World’s first Viltrox 16mm f/1.8 FE review
You can now preorder the new Viltrox 16mm f/1.8 FE lens at PerGear. Preorders should be available very soon on Amazon too.
SonyAlphablog just reviewed the brand new lens and concluded:
The Viltrox 16mm F1.8 (500$ / 520 euros) is a new gem from Viltrox. It is the only 16mm F1.8 prime for Sony mount and achieve top results optically and ergonomically
Optically : : very good to excellent sharpness. Very good color rendition, soft background blur, very good AF , good resistance to flare, low distortion , moderate vignetting, no focus breathing, low coma
Ergonomically : reasonable weight for a F1.8 wide angle, aperture ring click/clikless , digital screen, Fn buttons, USBC connectivity, weather sealedThe next best items would be the Sigma 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary (900 euros) or the Sony FE 16-35 mm F2.8 GM (2300 euros)
This will be the ideal lens for a landscape, astrophotography, night street photography or architecture. Highly recommended
Sony Tidbits…
Your Help Saved My Day! –This Is Why Sharing Tips Is Awesome
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Sigma 50mm F2 DG DN | C Review (Amateur Photographer).
DZOFilm Welcomes New 12-25mm Addition to Pictor Zoom Lens Line with 3-Lens Bundles (Explora).
A Guide to Lifestyle Photography (42West).
How numbers can mislead: a closer look at dynamic range, Part 2 (Dpreview).
Zhiyun Announces MOLUS G60 and X100 Mini Monolights (Explora).
VK50R 50mm F4.5 lens tested on the Sony by Kitamura.
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Still hot: Samsung 4TB T7 external SSD now $130 off
Today we got a new price drop on the Samsung 4TB T7 external SSD (now $130!) off at Bhphoto (Click here) and Amazon (Click here). Don’t forget there is also the $700 discount on the fast Sandisk 4Tb hard disk sold by Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). The Sandisk has a bug on some late 2022 produced items but they promised to deliver a firmware update to fix this.
We have two companies offering major rebates on E-mount gear:
- You save up to $600 on Sony cameras and lenses at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- You save up tp $200 on Tamron E-mount lenses at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.
Kickstarter projects:
- The new Peak Design Micro Clutch collected over half a million Dollars on Kickstarter (click here).
- Spinn launched the brand new version of their famous Fully self-adhesive protective gear wrapper on Kickstarter (Click here).
- There is a 45% discount on the Flex Bolt sold on Indiegogo. The FLEX Bolt makes it easy to capture stunning lightning shots effortlessly.
Unconfirmed RUMOR: Are those the first Sony FX10 images and specs?
Trusted sources told me that there is a sort of new Cine E-mount camera going to be available this summer. That’s all I know with 100% certainty. But now an anonymous source sent me those images and specs of an allegedly new Sony FX10 camera. I still cannot tell you if those images and specs are real or not. SO PLEASE TAKE THIS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. I hope trusted sources reading this will eventually see me a feedback and tell me if this is legit or not.
Now let’s move on to the rumor:
As you can see the new ALLEGED(!) FX10 looks nearly exactly like the FX30. The main exterior difference is that the FX10 goes rid of the mounting holes:
The mounting holes are also gone from the side of the camera as you can see from those leaked FX10 images:
I also got the following specs info:
- The ILME-FX10 is a cheap but professional model for long time live steaming or lightweight aerial photography.
- It has an FX body with cooling system
- 10 megapixels (3:2 still picture) APS-C Exmor R sensor
- BIONZ XR engine
- AI processor (same of the ZV-E1 and ZV1II)
- To maximize its recording time, a low-resolution sensor is used for pixel-to-pixel 4K readout up to 60p (10bit 4:2:2 internal recording or live streaming via full size HDMI) and eliminates the mechanical shutter, eND, and IBIS, freeing up the performance of the active cooling system.
- It is the lightest model in the ILME-FX line.
Like I told you before I cannot confirm yet to you if those images and specs are legit, but l would love to hear from you what you think about this camera. To me this makes a lot of sense as a drone camera and the biggest surprise is the use of a new 10MP sensor.
Just announced: new AstrHori 18mm f/8 APS-C periscope probe macro lens
You can preorder the new lens at Amazon US&CA&EU and Pergear.
Marc Alhadeff tested this lens and concluded:
The AstrHori 18mm F8 probe goes beyond of what you could ever think and is very fun to use. But professional results will require a lot of time investment and some add-on material (motorised rail and additional lights)
Sony Tidbits…
My Sony Customization & Focus Trick – Sony a1, a7RV, A7IV, A7SIII
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Photo Walk with Sony 50mm F1.4 GM –Awesome Lens I’m Not Buying (Matti Sulanto).
The F4 compromise (Dpreview).
What’s So Special About CCD Colors? (Robin Wong).
Godox Brings on the Brightness with SLIII Bi-Color Monolights (Explora).
Light Tubes: What They Are and How to Use Them (42West).
How does your camera and image processing software affect and determine colors? (Imaging Resource).
Follow our new Youtube channel.
Join our new SonyAlphaForum and Ai-Imagelab forum.
I kindly invite you all to follow our Discord channel, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to not miss news and rumors
We have our own Facebook camera groups you can join to discuss the upcoming new cameras in detail:
Sony Alpha group.
Sony A1 group.
Sony A9 series group.
Sony A7r series group.
Sony A7s series group.
Sony A7 series group.