Kipon announces new M to E-mount Helicoid macro adapter
Kipon announced the new Leica M-mount to Sony FF E-mount Helicoid macro adapter. It costs ¥21.500 (close to $200).
Kipon announced the new Leica M-mount to Sony FF E-mount Helicoid macro adapter. It costs ¥21.500 (close to $200).
Batis 85mm with Sony a7 and a7ii
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 on Sony A7S II Aperture Series: Blue Dusk Settles on Snowy Lundy Canyon (Diglloyd).
Lomography Petzval 58 Bokeh Control Art lens Review (Photobyrichard)
α7R II + PO3-3M 50mm F2 (Dc.watch).
Is it Time to go Full Frame? Weight These Pros and Cons Before You Decide (Digital-photography-school)
Frozen Landscape Photography with Sony a7ii (SonyAlphaForum).
Hands-On Review: The Sony FS7 and Sony’s FE PZ 28-135mm Variable Speed Zoom Lens (Explora).
Interchangeable Lenses versus Built-in Zoom: What Filmmakers need to Know (Explora).
Martin: “I will have a german webinar on using Lightroom for a streamlined workflow. http://xritephoto.com/ph_learning.aspx?action=webinars&eventid=-125&eventdateid=-151. All images were shot on the A7mk2 and A7R. Maybe its cool for some of your german language readers.”
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And the Tamron 15-30mm A-mount lens is finally in Stock at BHphoto (Click here). Perfect lens for your future A99II :)
We still didn’t get a f/2.8 FE zoom but it seems Sony is considering an even bigger surprise. Egami spotted a brand new 28-70mm f/2.0 FE zoom patent! Here are the details:
I seriously doubt Sony will really make such a lens. It would be huge! So far only Sigma made a f/2.0 FF zoom, [shoplink 44359 ebay]the 24-35mm f/2[/shoplink]. And Fuji made a 14.5-45mm T2.0 Cine lens for Super35 whish costs $99,000 at BH!
Sony posted the full Q3 financial results (PDF file here). Here are a couple of key info:
1) The overall Sony Net income increased 21%
2) In the imaging segment Sony reports a 5% decrease in sales. But the profit had a 4.0 bln yen increase. The profit has been achieved thanks to cost cuts and “improvement in the product mix of digital cameras”
3) Q4 Forecast for the imaging segment: Sales estimation is 10 bln yen less than expected. This because of “Lower than expected sales of broadcast- and professional-use products”. But Sony also increased the operative income forecast (5 bln yen upward revision) because of “a shift to high value-added models”
4) For the first time after many years Sony reports a decrease in Image Sensor Sales (-12% sales). This reflects the current “crisis” of the smartphone market.
Overall the news is good for Sony. Like any other company the digital camera business sales are shrinking. But Sony shift towards high-end products with higher net margin is paying off.
Sony a7 Series Eyecup Comparison Part 1
Long Exposure Photography with Sony a7ii (SonyAlphaForum)
Sony To Use FD-SOI in Stacked Image Sensors (eetimes).
Thibault Roland on how he creates his images (Imagingambassadors.sony.net).
Comedy Sketch – Sony A7S II & 3DR Solo Drone (SonyAlphaForum).
High ISO noise – Sony A99 vs Pentax K3 – first impressions, and software NR (SonyAlphaForum).
Test Zeiss: Otus vs Loxia vs Sony-Zeiss (Thecinephotographer).
Bernie Aniciete: “Music video filmed using Sony a6000, LX100 and DJI Phantom 3 Pro. Used Nebula 4000 for stabilization: https://www.facebook.com/BnEPhotography/videos/10208666761053581/?l=6260241802673447734
www.BnEPhotography.com
www.Facebook.com/BnEMediA
www.YouTube.com/BnEMediA
@TheRealBnE – IG/Twitter“
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