New Metabones PL to Sony E-mount T CINE Speed Booster ULTRA 0.71x

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Metabones released the new PL to Sony E-mount T CINE Speed Booster ULTRA 0.71x. This is the press text:

Sharper corners, less distortion, reduced vignetting

New optical design: advanced 5-element/4-group optical design incorporating ultra-high index tantalum-based optical glass to achieve extraordinary optical performance with improved corner sharpness, distortion and reduced vignetting.

Like the revolutionary original Metabones Speed Booster announced in January 2013, the Speed Booster ULTRA has a magnification of 0.71x, and so it effectively reduces the crop factor of mirrorless cameras with DX-sized sensors and Super35 camcoder, such as Sony E-mount, Fuji X-mount cameras Sony FS7 MARKII, from 1.5x to 1.07x. However, the new ULTRA design makes very effective use of exotic materials at the furthest limit of glassmaking technology, and as a result is well corrected for use with virtually all fullframe SLR/Prime lenses regardless of exit pupil distance. (More information can be found in the press release here)

Features and benefits

Design for attaching full-frame PL Prime Lens to Sony E-mount cameras/camcorders
Increase maximum aperture by 1 stop.
Increase MTF.
Makes lens 0.71x wider.
Advanced 5-element/4-group optical design incorporating ultra-high index tantalum-based optical glass by Caldwell Photographic in the USA (patent pending).
New positive-lock PL lens mount. (Patent pending).
Felt material flocked inside the opening to reduce internal reflection.
Compatible with Sony FS7 Mark II camera.
The tripod foot is detachable and compatible with Arca Swiss, Markins, Photo Clam ball heads.
Only support full-frame PL Prime lenses, e.g. Compact Prime CP.2 Lenses. Super 35 PL Prime lenses are NOT supported.
Speed Booster ULTRA is designed to cover an APS-C/Super35 image circle which is not big enough to cover a full-size 36mm x 24mm sensor. On a full frame camera body (A7 series, NEX-VG900) the camera needs to have “APS-C/Super 35mm” set to either “Auto” or “On”.

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Sony Tidbits…

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How to Get Better Battery Life From Your Sony Camera

Sony A99 vs A99 II: Should you upgrade? (Digitalrev).
Sony A6500 review by PCmag.
A7II review by Ken Rockwell.
Sony A6500, a review (Seb Imagery).
Kai and my Charters pole video with the a6300 (Dan Chung).
Zeiss Loxia 35mm f2 Review (Movingelectrons)

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Greg:Free camera apps (star trails and multiple exposure) for UK owners if they register their camera before end of april. More details on the sony UK site http://www.sony.co.uk/regional/camera-apps#section-eligible

Matthew:I made a video of some tests I did on wind noise on the Sony A6500.  I thought it might be of interest to your site:
https://youtu.be/v-cdS-VBlZM

 

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New Sony 85mm f/1.8 FE versus the Batis 85mm by TheCameraStoreTV

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TheCameraStoreTV team tested the new Sony 85mm lens and compared it with the Batis:

The Zeiss Batis 85mm F1.8 is one of our favourite lenses for Sony’s mirrorless cameras, so we were surprised to see Sony launch their own 85mm F1.8 last month. On a recent trip to see Sony’s Thailand factory, we decided to shoot out these two great lenses. Is the Zeiss Batis worth paying twice as much for?

New Sony FE lens preorder links:
85mm f/1.8 FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon IT. Amazon FR. Amazon ES.
100mm f/2.8 STF FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon DEAmazon UK. Amazon IT. Amazon FRAmazon ES.

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(SR5) Definitely a Sony announcement coming in April!

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Two Highly trusted and one new source confirmed Sony will have a major product announcement in April. But is going to be announced by Sony?

I am still working to get a reliable list of what we could get. So far I can share this:

90% chance: New camcorders will be announced at NAB (April 23)
80% chance: new 16-35mm f/2.8 GM

70% chance: New E-mount FF camera trimmed for speed (Low Megapixel number, fastest autofocus of all Sony cameras, around 20fps, dual SD card, joystick control, unlimited RAW recording).
70% chance: New tele E-mount lens (probably 100-400mm FE or/and a 400mm FE)

I am still struggling to understand if the new High Speed camera will be an A7 camera (maybe an A7III trimmed for speed) or if it will get a new name like “A9” or something like that….

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Note: I updated the post once based on some additional info I got in these minutes!!

 

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Firmware update for Sigma MC-11 EF-E adapter

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Sigma released the new firmware update for the MC-11. Here is the press text:

We would like to announce the firmware update for the SIGMA MOUNT CONVERTER MC-11 EF-E. This firmware update allows it to be compatible with the SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art (Release: April), SIGMA 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary (TBD), Cine Lens 50mm T1.5 FF EF mount from FF High Speed Prime Line (TBD) and so on.

For customers who own the SIGMA MOUNT CONVERTER MC-11 EF-E, please update the firmware via SIGMA Optimization Pro by connecting it to a computer using a supplied USB Cable.
※ 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 from the following download page.

【SIGMA Optimization Pro Download page】
http://www.sigma-global.com/en/download/lenses/sigma-optimization-pro/

For SIGMA MOUNT CONVERTER MC-11 SA-E, firmware update announced on March 10th, 2017 allows it to be compatible with SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art and SIGMA 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary.

【Applicable product】
・ SIGMA MOUNT CONVERTER MC-11 EF-E

【Benefits of this firmware update】
・It has become compatible with the SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art and SIGMA 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary.
・It has become compatible with the Cine Lenses; SIGMA 20 mm T1.5 FF EF mount, 24 mm T1.5 FF EF mount, 35mm T1.5 FF EF mount, 50 mm T1.5 FF EF mount, 85 mm T1.5 FF EF mount from FF High Speed Prime Line, and 24-35mm T2.2 FF EF mount from FF Zoom Line.

Sigma MC-11 at [shopcountry 55627].

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM Lens REVIEW vs Sigma 85mm ART

Sony 35mm 1.8 vs Sigma 30mm 1.4 vs Sigma 30mm 2.8 (Mirrorlesscomparison).
Sony 85mm GM review by Ken Rockwell.
SIGMA Cinema Zoom Lens Review: 18-35mm T2.0 and 50-100mm T2.0 (Cinema5D).
100mm STF hands-on by Focus Numerique
Buying Guide: The Best Cameras for Vlogging (Adorama Learning Center).
The Tripod Explained (Explora).

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Frank:tamron 70 200 G2 short test
http://frankster.digital/tamron-sp-70-200mm-f2-8-di-vc-usd-g2-image-test-quick-test/
http://frankster.digital/better-canon-holy-trinity-%EF%BC%9Ftamron-sp-70-200mm-f2-8-di-vc-usd-g2-short-review/
already made english version for english readers =D

Bart:I recently shot this short travel video on a7sII https://vimeo.com/204266089 . Fantastic camera. I thought some of the readers might be interested in seeing what you can pull off out of slog3.
If you feel like this might be interesting to the community, please feel free to share!

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