Funny note: How I created this “viral” image of a street photographer carrying tons of cameras

Just sharing a curiosity about this Street Photographers image I generated with AI. It’s just to show that:

  1. AI can create images that look like photos
  2. That you can create images you could never take in real world

RUMOR: Sony ZV1II will feature a newly designed 18-70mm lens!

On May 23 Sony will announce a new vlogger camera. Trusted sources now confirmed the following info:

  • The camera is the ZV1II ( ZV1 successor )
  • It will feature a newly designed 18-70mm lens (compared to the ZV1 24-70mm lens)
  • It will have a plethora of AI features
  • It will be expensive with a price close to 1000 Dollars/Euro

I got no other specs yet but I suspect the new AI features and new lens are


First youtube reviews of the new TTArtisan Tilt-Shift 100mm f/2.8 2X Macro


LEAKED specs of the world’s fastest 14mm f/1.4 lens made by Sigma!

Sigma will soon announce this exciting new lens for Sony E and Leica L mount:

  • 14mm F1.4 DG DN | Art
  • Lens construction: 19 elements in 15 groups (3 FLD glass elements, 1 SLD glass element, 4 aspherical lenses)
  • Shortest shooting distance: 30cm
  • Maximum magnification: 1:11.9
  • Number of aperture blades: 11 (circular aperture)
  • Size: 101.4 x 149.9mm (151.9mm

Trusted source says “paid A7sIII firmware” rumor is WRONG, confirms Sony is “discussing” firmware policy

A couple of days ago I posted a totally wild rumor about a possible “paid firmware” update for the A7sIII. As I wrote in the article this was not coming from a trusted source and very likely to be fake. The only reason I decided to post it anyway was to kickstart a discussion about how Sony could fix their firmware updates strategy.

Well trusted sources confirmed the info I got is WRONG. There will be no paid A7sIII firmware update. There will be the “usual” Sony


Super deal at Amazon Europe: Save big on Sony gear!


Super idea: Peak Design launched the new Micro Clutch hand strap on Kickstarter and it’s already a hotseller!

Peak Design completely reinvented the hand strap and announced the Micro Clutch on Kickstarter (click here) . This is what they write:

Micro Clutch is a hand strap. It’s optimized for mirrorless cameras. We made Micro Clutch for two reasons:

  • Cameras have, for the most part, gotten smaller.
  • Hands have, for the most part, remained the same stupid size.

These facts cannot exist peacefully with one another without some sort of tool to bridge their contradictory nature. This is where we come in.

Micro


Just announced: New Nik Collection 6


Official Sony teaser for a new logging camera!


Sony product announcement on May 23: We will get the new ZV 1 inch compact camera!

On May 23 Sony is likely to announce the new ZV-1 successor camera. I have yet to get specs and images, once i have them I will share them ASAP on SonyAlphaRumors and on my youtube channel (subscribe!) .

And what’s next? In June we might get the new 70-200mm f/4.0 macro, in early July the new High End  APS-C camera, in late Summer the A7cII and after that the A9III