I missed that! There is also a $50 Instante Rebate on NEX camera at Amazon
And finally we found a major deal in Europe too! French people can get huge price discounts on Sony cameras and lenses here: http://promotion.sony.fr/
According to our sources (Thanks!) the new Sony A850/A900 firmware will be announced on December 2th. The main improvement will be the auto focus speed and performance. We have no reliable info about a possible image quality improvement.
Stay tuned on SonyAlphaRumors!
P.S.: In US you have tons of Instante Rebates on Sony cameras and lenses. I couldn’t find any deal in Europe (I am one of those guys waiting for some nice european A850 deal).
Finally some real nice deals from Sony! The Sony A850
Sony A580 $100.00 Instant Savings at Amazon
Sony A33 $100.00 Instant Savings at Amazon
Sony A850 $100.00 Instant Savings at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony A900 $200.00 Instant Savings at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 DT Lens $50.00 Instant Savings at Amazon
Sony 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 Lens $50.00 Instant Savings at Adorama and BHphoto.
Sony 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DT $50.00 Instant Savings at Adorama and BHphoto.
Sony 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 $50.00 Instant Savings Adorama and BHphoto.
Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2 SSM $100.00 Instant Savings at Amazon
Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss $100.00 Instant Savings at Amazon
Sony 28-75mm f/2.8 SAM Lens $100.00 Instant Savings at Amazon
Sony 30mm f/2.8 DT Lens $25.00 Instant Savings at Amazon
Sony 35mm f/1.4G Lens $100.00 Instant Savings at Amazon
Sony 35mm f/1.8 SAM Lens $25.00 Instant Savings at Amazon
Sony 50mm f/1.8 DT AF Lens $25.00 Instant Savings at Amazon
Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 APO SSM $150.00 Instant Savings at Amazon
Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G SSM Lens $50.00 Instant Savings at Adorama and BHphoto.
Sony 85mm f/2.8 SAM Lens $25.00 Instant Savings at Adorama and BHphoto.
Sony 135mm f/2.8 Lens $100.00 Instant Savings at Amazon
Sony 300mm f/2.8 SSM Lens $100.00 Instant Savings at Adorama and BHphoto.
Superdrift Challenge 2010 Final Show: Varano from Mattia Santino Merli on Vimeo.
Distagon T* 24mm F2 SSM review at DCfever.
Sony F3 has 4 times light gathering ability of 5D Mark II (EosHD)
Sony A580 review at Chip.de
Sony NEX3/5 review at Neutralday
Building a wireless USB Link for wireless tethered shoot on Sony Alpha A900 (theAlphaFactor)
I found a more specifi liquid lens patent from Sony. It descibes a very compact zoom lens. I need your help to find out the specs aperture and focal lenght because I am not smart enough to understand all those crazy data :)
Here is the link to the patent (.pdf): http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20100284091.pdf
We noticed a price drop on Sony Distagon T* 24mm f/2.0. In US all major stores do offer a $100 instant saving (Click on store name to visit the product page):
Amazon
Those are the other current fullframe Zeiss lenses for Sony (Click on store name to check price and availability):
– Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA Lens (Amazon
– Sony 24 -70mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar T Zoom Lens (Amazon
– Sony 85mm f1.4 Carl Zeiss Planar T Coated Telephoto Lens (Amazon
– Sony 135mm f/1.8 Carl Zeiss Sonnar T Telephoto Lens (Amazon
According to two of our sources Sony should unveil the new Sony A850/900 firmware update by end of the next week. It’s Christmas time and Sony wants to push the full frame camera sales. Would be nice to see some price drops too ;)
We only know that exposure compensation, AF performance will be improved. One source said also the image quality will have a major improvement (but that hasn’t be confirmed by other sources). We don’t know yet if also the A700 will get a firmware update. If you know something please contact me at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com. Thanks!
Click the direct shop links to check the Sony A850 price and availability at:
US -> Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Europe -> AmazonDE, AmazonUK, AmazonFR, AmazonIT.
Click the direct shop links to check the Sony A900 price and availability at:
US -> Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Europe -> AmazonDE, AmazonUK, AmazonFR.
P.S.: We expect the next Sony Fullframe camera to be announced late 2011/early 2012.
