This week SAR readers photos selection.

Austin Troth‎

Self Portrait

Sony a7r + Canon FD 20mm f2.8

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Tony Blaise‎

A99, Carl Zeiss 135 1.8, Crop

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Wongwiss Chaiyarux‎

Sapa ,Vietnam

Sony A7 + Sony Zeiss 24-70

Neil Buchan-Grant

A portrait of Italian artist Thorn made with Sony A7s + Leica 50mm Summilux

Stéphane Mouny‎

louvre reflexion a77 11mm f16

Christian Marcel‎

“Key West Sunset in a Droplet”

The sunset show in the refraction of the droplet is one of my photographs taken in Key West, Florida, set upside down to make it appear on the right side in the drop. A bunch of flowers close to the main one appeared in the drop too. There is no post-processing. Only exposure adjustment.

It’s taken with a Sony NEX-5T with Sigma 60mm f/2.8 ART and viltrox 26mm tubes: 60mm, f/4.5, 1/4 sec, 100 ISO

Also, if some of you are interested to know how to do it, as an editor at iLHP, I wrote a tutorial here

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Marcelo Fukace‎

“Maiko” Sony A99+Zeiss 135mm/1.8

Calvin Taylor Lee

Old crane

Testing the new camera Sony QX1+FE16mm F2.8+wide angle adapter

One Click Photographer

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2014年10月04日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました！

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First Zeiss Loxia unboxing vid and tests.

We all hate them but most of us watch them anyway :) So here it is the first unboxing video of the new Zeiss Loxia for Full Frame mirrorless FE system cameras. And a list of first test shots can be found over at SonyAlphaRumors.com.

Preorders at BHphoto:

Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* Lens for Sony E Mount (Click here).

Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Lens for Sony E Mount (Click here).

Zeiss Lens Hood for Loxia 35mm f/2 Lens (Click here).

Zeiss Lens Hood for Loxia 50mm f/2 Lens (Click here).

Zeiss Rear Lens Cap for Loxia Series Lenses (Click here).

Zeiss De-Click Key for Loxia Lenses (Click here).

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First Loxia lens tests at Dearsusans, BMCR and BerlinBackstage.

Image courtesy: Berlin Backstage.

Berlin Backstage (google translation here) tested both Loxia lenses and explained that these lenses are completely different from the current 35 and 55 FE from Sony. With the Loxia you will approach the photography in a complete other way. These lenses are made for manual focusing lovers! For Berlin-Backstage Zeiss was 100% spot on to release those focal length lenses first!

DearSuasans tested the 50mm Loxia:

It is not a spectacular lens, like a Macro when it comes to detail, or the FE55 when it comes to sharpness, but it just does everything so well. Colours are first rate. Detail is excellent, including at infinity. Sharpness is excellent.

Hands-on and few image samples at Bestmirrorlesscamerareviews:

When Zeiss made the announcement, I couldn’t help but wonder why they decided to release two focal lengths that already exist in Sony’s AF series…But after trying them today, I have to admit that my first impressions are really positive about the two lenses. The image quality they produce seems really exceptional on both the A7r and A7s. But most importantly, they perfectly suit Sony’s full frame mirrorless system because they are small and therefore enhance the portability of the system.

P.S.: The Loxia 50mm is alreayd shipping in Germany (like here on eBay).

Zeiss Loxia preorders:

Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Lens for Sony E Mount at BHphoto, Adorama., WexUK, CameraPro.

Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* Lens for Sony E Mount at BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK, CameraPro.

Zeiss Lens Hood for Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Lens at BHphoto and Adorama.

Zeiss Lens Hood for Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* Lens at BHphoto and Adorama.

Zeiss 52mm Front Lens Cap for Touit and Loxia Lenses at BHphoto and Adorama.

Zeiss De-Click Key for Loxia Lenses (5-Piece Set) at BHphoto and Adorama.

Zeiss Rear Lens Cap for Loxia E-Mount Lenses at BHphoto and Adorama.

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2014年10月03日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました！

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New Zeiss 16-35mm review at Techbang.

The first review of the new 16-35mm FE Zeiss has been published at Techbang (google tranlsation here). While the automated google translation makes a bit of mess on the text it’s still good to check out the site to see the many full size image samples! And there is also that comparison with the Canon 16-35mm f/4.0 L lens (Click on image to enlarge):

These are the conclusions from the reviewer:

– He liked the compact size and material quality

– Image quality is very high

– Good distortion suppression

– Slow focusing speed on the A7

– Higher price compared to the Canon 16-35mm f/4.0 (but the Zeiss is better)

Zeiss FE 16-35mm preorder links:

Zeiss 16-35mm FE at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony Store US.

Zeiss 16-35mm FE in Europe at Sony DE, UK, ES, IT, FR, CH, AT, NL, BE, FI, SE, NO, PT.

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An unusual comparison: Zeiss Otus 85mm Vs. Sony RX100

SAR reader Mike made that unusual comparison between the A7r with Otus lens and the first generation RX100 compact camera. And at the end the difference between the two are surprisingly small:

What I find astonishing is how little difference there is between the two, considering the vast difference in size, weight, sensors and price. Sure, the A7R/Otus combination wins, but not by that much. Besides, it bloody well better win! It’s up against a two-year-old pocket camera that weighs and costs a small fraction as much.

Full article can be read at http://ift.tt/1vCdBNd.

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