We haven’t seen any review of the new Viltrox AF 28mm f/1.8 FE lens yet. Here we have a Chinese tester using the lens. Activate the auto translated subtitles to hear his findings about this lens:
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 sealed
The 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
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:
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
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.
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)