Is the Sony A7rII the really first camera that can be defined as a “PRO” camera? Well according to the Chuck Norris of photography Ken Rockwell the answer is no! Actually his answer is more an insult to Sony camera owners than just a negative conclusion:

A photo hobbyist is someone who loves talking about pixels, software, apps, bit depths and especially loves playing with a zillion different brands of lenses on adapters. That’s why hobbyists and gizmo fans love this camera so much.

Hobbyists are completely different from photographers, photographic artists or pro shooters. The problem with the A7R II for use by a photographic artist like myself is that while A7R II images look great, its colors never look as great in real-world shots as I get directly from my Canons and Nikons. Most people are hobbyists and won’t notice the subtle things I do, and therefore I certainly recommend the A7R II, but for serious work, the Sony isn’t there yet.

Wow, Sony fellows will not like to read this!

Now Sony has two options: Either they make a superb A9 or they destroy Ken’s laptop so that he cannot harm them anymore :)

AURORA skycam TV had the unique chance to play with the new Canon ME20F-SH $30,000 mirrorless FF camera that will go on sale in November. The 2.2 Million Megapixel camera can shoot up to 4,5 Million ISO. Aurora writes:

“All of us in AURORA skycam are very proud to exclusively present some of the first video footage shot with the amazing new Canon ME20F-SH.
Right in time for the next aurora borealis season, see northern lights filmed in Norway in a previously unknown quality. The short film shows nature filmed at night as you’ve never seen it before.
Facts: 12 days filming in August 2015 and 14,5 hours of footage have been cut down and presented in a 3 minute long video at the IBC 2015. On our tour we’ve been driving 4.600 km through Norway, chasing good weather, dark skies, northern lights, and Miss Aurora´s dance.
More info, behind the scenes pictures and film footage, together with reviews and more amazing content will be released on our website (https://aurora-skycam.com/me20f-sh) and in our YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtzs…). Follow us, there is more videos to come soon.”

via CanonWatch.com.

A short video showing the issues we found during our review

Make no mistake, the DxO One camera is a great camera! But it has one very big flaw that makes it pretty much unusable. Our colleges over at Luminous Landscape described it well:

During my last week of testing, my iPhone fell off the DxO unit twice. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention this. Once it fell onto a concrete floor. Not cool. The problem is the iPhone 6 Plus is a heavy phone and all that is holding it to the DxO One is a lightning connector. While holding the iPhone, the DxO One seems to be connected well. But hold the DxO unit alone and the Phone’s weight immediately begins to start pulling on the connector. A few good shakes and the camera becomes disconnected. (see video at the end of this article) Not acceptable.

I still think DxO made a step into the right direction with their product. It looks much better than the Sony QX solution. Now they just have to find a way to “secure” the device on the iPhone in a much safer way!

P.S.: If you can read french there is also a full test at Focus Numerique!

The new Sony A7rIi is finally shipping in Europe. The camera is that highly requested and full of WOW factor that John Wilhelm kicked out his wife from his bed to sleep with the new toy :)

Joke a part a more serious list of user first impressions report can be read at SonyAlphaForum.

Found via SonyAlphaRumors.

A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

Yep Sony did it and the A7rII shutter is really way more silent and proof ready for a wedding shooting! Just hit the play button on the video to hear the difference!

A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.