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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2014年10月02日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました！

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Almost 9 million kilometers squared and a gross domestic product of about 2.25 b...

Almost 9 million kilometers squared and a gross domestic product of about 2.25 billion dollars – that's Brazil in figures.



ZEISS employees' children recently spoke about what's behind these numbers in the new ZEISS Forum in Oberkochen, Germany. They received the scholarship for an exchange year and traveled to Brazil, the USA, China or Italy, to name but a few. "The scholarship is intended to enable ZEISS employees' children to discover new things and to engage with other people and cultures," explains Franz Donner, Head of Corporate Human Resources.



ZEISS employees' children can apply for the scholarship once a year. ZEISS organizes the student exchange program in conjunction with the non-profit association AFS "Intercultural Programs". AFS has been developing intercultural educational programs for school students for over 50 years. In recent years, over 54 children have spent a year abroad through the ZEISS scholarship for employees' children.









from ZEISS Group's Facebook Wall

New SLR Magic Apo-HyperPrime CINE 50mm T2.1 tested on the A7s.

SLR Magic Apo-HyperPrime CINE 50mm T2.1 – short review from Hacky on Vimeo.

3D-Kraft (Click here) tested the new SLR Magic Apo-HyperPrime CINE 50mm T/2.1 lens on the A7s. This is a PL mount lens but of very high interest for all Cine shooters looking for a cheaper alternative of the otherwise very expensive Zeiss or Schneider lenses. 3D-Kraft writes:

The first member of a new Apo-HyperPrime CINE lens family provides optical performance close to the stellar ZEISS FE Sonnar 1.8/55 with better apochromatic correction. The housing, focus and aperture operation are highly optimized for video applications. The aperture blades can be stopped down keeping out-of-focus highlights still nicely round (see the the starting image of the video as an example – it was shot with a second Apo HyperPrime CINE 50/T2.1 at T2.8). This lens is ready for 6K!

Sony A7s store links:

Sony A7s in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.

Sony A7s in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PL. And Wex UK.

A7s Gariz leather case in Black (Click here), Brown (Click here), Red (Click here) and Orange (Click here).

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2014年10月01日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました！

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Sony "silently" introduced the curved sensor on the KW1. Curved Full Frame RX coming soon!

The first curved sensor camera is that "Selfie" Sony KW1 camera made for the Asian market.

A couple of months ago Sony announced that they had two curved sensors ready fro mass production. The first one is made for compact cameras and Mr.Aoki just confirmed the "weird" KW1 selfie camera is the first one using that!

The second curved sensor is Full Frame and now it's really easy to guess it's coming very soon! This should be the long time rumored Full Frame RX with 30+ Megapixel curved sensor and fixed lens 35mm f/1.8 Zeiss!

via SonyAlphaRumors.

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2014年09月30日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました！

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