How to buy a high-end camera in 2018 (Engadget).
Fuji once more closes the door to any Fuji Full Frame camera development (Mirrorlessrumors).
Things We Love: Really Right Stuff Base Plates and Brackets (Explora).
The Cameras Used in the 2018 Oscar-Nominated Films (Cinema5D).
Sony’s Oddly Very Expensive Lens is a Remnant from the NEX Days (ThePhoBlographer).
Getting a Little Misty with Camera Diffusion – DIY Diffusion Filters for a Romantic/Nostalgic Look
WPPI 2018: Spider Camera Holster Offers Products for Strap-Free Camera Carrying (Explora).
How to use Sony A9 FTP Transfer (Alin Popescu).
A7III Slow motion samples (Youtube).
Philip: “I recently bought a little light for hiking with, a Zebralight H600Fd Mk IV. I think I remember you saying you hike too, so check it out. It looks great. I’ll write a review at some point, but upon trying out certain things I noticed a really weird finding! Adobe Lightroom, when you measure a grey card, gives a COMPLETELY different reading to Phase One Capture One software. http://photochirp.com/2018/02/20/lightroom-capture-one-white-balance-zebralight-h600fd-mk-iv/ I wrote about it here a bit. The post is a bit of a mess, and I’m just throwing ideas around at the moment, but if you scroll down you’ll see a photograph where it shows the different colour temperatures. Do you have both programs installed, and did you know this? I also tried shooting JPGs and comparing photographs, and Phase One Capture One matches the camera’s colours the best. I prefer the menus of lightroom so I’m not trying to push capture one as a program to use, but I just wondered if you had similar results? I don’t know if it does this with Canon cameras too, but adobe’s colours are way off.”
We know Sony will launch a new 150 Megapixel medium format sensor in 2019. But Canon surely isn’t standing quiet. Today they publsihed this video showing the image quality delivered by their 120 Megapixel APS-H sensor:
Impressive! I am pretty sure the day is coming when A7 camera will get a 100+ megapixel Full Frame sensor. Do we need it? No, but I bet it will sell like hotcakes anyway :)
Our reader Barry noticed that Sony has the biggest booth at the NAB show 2018. The chances are high the new A7sIII will play a big role on that booth. The NAB show opens on April 9 with many press conferences taking place between April 7 and 9.
The A7sIII should have 4k/60fp and of course the new A7rIII alike body. It’s unclear yet if it will have Dual native ISO like the new Sony Venice video camera.
Sony A7III shockwaves (Marc Galer).
Things We Love: The Sony a7R II (Bjorn Petersen)
Write up about the Mavic Air: flodahm.com
WPPI 2018: Light & Motion Stella Series Lights the Way, Underwater and Above (Explora).
Dustin: “Just made a quick video demonstrating manual focus performance fix in the latest firmware from Sigma for their 30mm f1.4. https://youtu.be/jfvO-0ZVQf4“
Michael: “I’ve uploaded a few videos you might find interesting, the first is a rant about fanboys/girls: https://youtu.be/ri6RuSd8cc8 (you may get a chuckle out of this one). The second is how I’m going to do reviews: https://youtu.be/a7qFkOmGJ7Y (with an RX100m3 review). I also made a video in French about Peter Lik: https://youtu.be/20izBX8fjas (I plan on making other videos in French).”
We released a public beta of an utility that is useful for those who have or looking for Sony cameras re-worked to become monochrome by stripping CFAs, like those available from Daniel Morrison at www.monochromeimaging.com
The utility records a true black and white DNG, compatible with standard raw converters. With such monochrome DNG files raw converter will be skipping any demosaicking stages (which, in turn, leads to better acutance and much less moire) and white balancing. The utility also prevents the formation of 1-pixel grid artifacts.
