Sony’s CES Press Conference Will Be On January 6th, 2020 at 5:00 EST

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 18, 2019


Sony will have its CES Press Conference on January 6th, 2020 at 5:00 EST. You can check back here for updates on the 6th and you can find the live stream here.

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Sony a7RIV, a7RIII, and a7III Firmware Updates

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 17, 2019


Sony a7RIV Firmware 1.10 Download Here
Sony a7RIII Firmware 3.10 Download Here
Sony a7III Firmware 3.10 Download Here

Benefits and Improvements

  • Enables use of “My Menu” to save or load custom camera settings
  • Adds the “External Flash Set” function:
    This function allows you to configure the settings of an attached flash or wireless radio commander (both sold separately) directly from the camera.

    Compatible Flash models

    • HVL-F60RM(with flash firmware version 2.00 or later)
    • HVL-F45RM(with flash firmware version 2.00 or later)

    Compatible wireless radio commander:

    • FA-WRC1M
      Note:The functionality will be enabled after the upcoming wireless radio commander firmware version.

    Please refer to the Help Guidefor more information:

Improves the overall stability of the camera

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Sony WW119533 Registered and Potential Sony a7SIII Sensor Data Leaked

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 16, 2019


We have all been waiting a long time for the Sony a7SIII to launch and Sony doesn’t have many more cameras to release so this might finally be it. Nokishita spotted the WW119533 registration with the following details:

Sony’s “WW119533” has been registered with overseas certification bodies. It is equipped with Wi-Fi (2.4GHz) and Bluetooth

Further eoshd came across the IMX521CQR which they believe is the senor for the Sony a7SIII. It’s a 15.3MP sensor with a Quad Bayer design that might have a 61MP mode that is capable of 4K/60p and has an HDR mode. The 61MP Quad Bayer sensor design will not allow for 8k because of how Quad Bayer works but will it will provide additional resolution and color data at roughly 4.8k.

The sensor captures in 12-bit but will likely store it as 10-bit in-camera. For stills the sensor is 14-bit with a lot of dynamic range. The datasheet also hinds at the analog to digital converter being 14-bit or even 16-bit. There is also a 3840 x 2160 90fps mode, a letterbox 3840 x 1346 mode at 120fps and even a 2k 540fps mode at 2394 x 355.

The sensor is 61MP so Sony could do some interesting trickery to make this a great low light and stills camera and there might even be some 8k modes that would have limited use, but it seems clear that this senor is designed for killer 4k that is above and beyond anything else out there if real. The sensor is also likely CDAF over PDAF, which makes sense if image quality is more important than autofocus performance.

 

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Holiday Savings Sunday

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 15, 2019


Holiday Savings/Green Monday
B&H Photo Holiday Savings
Adorama Holiday Savings


Amazon is currently offering 15% back on various products including Sony cameras. You can find a list here.

Camera Bodies
Sony a9 (Save $500):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a7RIII (Save $300):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a7III (Save $200):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a7rII (Save $400):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a7II (Save $500):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a7sII (Save $400):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Sony a6500 (Save $400):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a6000 (Save $150):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a5100 (Save $100):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama


Lens Deals
E-Mount Lens Deals
Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95 Mark II Save $150
Sigma E-mount Lenses
Zeiss E-mount Lenses
Venus Optics Laowa 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D Save $50

Accessory Deals
Lexar Memory Cards
Memory Card Savings
Power Banks

General Deals
Deal Zone
Featured Deals
Mac Book Pro Savings save up to$1,500
Apple Holiday Savings save up to $500


Software Deals
Adobe Creative Cloud 12 Month Subscription Save $240
Luminar 4 & Aurora HDR 2019 (Savings code FUJIADDICT)
ON1 Photo RAW 2020 NEW
Photolemur

FE Lenses
Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony Zeiss Planar T* 5omm f/1.4 (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony 50mm FE f/1.8 (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE 50mm f/2.8 Macro (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 (Save $50):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G (Save $100):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE PZ 28-135mm f/4 G OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama 
Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS Lens (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

NEX Lenses
Sony 20mm f/2.8 Alpha E-mount (Save $50):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony E 10-18mm f/4 OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS (Save $100):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony E 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS LE (Save $50):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Zeiss Batis and Loxia Savings:
Zeiss Batis 135mm (Save $204): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Zeiss Batis 18mm (Save $240): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Zeiss Batis 25mm (Save $349): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Zeiss Batis 85mm (Save $150): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

Additional Zeiss Savings

Voigtlander Heliar-Hyper Wide 10mm f/5.6 ASPH (Save $100):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Voigtlander Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 ASPH III (Save $50):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Voigtlander 21mm f/1.4 FE (Save $100):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/3.5 ASPH (Save $100):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.4 FE (Save $200):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 FE (Save $150):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.2 FE (Save $100):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm f/2 ASPH (Save $50):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 110mm f/2.5 (Save $100):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Sigma Savings
Sigma MC-11(Save $100): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

New Apple iPad Pro and More: B&H Photo / Adorama
New Apple iMac Pro: B&H Photo / Adorama
New Apple MBP: B&H Photo / Adorama
MacBook Pro (Savings still available): B&H Photo

Software Deals
Luminar 4 & Aurora HDR 2019 (Savings code FUJIADDICT)
ON1 Photo RAW 2020
Photolemur
Picktorial


Laowa Savings can be found at VenusOptic or at B&H Photo.

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DPRTV: Best and Worst of 2019 Plus Drunken Shenanigans

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 14, 2019

DPRTV uploaded their best and worst of video today and it is much better than last year’s video, but still not quite as entertaining as their older Camera Store TV bit. I largely agree with their findings and I think many of you will too, but the GFX100 was robbed. So watch above for the show and read below for the findings:

Best Lenses

  1. Tamron 35mm f/1.4 – such a great optically fantastic lens that is even worth adapting to mirrorless
  2. Panasonic 10-25mm f/1.7 – Great breathing corrected lens for video
  3. Fujifilm XF200mm f/2 – 300m f/3.0 equivalent on full-frame proves Fujifilm is ready to compete in any market

Most Improved

  1. Canon EOS R – First great firmware update for EOS R that made the camera very capable
  2. Panasonic G9 – Huge new firmware update brought almost all the powerful video features from the GH5 at a great price point
  3. Olympus EM-1 Mark II – Got a lot of the EM1X features this year

Best Hybrid Camera of 2019

  1. Panasonic S1H – Packed with features and hard to beat
  2. Fujifilm X-T30 – Beautiful image quality that is basically a compact X-T3
  3. Leica SL2 – Very expensive, but fantastic for video and photos with stand out image quality

Best Camera of 2019

  1. Sony a7RIV – If you think with your head the a7RIV is a technical marvel for the price and size
  2. Fujifilm GFX100 – If you like image quality no other camera has ever come close to the GFX100, but it comes at a price
  3. Leica Q2 – The camera they had the most fun with this year has a great sensor and lens

Above I mention that Fujifilm was robbed and even Jordan agrees it should have been the GFX100. If you do not take price into consideration the GFX100 is a no brainer and it is the first camera that has caused me to basically liquidate my Sony kit. I will likely buy more Sony cameras when the a7SIII comes out if it lives up to the hype, but until then the GFX100 will handle almost 100% of my needs. In my estimation, Fujifilm and Sony are the future of photography and videography and everyone else is just trying to catch up.

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Sony SF-M Tough SD Cards Now Available and Slightly Discounted For The Holidays

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 13, 2019

If you’re looking for tough reliable SD card storage Sony’s new SF-M Tough SD Cards are now available everywhere and are even slightly discounted.

Key Features
  • UHS-II / V60 / U3 / Class 10
  • Stable recording of 4K video with V60 (Video Speed Class)
  • IP68 dust and waterproofing
  • Tough specification with crush and shock-proof design
  • Max Read Speed: 277 MB/s
  • Max Write Speed: 150 MB/s

Sony 256GB SF-M: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony 128GB SF-M: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony 64GB SF-M: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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