sony US massive deals roundup: A7(s/r), A99, A77, RX100.

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At least in USA Sony is pushing down the prices of many cameras. And to not miss any of those deals here is the ordered list of all of them:

Full Frame E-mount:
$200 off on the Sony A7s sold by [shoplink 29602 ebay]GetItDigital on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sony A7-A7r trade in program is back at Adorama (Click here).
$200 off on the A7r body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$200 off on the A7 body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.
$200 off on the A7 with kit lens body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and SonyStore.

A-mount:
$300 off on the A99 and free vertical grip included too at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
The A58 with kit lens sells for $448 only at Amazon (Click here).
The 16-105mm lens sells now for $498 at Amazon (Click here).
Sony A77 for $618 at SonyStore.
Sony A77 with kit lens  for $787 at SonyStore.

RX cameras:
Sony RX100M2 for $499 at [shoplink 29624 ebay]BeachCamera (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 29625 ebay]BuyDig (Click here)[/shoplink].
Refurbished Sony RX100M3 for $699 at [shoplink 29625 ebay]Secondipity (Click here)[/shoplink].

Extras:
Rocky Nook sells all their Sony eBooks with a 35% discount when you sue the code “RNSY14“.

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