Asobinet leaked the first images of the ZF. This will appeal photographers that want to carry with them a more “classic” looking cameras. In that sense it is also a sort of A7cII/A7cR competitor whish should appeal to the same kind of photographers.
Just released: Topaz Video AI v3.4 is available now
24h left to grab the $40 discount on Topaz Photo AI version 1.5 . And today TOpaz also announced the new Topaz Video AI v3.4.
Here the major improvements:
New Dynamic compression option for H264/H265
Why change the export options? Users frequently ask about the ‘best’ bitrate setting for their Video AI projects, and the answer depends on many different factors including the content of the video, its resolution, and the display size that it
Possible pricing leaked: A7cII for 2699 Euro and A7cR for 3599 Euro?
A trusted source got information from an European store owner that those would be the camera pricing:
- A7cII: 2700 Euro ( The A7IV sells for around 2600 Euro or $2400 Dollars ). This would make the A7cII around 2500 dollars.
- A7cR: 3600 Euro ( The A7rV sells for around 4200 Euro or 3900 Dollars ). This would make the A7cII
Sony A6600 now marked as out of production in Japanese stores
Now this was quick: A couple of months after the A6700 announcement the A6600 is already “out of production” according to Japanese stores .
The camera is still in Stock with big discounts in US&EU stores like BHphoto and Amazon US&EU .
Sony gets four EISA Awards
Sony won four EISA Awards ( full list here ).
Best advanced Full Frame camera:
Sony A7rV
Best Content Creator cameras:
Sony ZV-E1
Lens of the year:
Sony FE 20-70mm F4 G
Best Standard Prime Lens:
Sony FE 50mm F1.4 GM
Other E-mount gear:
Best Wide Angle Zoom:
TAMRON 20-40mm F/2.8 Di III VXD
Best Super Telephoto Zoom Lens:
SIGMA 60-60
RUMOR: Soon a new Chinese lens manufacturer will announce their first lens for mirrorless cameras
On Weibo it’s rumored that a new lens manufacturer will soon announce a new lens made for mirrorless system cameras. This would be the Chinese lens manufacturer number eight. Here are the other seven with links to their official Amazon US&EU stores: after Yongnuo , Viltrox , TTArtisan , Meike , Astrhori , Sirui , Laowa .
Curiosity: Renewed Sony Store Sapporo now focuses on video and vloggers
Mynavi reports about the renewed Sony Store in Sapporo. It’s very interesting to learn that the main focus is on “video”. Here is thegGoogle translated summary by Digicameinfo:
- Sony was one of the first to switch digital cameras to focus on moving images, and made hits one after another with “α”, “VLOGCAM” and “Cinema Line”. This summer, the directly managed store “Sony Store” was also renewed with a policy of emphasizing video.
- Sony has embarked on a renewal of directly
7Artisans announced a DJI mic and Rode wireless lavalier competition for just $109
You can get it now at Amazon US&EU and at 7artisans worldwide store .
- This lavalier microphone has a built-in DSP intelligent noise reduction chip, and adopts ENC environmental noise reduction technology to make the sound more pure;
- Support 48KHz, 24Bit sound quality, leading CD-level audio sampling rate and bit depth, treble transparent without distortion, bass mixed thick and magnetic;
- It adopts the integrated design of charging + storage, which is more convenient to carry, without complicated pairing, it
New SonyA7cII and A7cR specs: One card slot only, autoframing AI, 2,36 million dot EVF
I got some additional info about the A7CII and A7CR cameras including one correction: The A7cR does NOT record 8K as previously reported (there was a miscommunication from the source).
Sony A7cII:
– same Autofocus of the A7rV
– 5 axis stabilization
– 10fps
– Same LCD screen of the A7IV (so not the 4d fully articulating screen of the A7rV)
– 4k60p
– auto framing like the ZV-E