Sony published their 2016Q3 financial report (PDF file here). There is really not much news to report here. Operating income for the whole company and for the specific imaging business went down mainly because of unfavorable foreign exchange rates. But the forecast has been revised upward because they expect a weak YEN currency.
Sony Alpha a6500 Product Overview
Sony 50mm FE macro review at ThePhoBlographer.
FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS Lens ALTERNATIVE? (SonyAphaForum).
50 Tips from 50 Years Behind a Camera (Explora).
Politics & 40,000 Frames: A Case Study in Digital Photo Storage (Adorama Learning Center)
How to Create Tilt-Shift / Miniature World Time-lapses (Rob & Jonas’ Filmmaking Tips).
Join our new Sony Alpha Camera Facebook group.
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Meike 6.5mm Circular Fisheye for Sony e mount Unboxing and First impressions
This 60 Cent Ring Makes Your Camera Lens Harder to Steal (PetaPixel).
IFTLE on Sony, Tessera, SMIC News (Image Sensor World)
Understanding ISO (Explora).
5 Top Photo Editing Apps for Mobile Devices (Adorama Learning Center)
How Did Sony Start? (SonyAphaForum)
SmugMug’s Valentine’s Day promo is now live at https://www.smugmug.com/promo/valentines-day.
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Stepan: “For two decades I was using camcorders as my primary tool and cameras as secondary. Now I switched to Sony A6500 to do it all for me: https://youtu.be/0Fuq2-JMEXo”
Roman: “I shot the following video a while ago using the Sony PXW-FS5 and the wonderful Tokina AT-X Pro AF 28-70 f/2.6 (Version 1). https://vimeo.com/195638933“
Tokina announced that it’s now shipping the new Tokina FiRIN 20mm f/2.0 FE lens worldwide (here at Adorama at Amazon UK and at Amazon FR). The Japanese site DC.watch (translation here) tested the lens. Click on the images to see the full size version at DC.watch.
SONY A6500 – BEST WIDE ANGLE LENS?
How I lost faith in micro four thirds and switched to Sony mirrorless (Diyphotography)
Lighting Gear for Outdoor Portraits (Explora).
Waterproof Housing for Less Than $100: Photographer Takes the Plunge (Adorama Learning Center)
First Look: Tokina Cinema Vista Primes in 8K (Phil Holland).
Phillip Reeve reviewed the Techart PRO AF Adapter
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Alan: “In December I hired the new Sony A99mk2 from Lens Rentals when I came from New Zealand for an Xmas holiday to Yosemite Nat Park. I use an A900 at present. Now I am back in NZ I have been amazed at the dynamic range of the sensor and the ability to recover shadows. It’s just amazing! The noise levels are so low compared to my A900 and the Canon 5Dsr RAW files I have been been developing for a friend, see the screenshot from Lightroom CC of El Capitan. The left is as shot, which came out under exposed by 1ev as I was on Spot EV, which I fixed in a later images. The right, with the blacks and shadows opened up by Lightroom. I am just amazed…… now to convince my my wife to let me buy one! I’m will be continuing to post images from the A99mk2 at my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alanthompson.co.nz/“
Appledaily posted the images of the damage created by the April 2016 earthquake inside Sony’s Kumamoto sensor factory. It took Sony six months to get back to full sensor production. And this explains why in 2016 we had so few camera announcements. Let’s hope in 2017 we will finally see the new A7III and the new High End FF E-mount camera!
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Thanks Animalsbarry for this!
On the road with the Tokina Firin 20mm f2.0 from stan moniz on Vimeo.
Fuji GF vs Sony FE lens size comparison (Dpreview Forum).
Feature film coming to theaters shot entirely on A7S II (Imaging Resource)
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Jon: “Just to let you know that the Profoto Sony trigger is now released (I got mine a few days ago and put it through early tests this morning with B1 and D1 heads). From early tests it works perfectly, and even changes to high speed mode automatically as the shutter increases past x-sync.”
Zack: “I live and work in NYC, which happens to be the corporate headquarters for Sony’s US operations. Inside their headquarters is a space called Sony Square where they demo all of their new tech. This includes the playstation, their home theater products, and all of the latest photo equipment.
The nice thing is, they let you test out the gear for free as long as you bring it back by closing time. They put a 15% hold on your card for the item you’re taking out, but refund at the end of the day.
Hope this helps other Sony shooters in the NYC area / tourists coming into the city.“
