Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM review by Marc Alhadeff

Marc Alhadeff posted his full Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM review. The conclusion:

The new Sony FE 16-35 F2.8 GM is a jewel that will be a must have for all landscape and architecture photographers
Its build quality is very  good , very light to handle , very fast and reliable AF
Compared to the FE 16-35 F4 Zeiss , quality is the center is roughly the same but borders and corners are way better
Using it at F2.8 is a pleasure with very nice 3D effect and beautiful blurry background, but sometimes quite nervous
So it is worth 2 times the 16-35 F4 Zeiss? With the added F2.8 creative possibility and very high quality of borders / corners : Yes

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DxOmark says the new 100-400mm GM lens sharpenss outperforms all other tele zoom lenses!

DxO tested the new Sony 100-400mm GM lens and has only good words to spend for it:

Sony’s longest lens in the lineup, the Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS performs exceptionally well, especially given that it’s a tele-zoom. It has very high levels of sharpness, low fringing and vignetting, all helping it achieve a high DxOMark score. In terms of optical performance, it outperforms the popular Sigma 120-400mm F4.5-5.6 and the Canon EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS II, and ranks alongside a couple of the pro favorites — the Sigma 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG on the Nikon 800E, and the much pricier Canon EF 200-400mm F4L IS USM. It’s even not far behind the latest iteration of the Sigma 120-300mm F2.8 (the DG OS HSM S model). More interestingly perhaps, in terms of sharpness levels, it outperforms them all, even those mounted on the Canon EOS 5Ds R with its higher pixel count sensor.

Sony’s new FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS stands out not only for its seismic shift in sharpness, but also for being not much different in size to the FE 70-200mm F2.8. Best of all, perhaps, is that for once there’s a tele-zoom that offers seriously impressive image quality at that prized 400mm focal length.

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Intro video explains how the Vizelex Polar E-mount adapter works

Fotodiox shows in the video below how their Polar Throttle adapter works. You can buy the adapter at Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.

The youtube video description from Fotodiox:

We’ve all been there. You’re ready to shoot a gorgeous landscape, surging waterfall, or classic car… Suddenly you realize that reflection and haze are reducing detail and contrast, and the image is not as crisp as you know it could be. The solution used to be fumbling around for the right sized circular polarizer for your lens, but now with the new Polar Throttle, you can just dial in the CPL filter that’s built right into the lens adapter itself!

SLR Magic CINE 35mm f/1.2 and 75mm f/1.4 – A battle with Samyang counterparts

Howdie, it’s me Le Minh Bui again.

If you didn’t read my previous review of SLR Magic 25mm f/1.4 CINE, I recommend you to do so by following this link, it has some information that can support the content of the article I want to share with you today. In case you read that article already, I’m glad to provide you a follow-up review of other two lenses in the same series with SLR Magic 25mm f/1.4 CINE, the 35mm f/1.2 and 75mm f/1.4.

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