The PetaPixel Podcast: Retired Sony Exec on How Cameras (and Photographers) Have Changed

It’s great to see Mark Weir being interviewed by the PetaPixel team! Be sure to watch!

P.S.: If you read this Mark, if you ever come to Italy feel free to visit me and my giant Cube camera ;)

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First holiday storage deals…

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New reviews of the Viltrox AF 28mm F4.5 pancake FE lens


The Rokinon 21-28-32mm (3 in 1) pancake lens ins now in Stock at Amazon

This new and extremely unique 3 in 1 pancake modula lens is now in Stock at Amazon US (Click here) .

Here is a review of this strange setup:

As an alternative also consider this:

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First leaked images of the new Sony A1II and 28-70mm f/2.0 lens

Here are the first pictures of the new Sony A1II and the 28-70mm f/2.0 FE lens. Two more sources have confirmed today that these pictures are real (when I made the video yesterday, I still had doubts). It will come as no surprise that the A1II looks exactly like the Sony A9III . Unfortunately, I still haven’t gotten any detailed specs on the new camera, although I’ve been told that the updates are a

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Sony Europe launched a new massive cashback action!


Teaser: First leaked Sony A1II images will be posted today at 2pm London time!

This has been a crazy week for me. I am here in Antwerp meeting Family and Friends and in the meantime continually chatting with sources on my phone :) But thanks to those sources I was finally able to get 100% solid images of the new Sony A1II that I cina post at 2pm London time as soon as I am back from a short city trip with my kids in the ZOO of Antwerp.

So, I got the images but I still didn’t get the detailed specs


First leaked image of the new Sony 28-70mm f/2.0 GM lens?

An anonymous source just sent me this image of the 28-70mm f/2.0 GM lens. I have yet not been able to confirm if this is real or not. What do you think about this?

Hard to get a real idea of the size of this lens with the had cut off. That “FE 2” looks a bit overblown…don’t know if it’s because it’s a prototype or because of a weird compression-angle from the JPG image


Dear sources, apart from the Sony A1II… can you give us some more insights into the roadmap for 2025? A7V, As7IV, FX3II and so on :)

a curiously photoshopped A7V camera

The past days I got a ton of messages from new and trusted sources. Among those messages there were also multiple confirmations on the Sony A7V launch happening in 2025. While we are here I am kindly asking the sources to answer me those questions:

  • Timeframe for the Sony A7V announcement (and eventually indication on specs)
  • Possibility the A7sIV will indeed be announced in late 2025
  • If I’m crazy hoping for a full-

Sony Japan officially launched a teaser for a new product launch!

Sony Japan has now made it official: they are announcing the launch of new “Alpha” products. And notice how they used the same background image of the Sony A9III launch in November 2023. But we all know what’s coming by now:

  • Sony A1II with 50MP, A9III body, AI chip, improved speed in all aspects
  • Sony 28-70mm f/2.0 GM lens with 86mm filter size, 900