Sony issued a firmware update for the Sony A1 ( download it here ) and the A7sIII ( download it here ).

Benefits and Improvements for the A1:

• Improves the accuracy of the Eye AF feature
• Improves the operational stability of the camera

Benefits and Improvements for the A7sIII:

• Improves the operational stability of the camera

Our reader Michael Nguyen Faber spotted the new Tamron 20-40mm f/2.8 FE lens prototype at the Berlin Photo Week ( here is Michaels German youtube report ). Michael told me this:

There were 2 copies of the lens there. One was in the case you can see in my video and one was mounted on a Sony a7siii on a gimbal. We were able to look at it but were not able to see any images from it yet. The rep told me it

The new Tokina 11-18mm f/2.8 APS-C E-mount lens is in Stock for the very first time at BHphoto .

Til September 14 you save 25% on the Nik Collection 5 software (Click here) .

And now available for preorder: ON1 Photo RAW version 2023 (Click here to see all features and preorder it for $99) .

Sigma is clearly playing with the idea to launch a a wide angle Full Frame lens with constant f/1.8 aperture. The patent shows the specs and design of three slightly different versions:

• 15-24mm f/1.8
• 16-28mm f/1.8
• 18-30mm f/1.8

If you wonder how BIG this lens would become, the specs say the length is about 16cm. That’s 4cm longer than the

The new lens is now in Stock at Adorama (Click here) .

This is one of the very first reviews of the new lens:

Me an Christian inside our giant self made camera

It’s big rumor time here on SAR. And like you I was very excited to see the next new cameras. But yesterday my best friend Christian died unexpectedly. He was my photographer buddy, we had a lot of ongoing projects together. Like our 14 year old Cube project . I now suddenly feel lost and void. Death took away all our dreams.

I am writing this because I feel a constant pain, it’s hard for me to work

I had the chance to see the the FX30 and surprise surprise it really is just the FX3 with APS-C sensor. It took me 5sec to make this render to show you hwo it will look :)

Sony FX30 specs:

• 26MP
• 4k120p
• Same FX3 body
• Almost the same FX3 video specs
• Announcement in late September

Venus Optics announced the new 58mm f/2.8 2X E-mount lens. It’s not listed yet on their official store .