The new Thronmax Mic has been launched on Kickstarter (Click here) .
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There is a 45% discount on the Flex Bolt sold on Indiegogo . The FLEX Bolt makes it easy to capture stunning lightning shots effortlessly.
Spinn launched the brand new version of their famous Fully self-adhesive protective gear wrapper on Kickstarter (Click here) .
The launch of the new dual layer sensor inside the Sony Xperia 1V was accompanied by some big claims from Sony. Like: “ noise and dynamic range that is equivalent to a full-frame camera “. I have looked on the web to see if someone made a real test on this and I found nothing.
The only comparison video I found was made by DCfever . Here they compared the Samsung S23 Ultra performance with the new Xperia and the Sony is clearly ahead:
And this is Jason Vong statement
Sony announced the new Xperia 1V (preorders opening soon at BHphoto ). The interesting part for us is that it uses the enow Exmor T dual layer camera sensor. And the improvements claims are quite stunning. They say the noise and dynamic range performance equivalent to a full-frame camera!
The full Xperia press text is available here: pressroom.pixelshift.studio/sony-electronics-launches-new-xperiar-1-v-smartphone . And this is what they write about the new sensor:
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$550 discount on the fast, reliable and for us photographers very useful portable Sandisk 4Tb hard disk sold by Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here) .
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Tamron rebates: Tamron launched massive rebates on their E-mount lenses at BHphoto , Amazon and Adorama . Just adding my tip now: The 28-200mm FE is the best travel zoom I ever owned! I always carry it with me on my hiking tours and love it!
Sony rebates:
As you know within hours Sony will announce the new Xperia 1V smartphone that will feature the world’s first dual layer camera sensor tech. A new source just sent me this:
Exmor = old FSI
Exmor R = BSI regular (majority of photo cameras)
Exmor RS = sensors for phones (regular BSI type) , those with built-in DRAM for phones/cameras, industry (starvis)
Exmor T = dual layer transistorApparently
It has same combo 16/24/85-12
Based on the specs I made this quick comparison between the Nikon Z8 and Sony A7rV . Overall the Z8 is a superb hybrid camera while Sony’s much better EVF, autofocus and mechanical shutter make the A7rV the best stills camera. As a photographer I definitely prefer the A7rV (which I do own). But the real risk for Sony is that the Nikon Z8 stacked sensor performance is close enough to the Sony A1 that it’s hard to justify the $
Nikon announced the new Z8 . A full spec comparison chart with he Sony A7rV A1 and the Canon R5 is available at BHphoto (Click here) . As a side note it’s interesting to see the new Dpreview Z8 review which seems to hint to the fact that somehow Dpreview will continue to exist?
