Thingyfy Pinhole Pro S review by Marc Alhadeff

Marc Alhadeff tested the Thingyfy Pinhole Pro S you can buy on BHphoto:

For 80 euros the Thingyfy Pinhole pro S give a wide angle pinhole that delivers consistent and decent results

By design , there is no focusing and depth of field is infinite , you just need to take care of framing, but this is not so obvious as with a tiny hole the F stop si extremely small (F73) and there is not a lot of light hitting the sensor

Using it is quite fun and you can produce very old school vintage photo. Both colors and Black and white works nicely

With the extremely low aperture linked to a 0.14mm hole (= F73) you need a lot of sun to shoot handled and ISO is going high to extremely high and speed quite low (Sony SteadyShot stabilization will help here)

Shooting on tripod with long exposure can also be a solution

For the usage on the field , with standard settings, the visor will be often very dark and you should assign the “Bright Monitoring” function to one custom button to be able to frame and shoot at ease. This one will boost your screen and allow to “see in the dark”

It is recommended to add a protection filter on the pinhole thanks to the filter thread , this will avoid some dust hit the sensor through the hole

Reminder:

You can now preorder the world’s first Pinhole Pro X 18-36mm zoom lens on Kickstarter (Click here). The lens costs $41 and will ship out in November. You save 30% over the regular price!

Pixel Peepers en garde! Sony A7rIV files added to Dpreviews Studio Comparison Tool

Pixel Peepers can now endlessly compare and discuss  the Sony A7rIV Image Quality using the newly added files on Dpreviews Studio Comparison Tool.

One thing is dead certain: The resolution jump from the A7rIII to A7rIV is big and my laptop feels it all….yes I do own the  new A7rIV :)

Sony A7rIV and new accessories  (Focuscamera corrected)::
Sony A7rIV in USA/CA at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon, BuyDig, Henrys.
Sony A7rIV in EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK, Calumet NL.
Sony A7rIV in Asia at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.
Sony VG-C4EM grip in USA at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, ParkUK, WexUK.
ECM-B1M Digital Audio Shotgun Microphone at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.
XLR-K3M Mic at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.

New A6600-A6100 tests and first images of the Silver and White A6100 editions

Getnavi.jp and Fengniao shared these first images of the Silver and White Sony A6100 edition. They will be available in Asia only for now.

First Impressions Sony A6100 by ThePhoBlographer.

Preorders:
Sony A6600 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera. In EU at Calumet DE, Park UK, WexUK.
Sony A6100  at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera. In EU at Calumet DE, Park UK, WexUK.
E 16-55mm F2.8 G at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera. In EU at Calumet DE, Park UK, WexUK.
E 70-350mm F4.5-6.3 G OSS at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama , FocusCamera. In EU at Calumet DE, Park UK, WexUK.

I got the new A7rIV and this what it feels like…

I will not go into the technical specs and will share the first impressions feelings I had when I unboxed the A7rIV the very first day.

Note:  I owned all A7r cameras so far. This is the difference between my  “Old” A7rIII and A7rIV:

What’s good:
1) The first  things I noticed is the tactile feeling. Buttons feel better, the camera body looks like it’s better built too.
2) Opening the side doors (battery and connection) feels WAY more solid than before. They are no more flimsy and they feel pleasantly “dumped” probably because of the extra weathersealing. This is probably the best first impression point I had
3) Yes my mid sized hand fits much better on t he larger grip. Also my fingers are no more squeezed between the lens and the grip.
4) EVF is great but somehow I feel I still need  and even bigger resolution for my manual focus shooting. The EVF jump form the A7rII to A7rIII felt bigger  than the one from the A7rIII to the A7rIV.

What’s not so good:
1) That damn screen should really have gotten more resolution and grown up touchscreen functions
2) That new top rear dial position look off the place, doesn’t feel good to rotate and it also not as easy to rotate as it was before.
3) The grip still looks like as it was glued afterwards on the body. A more harmonic design would be appreciated on the next A7rV :)

Will try to post some images samples soon too!

Sony A7rIV and new accessories:
Sony A7rIV in USA/CA at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon, BuyDig, Henrys.
Sony A7rIV in EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK, Calumet NL.
Sony A7rIV in Asia at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.
Sony VG-C4EM grip in USA at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, ParkUK, WexUK.
ECM-B1M Digital Audio Shotgun Microphone at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.
XLR-K3M Mic at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.

Image Quality test: Sony A7rIV vs the Sony A7rIII


ISO 50 comparison

Imaging Resource added the Sony A7rIV to their Comparometer Tool. My first impressions:

  1. Of course the new A7rIV produces sharper images
  2. Don’t know why…but on the images posted by Imaging  Resource  the A7rIV colors seem to be more “natural” looking.
  3. At  higher ISO the A7rIV images are  noisier….but still sharper

ISO 6400

Pixel Shift

And Albert Dros tested the A7rIV PIxel  Shift mode:

The 16 shot pixel shift functions works great if you want a crazy amount of detail. Use cases would be architectural photography and still life. I’m not sure if I will use it a lot in the field. To be honest: probably not. But I definitely would like to experiment with this more. The amount of extra detail and resolution you get from the 16 shot pixel shift is too significant to ignore and deserves a try to implement it in my workflow.

Sony a7R IV gallery update: Raw conversions added at Dpreview.
Sony A7R4 in Paris, Brussels and Bangkok with the G Master 2470f/2.8 (Traveljournalist).

Sony A7rIV and new accessories:
Sony A7rIV in USA/CA at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon, BuyDig, Henrys.
Sony A7rIV in EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK, Calumet NL.
Sony A7rIV in Asia at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.
Sony VG-C4EM grip in USA at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, ParkUK, WexUK.
ECM-B1M Digital Audio Shotgun Microphone at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.
XLR-K3M Mic at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, Park UK.

Focus on that little new gem lens: The 70-350mm APS-C E-mount!

Preorders:
Sony A6600 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera. In EU at Calumet DE, Park UK, WexUK.
Sony A6100  at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera. In EU at Calumet DE, Park UK, WexUK.
E 16-55mm F2.8 G at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera. In EU at Calumet DE, Park UK, WexUK.
E 70-350mm F4.5-6.3 G OSS at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama , FocusCamera. In EU at Calumet DE, Park UK, WexUK.

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We were all a bit distracted by the launch of the two new A6600 and A6100 cameras to really focus on the two new APS-C lenses. Personally I believe the launch  of the new 16-55mm and 70-350mm lens is a bigger news :)

Today I will focus on the new 70-350mm APS-C E-mount lens. This is why the lens is so interesting:

1) It’s  the first serious quality wildlife lens for the APS-C shooters
2) In the Full frame E-mount world  you do not  have a 105-525mm zoom option!
3) Usually such kind of lenses from Canon and Nikon comes as 70-300mm lens. Those extra 50mm at the tele end are very welcome for wildlife shooters!
4) The lens isn’t cheap but it’s cheaper than the Sony  FE 70-300mm lens (I  know I am comparingg apple and oranges here)
5)  MFT chart (see below) and image samples posted at Sony.net show the lens delivers an impressive IQ
6) The lens is very lightweight, weather sealed…ideal for outdoor hiking and long time handheld shooting!

I believe if you own an APS-C E-mount camera you should definitely checkout this lens!

 

Images via Dpreview:

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