Sony Tidbits…


Best Mid-Range f/2.8 Zoom for FX3 & FX6!?

How COVID Impacted my Photography Business (Matt Granger).
“Sky” Sony a7sIII Low Light Movie test 4k Tamron 17-28mm f2.8 iso 25,000 to 409,000 (Casphoto).
Tamron 20mm F2.8 Lens Review | John Sison
Viewfinder Showdown: Optical Rangefinders vs EVFs (Explora).
Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM lens review with samples (Christopher Frost)
Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 DG DN Review (Photographyblog).

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This week SAR readers photos selection


by Chuck Reed
Dauphin Island, Alabama over spring break.
A7R3
200-600 mm
1/1000sec
f/6.3
ISO 100
Slightly cropped in post.
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Sony Tidbits…


Pronto Mark II – An Auto Focus Lens adapter for Sony Cameras!

Haida adds adapter ring for “FE 12-24mm F2.8 GM” to M15 filter holder (DC.watch).
Sigma 28-70mm lens tested at Fujiablog.
Sigma 35mm F2 and 65mm F2 Hands-on Review (TheCameraStoreTV).
Das Flaggschiff der Alpha-Reihe! Sony Alpha 1 (Krolop&Gerst)
Editing in the New Year with Secure Storage (Explora).
Custom Buttons Setup | Fast Filmmaking Settings For The Sony a7Siii & FX3 Part 2 (Matt Johnson).

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From the USA: Class action against Sony because of the A7III shutter failure

Dpreview reports about a class action against Sony because of the failing A7III shutter:

The specific claims against Sony in the complained include breach of express warranty, implied warranty of merchantability and Magnuson Moss Warranty Act, violation of the New York General Business Law, negligent misrepresentation, fraud and unjust enrichment.

In addition to obtaining class certification and ability for his counsel (Sheehan & Associates P.C.) to represent the class, the plaintiff is also seeking an injunction, as well as an award for costs, damages, fees and other relief. According to court records, Sony was notified via summons on March 29 of the complaint.

I am trying it out: Selling my Sony Alpha photos as NFT

Every news today will be crazy because it’s the first of April. So I am telling you what I am doing today. There is a lot of buzz around NFT. You can read two articles on Petapixel about that here and here.

The very basic idea behind this is that your photo gets a unique token. This token can be trades, sold and purchased. Some think this is the holy grail for photographers as you could sell and make money of unique digital prints. Honesty, I really don’t know if this is the future but I guess that there is a fair chance that it might be a big thing in the years to come.

So I am trying out various platform just to see what’s the potential behind this. An example is my photo on Foundation.app (Click here). I took it with the Sony A7rIII at 5:30am in the morning on the coastline of Tuscany.  Foundation is a more “exclusive” platform where only officially invited creators can join. I for example was invited by a world class designer. And now I am allowed to invite 2 people to join the platform.

A completely open and non-exclusive platform would be opensea. But there your images get lost in the infinite collections of photos and art pieces.

There are also platform that allow you to earn a small percentage of commission on every future trade on your photos. This would allow you a steady income. It’s really a super wild field. I wonder if there will be a future platform that gets it right for all of us photographers…