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More Sony A7R II High ISO Test

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We have already published a bunch of High ISO Test images earlier – Sony A7R II vs A7S  and VS A7R, Now we putting all the rest High ISO Test at one place.

We are beginning with a medium format camera Pentax 645Z, the camera will cost you more than a small car but it will give you more details compared to the Sony A7R II camera.

Sony A7R II vs. Pentax 645Z 5

I can clearly see more details in the A7R II image compared to the Nkon D810 camera.

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Sony Semiconductor Solutions Born Today

sensor-imageIn a short span of time Sony become a Sensor manufacturer giant, in 2014 Sony made 40.2 percent of all image sensors produced globally and its image sensor business increasing day by day.

Sony finally split-off its fastest growing image sensor business under a new name “Sony Semiconductor Solutions”, The sensor  the strongest business unit for the electronics maker. The decision taken by the Sony will speed up the growth of the sensor business and will make it more accountable for their profitability.

A part of the press release

In the semiconductor business, where image sensors are a primary area of focus, Sony will establish Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (“Sony Semiconductor Solutions”) to further reinforce this business, and concentrate on sustained growth. R&D, business control, sales and other operations related to the semiconductor business, which are currently overseen by business groups and R&D units within Sony Corporation, will be transferred to Sony Semiconductor Solutions. The new company will aim to commence operations on April 1, 2016. As part of its mid-term corporate strategy announced in February 2015, Sony outlined its intention to sequentially split out the business units currently within Sony Corporation and operate them alongside existing Sony Group companies. The aim of these measures is to ensure clearly attributable accountability and responsibility from the perspective of shareholders, management policies with an emphasis on sustainable profit generation, and the acceleration of decision-making processes and reinforcement of business competitiveness. The decision to establish Sony Semiconductor Solutions forms part of this strategy.

Sony Affordable Fullframe Camera - Rumor Update

Sony-FF-NEX-image1According to a recent email we got from a anonymous emailer, Sony will announce Affordable fullframe camera within the next 6 months, Possibly before Q2 of 2016. The affordable fullframe camera is a part of Sony strategy to completely overtake the Fullframe camera market.

Sony recently announced next generation of A7 series camera that become Amazon best seller in short-span of time. The upcoming camera will compete with Nikon D610 and Canon 6D and will beat it with its advance specification and affordable price tag.

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Sony affordable fullframe mirrorless patent

We have already published Sony Affordable fullframe mirrorless camera patent on October 2013.

Sony putting less attention towards the development of APS-C sensors based camera from past 1 year and only concentrating on fullframe business. We really like the effort made by Sony to bring High-end core specification under reasonable price tag. But at the same time we also want to say that Sony must put attention towards the development of SLT series and APS-C based mirrorless + SLT camera.

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Best Lenses for Sony Alpha A7RII

A7R II has been the glorious camera of Sony, the packs stunning specifications, out of which a few specifications are just more than an outstanding like brilliant 42.3mp of resolution and an innovative AF system  with 399 focal plane phase detection AF points.

But now if you are going to purchase this camera then you must be shaking your head in searching best lenses that can give your camera a frictionless fitting and surprise you with its performances.

here are the best lenses that we are recommending to you for your beloved A7R II camera.

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Take a look a the Best Lenses for Sony A7R II

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Best Lenses

Best Portrait Lens
SONY FE 55 F1.8 ZA
Best Macro Lens Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
Best Wide-angle prime Lens Zeiss Batis 2/25
Best Standard Prime Lens Sony FE 35mm F1.4 ZA
Best event Shooting / Standard Zoom Sony FE 24-70mm F4 ZA OSS
Best Wide angle Zoom Lens Sony FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS
Best Tele-Photo Zoom Lens Sony FE 70-200mm F4.0 G OSS

 

 

Best Lenses available for Sony Alpha A7RII for portrait shooters:-

Zeiss Batis 1.8/85 – Highly recommended

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The lens shows a best example of pure designing lens for full-frame E-mount mirrorless cameras. It’s Fast f/1.8 maximum aperture that let you to feel the champion photographer in dimmer light conditions and provide you a great control over depth of field for selective focus applications. The lens is composed of of 11 glass elements within 8 groups and floating elements design to minimize the producing of unwanted aberrations and distortions, Optical image stabilization used throughout the lens to keep your images away from the blur arises due to camera shake and the silent wave motors incorporated into the lens design to provide you  smooth, fast, and quiet operation.

The optical image stabilization helps to reduce the camera shake as well as its linear motors support its autofocus to perform smooth and ultra-fast .

The lens is highly recommended for your Sony FF mirrorless system is you can afford it, it will sure add a newd dimension to your photography.

The users haven’t worry about its health as it is totally saved by its dust and weather-shield made.

 

 

 

SONY FE 55 F1.8 ZA

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The creative design of this lens will provide you an easy handling within and it also features a bright f/1.8 maximum aperture benefits in low light conditions. For portraiture, low-light and everyday photography that delivers you an incredible sharpness images. The Carl Zeiss T* anti-reflective coating superbly decreased lens flare and ghosting from the images provide you neat and clean images with sustained color neutrality. The incorporation of Nine-blade circular diaphragm enables you natural out-of-focus quality comfortably fit to shallow depth of field imagery.

 

Best Macro Lenses available for Nikon A7R II

Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS – Best Macro Lens for A7R II

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A 90mm prime telephoto lens with 1:1 macro capability,  f/2.8 maximum aperture range provides you an effective shooting in low light situations and produce shallow depth of the field. The lens equivalent to a 135mm lens in the 35mm/full-frame format that can give you a sound used in APSC sized sensor. Internal focusing enables you to achieve focus means only the middle groups of the optical system involve in the operation to achieve more focus.  The Direct Drive Super Sonic Wave AF Motor that employs piezoelectric elements oscillating at ultrasonic frequencies drive the focus lens groups which is necessary thing in Macro photography, The lens based image stabilization to rectify the errors of camera shake, spherical aberration also be reduced due to Aspherical lens design, Extra-low Dispersion and Super Extra-low Dispersion glass elements to suppress chromatic aberration and deliver you sharp images with accurate color. Nano AR Coating technology helps you to get rid of ghosting and flare, Circular aperture to provide a pleasing background Bokeh.

Best Wide-angle prime lenses for the Sony A7R II camera

Zeiss Batis 2/25 – Highly Recommended Wide angle prime lens

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Such type of lens is used for full-frame E-mount mirrorless digital cameras as well as also used on APS-C-sized E-mount cameras. On APS-C cameras it offers a focal length of 37.5mm. It’s maximum aperture of f/2 suitable for capturing images and it also makes the control over its focus.

It is based on Distagon optical technology which incorporates 10 glass elements within 8 groups and its floating elements design is sufficient to reduce aberrations formed in the path of focus. It’s Zeiss T* anti-reflective coatings help to lessen the reflections in order to gain clear, sharp and better composition of colors. The integrated OLED display of the lens automatically recognizes the range of the focus even in low-light conditions. The linear motor of lens is beneficial for its autofocus performance through which it provide smooth and fast performance. It is totally dust and weather –shield.

 

Sony FE 35mm F1.4 ZA – Best lens for street shooters

 

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wide focal length is the key reason of this 35 mm prime lens that makes the lens more ideal for landscape, documentary photography and also for photojournalism, the lens is more effective in low light conditions, For APSC camera the lens provides a 35mm focal length equivalence of 52.5mm. Direct Drive Super Sonic Wave AF Motor within the lens could give you best video recording result, the implementation of aperture ring inside the lens that makes it more ideal for professional photographers and for film making purposes, Advanced Aspherical and Aspherical lens elements faithfully reduces spherical aberration and images with extreme sharpness will sure impress you as well as the coating of ZEISS T* (T-Star) that dramatically eliminates ghosting and flares. The design of this lens in such a way that it can easily resist dust and water.

 

Sony FE 35mm F2.8 ZA

 Sony-A7R-II-Zeiss-35mm-F1.8Buy this wide-angle prime Lens from Amazon | B&H

The Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA Lens is a prime, wide-angle lens with the maximum aperture of f/2.8 and works magnificently in low light-condition.

Its lens is based on Carl Zeiss quality which makes effective impression on its resulting image. It is the combination of three double-sided aspherical elements which is sufficient to eliminate the spherical aberration and makes the image sharp and clear. It is based on an internal focusing mechanism which maintains the lens length during focusing and improves the performance of the lens.

It is based on the Seven-blade circular diaphragm which improves the focus quality and supports the depth of field.

It has Carl Zeiss T* anti-reflective coating which reduces the lens flare and ghosting and results in improved contrast and color combination.

It is designed in such a way that the users needn’t worry about the dust and moisture because it is weather –shield. The lens is not Zoomable.

 

Sony FE 28mm f/2

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It is a full-frame compatible wide-angle prime lens for E-Mount mirrorless cameras and also compatible to APS-C format E-Mount cameras. It supports the similar angle-of-view in the lens of 42mm as well as in 35mm full-frame camera.

It is designed in such a way that its extra-low glass elements minimize the chromatic aberrations and improves its contrast level. Its multi-coating reduces the flare and ghosting and results in impressive and improved quality of the image and compatible with Sony’s Ultra-wide and Fisheye converter lenses. Its 9-blade system improves the out-of-focus highlights.

It has the internal focus system and a linear actuator autofocus mechanism which speed up the performance in both still shooting and video recording. The linear actuator AF system provides smooth and quiet AF action. Due to the presence of this system, it provides fast auto focusing and a short minimum focusing distance.

It is designed in such a way that it is compatible to the compact E-Mount cameras. It has full safety towards dust and moisture because of its weather –shield property.

 

Best everyday zoom lens for photographers

Sony FE 24-70mm F4 ZA OSS – Best event shooting lens

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A wide-angle to portrait-length zoom lens allows to a constant f/4 maximum aperture for consistent performance throughout the zoom range. Five aspherical elements and one extra-low dispersion element help in correcting the aberrations and distortions throughout the zoom range while contributing to high sharpness images. Carl Zeiss T* anti-reflective coating help the images to be safe and sound from the effect of the ghosting and flare. Optical SteadyShot image stabilization will leave no chance for the camera shake problem to create the blurry images and better suit working with longer shutter speeds and telephoto focal lengths. Circular diaphragm enables natural form of the background Bokeh. It has the dust and the moisture-proof body and works in any environmental condition.

 

Best Wide angle zoom lens for Sony A7RII

Sony FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS – Best wide angle zoom lens for A7R II

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This lens is designed in such a way that it can be used for both full-frame E-mount cameras as well as APS-C E-mount cameras due to its wide-angle zoom. Its maximum aperture of f/4 shows its better performance.

Its Optical SteadyShot image stabilization provides the users to work in low light conditions with the reduction in camera shake up to four shutter speed steps.

Its optical designing is supported by five aspherical elements, including a large advanced aspherical element and supported by its three extra-low dispersion elements to help in the reduction of chromatic aberrations.

The lens elements is protected by the Carl Zeiss T* anti-reflective coating, which lessen the lens flare and ghosting and also offers the lens with better color combination and clarity.

Its circular aperture diaphragm helps to keep the aperture in circular shape so that it can works smoothly and can offers natural defocusing.

It has an Optical SteadyShot image stabilization , which supports to lessen the camera shake up to four shutter speed steps , which is beneficial for those users who works in dim-light.

It has the combination of five aspherical elements which includes one AA (advanced aspherical) element, and three ED elements which helps to reduce chromatic aberrations.

Its safety is provided by Carl Zeiss T* anti-reflective coating, which produce the color combination with clarity with the reduction of lens flare and ghosting.

 

Best Telephoto-zoom Lens for Sony A7R II

Sony FE 70-200mm f/4.0 G OSS – Best tele-lens for shooting wildlife and sports

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It is a full-frame E-mount lens which has the equivalent focal length of 105-300mm on APS-C cameras. Its aperture of f/4.0 is suitable for low-light conditions at any focal length. Such type of lens is suitable for those users who want to capture portraits and sports action.

The Sony FE 70-200mm f/4.0 G OSS Lens is a full-frame E-mount lens has the equivalent focal length of 105-300mm compatible to APS-C cameras.

It has the inclusion of Super ED and Advanced aspherical elements, which supports to reduce the aberrations and distortions.

Its 9-blade aperture produces good bokeh when the lens is wide open.

It is layered by Nano AR coatings, which supports to minimize the effects of flaring during photography. It has dust and weather-shield construction.

Its Dual Linear Motor Autofocus System offers the improvement in its performance.

It is co-operated by Optical SteadyShot image stabilization, which improves the sharpness at long focal lengths or long shutter speeds. It also includes a removable tripod collar and a lens hood for its better performance

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Sony A3000 Finally Discontinued, What Next ?

Sony-A3000-MII-imageSony now having a increasing list of left over camera, Sony A3000 finally discontinued in absence of a proper successor. The Sony A3000 was announced by Sony on 27 August 2013 and after 2 years, 1 months the camera production is fully stopped.

Sony A3000 was actually a E-mount based mirrorless camera by having a DSLR styled body, the camera was actually designed  to steal the attraction of entry level DSLR lovers. The camera features Large APS-C Exmor™ sensor with 20.1 effective megapixels and integrated SteadyShot technology for pro-quality pictures and Full HD AVCHD video.

The camera is still available at Amazon.com till stock last.

Sony also announced A3500 camera on March 2014 but it failed to show any noticeable difference from A3000. Why we said Sony again ignoring camera, for details click on the links [link 1] [link 2] ?

 

 

Sony Hybrid Microlens Patent

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Sony patented a Hybrid Micro lens, the micro-lens of the latest Sony sensor is composed to two sub-pixels, one pixel is dedicated for auto-focusing and the other pixel is light sensitive.

The main objective of Sony is to remove the light blocking pixels from the sensor. If all the micro-lenses of the sensor are photosensitive than the camera will give fast contrast AF and neat High ISO images.

Description, self-interpretation of the patent literature

  • Patent Publication No. 2015-153975
    • Published 2015.8.24
    • Filing date 2014.2.18
  • Sony patents
    • Microlens is formed over two or more pixels
    • The first pixel for focus detection
    • The second pixel imaging
    • Micro lenses as viewed from the first pixel are inclined
    • The optical axis of the microlens is in a second pixel

Canon Dual pixel CMOS AF tech is a excellent technology that eliminates the problem of dead-pixels inside the sensor, to know more click here.

Also see –  Sony Multilayer Hybrid AF Sensor Patent

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Sony RX1 Mark II Camera Coming in October 2015

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We have received a email from from a anonymous source that the next RX1 series camera name will be Sony RX1 II and it will arrive on October 2015. He also added that two or more prototypes does exist with two different sensors but both models support 4K.

Why we published this rumor, since soon or later other websites will going to publish the same info, better we flash it first and the most important part that we receive dozens of rumors daily, but we publish only those who look logical to us.

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