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2014年8月15日金曜日

(SR4) Sigma 24mm f/1.4 ART and 14-24mm ART lenses to be announced soon.

Back in May I reported how Sigma would announce a new 24mm f/1.4 ART lens at Photokina and a 85mm f/1.4 ART lens in 2015. As you knwo Sigma already launched the 50mm A-mount lens can be preordered in USA Amazon (Click here) at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). In Europe at WexUK (Click here) and WexDe (Click here).

Well Photorumors got some tidbits about the next Sigma announcement. The 24mm f/1.4 lens will cost $1,099 and the 14-24mm f/4.0 will cost $1,199. The latter will have a 82mm filter.

Those are really two exciting lenses and I hope this time Sigma will not let us wait a year before these will be available in their A-mount version

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Reminder (SR = Sonyrumor):

SR1=probably fake rumor

SR2=rumor from unknown sources

SR3=50% chance it is correct

SR4=rumor from known sources

SR5=almost certainly correct!

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Sony Tidbits…

Sony A7s Review – A week with the A7S from Stephen Nguyen on Vimeo.

A7s review by at Filmbrosmedia.

A7s Nigh test at DSLRmagazine (google translation here).

Japanese SPeedmaster 50mm lens test at Kasyapa.

microCAST: REVIEW – Sony Alpha 7S at Akihabara.

In depth review of the Sony A7s by Josh McLeod.

An anti-chimping post about headshots using Sony mirrorless cameras (PMRphoto).

Apple FINALLY released RAW support for a6000 for iPhoto and Aperture.

Sony A7S con lentes de telemétrica (rangefinder) Vs. Sony A7 (CoolFrame).

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2014年08月14日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました！

from レンズ沼探検隊ソニー沼担当のつぶやきまとめ@Seesaaブログ

2014年8月14日木曜日

(SR5) Multiple Sony announcements (August 19, Sept 3 and more).

There will be definitely multiple Sony announcements the coming weeks:

- On August 19 will announce the new A5100 E-mount camera

- On September 3 Sony will announce the new QX30 (30x zoom lenscamera)

- The “heavy stuff” will be announced right before Photokina. This will likely include the new RX and A-mount cameras and the many(!) new E and A-mount lenses.

Reminder (SR = Sonyrumor):

SR1=probably fake rumor

SR2=rumor from unknown sources

SR3=50% chance it is correct

SR4=rumor from known sources

SR5=almost certainly correct!

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Sony TidBits…

Sony 70-200mm F4 G series FE Lens Review

A7s for Astrophotography at 3D-Kraft.

A7s vs GH4 at DSLRmagazine (google translation here).

capturing still frames off Sony video footage (PMRphoto).

JT: “people always asking which 135mm ZA or ZF. Have a look at this: http://ift.tt/VlmtJs ”

Andrei: “I’m Andrei, a happy new owner of the A7s. As a long time reader, I wanted to share with you a slow motion S-Log 2 evening rain test and some first thoughts. http://ift.tt/Vlmsp8

Everything was shot at 120 fps 270p with ISO values over 3200. Light was less than ideal and I had a hard time getting perfect exposure because of the pouring rain. The lens is the Sony Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm F4 ZA OSS. Shot in S-Log 2, with modified profile, graded with Film Convert.

Observations:

- The lens is much better than some say. It’s just not as great as the 55mm 1.8 or 35mm 2.8, but OSS is very good and colour reproduction very nice. I’m not a pixel-peeper.

- The A7s held up well in the pouring rain, I only had an umbrella so lots of raindrops spilled on the camera and the lens.

- After some 2 hours of shooting, some blue hot pixels appeared which I noticed only afterwards. Scared, I thought of sending the camera back as it is still new, but then I read online that sony maps out “bad” pixels in software and fixes them on the fly. To force a remap just set the date to a month in advance and turn the camera off. It will take a picture before shutting off, after which they’re magically gone. You can set the date back afterwards. Hope the sensor is fine though…”

Jorge: “Good story on Sony 50 http://ift.tt/VlmtJu “

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