Category Archives: Sony

Sony A7s II camera tested at DxOMark (compared to Nikon Df and D810)

By PR admin | Published: December 10, 2015

DxOMark published their tests results for the Sony A7s II camera

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The latest deals on photo gear

By PR admin | Published: December 6, 2015

→ Get 10% rewards on selected Canon and Sony cameras → Get 10% rewards on Canon and Sony lenses → Get 10% rewards on Nikon and Canon cameras → Get an additional $100 gift card on top of the current Tamron lens savings → $200 extra credit on 41 different Nikon cameras and lenses (additional information available here) → Free B&H […]

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Sony paid $154 million forToshiba’s Image Sensor business

By PR admin | Published: December 4, 2015

Additional information on Sony acquisition of Toshiba’s Image Sensor business – they  paid over $154 million for it:

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Sony to have a CES press conference on January 5th, 2016

By PR admin | Published: December 2, 2015

Sony has scheduled a CES press conference on January 5th, 2016 and from the invitation you can see that there will be some new photography related products (most likely new Sony FE lenses). Via Ubergizmo

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: November 29, 2015

→ Band Pro will unveil a “major optical advancement” at the 2015 Open House that will take place on Thursday, December 10, 2015. → New: Guide book for Sony RX10 II camera. → InVisage launched the industry’s highest performance smartphone camera sensor Quantum13: using advanced quantum physics, the Quantum13 brings cinematography-grade dynamic range and smooth motion […]

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Pre-Black Friday deals from Canon, Sony, Samsung, Fuji, Panasonic and Rokinon

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2015

Canon M3: $250 off Canon M10: up to $170 off Canon G7 X: $150 off Canon G9 X: $80 off Canon Rebel SL1 bundle: $400 off Sony a7: $700 off Sony a600 body only: $150 off Sony a6000 two lens kit: $453.99 off Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS lens: $100 off Sony Carl Zeiss 24mm […]

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2015

→ New Rollei film available for sale in Japan: Superpan 200, Retro 80s and Retro 400s. → The new Aurora HDR software developed by Macphun and Trey Ratcliff is now available for download. → Canon commemorates production of 80 millionth EOS-series interchangeable-lens camera. → New Metz Mecablitz 44 AF-2 flash announced (replacement for the current AF-1 model).

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New Sony a7 II and a7S II firmware updates released

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2015

Two new firmware updates from Sony: → Sony released firmware update for the a7S II camera to fix the sunspots issue (video examples of the issue can be seen here and here). → Sony released uncompressed 14-bit RAW firmware update 2.0 for the a7 II camera (see full press release).

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Hands-on with the new SLR Magic 50mm f/1.1 full frame lens for Sony FE-mount

By PR admin | Published: November 18, 2015

I already mentioned that the new SLR Magic 50mm f/1.1 full frame lens for Sony FE-mount will be on display at the InterBEE show. Here is a quick hands-on video report:

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New SLRMagic 50mm f/1.1 lens for Sony FE-mount announced

By PR admin | Published: November 17, 2015

SLRMagic announced a new 50mm f/1.1 lens for Sony FE-mount. The US price is $349 (available for pre-order). Additional information:

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