New Sigma 50mm ART lens review by Kai and CameraLabs.

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One of the most amazing lenses you can get for your Sony A-mount (or E-mount via adapter) is certainly the 50mm f/1.4 Sigma ART lens. The lens now got reviewed by Kai from Digitalrev (video on top) and by Gordon from Cameralabs who writes:

The new Sigma 50mm f1.4 ART is a truly excellent lens which comfortably out-performs anything costing even twice the price. It sets a new standard for 50mm lenses and easily earns our Highly Recommended award.

The A-mount lens can be preordered in USA Amazon (Click here) at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). And in Europe at WexUK (Click here) and WexDe (Click here).

 

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USA deals: All the E-mount cameras you can grab for less than $499!

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Photokina is close but unlike you want to spend a lot of $$$ on the new cameras you can get some very good E-mount cameras now for less than $500! Here is the list:

NEX-6:
[shoplink 27651 ebay]NEX-6 body for $449 at Sony eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]
NEX-6 with kit lens for $499 at Amazon (Click here).

NEX-5t:
[shoplink 27652 ebay]NEX-5T body for $348 at Focuscamera eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 27653 ebay]NEX-5T with kit lens for $475 at 6ave eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]

NEX-3n:
[shoplink 27654 ebay]NEX-5T with kit lens for $295 at Hastagsavings eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]

A5000:
[shoplink 27655 ebay]A5000 body for $349 at 6ave eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 27656 ebay]A5000 with kit lens for $429 at Ishkay eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]

A3000:
A3000 with kit lens for $299 at Amazon (Click here).

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New Sony A7s reviews: You knew A7s Dynamic range is damn close to the $40,000 Arri Amira?

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Image courtesy: Cinema5D

Cinema5D (Click here) posted a full A7s dynamic range test (in video):

Here we tested usable dynamic range of the given cameras. With 14.1 stops the usable dynamic range of the A7S comes surprisingly close to the Arri Amira with its legendary Alexa sensor (see our full review here).
This is an extremely good dynamic range rating and is fascinating considering that the A7S is available at a fraction of the Amira’s price and is also in a completely different weight and size class. While the Amira will outperform the A7S in other tests, the dynamic range is a very important attribute to consider when working with a camera.

Gizmodo posted the full A7s review and writes:

The A7s is a great demonstration of technology powerful enough to make you forget about its flaws. The Panasonic GH4 has more tools, more options, more usability—with 4K built right in, and to spectacular effect. But the micro four thirds sensor of the GH4 offers its own compromises: low light is not very good, shallow depth of field is constrained, as is field of view. But here’s the real kicker. The A7s will literally increase the possible scenarios in which you can get a good shot, by way of low light performance. No amount of 4K, 8K, or how ever many K can accomplish that.

More A7s tests:
Professional photographer/videographer sold his canon 1dc and purchased Sony a7s’s Matt Buckman’s Review of the Sony a7s: http://youtu.be/sjKbIIsLWdQ
A7s test at
Fotopolis (translation here).
A7s review at DigitalCameraWorld.
Eric Lo:I just came back from a long road trip and finished photo editing, all photos were taken with A7S(night), A7R(day) and Canon lenses (14L2, 15 Fisheye, 17TSE, 2470L2). http://bit.ly/1qLSLaH

Sony A7s store links:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
Sony A7s EU pages: Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PL. And Wex UK.

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Canon and Sony lead the camera market in Japan (first 6 months of 2014).

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BCN (found via Dicahub) posted the market share data for the camera sales in Japan during the first half of the current year. There is only the info about the market leader of each category (not info yet about the 2nd or 3rd place and so on). Here are the leaders:

fixed lens: canon (25.8%)
dslr: canon (56.9%)
mirrorless: sony (36.4%)
video camera: sony (39.8%)
photo frame: sony (38.2%)

As you know in Japan the Mirrorless market is just as big as the DSLR market. And it’s likely to growth faster than the DSLR market the coming years. So it may will happen one day: Sony surpassing Canon in the system camera world?

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First price drops on the A7s (up to $240 off).

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I noticed the first price drops on the brand new Sony A7s cameras:

6ave sells the A7s with free extras for around $2,260 only on [shoplink 27672 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Third party sellers have the A7s for $2,442 on Amazon US (Click here).

And don’t forget you get up to $375 credit on the A7-A7r and A7s purchase if you trade in your DSLR at Amazon US (Click here to get all info).

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(SR4) First specs of the curved sensor 2/3 inch sensor camera (or smartphone) with f/1.2 lens!

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A couple of weeks I told you how Sony developed a 2/3 inch and a Full Frame curved sensor. Both are ready for production. We now got our hands on the specs of the 2/3 inch sensor camera (or smartphone) that Sony will launch soon at Photokina. It will be the worlds first curved sensor camera/smartphone!
The 22 Megapixel curved sensor has a dynamic range of 10.8 stop at ISO 640, SNR of 41.1DB at ISO 400 and the astonishing 7.83mm lens f/1.2 G lens is only 6mm thick! This could be the smallest and highest quality compact camera ever made. The 2/3 inch curved sensor has the same signal to ratio of the Canon 5dMarkIII !!!
The chances stay very high that Sony will also launch a Full Frame curved sensor camera with a damn compact Zeiss 35mm f/1.8 lens. Will this be the first Full Frame camera that fits in your pocket???
Here are the lens specs of the 2/3 inch camera:

P.s.: I am not sure the equivalent calc of the rable is right…

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Sony TidBits…

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Sony SEL50F18 E-mount Lens Unboxing and First Look

RX100M3 review at Engadget.
Interview with concert photographer and A6000 owner Adam Elmakias at Cameras.Reviewed.
RX100m3 test at DSLRmagazine (translation here).
Guide to Sony A7/A7R/A7S Camera Accessories at BrianSmith.com.
Japanese Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA review at DC-watch.
Japanese FE 35mm lens test at Ascii.

Horshack:I posted a High ISO test between the A7s, Df, A7r, and A7. Here’s the link: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/54031579

Guy Mancuso:Have a thread going on the Sigma18-35 if you want to post it http://www.getdpi.com/forum/sony/51113-sigma-18-35-1-8-zoom-aps.html

M&H:Here are our first impressions of the Sony A7s. We can officially say it deserves the title of “The Dark Knight” of photography! Bestmirrorlesscamerareviews.com

 

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