The 20-70mm f4 Sony G looks interesting though the UK price of £1400 is a bit over the top (under $1100 in the USA) – maybe allowing for further losses pounds vs dollar. It’s over twice the price of the Panasonic 20-60mm f/3.5-5.6 – maybe not comparable but the Lumix lens is regularly discounted . . . → Read More: Sony 20-70mm f/4 G – a new type of lens
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Read David Kilpatrick’s review of the Sony A7RIII Cameracraft January/February started the A7RIII test report, and March/April 2018 continued it. Both are free to read now on ISSUU. In the second issue you’ll also find the review of the 24-105mm f/4 FE G OSS lens. In the first issue, Gary Friedman looks at the RX10 . . . → Read More: Sony A7RIII review in Cameracraft Share this: Comments are closed Equipment Reviews, Lenses - E mount, Magazines, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras 16mm f/1.4, 24-105mm, 40mm f/1.2, A7R3, A7RIII, camera, Cameracraft, David KIlpatrick, E-mount, expert review, FE, Gary Friedman, lens, RX10, Samyang, Sigma, Sony A7R3, Sony A7RIII, test report, Voigtländer 
There’s a dismissive and rather superior position some camera club buffs take – ‘why not zoom with your feet?’. It is well worth ignoring. The focal length of your lens, whether your use a zoom or a range of fixed focal length lenses, decides the exact relationship of elements in the picture including one component . . . → Read More: Never say ‘zoom with your feet’… Share this: 4 comments - (Comments are closed) DK's ramblings, Lenses - E mount, Photo Techniques 24-70mm, A7RII, Alpha, Cameracraft, feet, lens, Sony, viewpoint, zoom 
Sony has announced two new lenses for E-mount mirrorless cameras. The FE 100mm F2.8[i] STF GM OSS is the first Smooth Transition Focus prime since the acclaimed A-mount 135mm and is designed for the best possible bokeh without any trace of aperture-related artefacts. The compact, lightweight FE 85mm F1.8 portrait prime lens may . . . → Read More: New 85mm f/1.8 FE and 100mm f/2.8 STF for E-mount Share this: Comments are closed Lenses - E mount, News 100mm STF, 85mm f/1.8, E-mount, FE, lens, OSS, portrait, Sony, stabilised 
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 £1k . . . → 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 
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 £1,150 (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 
With the 24-70mm f/2.8 new Sony GM FE lens selling for £1799 (UK) and the A-mount version two 24-70mm f/2.8 for a full £100 more, the cost of a basic mid-range zoom to use with a camera like the A7RII remains very high. There are good arguments to be happy with the 24-70mm f/4 . . . → Read More: Sony 28-75mm f/2.8 SAM on mirrorless FF Share this:
The latest edition of f2 Cameracraft contains our reviews of the Voigtländer 10mm and 15mm lenses, and also a review of the superb new Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 VC and 90mm f/2.8 SP Macro VC lenses, plus Sigma’s 20mm f/1.4 and 24-35mm f/2 – all tested on the Sony A7R II which we use for . . . → Read More: f2 Cameracraft latest issue out now Share this: Comments are closed Equipment Reviews, Magazines f2 Cameracraft, lens, magazine, reviews, Sigma, Sony, Tamron, Voigtländer After testing the Sony Carl Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 FE in 2014, I was less than impressed. I may have had a decentred example (it happened to dPreview and at least one photographer I trust to know his lens performance expectations). It was, certainly, pin-sharp on a test chart or a brick wall but the moment . . . → Read More: The best 50mm for A7RII Share this: 4 comments - (Comments are closed) DK's ramblings, Lenses - Alpha Mount, Uncategorized 50mm, bokeh, lens, macro, Minolta, performance, Sony |
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