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Sony’s official press release – we’re working here on magazines with deadlines tonight so this is unedited hot news. Enjoy! Sony today introduced its new flagship APS-C sensor camera, the α6500 (model ILCE-6500). As the latest addition to Sony’s line-up of award winning mirrorless cameras, the new α6500 shares the same unrivaled 4D FOCUS™ . . . → Read More: Sony A6500 – IBIS, touch screen, 200k shutter, €1700 body Share this: Comments are closed  News, NEX System  A6500, AF, camera, digital, E-mount, fast, ILCE-A6500, News, sensor, Sony, stabilisation, stabilized, touch-screen 
Sony has today released the details of the updated A99II, using a 42MP sensor and 5-axis stabilisation to match the A7RII. It does not appear to have retained GPS and the paragraph highlighted in red later on indicates a weasel-worded possible get out for this – it may not embed GPS in the image . . . → Read More: Sony launches A99II at photokina Share this: Comments are closed Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Lenses - Alpha Mount, Lenses - E mount, Sony Digital Cameras A99, A99II, Alpha, DSLR, DSLT, DSLT-A99II, full frame, launch, photokina, Sony 
Sony has just announced yet another 50mm, and this time it’s different – a truly affordable 50mm 1:1 macro, only $500 US. We reckon this will become the most popular standard 50mm lens by far, even more so than the budget 50mm f/1.8. Now you can photograph your food properly at last! It certainly . . . → Read More: Sony FE Macro 50mm f/2.8 – only $500 Share this:Some worthwhile Sony lens cashbacks – some applying to in-stock lenses which may not have suffered the August price-hike yet – can be found from UK dealers such as WEX Photographic. Amazon.co.uk has a reasonably good list of lenses too and the 70-200mm f/4 FE OSS G can still be found for under ÂŁ1k . . . → Read More: Sony UK cashbacks end Sept 4th Share this: Comments are closed Lenses - Alpha Mount, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Offers 2016, cashback, deadline, E-mount, lens, optics, promotion, reward, Sony, summer, system 
It’s still current (published in June, but it’s our July/August edition) and it’s free to read now! Includes Sony EL-Skyport Plus HS, Samyang 135mm f/2, Sigma MC-11 EF-E, Cullmann Titan 935 tripod, Nikon D500, Canon 1DX MkII, Fujifilm X70, brilliant steampunk book project story, NYC Dance Project portfolio, five top photographers on Industrial Photography and . . . → Read More: Free! July-August f2 Cameracraft magazine Share this:Sony today announced the availability of a new radio-controlled lighting system to meet the growing demands of professional and advanced amateur Sony photographers.Designed for compatibility with Sony’s α interchangeable lens cameras[i] and external flash units[ii], the new lighting system will include the FA-WRC1M wireless radio commander as well as the FA-WRR1 wireless . . . → Read More: Sony new RF wireless flash system Share this: Comments are closed Flash units, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras flash, lighting, radio, RF, Sony, strobist, system, trigger, wireless Sony Releases Full-Frame FE 50mm F1.4 ZA Prime Lens A quintessential wide-aperture 50mm “normal” lens, the new ZEISS® Planar F1.4 offers high resolution, high-contrast and overall exceptional performance Sony today introduced a new full-frame lens for their E-mount camera system, the Planar T* FE 50mm F1.4 ZA (model SEL50F14Z). (Press release 2pm UK time) . . . → Read More: Sony Releases Full-Frame FE 50mm F1.4 ZA Prime Lens Share this:
If you want to get a 70-300mm which works on the Sony A7RII, the A7 series body with the best on-sensor phase detection/contrast detection mix, your first choice should be the new Sony FE 70-300mm f/4-5.6 G OSS. But that demands a wallet opened with ÂŁ1,150 (UK SRP) in it. In return you get . . . → Read More: Tamron’s super value 70-300mm USD on the A7RII Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, Equipment Reviews, Lenses - Alpha Mount, Sony Digital Cameras 70-300mm, A7, A7RII, budget, cost, focusing, LA-EA3, lens, performance, price, Sony, Tamron, telephoto, USD, zoom 
This is expanded from the feature which appears in the July/August issue of f2 Cameracraft magazine. We’ve been using the Elinchrom EL-Skyport Plus HS for Sony Multi-Function Accessory shoe since its arrival on May 28th as the first test unit released by Elinchrom. If you wonder why I don’t immediately do a clickbait blog . . . → Read More: Elinchrom EL-Skyport Plus HS for Sony MFA Share this: Comments are closed Accessories - 3rd party, Equipment Reviews, Flash units, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras A7RII, EL-Skyport, ELB 400, Elinca, Elinchrom, fast, flash, Hi-Sync, HS, HSS, hypersync, Plus, Quadra, shutter, Skyport, Sony, speed, Studio, sync, synch, synchronisation, timing, trigger 
There’s been a controversy surrounding Steve McCurry, a photographer I have listened to on the edge of a conversation a couple of times courtesy of Kodak who were always great sponsors and put his ‘Afghan Girl’ on display at photokina 2012 where McCurry’s work was celebrated. Here’s the story – he’s been changing, or allowing . . . → Read More: Is retouching acceptable? Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Darkroom, DK's ramblings, Photo Techniques alter, argument, change, controversy, digital, manipulation, McCurry, modification, original, photographs, photojournalism, Photoshop, retouch |
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