Oliver Hooker reported about his broken Sony gear on our A7 series Facebook group . A basketball hit it and the lens mount broke. If you have an idea how to fix it without to pay $900 for the Sony repair let us know!
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For EU readers: 120 Euro off on the Sony 200-600mm FE at Amazon DE
Our European readers can enjoy this nice discount: 120 Euro off on the Sony 200-600mm FE at Amazon Germany (ships to all EU) .
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Now available at BHphoto: Delkin Devices Announces CFexpress Type A Cards & UHS-II SDXC Card Reader
Delkin announced new “ Power ” and “ Black ” CFexpress Type A cards and a new Memory card reader . Everything is available for preorder at BHphoto (click here) . There full press text with detailed specs and features can be read on Explora.
These cards are made for the Sony A1. And this camera just got a 10% discount at BHphoto EDU .
In the USA: Sony #1 Mirrorless Brand for 2021, #1 Full Frame Mirrorless For 8th Straight Year
Today Sony USA issued the following press text. This data is from NPD, the industry’s retail-reporting and analytics source. Almost all consumer electronics market data comes from NPD. There are footnote references to “Sony Internal Research” and these are still referencing NPD data. Sony Internal Research refers to the analysts that compile, organize and verify the NPD data.
Sony shows video with Sony A1 developers and new 2 layer sensor explanation
Sony published this video that contains two parts: The first is an interview with the engineer that lead the Sony A1 sensor design. The second part is with another engineer talking about the new 2 layer sensor. This new architecture approximately doubles saturation signal level relative to conventional image sensors, widens dynamic range and reduces noise, thereby substantially improving imaging properties. The new technology’s pixel structure will enable pixels to maintain or improve their existing properties at not only current but also smaller pixel sizes.
I wonder if we will
TTArtisan 90mm f/1.25 lens review by Marc Alhadeff: “delivers nice portraits with a dreamy atmosphere”
This new lens can be preordered at BHphoto and at TTartisan (worldwide shipment) .
Marc from SonyAlphablog tested the lens and concluded:
The TTArtisan delivers nice portraits with a dreamy atmosphere and better results than a lens like Samyang MF 85mm F1.4 MK2, however its heavy weight and issue of focus shift makes it difficult to recommend vs eg a Samyang 85mm F1.4 AF at same price which is much sharper and has AF, unless you want to exclusively shoot at F1.
Sony Tidbits…
Doing More w/ the Sony a7IV: Episode 1: Sony a7IV Video by Patrick Murphy-Racey
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200-600; any way to lock at 600 mm? ( SonyAlphaForum ).
1950s preproduction Helios 40 85mm F1.5 double-gauss
Olympus announced the OM-1 which features Sony new 20MP Quad Pixel sensor
The new OM-1 features the Sony 20MP Quad Pixel sensor. It has 80 million individual photodiodes, 40m of them are green pixels and the rest is split in half between red and blue pixels. This tech was only used on smartphones until now.
GSMarena writes:
Image sensors, especially ones with small pixels like in smartphones, feature an on-chip micro lens array to help guide all the arriving light to the sensor’s photo diode. Right now, each pixel gets its own
Sigma autofocus test and cool images oi the A7rIII and A7c
Preorders: Sigma 20mm FE at BHphoto , Adorama , FocusCamera . Fotokoch Germany . WexUK .
Here we have the Sigma 20mm autofocus tested with the Sony A7rIII:
Mobile01 posted these nice images of the lens mounted on the Sony A7rIII: