Sony RX10 II Review – Hot Rod Cameras

Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS in White Mountains Snow (Diglloyd).
Quick review of the Sony 90 2.8 Macro (Beautifullenses).
I left Canon for Sony and I expect I am not the last to do so… (Diyphotography).
Test – Sigma 30 mm f/1,4 DC DN Contemporary (Focus Numerique).
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Adam Sherratt: “Myself and a friend are publishing a charity photography calendar, with some of the photos captured on Sony a7rii. We are raising funds for a man who can’t get treatment for a rare form of bladder cancer on the NHS (uk national health service) and so has to pay for it privately. Would be great if you could share a link to see if we can drum up some support. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/landscapes-light-2017-calendar#/”

Josselin Cornou: “Check out :) That’s what you get shooting with a A7r2 – ISO 6400 and a Zeiss 55mm from an doorless helicopter. What do you think ?
More on instagram.com/untitledshot“

Hugh Brownstone interviewed Hasselblad manager Paul Claesson. Couple of interesting notes:

1) They managed to “squeeze out” one more stop of the 50MP sensor than the competition (it goes up to ISO 25,600)
2) Hasselblad says they don’t have on sensor image stabilization because it would degrade image quality

Preorders:
The Hasselblad X1D-50c at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.
Hasselblad 90mm F/3.2 XCD Lens for XD1 at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.
Hasselblad 45mm F/3.5 XCD Lens for XD1 at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.

UPDATE: New videos via Newsshooter and Tony Northrup:

Newsshooter: Hasselblad X1D intro from Chuck Fadely on Vimeo.

Metabones just released a new firmware update for Canon EF to E-mount Smart adapters and Speed Boosters: “EF-Mount lenses are now capable of focusing quickly across the widest variety of mirrorless cameras with trusted Metabones precision and reliability. The smooth iris feature slows down the movement of the electromagnetic aperture diaphragm so that video footage transitions smoothly when the aperture changes, with reduced tick noise from the lens. The latest Canon and Tamron SP lenses have special support for this feature and Metabones® makes use of it if the lens supports it.”

Downloads links:
Firmware update for EF-E Smart Adapter MARK IV and EF-E Speed Booster ULTRA (Windows)
Firmware update for EF-E Smart Adapter MARK IV and EF-E Speed Booster ULTRA (Mac)
Firmware update for EF-M43 (Windows)
Firmware update for EF-M43 (Mac)

Here is the full press text:

Sony a6300 Tutorial On How to Shoot Continuous Auto Focus

Opinion: A Disturbing Trend in Photography (PetaPixel).
FE 70-300mm tested at DC.watch.
Natural Light vs Off-Camera Flash: An Eye-Opening Demonstration (PetaPixel).
Sony Zeiss FE 55mm f/1.8 Sonnar T* Astrophotography Review (Lonelyspeck).
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Allen: “Hello, I just returned from Dubai over the weekend and while at the Dubai mall in the large Sony store I happened to look at the A mount lenses and was told that all of these were half off. I saw a list of just about all of them with the 50% notation on the list. I then purchases the 135 2.8 T4.5 for US, $747! I couldn’t pass that deal up. The salesman was very helpful and asked if he could sell me any other lenses. These were still in sealed boxes and he had 4-5 of each of them, along with others that were store demos for even less. Mine was sealed and in perfect condition and I am a very happy customer of that store. Just wanted you and your followers to know that sale just in case they were in the area.”

Joan: “I’m an independant film maker.  I just wanted to share the last music video I’ve made, shot on sony a7s with kowa anamorphic lenses. I hope you like it, and maybe post it on your wall, in order to show how much fun you can have with this camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hflu2RuBSP4“

Although this isn’t a Sony products this camera will interest many SAR readers. The Hasselblad X1D-50c the first digital mirrorless system camera and it uses the Sony 50MP sensor. And we don’t know yet but if Sony will ever make a medium format system camera they will may join the new Hasselblad medium format system too. So let’s take a look to the camera specs:

Preorders:
The Hasselblad X1D-50c at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.
Hasselblad 90mm F/3.2 XCD Lens for XD1 at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.
Hasselblad 45mm F/3.5 XCD Lens for XD1 at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.

Key Specs
50MP CMOS medium format (43.8 x 32.9mm) sensor (8272 x 6200 pixels). Pixel well of 5.3 x 5.3 μm
16-bit colour with up to 14 stops of dynamic range
ISO 100-25,600
3-inch 920K-dot touchscreen display
2.36MP XGA EVF
Dual SD slots, USB 3.0 Type-C, mini-HDMI, Audio In/Out
Wi-Fi and GPS
3200mAh battery
Hasselblad X1D body weight is 725g (including battery)

Full website presentation can be found at hasselblad.com/x1d

Sony Japan announced a new action camera.

And more importantly Sony Japan also released an official statement to warn about using the Sony hack as this is not officially supported by Sony. They don’t mention the exact hack name. But I guess they mean the hack software news we posted in April (read here) and the new STGuploader. If something goes wrong because of those kind of hacks Sony will not cover it with their warranty!

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Thanks Al

Sony RX10 III Digitally Digested Review

PlayMemories Camera Apps – “Cinematic Photo” | Sony Youtube
2016 Roundup: $1200-2000 part 2: Full-Frame Interchangeable Lens Cameras (Dpreview).
Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Review: Sample image gallery (WhatDigitalCamera).
My Reasons to Switch to Capture One (Alexander Svet).
PlayMemories Camera Apps – “Direct Upload” | Sony Youtube.
Sony epxlains on video how to clean E-mount sensor cameras or A-mount sensor cameras.

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