This is how you shoot a CHEVY commercial with the A7s :)

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Cinoflex is shooting a commercial for Chevrolet. And this is how they have “packed” the Sony A7s :)

Don’t worry, you can also use a more “Portable” set:

This is what Cinoflex thinks about the A7s:

The tests are very good. Everything you would expect from this camera. Our specific tests we’re focused on lens fall-off and sensor reaction. The DR was also very surprising, great tonal rendition in the shadows. For this camera the biggest challenge is the infrastructure (for lack of more familiar terms THE RIG). It is important for professional camera crews to use this camera (or any camera) in a traditional fashion, the CINOFLEX, gave the SONY A7S camera that ability. Truly a WOW camera for the quality of the sensor and ability to capture lens fall-off, focus cylinder moves, and the full frame quality image. We are shooting anamorphic Panavision tests soon, that is the true test to see how this camera can make a difference within the marketplace.


This is what we loved about the SONY A7S Camera. Details about this video grab: Camera: SONY A7S PP: SLOG2 Lens: 200mm Stop: T3.1 Color: 3200K SS: 1/50 ISO 3200 ————- so we shot directly into a light to desaturate the image and lose any detail, then we overexposed by 4 stops. The ungraded image is on the right, the graded image is on the left. With very little effort or manipulation we found good contrast, detail, shadows, highlight control, and sharpness was easily recovered. The lens fall off was also very pronounced and truly magnificent.

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.
A7s Gariz leather case in [shoplink 27569 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27570 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27571 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 27572 ebay]Orange (Click here)[/shoplink].

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(SR4) Sigma 24mm f/1.4 ART and 14-24mm ART lenses to be announced soon.

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Back in May I reported how Sigma would announce a new 24mm f/1.4 ART lens at Photokina and a 85mm f/1.4 ART lens in 2015. As you knwo Sigma already launched the 50mm A-mount lens can be preordered in USA Amazon (Click here) at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). In Europe at WexUK (Click here) and WexDe (Click here).

Well Photorumors got some tidbits about the next Sigma announcement. The 24mm f/1.4 lens will cost $1,099 and the 14-24mm f/4.0 will cost $1,199. The latter will have a 82mm filter.
Those are really two exciting lenses and I hope this time Sigma will not let us wait a year before these will be available in their A-mount version :(

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony A7s Review – A week with the A7S from Stephen Nguyen on Vimeo.

A7s review by at Filmbrosmedia.
A7s Nigh test at DSLRmagazine (google translation here).
Japanese SPeedmaster 50mm lens test at Kasyapa.
microCAST: REVIEW – Sony Alpha 7S at Akihabara.
In depth review of the Sony A7s by Josh McLeod.
An anti-chimping post about headshots using Sony mirrorless cameras :) (PMRphoto).
Apple FINALLY released RAW support for a6000 for iPhoto and Aperture.
Sony A7S con lentes de telemétrica (rangefinder) Vs. Sony A7 (CoolFrame).

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Sony A7 with lens now sells for $1,519 (almost $300 off).

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The A7 series cameras are seeing many deals lately. And the A7 with kit lens now sells with an almost $300 rebate at [shoplink 28044 ebay]6ave on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. And the A7r sells for $200 off at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here) and Sony Store (Click here). And there is also a $900 A7/A7s/A7r reward deal at Amazon US (Click here).

Despite all those deals I have no info yet about a replacement for the A7 series. The chances are higher we will simply see a new “different” line of Full Frame E-mount cameras soon :)

 

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(SR5) Multiple Sony announcements (August 19, Sept 3 and more).

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There will be definitely multiple Sony announcements the coming weeks:

– On August 19 will announce the new A5100 E-mount camera
– On September 3 Sony will announce the new QX30 (30x zoom lenscamera)
– The “heavy stuff” will be announced right before Photokina. This will likely include the new RX and A-mount cameras and the many(!) new E and A-mount lenses.

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First image of the new Speedmaster Dark Knight PRO 50mm f/0.95 FE lens.

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This is the first image of the new Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 Full Frame E-mount “Dark Knight” Pro edition lens. It will soon replace the current “normal” version which is sells for $849 at BHphoto or $899 on [shoplink 27366 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].

As reported before these are the improvements of the new version:

1. Improved lens coating, which makes the lens have better performance
2. Filter thread changed to 67mm from 58mm
3. New bayonet lens hood to prevent light flare and improve “back light “s situation performance.

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Sony TidBits…

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Sony 70-200mm F4 G series FE Lens Review

A7s for Astrophotography at 3D-Kraft.
A7s vs GH4 at DSLRmagazine (google translation here).
capturing still frames off Sony video footage (PMRphoto).

JT:people always asking which 135mm ZA or ZF. Have a look at this: http://jorgetorralba.com/?p=166

Andrei:I’m Andrei, a happy new owner of the A7s. As a long time reader, I wanted to share with you a slow motion S-Log 2 evening rain test and some first thoughts. https://vimeo.com/102817633
Everything was shot at 120 fps 270p with ISO values over 3200. Light was less than ideal and I had a hard time getting perfect exposure because of the pouring rain. The lens is the Sony Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm F4 ZA OSS. Shot in S-Log 2, with modified profile, graded with Film Convert.
Observations:
– The lens is much better than some say. It’s just not as great as the 55mm 1.8 or 35mm 2.8, but OSS is very good and colour reproduction very nice. I’m not a pixel-peeper.
– The A7s held up well in the pouring rain, I only had an umbrella so lots of raindrops spilled on the camera and the lens.
– After some 2 hours of shooting, some blue hot pixels appeared which I noticed only afterwards. Scared, I thought of sending the camera back as it is still new, but then I read online that sony maps out “bad” pixels in software and fixes them on the fly. To force a remap just set the date to a month in advance and turn the camera off. It will take a picture before shutting off, after which they’re magically gone. You can set the date back afterwards. Hope the sensor is fine though…

Jorge:Good story on Sony 50 http://jorgetorralba.com/?p=28

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