The new firmware “improves AF operation stability under certain conditions”. You can download it here: sony.com/electronics/support/lenses-e-mount-lenses/sel70200gm/software/00262877
Sony released firmware update 3.0 for the 70-200mm GM lens
Sony Tidbits…
Sony a1 –Any Sense in $7000 Sony?
Full list of todays Gold Box deals at Amazon , BHphoto , eBay , Amazon.de , Amazon.co.uk , Amazon.fr , Amazon.it , Amazon.es .
Sony 14mm GM test at Mobile01 .
The Advantages of High-End Ultra-Wide-Angle Lenses for Landscape Photography ( Explora ).
Samyang 24mm F1.8 AF review at SonyAlpha.blog .
Small test of the Atomos
The “new” Sony Alpha a7R IV A is now available for preorder in the US
The updated Sony A7rIVA is now available for preorder at FocusCamera and very soon at BHphoto and Adorama too .
5daydeal annual super offer is now live: Video creator bundle for $89 only instead of $2,000
Once a year 5daydeal launches this impressive video creator bundle for $89 only (Click here to see all tutorials and software) . This includes also an A7sIII tutorial and other stuff useful for Alpha shooters.
New patents: Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG DN lens and new Tamron 16-70mm, 20-72mm, 28-72mm (all f/4.0) Full Frame lenses
Image on top shows the Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG DN lens construction
Today four new Full Frame lens patents surfaced in Japan:
- Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG DN
- Tamron 16-70mm f/4.0
- Tamron 20-72mm f/4.0
- Tamron 28-72mm f/4.0
The Sigma would be certainly a nice and cheaper alternative to the Sony 135mm GM . And the 2
Sony shows it’s Osaka sensor fab in video
This is the official press text :
Brightening up the future through the innovations starting from the Osaka Office
June 1 2021The Osaka Office was launched in April 2020 as a CMOS image sensor design and development base for Sony Semiconductor Solutions. It attracts engineers from the Kansai region and is boosting the company’s abilities to design and develop CMOS image sensors for potential markets such as mobile devices and IoT industries.
The Osaka Office pursues a concept, to create an “engineer-first office,”
Sony Tidbits…
Sony A1 Save/Load Settings (CAMSET) Camera Setup
Full list of todays Gold Box deals at Amazon , BHphoto , eBay , Amazon.de , Amazon.co.uk , Amazon.fr , Amazon.it , Amazon.es .
Introduction to Simple Car Rigging Solutions for Small Cameras ( Explora ).
Sony FX3 Test Footage – 4K Graded and Ungraded in 25, 50 and 100 fps ( Mattias Burling ).
Sony 50mm f1.2 G Master Lens First
DxO announced the new Nik Collection 4 (with initial 30% discount)
Today DxO announced the new Nik Collection 4 software (Click here to see all new details) . And til June 30th you save 30% on you order .
A couple of highlights:
Canon unveils more info about their first stacked sensor camera (EOS-R3)
Canon keeps teasing new details about the EOS-R3 . It’s their first camera with stacked sensor and in some ways it competes against the Sony A1. Listen to Jordan and Chris takes on the new features:
Sony talks about the future of “Polarization Image Sensor”
One day we might get those kind of sensors on E-mount cameras. Here is what Sony has to say about this:
Polarization Image Sensor Technology enables to visualize an aspect of light that is imperceptible to human eyes.
The technology not only offers a promising potential to manufacturing and ITS, but extends its benefits further afield to medicine, security, and more.
May 28 2021
Imaging technology is not all about creating visual images of what we can see, as we might think. At Sony Semiconductor