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Shutter Speed Basics – Techniques, Tips and Panning

Sony 24-70 f2.8 GM fogged inside (SonyAlphaForum).
Buying Guide: Best Microphones for Live Sound (Adorama Learning Center).
Crop Lenses on Full-Frame Cameras (Canon, Nikon, Sony & Pentax) by Tony Northrup.
12 Recommended Breakdown Studio Lighting Kits (Explora).
Test – Sony G Master 85 mm f/1,4 (Focus Numerique).
Sony A7R II with Canon 8-15mm Fisheye zoom Underwater (SonyAlphaForum).

To write a guest post on SAR follow the instructions on that page. Thanks!

Mark: “I just started a campaign to fix a problem with the A7R2 that I think most photographers will appreciate.  If you could post it, that would be a huge boost and make the A7R2 a better camera! Here is a link to a petition to show Sony that this request is supported. Please sign it!
https://www.change.org/p/
youtube Link to see video of problem & solution:
https://youtu.be/SLbIXLvzknc“

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You can now preorder the new Cactus V6IIs Sony Wireless Flash Transceiver at BH

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You can preorder the new Cactus Flash Transceiver at BHphoto (Click here). It will start shipping on August 13.

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For a limited time and quantity you get the grey imported Zeiss 55mm lens for $699 and with 3 year seller warranty on [shoplink 49799 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].

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Samyang 50mm f/1.4 FE autofocus lens is now available for preorder through BHphoto (Click here).

 

 

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Luminous Landscape reviews the Phase One XF with the huge Sony 100MP sensor

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What is it like to shoot with the Phase One XF featuring the impressive 53.7 x 40.4mm  100MP Sony sensor?

Luminous Landscape posted a detailed review and here are just a few notes:

“Image quality, as expected, was nothing less than incredible.The Highlight and Shadow recovery tools in Capture One easily helped to recover any of these, and allowed an image of incredible detail and light to dark range.  In many of my landscape images, I loved the subtle details in shadows that would have gone completely black with other systems. You have to experience the 100MP images as prints to truly appreciate the detail.

Image quality is not determined by megapixels alone.  While megapixels certainly play a part, it is the quality of the file that sets it apart.  Phase One’s 16-bit capture with a 15 stop dynamic range becomes very obvious when doing comparison images from some of the higher megapixel DSLRs.

Contrary to the many naysayers, medium format is coming to life again.  Pentax has a system, and Hasselblad has their system, and a new camera they just introduced, and rumors abound that even Sony and Fuji are looking into the medium format business.  Medium format is alive and well.”

With Sony working close with Phase One and Hasselblad I think it’s hard to see a Sony medium format camera any time soon. But for sure I would love to see Sony making a medium format mirrorless system camera just like Hasselblad did with the X1D!

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Samyang re-announces (LOL) the 50mm AF FE lens

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As you know Samyang promised to announces a new lens every Monday. Well yesterday’s announcement was underwhelming as they basically re-annnounced the Samyang 50mm f/1.4 AF lens for the Sony E-mount. The only real additional news is that the price in Europe will be 580 Euro (Soruce: Photoscala).

Reminder: The new Samyang 50mm f/1.4 FE autofocus lens is now available for preorder through BHphoto (Click here). Note that it’s branded Rokinon in USA and Wallimex in Germany-UK.

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