Two Wheeled Nomad Bubbly jubbly. This frozen 20 square mile lake seriously twisted my melon: it’s full of trapped methane bubbles (not Jason’s), suspended within a foot of ice, beneath which lies crystal clear waters about 65 feet deep and big trout that come cruising to the ice ceiling, attracted by our illumination. Quite surreal–well worth freezing our maracas off for. Pictures taken at Abraham Lake on North Saskatchewan River in Clearwater County, western Alberta, Canada by Jason Spafford
The following is a Guest Post from Austrokiwi and has been first posted on SonyAlphaForum.
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Canon “Dream Lens”
After almost two years of consideration I becamethe owner of a Canon 50mm F0.95 lens.I finally obtained onereasonably affordably when a Westlicht Auctions in Vienna( where I live) were auctioning one at a time that coincided with my bank account having enough in it for me to bid. Thisrarelens has a small but strong followingand is often found modified to Leica M mount. Exculding prototypes there are two variants a range finder coupled and a TV version. The version I have is Range finder coupled.
We got a new King in the Lens world! DxOmark tested the new Sigma 85mm f/1.4 ART lens and it beats the almost four times more expensive Zeiss Otus 85mm lens. While the Sigma is not available in A or E-mount you cans till use it adopted (and with AF!) on Sony E-mount cameras.
But what really matters t know here is this: Back at Photokina Sigma CEO Yamaki confirmed that they are working on new FE glass. And I bet a 85mm f/1.4 FE lens is high on their priority list….
Sony published their 2016Q3 financial report (PDF file here). There is really not much news to report here. Operating income for the whole company and for the specific imaging business went down mainly because of unfavorable foreign exchange rates. But the forecast has been revised upward because they expect a weak YEN currency.
