The latest release of Adobe Lightroom, v2, handles all Sony Alpha and earlier KM digital camera raw formats including the Alpha 700, 200, 300 and 350. It is also updated, along with the final release of Adobe Camera Raw 4.5, to handle Nikon D700. Because Canon appears to have left their filetype identical to the . . . → Read More: Lightroom 2 tackles all Alpha RAWs
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 2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Cameras (DSLR), Software Reviews  ACR, Adobe Lightroom 2, Alpha 200, Alpha 300, Alpha 350, Alpha 700, ARW, camera, CS3, CS4, custom, D700, developer, digital, DNG, editor, image, Lightroom, NEF, Nikon D700, Photoshop, process, profile, program, raw, Sony Alpha 700, v2, workflow This article was originally published in Photoworld magazine April 2008. It discusses the reasons for choosing between the 18-70mm, 16-105mm, 16-80mm, 18-200mm and 18-250mm kit lens choices for the Sony Alpha DSLR system and has been updated as necessary from the original text. . . . → Read More: Which Sony Alpha kit lens? Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Equipment Reviews, Lenses - Alpha Mount 16-105mm, 16-80mm, 18-200mm, 18-250mm, 18-70mm, Alpha, Aperture, build, bundle, Carl Zeiss, choice, CZ, filters, kit, lens, optic, outfit, performance, SAL, sharpness, size, Sony, system, vignetting, weight, zoom SONY Alpha prices are now the lowest of any competing DSLR system – for current-model bodies – on the UK market. Dealers are now selling the Alpha 200 body for as little as £229.99 and even the Alpha 350 has dropped to under £400 body-only. £100 cashback on the Alpha 700 body, £150 on any . . . → Read More: Cashback deal extended, prices cut Share this:One of the problems with the Alpha 350/300 is that the Live View is linked to the settings when you use Manual exposure. It provides a form of metering, a relatively accurate preview of under or over exposure. This makes it impossible to use Manual with studio flash (AC mains strobe) setups. Currently, there is . . . → Read More: Alpha Live View in the studio – solved! Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), Flash units, Photo Techniques, Studio, Troubleshooting 300, 350, adaptor, Alpha, brightness, flash, Live View, mains, strobe, Studio, sync, viewing London Camera Exchange Colchester manager David Jenner has two of these hardback books, which showcase the Alpha lens range as it was in 2007-8 and feature photography from round the world plus technical data and diagrams for both Sony G and Carl Zeiss designs. He has agreed to give them away to two UK-based Photoclubalpha . . . → Read More: Win a Sony Alpha Lenses hardback book Share this:What we thought would be the ‘Alpha Pro’ project – display centres for the entire system sited at key retail outlets through Britain – turned out to be the ‘ACE’ project. That is, Sony Alpha Centres of Excellence. London Camera Exchange Colchester, one of the selected dealers, supplied these shots of the new showcase. . . . → Read More: Sony unveils ‘ACE’ dealers in UK Share this:If you use Sigma lenses on your Alpha, you can join the Sigma User Club UK and enter their prize competitions (anyone can join, worldwide, but you must be in the UK to enter the competitions as the prizes are given by the UK distribution company). . . . → Read More: Win a Sigma 20mm f/1.8 and fly the Alpha flag Share this:Alan Hess is the author of a new field guide to using the Sony Alpha 700, published by Wileys, with 281 pages and the usual contents covering basic photographic techniques as well as the camera’s operation. The cost of the guide is 16 Euros by mail order from Research & Markets of Dublin website; the . . . → Read More: Field Guide for Alpha 700 Share this:The parallel development of Carl Zeiss lenses for Sony (AF lenses in the Alpha mount) and independent manual focus lenses for other makes continues. The latest CZ design is a revision of the classic 18mm Distagon last seen in the Contax system, optimised for colour balance and reflection supression with digital SLRs. . . . → Read More: Zeiss announce 18mm f3.5 – not for Alpha Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, Lenses - Alpha Mount, News 18mm, Alpha, Canon, Carl Zeiss, Contax, CZ, Distagon, lens, Nikon, Pentax, Robert White, Sony, wide, wideangle |
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