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Cormorant and rainbow trout. A9 + 600mm GM + 2X TC.
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Sony manager Yosuke Aoki has officially confirmed they will be present at the May 2020 Photokina event:

“Sony is very glad to be part of Photokina again next year. Photokina 2020 gives us the opportunity to present our latest innovations and to maintain a direct dialog with all Digital Imaging Lovers. Sony is looking forward to seeing you all in Cologne.” 

Photokina starts on May 27 and I will be there :)  I bet I will see the A7IV…and hopefully the A7sIV too!!!

Sigma 35mm F1.2 DN ART (Sony FE): First Look | 4K

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Sigma’s New Lenses | Field Test – 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art (Wexphoto).
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What it’s like to scan film on the Epson Perfection V600 (Dpreview).

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Sony A7RM4 Load Camera Settings

Review: Tamron 17-28mm F2.8 Di III RXD (ThePhoBlographer).
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Apple Launches 16″ MacBook Pro, Its Most Powerful Yet (Explora).
Sigma 45 mm f2.8 DG DN para Sony: ¿bueno, bonito y barato? (Photolari).
Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN ‘Art’ lens review with samples (Christopher Frost)

Hadrien:

On October 2019, Sony lent me for a couple of days a prototype of the FX9

Instead of testing it at home i decided to visit my friend Anton Arnarson in Iceland.

I arrived in a middle of a storm so we had more or less only a day to shoot.

Here is the result : https://vimeo.com/375696512

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Phase One has officially launched the new Capture One 20 software! Learn what’s new in Capture One 20 at this page: www.captureone.com/20.

Here is a quick roundup of the new features:

Noise Reduction
Improved noise reduction, start your editing with better quality images.

Basic Color Editor
Edit colors faster with a new Basic Color Editor that’s compact and easy to use. Click anywhere on the photo and drag to adjust the hue, saturation and lightness of any colors – or edit with intuitive sliders. For more control, the Advanced Color Editor and Skin Tone tools are as powerful as ever.

High Dynamic Range tool
Do more with contrast and tone thanks to the new High Dynamic Range tool. Recover photo – all in one tool.

Crop tool
Save up to 50% of your keystrokes when sorting images – enable “switch to next” to Easily visualize and transform your crops thanks to the visible handles in the new Crop tool. Instantly crop from the center, rotate the crop or lock the aspect ratio using modifier keys.

Image culling
automatically switch to the next photo when you rate or tag. Works with sets so you can easily review multiple images at the same time and manage big projects in a snap.

Scrolling tools
Work quickly and intuitively – scroll through all your tools with ease and pin your favorites to the top for instant access.

Copy Layers and Masks
Easily copy specific layers between photos – including photos with different formats and sizes – without replacing the existing layers on the destination photo.

Support for DNG files
Get the most accurate colors and sharpest details out of any camera model, drone or smartphone capturing DNG files.

Interface
Make a big difference to your workflow with small updates. We’ve added text to the icons so you can find tools instantly, made Masking tools easy to access and simplified the adjustments clipboard. Plus, get higher resolution thumbnails and adjust the viewer background color with one click

Keyboard shortcuts:
Edit faster with new default shortcuts for zoom, full screen, Focus Mask and much more. Plus, customize the shortcuts further to create your ideal workflow.

Learning material:

Getting started:
• Interface explained: https://youtu.be/yBew_NPfdmk
• Creating a catalog: https://youtu.be/KFwZmgqPhGo
• Essential adjustments: https://youtu.be/ta8O0OtoX-g
• Exporting photos: https://youtu.be/2CKbxnGkTWQ
• Capture One Express – explained in 7 Minutes: https://youtu.be/styRn2108AE
Editing in Capture One:
• Black & white edit: https://youtu.be/ZnBVKCouGcw
• Landscape edit: https://youtu.be/RULCAAsMcME
• Portrait edit: https://youtu.be/WlTlRNvoOBw
Tutorials:
• Color Editor: https://youtu.be/UxXFrphKFBo

New cameras supported:
• Olympus E-M5 III
• Canon EOS M6 II
• Canon EOS 90D
• Leica V-LUX 5
• Pentax K-1 II
• Ricoh GR III
• Panasonic Lumix DC-S1H
• Nikon Z 50
• Generic GoPro RAW support

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Get the new Capture one 20 here!

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The Sony World Photography Awards has announced the Alpha Female Award as part of the 2020 SWPA Open competition. The winner will be announced at the Sony World Photography Awards night in London. Deadline to enter is January 7, 2020. See the full announcement below and click here to enter.

Alpha Female Award: To celebrate the engaging photographic work created by women worldwide, Sony US announces the Alpha Female Award. The prize recognizes leading female photographers entering the Sony World Photography Awards Open competition. Aiming to promote international photographers embracing a range of subject matter, this Award acknowledges the rich diversity of photography today.

The winner receives a range of Sony digital imaging equipment and their image will be displayed at the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House in London. The winner’s work will be displayed alongside a carefully curated selection of recent imagery by the creators and mentors from the Sony Alpha female US program.

The recipient of the Alpha Female Award will be announced on April 16, 2020, at the 2020 Sony World Photography Awards night in London.

All female photographers entering a single image to any of the ten categories in the Sony World Photography Awards’ Open competition will be considered for the Alpha Female Award. Categories to choose from are Architecture, Culture, Creative, Motion, Landscape, Natural World & Wildlife, Portraiture, Still Life, Travel and Street Photography.

Submissions are judged by a panel of experts. Images will be rewarded for their power to communicate a visual narrative with excellent technical and creative skills.

Submit your body of work to the Open competition here.

Sony’s Alpha Female program focuses on creating opportunities for professional female photographers and videographers working in the United States and fostering a richer and more diverse industry.

Six female creators are accepted into the six-month long Alpha Female Creator-in-Residence Program, during which they each received over $30,000 in grants and equipment, mentorship with an award-winning Sony Artisan of Imagery, and numerous opportunities to raise their profiles in the photography and filmmaking industries.

Discover the new photographers taking part in the Alpha Female Creator-in-Residence Program and follow their progress at alphauniverse.com/alphafemale.

via Alphauniverse

Sony E 16-55mm f/2.8 ‘G’ lens review with samples

Laowa 100mm F2.8 Macro at SonyAlpha.blog.
The Fastest Memory Cards Money Can Buy (Explora).
Samyang 18mm f2.8 FE lens review by ChungDa.
Sony A6100 VS Canon M200 (TheEveryDayDad).
Akku Nitecore NFZ 100 für Sony Alpha Kameras (Martin Wagner).
Review – Sigma 45mm f2.8 – Affordable L-mount Alliance! (and Sony E) by Mattias Burling
Sony A6600 vs A6500 (TheDigitalDigest).

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