In all the years I do write on SAR this is a first! The video on top shows a review of the A7rII BOX(!) LOL 🙂 Source: SonyAlphaForum.
Need for Speed: Fstoppers Reviews the Mitakon Zhongyi 50mm f/0.95 Lens for Sony FE (Fstoppers).
Sony A7r with 55mm FE: “Body parts“ by Marc Alhadeff on SonyAlphaForum.
Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS – Review by James Minn.
Sony’s RX100 IV is One of the Best High-End Compacts Money Can Buy (PetaPixel).
Marc: “I’ve just released a slowmotion video filmed with the rx10m2 und rx100m4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxH51DuMjQo On my blog I’ve published two extensive aricles about the 2 cameras (in german):
http://reisezoom.com/sony-dsc-rx100iv-rx10ii-test-tipps/
http://reisezoom.com/filmen-mit-der-rx100m4-rx10m2/“
Chris: “I’ve been working on my third episode of my small video series « OFF THE BEATEN TRACK » using the new a7rII and DJI Inspire X5. The expedition brought us to 81° North in the ice pack in search of polar bears. Unfortunately rapid sea ice loss is depriving polar bears of their habitat, since they depend on the ice to hunt their prey. https://vimeo.com/140989382”
Joe: “New features of DxO OpticsPro v10.5.1. 6 new cameras supported:
Sony ILCA-7R II
Sony DSC-RX100 IV
Sony DSC-RX10 II
Support for OS X 10.11 (El Capitan).
Minor bug fixes.“
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i actually must thank you for this! i normally enjoy keeping the boxes to any product i purchase, but i only got to spend a few minutes with my a7r2s box before discarding it at the airport lounge, i simply had no way of bringing it back with me! i could barely stuff the camera and its accessories in my carry-on bags! lol
so, thanks!
I could ont carry the box with me whilst traveling so I sent it home by post… When selling secondhand some people are happier if the box, manuals, papers, etc… and all accessories are included in with the camera hence my decision to keep it..
Reminds me the mainstream media, when there is nothing intelligent to write about, we just report nonsense, like the virginity of a woman at wedding or similar stuff. At least the LOL and the smiley tell us that you find this funny as well. First there was the camera, then we showed the sound of the shutter, then how to unbox it and now the box from outside. What’s next, the postman or the delivery truck ? Will we end by the machine that manufactures and prints the box ?
Love the box vid! Much better than the ebay grey sales advertisements.
Haha – that’s hilarious – and oddly interesting! I watched (and it held my attention) for the first 4 minutes. Monty-Python-esque!
Lol ! Excellent ! The reviewer forgot to weigh the complete box and its separate parts. Lol !!!
just open da box…this is way too much production just to opening a camera box
At least they didn’t use compressed cardboard 😛
that’s the same reason i like keeping my boxes! :/ I had purchased the camera in the airport, minutes before my flight back, barely had time to unpack the camera and it’s contents before the final boarding call lol, perhaps i should have tried bringing the box on board with me, even though i had two carry-on’s already 😉
maybe i can find one for sale online, i’ve seen people sell boxes before haha
I don’t know what happened, but Sony used to pack their flagship cameras in a much more presentable fashion.
My NEX 7 came in really nice packaging. It had clear sections for different things and even the documentation had its own box.
The 5n came in packed in a similar fashion to this.
That being said, my RX1s and RX100 also came in this spartan packaging.
When you pay premium, it would be nice to have a nicer box to go with this. This makes even more sense when you resell the product. Good boxes count for part of the value of the time (OK, all boxes count for the value, but the nicer ones count more)
What happened? It isn’t as if the RX1 would have to be EUR100 more just for a nicer presentation. This sort of functional packaging tends to somewhat devalue the item inside.
Big Boss is pleased~!!!
I am an avid box collector. Washing machines, ride on tractor boxes,hair dryers, lounge sofas all take pride of place upstairs in my loft! Can the box be purchased seperately from the camera? What is the rgb color orange? Is this printed offset,litho, etc? So many fascinating questions. Vid isn’t long enough. Would anyone like to see my loft entry ladder climbing video?
I am not a number, I am a free man……
I have been looking at other websites for any indication of a new A mount camera.
So far only SAR has posted such a rumor, and that apparrently based strictly on information from “trusted sources”
So I will continue to predict no new A mount camera until I actually see a new camera to prove me wrong.
This mitakon is still tempting me… But i can’t decide without trying it.
Does anyone here own it ?
I’ll be curious to see full size raws compared with 55/1.8
I own both these lenses.
They are two totally different animals and both really beautiful bits of optics but there is nothing similar between them, in fact it doesnt even make sense to compate the two as where you would shoot one you would not shoot the other.
Focal lengths are similar but the images each produce are completely different. Both do have 3d pop but for different reasons. With the zeiss it is because of tack sharpness wide open, with the mitakon it is becuase the bokeh fall off is so quick. The Mitakon gives a dreamy perspective and really for the most part shines when used at a distance from subject. Then they are fully in focus but everythign else isn’t. So very similar to an 85 1.2 or 135 1.8. Yet with less compression. Colors are vibrant but any light source coloring is magnified in the photos. I pull this lens out when I want a special effect. A little bit of magic in the shot.
The 55 is my go to lens for mostthings. It is sharp and beautiful with a artistic rendering and can handle just about any circumstances with images that are nearly uncomparable. You know when it is shot on this lens because they sing. Where as the mitakon has an abstract feel this lens produces fine art feel.
Comparing raws won’t net you a whole lot. The 55 is undoubtably sharper across the frame, the mitakon has a glow to most elements except right on the point of focus. Both are beauitul and useful with the mitakon being the more unique. It really should not be a comparison of which one to select, but which one you buy first.
On the subject of new sensors I predict…
Canon will produce a
Canon Foveon Sensor…which they will improve using thier own technology.
Notice I said Foveon, not Foveon like, or Canon organic sensor.
In return I predict we will see proprietary Canon technology in some new Sigma lenses.
I believe this will actually happen, but I have no proof, it is strictly my prediction.
Just remember you heard it here first…!!!!
Is it a wich or a prediction ?
http://www.canonrumors.com/canon-actively-testing-third-party-sensors-cr2/
And sp iy begins
I believe the decision was only made about a week ago when Canons attempt to purchase Sigma failed and they decided to share technology instead.
Development should have just started, so I would not expect to see immeadiate results…in fact yhe spped at which this rumor emerged has surprised me…but obviosly Canon will want this in production as gast as they are capable of.
Since lenses are faster to produce you may. See some Sigma lenses with Canon technology…such as Blue Spectum Refractive Optics. ..before the new Canon/Foveon sensor.
If s poo cons ok der that a very strong sighn it is coming.
Not an official box review. No box sniffing.