(SR5) Breaking news: Sony NEX-3 successor to be announced today (live stream will be included!).

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The High End E-mount and A-mount APS-C camera will be announced in late January or early February. But Sony wants to give us a small present today (or tomorrow for EU and Asia). They will announce the new Sony NEX-3 successor!

Sony will stream the announcement live and I will embed the live stream video on SAR. The press conference will start at January 1am tonight (London time). This means it will be 8pm this evening in New York, or 5pm in Las Vegas or 2 o clock in the night in Berlin or 11 in the morning in Tokyo.

Stay tuned on SAR tonight and the following days! The NEX-7 successor, A77 successor and some surprise coming the next weeks and months!!!

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(SR3) There will be an “R” version of the new High End APS-C E-mount camera?

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New E-mount cameras will be split in two versions just like the RX.

A new source just notified me that Sony will actually launch two High End APS-C E-mount cameras. The second camera will be an “R” version which means a camera without Anti Aliasing filter. Just like the Sony RX1 and RX1R. He said the cameras will be announced soon and that matches with the timing I got from my trusted sources. The new E-mount and A-mount cameras are going to be announced in late January or early February right before the Japanese CP+ show. There will be some new lenses too!

Stay tuned on SAR! Exciting time ahead and I finally have some time to work more on grabbing rumors for you.

OK, just to tease you a bit: There will be surprises I didn’t tell you about ;)

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Sony TidBits…(great RX1 for fashion article)

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One Week with Sony A7 and Bolex anamorphot from Seb Farges on Vimeo.

A young fashion photographer posted a great article at Mirrorlessrumors about how he used the RX1 for some fashion shooting. Great images, but Sony should do a RX2 with 50mm lens for portrait shots :)

Sony RX100 II final review at Imaging Resource.
Sony Cyber-shot RX10 Vs Sony Cyber-shot R1 Comparison Review at ePhotozine.
Tamron 150-600mm Canon mount lens review at Wzswig.
Finally a remote for the Nex-7 via Kickstarter
A SAR friend created a new APP that some of you coul find to be very useful: iOS App texBlend and it’s is available in the App Store (Click here). More info about it at Outbackphoto (Click here).

Neef: “Not a Rumor or news , just some interesting things http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20131223/-101-3148817/1.html Hong Kong Civil Engineering and Development Department Using a R.C.Helicopter to capture image for land survey , but the most interest things are…. the camera use for the survey is a NEX camera~ i’m not sure which model it is . but it seems to be NEX 6 or 7 , maybe you can identify it clearly? it’s not a new technology , but something interesting…”

Animalsbarry: Extreme z shift test. To determine the effect of z shift on internal focus lenses I did a quick test…numbers are approximate. I used a 50-500MM. Lens at 500MM. Min focos about 10′ and 1/5 magnification. I added a 60MM extension tube..now at 10′ the magnification increased to 1/3 and the new minimum focus was about 6′. This is a much more extreme improvement in close focus than would be expected with the same extension tube on a normal lens. The reason for this is internal focus lenses focus by changing the focal length rather than by moving the entire lens. The extensiion tube allows focusing at a longer focal length for any close focus distance and closer than expected minimum focus distance because mininimum focus occurs at a shorter focal length on this type of lens. This test simulates the impact that sensor shift focusing would have on close focusing if it became available.

James: “I have been follow Sony flash F60M overheat problem is not being fixed by SONY yet, but look like will be soon after a new ‘tech fail’ article is written by ‘major tech website’. thought you should know about this one. it will be newsworthy as F60M overheat shutdown plague so many user around world. plz share! http://community.sony.com/t5/Alpha-SLT-DSLR-Cameras/HVL-F60M-Flash-Overheating-Unusable/m-p/258689#M2721″

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Great US deal: Sony NEX-3n with lens for $299!

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This is the cheapest NEX camera with kit lens you can get. And it’s an absolute great deal: NEX-3n with 16-50mm lens for $299 at Adorama (Click here). Of course there is a big chance the successor will be announced soon. But it will be mroe expensive and not necessarly a lot better. $299? Damn, grab it!

All other ongoing US deals:
Save up to $400 on Sony camera and lens bundles at BHphoto (Click here),
Save $300 on the VG-C77AM Vertical Grip with Sony A77 Digital SLR Purchase at Amazon (Click here).
RX100 superbundle for $464 at [shoplink 23771 ebay]6ave ebay (Click here)[/shoplink].
RX100II superbundle for $665 at [shoplink 23772 ebay]6ave ebay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Save up to $470 on NEX bundles at SonyStore (Click here).
Save up to $650 on Alpha bundles at SonyStore (Click here).
Free 32GB SD card with the RX100 and RX100II at SonyStore (Click here).
A77 kit with 18-135mm lens, 32GB card, card reader, cleaning kit, bag, filters and $50 Visa gift card at Buydig (Click here).
$50 off on the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 A-mount lens at BHphoto (Click here).

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(part five) Sony A7-A7r legacy lens test from SAR readers (Bokeh comparison by 3D-kraft)

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Image courtesy: 3Dkraft (Click here)

3Dkraft (Click here) compared the Bokeh performance of a long list of lenses used on the A7 and A7r:

Sony STF 135mm f/2.8 T4.5 [shoplink 23777 ebay](lens here on ebay)[/shoplink].
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm f/1.4 [shoplink 23778 ebay](lens here on ebay)[/shoplink].
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 G (2012 model) [shoplink 23780 ebay](lens here on ebay)[/shoplink].
Zeiss FE Sonnar T* 55mm f/1.8 [shoplink 23781 ebay](lens here on ebay)[/shoplink].
SLR Magic HyperPrime CINE 50mm T0.95 [shoplink 23782 ebay](lens here on ebay)[/shoplink].
Leica Summilux 50mm f/1.4 ASPH [shoplink 23783 ebay](lens here on ebay)[/shoplink].
SLR Magic HyperPrime CINE 35mm T0.95 [shoplink 23784 ebay](lens here on ebay)[/shoplink].
Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.2 ASPH [shoplink 23785 ebay](lens here on ebay)[/shoplink].
Voigtlander Ultron 21mm f/1.8 ASPH [shoplink 23786 ebay](lens here on ebay)[/shoplink].
Zeiss Otus 55mm lens [shoplink 23787 ebay](lens here on ebay)[/shoplink].

You tell me what lens performs as best ;)

More lens tests:
Vintage lens test at Artaphot.  that several vintage lenses were tested on A7.
Review 35mm zeiss vg voitlander f/1.2 by Daniele Cuccia.

Dario: “Contax Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm f1.4 https://vimeo.com/82893653”

Sam: “I don’t think anyone’s posted anything about this yet, but the Lensbaby Tilt-Converter actually works properly with Nikon FX lenses on the new a7R. I haven’t tested a lot of lenses yet, but the 35mm f/2 AF-D lens seems to work quite well with no extra vignetting. Here’s an example:facebook.com I know it’s the stereotypical “miniature effect” but this is still more of a test. I can send you a few full res images if you want me to. I’m working on a full review of the camera and will have a section about the Lensbaby in it.”

Anonymous: “Here are vides of the Sony A7R with 5 nikon lenses https://vimeo.com/82918169 Same video with noise reduction added https://vimeo.com/82920641”

Mat and Heather: “We just published a gallery taken in Lyon (France) with the Sony A7 and Summilux lenses (35mm and 50mm) at bestmirrorlesscamerareviews.”

Pascal: “I have started reviewing a slew of Leica lenses on my A7r. My first discussion on Leica-M vs Leica-r is here : http://dearsusans.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/188-leica-m-or-leica-r-which-red-dot-for-your-sony-a7r/ and I will soon be posting a review of the Apo-Telyt-M 135/3.4 (great lens on this camera ! :)”

 

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USA: Save up to $650 on Camera and Lens Bundles.

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Sony US is offering plenty of bundled deals. Here is the list:

Save up to $400 on Sony camera and lens bundles at BHphoto (Click here),
Save $300 on the VG-C77AM Vertical Grip with Sony A77 Digital SLR Purchase at Amazon (Click here).
RX100 superbundle for $464 at [shoplink 23771 ebay]6ave ebay (Click here)[/shoplink].
RX100II superbundle for $665 at [shoplink 23772 ebay]6ave ebay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Save up to $470 on NEX bundles at SonyStore (Click here).
Save up to $650 on Alpha bundles at SonyStore (Click here).
Free 32GB SD card with the RX100 and RX100II at SonyStore (Click here).
A77 kit with 18-135mm lens, 32GB card, card reader, cleaning kit, bag, filters and $50 Visa gift card at Buydig (Click here).

A list of all ongoing Sony deals can be found here at SonyStore (Click here).

P:S.: $50 off on the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 A-mount lens at BHphoto (Click here).

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