2015年5月2日土曜日

Meikes new vertical grip for the A7II now available in Europe and USA too!

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Two months ago Meike released the new MK-A7II battery grip for the new Sony A7II. And it’s now finally available via European and USA stores too:
Plenty of Asia/European stores are shipping it through eBay (Click here to see the list).
In USA it’s available at Amazon US (Click here).

Also the A7II Gariz case is in Store via European and US sellers:
In Asia/Europe/USA it’s available through eBay (Click here to see the list).
In USA it’s also available at Amazon US (Click here).

Official product description:

Features:
This is a professional vertical battery grip for Sony Alpha A7 II. It can replace Sony original VG-C2EM Vertical Grip. This Vertical Grip also can hold two NP-FW50 Lithium batteries – effectively doubling your shooting capacity. It provides improved flexibility, not only helps steady your hand in both vertical and horizontal positions, but also provides a stable platform for shooting portraits, still-life shots and other subjects requiring vertical format. This battery grip can provide redundant controls for key functions and a shutter release that is located right at your fingertips when using the camera in the vertical position – eliminating the need for the contorted balancing act often required accessing the camera controls when shooting vertically.

Firmware of camera need to be updated for best performance.
– With vertical-shooting function
– Two lithium batteries can be put into the grip, which make it have double power.
– With AF(auto focus)/MF(manual focus)/AEL(AE lock) functions
– C1 custom function
– C2 custom function
– C3 Custom Function/Amplification Function
– With two wheels which are convenient for operation.
– Provide a vertical grip shutter button, the shutter-lock switch, AF-lock button, AE-lock button, completely supports auto function.

Specifications
Working voltage: 7.2V-8.4V
Working current: less than 3A
Working temperature: -20 C to 70 C
Applicable battery: NP-FW50

Package included
Meike MK-A7II Pro battery grip for Sony A7 II (with battery holder) x 1
User manual x 1 .

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2015年05月01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

Sony Tidbits…

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Focus Tracking Differences between Sony’s E-Mount and A-Mount Cameras by Gary Friedmann

Gary (video on top):As I mention in my blog (friedmanarchives.com where this video first appeared), there are a lot of people for whom this situation may never come up. My purpose with the video is to let people better understand how the cameras evolved, and to touch on the strengths and weaknesses of each platform. It’s always useful to know under which circumstances your equipment will hit its limits, even if you never push it that far.

Zeiss Loxia 35mm lens random thoughts by Sony Artisan Michael Wayne Plant.
State of the Camera Market (Diglloyd).
Sony Alpha A7 Family – Which One To Choose? (Verybiglobo).
Sony FE 24-240 tested at Dutch Pixelmania.
New kind of QX lens mount patent (Egami).
My review of the B-Grip Camera Holster for CSC’s and DSLM with my A6000 and A7R (Richardfoxphotography).
The Mighty Fifties – Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 vs Loxia 50mm f/2 vs Sigma 50mm f/1.4 (Ilovehatephoto).

Bernhard:I started a little blog about my recent switch from my Canon 5DMKiii to a Sony A7s: http://ift.tt/1DQBy5t. It’s written a little “personal”, to tech charts – only real life experiences. And it’s german only, so it may not be interesting for you.  As you sometimes post blogs of readers I thought you may like it.

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New Tamron/Tokina lens mail-in rebates. Mother’s day deals and FE 28mm in Stock in US.

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28mm FE:
The new 28mm FE is now in Stock in US at KenmoreCamera, Buydig and preorders are shipping out at Amazon, Adorama, BHphotoFocusCamera, Sony US.

Mother’s day
You can find an extremely long list of Special Mother’s day deals at BHphoto (Click here). Note that some deals only work when using the coupon code “MOMDAY15“.

Tokina-Tamron:
You have the following lens mail-in(!) rebates on A-mount Tamron lenses at Adorama (Click here).
– 16-300mm: $50 savings
– 18-270mm: $100 savings
– 24-70mm: $100 savings
– 70-200mm: $100 savings
– 70-300mm: $100 savings
And there is also a $30 off the Tokina AT-X 11-16mm II DX at Adorama (Click here).

Crazy Hasselblad deal:
Hasselblad Lunar E-mount camera just got a massive $5,500 off at BHphoto (Click here).

More Sony US rebates:
Price drop and lot of free stuff on the A7II at FocusCamera.
Price drop and lot of free stuff on the RX100 at Adorama.
Price drop and lot of free stuff on the A5000 at Adorama.
Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for $1,498 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for $1,798 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
Sony Alpha a7 (Body Only) for $998 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
Sony Alpha a7 with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for $1,298 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
$100 off on the A6000 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
Price drop and lot of free stuff on the HDRCX405 HD Handycam at FocusCamera.

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2015年5月1日金曜日

Impressive! New Batis 85mm almost matches the Otus 85mm performance!

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So, what’s the optical performance difference between the $4,490 85mm f/1.4 Zeiss Otus and the $1,199 85mm f/1.8 Zeiss Batis? Almost none! Just check out the comparison between the two MTF graph (Click to enlarge).

85mm_otus_vs_batis

While the MTF performance is very close the Zeiss Otus still has the advantage of being faster (f/1.4 vs f/1.8) and it has less distortion. See the MTF and Distortion files here:
Zeiss Otus at Zeiss.de
Zeiss Batis at Diglloyd.

As our reader Seeky stated it relly looks like the 85mm Batis is a sort of mini-Otus!

Both lenses are now available for preorder in USA and Europe (UK/Germany)
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens in US at Adorama, Bhphoto. In Eu at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama, Bhphoto. In EU at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Lens shade for 85mm at Adorama, Bhphoto.
Lens shade for 25mm at Adorama, Bhphoto.

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New Sony FY2014 financial report: Less compact cameras sold. Good income with high profit model.

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Sony just released their new Q1 financial report (files can be seen here). There are many good news:

1) Sony is recovering quickly from the big crisis and is making money again
2) Despite the collapse of the fixed lens compact camera market Sony is still doing money with the Imaging Segment
3) Sony is selling less fixed lens cameras and less video cameras. And the forecast is that it will sell less cameras the next months. But it’s shifting the focus on high value models and the strategy seems to work. Therefore they still expect to keep making profit with the business.

And this is what Sony writes

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More graphs (Click on it to enlarge)

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There is no info about a particular digital camera strategy or future products. But it’s good to hear Sony is one of the few companies still making money with cameras :)

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