New Sigma MC-11 firmware update

Sigma issued a new firmware update for their MC-11 adapter. Those are the new features/improvements:

● It has become compatible with the SIGMA 14-24mm F2.8 DG HSM | Art for SIGMA.
● With the SGV lenses*1 listed below, it has improved AF performance in the peripheral areas of the image as well as when the “Eye AF” function is selected.
● With lenses that are not compatible with the MC-11, it has corrected the release time lag which occurred during flash photography.*2
※ Before updating the MC-11 firmware, please ensure SIGMA Optimization Pro has been updated to ver. 1.4.1 or later for Windows, and ver. 1.4.0 or later for Macintosh.
＊1 SIGMA 35mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, SIGMA 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, SIGMA 85mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art, SIGMA 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM | Art, SIGMA 24-70mm F2.8 DG OS HSM | Art, SIGMA 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary
＊2 Please note that this does not guarantee accurate operation with all the lenses that are not compatible with the MC-11.

Sigma MC-11 at [shopcountry 60822].

New Tamron FE 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III RXD lens info

Patrick Murphey Racey talks about the new 28-75mm f/2.8 lens (here at BH) with a Tamron manager. Patrick writes:

This new lens from Tamron was designed from the ground up and for the most part, to be placed only on Sony E-mount cameras.  This is a big commitment from Tamron to make a Sony-specific lens in E-mount.  It also means that they are not simply “necking out” the rear portion of the lens as Sigma has chosen to do with their FF fast primes.  It may even have the ability to out perform some of Sigma’s re-tasked primes, especially in the wide areas of the zoom range.  Why, you ask?  Because the lens was made just for Sony’s exact sensor placement and distance just inside the lens mount flange.  It’s a safe bet to be a real contender.

Our reader Micah got this from a Tamron manager: The lens will have a 72mm filter size.

Sony Tidbits…


Sony A6500 Custom Camera Settings

Camera makers continue to ignore photojournalist pleas for encryption (Dpreview).
Imaging Without Lenses (American Scientist).
Samyang 50 mm f1.4 AF EF: prueba de campo (Photolari).
New LockPort for Sony A7M3
Things We Love: Voigtländer Color Heliar 75mm f/2.5 Lens (Explora).

Firoz: “When I wake up early in the morning, The clean white Fog is the first thing on my mind. Oh damn…it is smog. Dense smog shrouded the area, turning it into a fairy-tale wonderland. I shot this film from my balcony. Shot with a7s + FE 55mm f/1.8.ZA. https://vimeo.com/249952297”

Personal photos and tests from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and 500px.

New Sony 400mm f/2.8 GM lens switches explained

Our reader Rzero explained them:

Using SAL300F28G2, SAL500F40G and SEL100400GM as reference, the switches should be for

1. AF/MF
2. DMF STD/Fulltime
3. Focus Limiter
4. Focus Hold
5. Prefocus Set Button
6. Optical Steady Shot ON/OFF
7. OSS Mode 1/Mode 2
8. BEEP ON/OFF button.

Or maybe that’s what it really does :)

And here is an image of the huge front element from the 400mm lens (courtesy of Daniele Bragaglio)

This week SAR readers photos selection

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