Well this is quite a story: Well known Photojournalist David Burnett (wikipedia page here) has switched to Sony after 40 years with Canon!
Here is his video where he explains why he did the switch:
CanonToSony 1 from David Burnett on Vimeo.
The folks from FastRawViewer worked on a new special software that supports Sony’s Pixel Shift Multi Shooting. The software name is “SonyPixelShift2DNG” and you can download it here: https://www.fastrawviewer.com/SonyPixelShift2DNG
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A Few Words about Sony Pixel Shift Multi Shooting Mode
The new Sony A7R-III has a new mode in it, the Pixel Shift Multi Shooting, in which the camera takes 4 consecutive shots applying a one-pixel shift between the shots. With ordinary RAW files taken with a regular Bayer sensor, only one of the four RGBG color channels is sampled in each pixel location. To guess the unknown color data, we need to preform demosaicking. However, by performing one-pixel shifts of the sensor during the shoot, we can sample information about all four color channels at each pixel location. Thus, we don’t need to demosaic during the conversion anymore, which decreases moiré, improves resolution and color accuracy, and we have an option to average the green channels for every location, improving the dynamic range in the combined channel by approximately half a stop (obviously, one can only shoot static scenes in such a mode).
The workflow for processing files taken it Pixel Shift Multi Shooting mode suggested by the manufacturer (Sony) is as follows: combine four ARW files into one ARQ file using the Sony Imaging Edge Viewer application and process the resulting ARQ file in the Sony Editor.
Aside from Sony programs, ARQ files are supported by beta versions of RawTherapee, RawDigger and FastRawViewer (this list may be incomplete). However, it isn’t supported by some very popular RAW conversion applications like Adobe Camera Raw/Lightroom, Capture One,…
Purpose of SonyPixelShift2DNG Application
In order to streamline the workflow with the raw shots taken in the new Pixel Shift Multi Shooting mode offered by the new Sony A7R-III camera, and provide a way to use popular RAW converters (Adobe Camera Raw/Lightroom, Capture One, and some others) for processing these shots, we’ve developed the SonyPixelShift2DNG application, which converts Sony A7R-III shots taken in Pixel Shift mode to DNG, supported by most (but not all) programs that process RAW files.
SonyPixelShift2DNG performs the two following tasks:
• Combine 4 source ARW files taken in Pixel Shift Multi Shooting mode and save the result as a DNG;
• Convert the ARQ files resulting from Sony’s Imaging Edge Viewer software (so, already-combined quartets of ARW files) to DNG
The resulting DNG files can later be processed in familiar applications like Adobe Lightroom and Camera Raw, CaptureOne, Iridient Developer, Luminar, and others.
Also, here is the Manual for the application: wetransfer.com
Samples:
The left part is a regular shot, the right part is Pixel Shift result. Click on files to enlarge:
More info and download at fastrawviewer.com/SonyPixelShift2DNG
18-135mm lens at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera and BestBuy.
Imaging Resource first impression is positive:
Overall, the new Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS is a fun, compact all-in-one zoom lens for APS-C shooters. It’s impressively small for an APS-C 18-135mm lens and pairs very well with the A6500 — a nice, versatile combination that’s easy to carry around all day.
Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS lens review with samples
RX1rII review by Sleeklens.
Epson Reveals 13″ Wide Expression Photo HD XP-15000 Printer (Explora).
Samyang 8mm f2.8 Fisheye versus Sony 16mm lens + VCL-EFC1 fisheye converter by Fiberstrobe.
Tamron 100-400mm Canon EF fit, mounted on the new Sony A7R III mirrorless camera, via a Sigma MC-11 adapter (Photographyblog).
Insta360 Titan 10K 360 VR Camera (Personal View).
More informal and personal photos from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube.
We have our own Facebook camera groups and pages you can join to discuss the upcoming new cameras in detail:
Sony A9 group and Sony A9 page.
Sony A7rIII group and Sony A7rIII page
Sony A7sIII group and Sony A7sIII page
Sony A7III group and Sony A7III page
Note: In groups you can post your own stuff like images, news and questions. While on pages you will read the specific camera news from SAR.
Granted, this years CES wasn’t really exciting. But we had some new minor Sony stuff and plenty of new accessories. To see them all check out this special BHphoto page.
Reminder:
The new Godox Xpro-S now available for preorder at Amazon and Adorama.
Meike just announced their new MK-A9 Pro Battery Grip for the Sony A9 and A7rIII. You can preorder it now at Amazon US, Amazon CA, Amazon DE, Amazon UK.
10% discount on Capture One 11 (Click here) and Capture One 11 for Sony (Click here). Use the coupon code “AMBSAR“.
Our Sigma source were spot on throughout the past years (rumor 1, rumor 2, rumor 3). And they reported how Sigma’s original plan was to announce these lenses in 2017 but that had been delayed til early 2018. But now here we are and this is what I just got from one of my top Sigma source:
Hey. I just got some news. For Sony a full line up of fixed ART lens will arrive at cp+… they will be launched till end of year. For Nikon and canon users, they will have new 70-200 f2.8 ART and 70-200 f4 contemporary. Have a nice day.
The FE lenses will be all new lenses and not adaptation from the existing one 😉
Seems like most of these lenses will be available throughout the year and not straight from CP+. So maybe Sigma will show some prototypes…but that’s just a speculation for now. The superb good news is that these are newly designed lenses.
Prepare your credit cards folks!
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