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Image Data Converter v4 – download now

By David Kilpatrick, on October 29th, 2011

Sony’s Image Data Converter latest version – 4.0 – will handle all Alpha raw files from A100 to A77, and all NEX raw files. It offers improvements in performance and stability, but it also eliminates the need for the Lightbox application (found in v3) as a separate item. You simply browse for a folder of . . . → Read More: Image Data Converter v4 – download now

6 comments - (Comments are closed)   Cameras (DSLR), News, NEX System, Software Reviews, Uncategorized   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Does Canon EOS-1D X point the way?

By David Kilpatrick, on October 18th, 2011

Rhetorical question. Actually, if you read the information carefully, it’s pretty clear that the 1D X is more or less a 1D MkIV (16 megapixels,1.3X frame factor) with the sensor area increased to full frame. The pixels are actually larger than the MkIV so for any given telephoto lens, the true resolution of a sports/news/wildlife . . . → Read More: Does Canon EOS-1D X point the way?

3 comments - (Comments are closed)   Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, News   , , ,  

Sony Alpha 77 review – tomorrow today

By David Kilpatrick, on October 17th, 2011

It must be two years ago, at least, that an Australian sports photographer confided he had seen a Sony prototype which would blow away everything – an Alpha which could shoot at incredible frame rates (he mentioned 15fps) and follow focus. It may have been something unlike the Alpha 77, which follows focus 12fps . . . → Read More: Sony Alpha 77 review – tomorrow today

59 comments - (Comments are closed)   Cameras (DSLR), Equipment Reviews   , , , , , , ,  

Alpha 77/65 Firmware Update to 1.03

By David Kilpatrick, on October 13th, 2011

After a little over a week of using the the Alpha 77 in firmware version 1.02 (as delivered in UK in late September), our Alpha 77 body locked up during a concert gig shoot when using the SAM 28-75mm lens which had been fitted for the first time that day. It is not possible to . . . → Read More: Alpha 77/65 Firmware Update to 1.03

2 comments - (Comments are closed)   Cameras (DSLR), Firmware Updates, Troubleshooting   , , , , , ,