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Video sample of the A7s at crazy 409,600 ISO!

April 10, 2014
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Den Lenni from Fstopacademy posted the very frist A7s low light video test (scroll at the bottom of his site to find the video).

The image on very top shows you the quality at ISO 409,600. But before to cry about the grain and nosie you see you have to check the same scene at ISO 6,400:

As you see there is no light at all in the room! So it’s quite a miracle that you actually CAN SEE something at ISO 409,600!

And up to ISO 102,400 the noise isn’t really bad at all:

Learn mroe about the new A7s at Sony US, DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE, FI, PL.

Nikon 1 J4 officially announced!

April 10, 2014
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This is no joke: Today Nikon announced the J4 camera and you know what? They decided to not release the camera in USA! So it will be available in Europe and Asia only. Probably the reason behind that is that the US market is still “not mirrorless friendly”. Canon took a similar decision with their newest mirrorless camera.

Anyway, the new J4 has the same V3 18 MP sensor and an amazing Af system with 171 contrast and 105 pahse detect points.

More info at: Nikon, Dpreview, Image samples, Lemoundedelaphoto (French), Quesabesde (Spanish).

Nikon 1 J4 image leaks ahead of the announcement!

April 9, 2014
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Digicameinfo got that picture and these specs about the soon to be announced Nikon 1 J4:

– 18MP sensor
– ISO160-6400 (12800 extended)
– 3-inch LCD 1.04 million dots monitor
– Video 1920×1080 60fps. Sound stereo
– The battery is EN-EL22
– The size is 99.5 x 60.0 x 28.2

A6000 sensor gets tested at DxOmark and confirms Sony can do sensors :)

April 9, 2014
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DxOmark (Click here) posted the full Sony A6000 sensor test and confirms once again that Sony is doing terrific sensors! Despite “loosing” some space for the phase detection pixels the A6000 still achieves to be on top of the DxO score along the NEX-7 and the best APS-C Nikon (also using Sony sensor). Too bad the new A7s doesn’t feature the same ultra fast hybrid AF!

And the camera will ship tomorrow in USA too:

Sony A6000 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK. Silver A6000 at Amazon US, BHphoto, WexUK. Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore, Sony Canada, WexUK. Silver A6000 with lens at Amazon US, BHphoto, WexUK. Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT

SLRgear test: Zeiss Otus 55mm beats Sigma 50mm ART only by a hair! And new 85mm Otus confirmed

April 9, 2014
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Let’s talk about the best lenses you can use on your mirrorless cameras. On the video on top (minute 18:25) Zeiss confirms they will release a new 85mm f/1.4 Otus as next. But there is also another good news. If you want a Otus quality for a fourth of the price watch these tests at SLRgear:

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 review (Click here)

Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus review (Click here)

The Zeiss beats the Sigma ART only by a very small margin! Cannot wait Sigma to make more fast ART lenses with proper design for mirrorless cameras!

Sony A7s NAB coverage. Has stainless steel mount!

April 8, 2014
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Here are a couple of videos and news from the NABshow in Las Vegas. From a mirrorless point of view the most interesting news is the Sony A7s Full Frame 4K camera. Actually it’s the first Full Frame 4K camera with true pixel readout (no pixel binning and line skipping).

Sony explained the camera cannot record 4K internally because of the too much power it would use because of the large FF sensor. And there would be heating issues too.

Interesting: The new A7s has also a new stainless steal mount. Wondering if that has been introduced also to fix the light leak issue on the mount…

First impression review at Imaging Resource. Sony Alpha 7s – Hands on Review by Den Lennie on Fstopacademy. A7s sites in different languages at Sony US, DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE, FI, PL.