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Sony 24-70mm GM Lens – I MADE A HUGE MISTAKE

What lens to use for wildlife in Alaska (SonyAlphaForum).
Bokeh explained (Phillip Reeve)
Tips for Street Photography at Night (42West).
How Big of a Camera Can You Bring to the Big Game? (Explora).
Pentax-Ricoh Japan says it’s camera business future is “Crowdfunding, Limited Direct Sales, Increased Events (Mirrorlessrumors).
Someone modified the mount of the Minolta AL-E 40/1.8 to fit it natively on the Sony Alpha (Xitek).

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Wild rumors roundup: another 100MP rumor, A9III, no more Tele primes this year, 28mm f/1.4 GM

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About those rumors: I have no idea who sent them and 90% of the times they turn out to be wrong. But, it happened in the past that a couple of those were right. So I will post them today, and we all together can eventually keep track of this. If one of the sources turns out to be right than we will know we can trust it a bit more!

Source 1:

High res camera 95 mpx this year more to come soon dont expect big video specs.

Source 2:

Sony 200mm F2 GM and 200 F2.8 G won’t be prouduce

Source 3:

Sony will make a 28mm f1.4 GM lens

Source 4:

Not sure this info is about A9iii.    Someone is going to sell a FF camera with 20-24MP.  The readout is 1ms for 12-bit and 2ms for 14-bit stills.

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TTArtisan 90mm f/1.25 lens review with samples

Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT.
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Sony 50mm f/1.8 vs Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 (Tom Calton).

Personal photos and tests from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Facebook, Flickr and 500px.

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Samyang AF 24-70mm f/2.8 FE lens review with samples


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Watch the Sony A1 complete disassembly & Teardown!

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Kolarivision disassembled the Sony A1 and concluded:

The A1 may look identical to its predecessors, but there are a lot of little changes inside and out that make this a very impressive camera.

It’s clear from their report that Sony improved many aspects of the camera and this is a big step forward in terms of construction. I expect the same advancement to be seen on the future A7rV and A9III.

Sony A1 at BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. Focuscamera. FotoErhardt DE. Calumet DE. Fotokoch DE. Park UK. WexUK.

P.S.: the Sony A1 is really well built as we have seen form this Olympics video:

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Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 FE tested at SonyAlphablog: “very good AF, very good sharpness”

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The lens is available at Amazon US, BHphoto, Amazon DE, Amazon IT, Amazon UK, Amazon FR.

SonyAlphablog conclusion is:

The Yongnuo 50mm F1.8S DF DSM (328 euros) is a little gem . Low price, very good ergonomics , very good AF, very good sharpness wide open on 61Mpix and excellent as of F2.8, very good background blur and color rendition , very good bokeh balls wide open , lovely rendering for portraits
The main drawbacks are : bokeh balls shape as of F2.8, build quality ok but not excellent, focus breathing important in video.
For pure video work the Viltrox 50mm F1.8 with its clickless aperture ring and low focus breathing will be recommended
If budget is not an issue then the Samyang 50mm F1.4 AF II (700 euros) will provide a bit better performances globally
Highly Recommended

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