Sony A7r is the best and Hasselblad Lunar the worse camera of the year 2013 (says TheCameraStoreTV team).

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Watch this great (as usual) video done by TheCameraStoreTV team. As you see Sony-Hasselblad are playing the main role as both best and worse camera of the year :)

The Sony A7-A7r has been chosen as best camera of the year (second place for the Pentax K-3 and third place for the tiny Panasonic GM1).

The [shoplink 22672 ebay]Hasselblad Lunar[/shoplink] is the worse camera of the year and on second place guess what you will find…the [shoplink 22673 ebay]Hasselblad Stellar[/shoplink] :)

P.S.: The best video camera is the Sony F5 and the best lens the 18-35mm Sigma which should be available as A-mount in January

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A7r shutter vibration is a non-issue (test by Ferrell McCollough)

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The shutter vibration measured by Beforethecoffee

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There has been a great discussion about the possible Sony A7r vibration issue posted here on SAR by John Holmes. But SAR reader Ferrell McCollough doesn’t seem to see it this as a real issue. On Beforethecoffee (Click here) he writes:

“I found that there is no discernible difference between an image taken with a strobe while the shutter was open for 10 seconds ie. no shutter vibration and a normal exposure with shutter vibration. I checked with a 35mm FE lens and a Nikon 85mm 1.4 and metabones adapter. I also did not see any difference in the A7R mounted on a sturdy tripod or resting on a table top. Both had image quality matching the strobe image with no shutter vibration.
I feel very comfortable in my conclusion that the A7R is not losing image quality due to shutter vibration.“

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Sony A99 for $2,000. First Sony A7r deal at BH.

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A new Full Frame A-mount camera is on the horizon and the A99 just got the next price drop. You can grab it with free extras at 6ave on eBay for [shoplink 23641 ebay]$2,033 (Click here)[/shoplink] or [shoplink 23640 ebay]$2.046 (Click here)[/shoplink].

And there is also a last-minute special Sony A7r deal at BHphoto (Click here). You get a TX30 for free ($248 value) and a 4% reward which drops the real A7r price down to $2,207.

Reminder: The Zeiss 55mm FE is in Stock at Amazon US (Click here).

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Full Frame price war. 6D sells for $1399 (UPDATE: Now $1,499)

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With the announcement of the Sony A7 the Full Frame price war has been heated up. Today with $1,399 the cheapest camera is the [shoplink 23637 ebay]Canon 6D on eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink] (UPDATE: It’s now sold out and sells for $1499 at Amazon).

I am sure that in 2014 we will see further price drops and maybe some new low budget FF that will sell close to $1,200-$1,300. And I think Sony is prepared for this. I have been told many new FF cameras will come, and some of them are “low budget” cameras.

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Sony 2014 rumors by Digital Camera Magazine: (A77 and A99 and NEX-7 successor to come).

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The Japanese Digital Camera Magazine forecast what could come by Sony in 2014. This time they match more or less what has been rumored here on SAR:

They write Sony 2014 will bring us:
– a total of ten FE lenses to be on market by end 2014
– A99 and A77 successor to come with increased Megapixel number.
– NEX-7 successor

From what I know there will be MUCH more than just this stuff in 2014!

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Sony TidBits…

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Unboxing Sony SAL70-200 G F2,8 SSM 2

16-70mm F/4 ZA OSS reviewed by Kurt Munger.
Sigma 24-105mm review at Imaging Resource.
Sony RX100 Mark II Portable Macro Setup (Cheesycam).
A Nex 5R and a Drone to promote a little city in Sardinia, Italy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgNVe4JoDR8
A7r video quality test at Focus Numerique.
Sony NEX-3n test at Quesabesde.
iOS App texBlend and it’s is available in the App Store (Click here). More info about it at Outbackphoto (Click here)

Brad: “This is actually important. I stumbled onto something you might want to publish. You should provide some kind of coverage of the SAL70200G2. I posted a user review of it that seems to have come under heavy fire just for the price alone. It seems to becoming an very controversial lens of 2013 due to the outrageous $3000.00USD pricing. Read the comments people are providing. People are very upset by the price and are strongly voicing their opinion.
Hopefully Sony gets the message from Alpha users and lowers the price by at least $500.00 and issues all of the registered early adopters a $500.00 credit. Attached below is a link to the web page.
http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/lenses/sony_70-200_2p8_ssm_ii/user-reviews”

Camera360 for iPhone v4.8 has updated with EasyCam, which provides you the ability to capture the most beautiful moments even without professional photography skills. All you need to do is to click the camera button, EasyCam lets your mobile camera recognize the shooting condition automatically and shot your biggest moments.
Check Camera360 for iPhone v4.8 here.
Check Camera360 for Android v4.8 here.
With EasyCam, Camera360 will help you get the best photos for particular circumstances, including backlight, low light and selfie. In backlight or low light environment, EasyCam will improve the picture brightness automatically to remedy the darkness caused by insufficient light. In addition, EasyCam will auto repair skin tone and blemishes in a fast way.

Danielle: I manage the photography business for one of your (sonyalpharumors) biggest fans……Dave Melges…in fact, he’s the one that took the pic of the hummingbird you have on the Facebook page. :)) He’s a long time Sony shooter, actually, he was predicting where Sony would be today, way back in 2002, so he’s kind of like the grandfather of Sony shooters, lol. Anyway, he’s got a new book, it’s on the PHILOSOPHY of creative photography:
http://www.amazon.com/Mountain-Pebble-philosophy-art-photography/dp/1493759523/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387480469&sr=1-2&keywords=melges

Brian:  The company Acratech produces a nice set of ball heads as well as a series of Arca-Swiss plates for mounting on their heads. They sell, for $25, a particularly well designed plate for the Sony NEX-6, Sony NEX-7. It has the lip to prevent the camera from rotating on the plate and the plate is slightly raised so as to allow the rear LCD to tilt down or up. In my hands, the plate allows enough clearance so as to mount the LA-LE4 A-mount lends adapter. Their site is: www.acratech.net

 

 

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576 RX100 sold for $408. NEX-3n with kit lens for $328. A3000 for $279

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The probably greatest Sony deal of this Christmas time is the Sony RX100 for $408 at [shoplink 23618 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. They already sold 576 of them! And they deal is still running if you want to grab one.

Anew great deal is the refurbished NEX-3n with kit lens for $329 again at [shoplink 23619 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. It sells new for $369 at Amazon (Click here) and there you can also combine it with lens savings.

The A3000 with kit lens now sells for $279 at Amazon US (Click here).

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