Hot deal: $700 off on the SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD V2
$700 discount on the fast, reliable and for us photographers very useful portable Sandisk 4Tb hard disk sold by Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
More deals:
Tamron rebates: Tamron launched massive rebates on their E-mount lenses at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama. Just adding my tip now: The 28-200mm FE is the best travel zoom I ever owned! I always carry it with me on my hiking tours and love it!
Sony rebates: You save up to $600 on Sony cameras and lenses at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. Some special mentions: $100 off on the Sony 50mm f/1.2 GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. $200 off on the Sony A7c at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
Amazon deals: Save up to 34% on Amazon Basics Electronics gear. And you still have those great savings on Samsung storage.
More Kickstarter projects:
There is a 45% discount on the Flex Bolt sold on Indiegogo. The FLEX Bolt makes it easy to capture stunning lightning shots effortlessly.
Spinn launched the brand new version of their famous Fully self-adhesive protective gear wrapper on Kickstarter (Click here).
This new Pitbull video was shot entirely with the Sony A7s and Zeiss Batis 40mm lens
SAR readers Greg Watermann shot this new Pitbull video with the Sony A7sIII and the Zeiss Batis 40mm lens. If you have any questions for him comment this post and I am sure he will answer ;)
Firmware saga: Some unexpected Sony moves? Digitaldigest takes Sony’s side…
I got some very wild hints that something might be “moving” at Sony (watch video on top). And to be fair I also want to give you a different opinion:
TheDigitalDigest (vide below) is sort of “defending” Sony’s firmware policy by basically saying that:
- Sony has not promised to add features on their Sony A1 (or any other) camera. So we should stop asking for things Sony didn’t say they would deliver
- He says it’s perfectly normal in the digital industry to not add new features via software. You have to buy new gear if you want new features.
My simple answer to that is the following:
Of course the A1 is till a superb camera! But Sony doesn’t live in a bubble. There are competitors out there like Fuji and Nikon that indeed are going the opposite way and often do ADD new features via firmware update that they didn’t anticipate or promise ahead of their camera launch. So the problem is that customers will think twice in future if they should buy a Nikon Z8 or Sony A7rV or Fuji X-T5 knowing that with Nikon and Fuji they will likely get new features on future updates.
Leaked images of five new Yongnuo APS-C lenses with built-in LCD screen
NOTE: On the video above I said those are Viltrox lenses but they are not, they are from Yongnuo!
Yongnuo will soon announce five new APS-C lenses. The leaks show the X-mount versions. Unclear yet if there will be also Sony E, Nikon Z and Canon R mount versions. Here are the specs:
- 11mm f/1.8
- 23mm f/1.4
- 33mm f/1.4
- 50m f/1.4
- 56mm f/1.4
Some leaked images of the 001 numbered first prototype lens appeared on Weibo.
Today only: Save big on Sandisk storage at Amazon Germany/Italy and on Sony gear at Amazon France.
My European readers that are in need of new SD cards or external storage should check out the Sandisk deals at Amazon Germany and at Amazon Italy. While French readers should check out today’s Sony deals at Amazon France.
But there are many more deals today you can find on those pages at Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.