Category Archives: Sony

Sony to lower their investment on CMOS image sensor equipment as worldwide camera shipments continue to sink

Digitimes reports that Sony will lower their investment on CMOS image sensor equipment in fiscal 2016:

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Is the Sony A-mount dead? Will there be a Sony a99 camera successor?

Every few months I receive a tip about the end of the Sony A-mount. At the same time rumors about a mystical successor of the Sony a99 camera are being reported by questionable sources/websites. Is the Sony A-mount dead? I think so. Many Sony fans will disagree and I understand this. Yes, Sony did announce the […]

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The regular weekly recap from both the rumors and addict websites:

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Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA lens (SEL50F14Z) now in stock

   The Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA lens (SEL50F14Z) is now shipping worldwide (currently in stock at B&H and Fotohanskeuzekamp). Mobile01 recently published their review of the lens with many sample/text images. Here is the new 1.4/50 lens side by side with the Sony FE 1.4/85 GM:

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The regular weekly recap from both the rumors and addict websites:

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Canon and Sony also rumored to raise prices in Europe

Similar to Nikon, Canon and Sony are also rumored to raise their prices in the UK and/or in Europe this summer – in some cases up to 20%. Check out the latest prices and availability at Wex Photographic, Jessops, Calumet, Amazon UK and Amazon Germany. Canon recently cut their profit forecast as a result of post-Brexit yen strength.

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Silver Leica APO Summicron M 50mm f/2.0 ASPH lens to be announced soon Fujifilm Problematic Firmware Update Does The Fujifilm X-T2 Focus Faster Than The X-Pro 2 CameraStoreTV X-T2 Field Test Official Fujifilm X-T2 Unboxing Sony Lens Firmware Updates? New deal on the Panasonic G7 camera SenScore posted their Nikon D5 test results Ricoh Theta […]

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Sony announces additional details on their latest lenses, teleconverters and flash system

Some unexpected news from Sony: Sony announced the pricing for their 70-200mm G Master lens: $2.598 (pre-orders will start on July 13th). Sony officially released the Zeiss Planar FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA lens. The price is $1,498 (pre-orders start on July 13th). The pricing of the latest Sony teleconverters will be: Sony FE 2.0x teleconverter: $548 Sony FE […]

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Olympus has new rebates for July New: Bolt VS-570F Wireless TTL Flash for Fujifilm New Ricoh Theta camera rumored to be announced soon Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 distortion-free lens to be available for Pentax K-mount Pentax K-70 camera will start shipping on July 22nd HandeVision IBERIT 24mm f/2.4 lens for Leica M mount to be […]

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Pentax K-S1 camera is now discontinued TECHART PRO Rolling Review Metabones Firmware Updated Again

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