With extremely expensive Sony-fit 85mm lenses in abundance and beyond my (economically sensible) reach, I’ve done good commercial work last year on the Canon 85mm f/1.8 USM and later the Sony 85mm f/2.8 SAM on A7RII. Some of my work relies on showing close-up details with strong differential focus, and hardly any lenses are free . . . → Read More: My new Sony 85mm…
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 Comments are closed  DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, Lenses - E mount, NEX System  85mm, A7RII, adaptor, Alpha, Camdiox, close-up, E-mount, f/2, FE, helical, Jupiter-9, lens, Russian, Sony Upper: unprofiled (Standard) raw conversion. Lower: using a tunsgten-light generated custom camera profile, combined with a polarising filter, gives a more vivid impression. Most Alpha system users know that some – not all – cameras have a special JPEG mode for Autumn Colours. They’ll also know that if you shoot raw, with no JPEG . . . → Read More: Capturing Autumn colour better Share this: Comments are closed Accessories - 3rd party, DK's ramblings, Photo Techniques, Software Reviews A7RII, Adobe, autumn, camera, checker, color, colour, DNG, editor, fall, polariser, profile, Sony, X-Rite Hasselblad HV from B&H I feel slightly sick… I’ve spent so much on buying and replacing successive Sony A7 series cameras and their lenses that I can’t just buy this outright, which I would love to do. I sold my A99 to get the A7R (subsequently replaced by A7II, and now by A7R II) . . . → Read More: B&H has Hasselblad HV offer again Share this: Comments are closed Accessories - 3rd party, DK's ramblings, Offers, Sony Digital Cameras A99, Alpha 99, bargain, camera, DSLT, full frame, Hasselblad, Hasselblad HV, Sony Here’s this morning’s news: United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, 7 September 2015 – Canon Europe, a leader in imaging solutions, today announces that its parent company, Canon Inc., is developing an APS-H-size (approx. 29.2 x 20.2 mm) CMOS sensor incorporating approximately 250 million pixels (19,580 x 12,600 pixels), the world’s highest number of . . . → Read More: Canon’s 250 megapixel sensor – the reality Share this: Comments are closed DK's ramblings, HD Video, News, Rumours 250 megapixel, camera, Canon, CMOS, sensor At a workshop given by John Denton for The Flash Centre, with Elinchrom lighting and Pentax 645Z demonstration. model Laura posed for a comparison pair of shots using the Pentax with 90mm macro lens and the A7RII equipped I regret to say with a much inferior lens, the basic 28-70mm. To compare the quality bear . . . → Read More: A7RII versus Pentax 645Z Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) DK's ramblings, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras 645Z, A7R II, A7R2, A7RII, comparison, Elinchrom, John Denton, Pentax, Sony, The Flash Centre, workshop 
I’m under pressure to take endless pictures with the A7R II which arrived from WEX (Warehouse Express) on Thursday superbly packed. I am also finishing off f2 Freelance Photographer magazine to go to print over the weekend and have many hours of work to do – and despite having the camera, I won’t be removing . . . → Read More: A7R II – universal solution, lens challenge Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed) DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras A7R II, A7R2, A7RII, camera, images, Sony, test 
Today I visited the press preview of Photography: A Victorian Sensation at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. It’s a major exhibition which actually goes beyond the wonderful huge collection of mint condition Daguerreotypes and other early examples, ending with a Nikon D5500 as an example of today’s tech. You can visit this . . . → Read More: Victorian Photography in Edinburgh Share this: Comments are closed DK's ramblings, Events, News Edinburgh, exhibition, National Museum of Scotland, photography, Victorian 
(Updated June 15th after press conference) The new Sony A7R II is the camera I’ve been waiting for, which everyone has predicted, and which seems to tick every box without having a huge price label on its own. I find the $3,200 (UK coinfirmed £2,600) matches its stated specifications well. Others may disagree, but . . . → Read More: Sony A7R II, RX10 II, RX100 IV – making everything else obsolete Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) DK's ramblings, HD Video, Legacy Lenses, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras 42 megapixel, A7R II, A7R MkII, Alpha, BSI, camera, CMOS, CSC, digital, E-mount, FE-mount, full frame, ILC, Mark II, mirrorless, phase-detect, professional, Sony, system 
Twenty years ago I was operating one of the first full service digital photo studios in the world. I had already published, back in 1986, the world’s first desktop published commercial periodicals and won the UK Printing Industries Research Association inaugural DTP Awards, in 1987, for this. We’d bought the first Apple laser printer in . . . → Read More: Sharp vintage glass – and subject Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, DK's ramblings, Flash units, Lenses - E mount, Photo Techniques A7r, Alpha, close-up, ELB400, Elinchrom, flash, lighting, macro, mirrorless, Paterson, Pentax, SMC, Sony, still life, Studio, Takumar 
Machined from brass and chrome-plated, in the tradition of lens mounts from 50 years ago and not necessarily the best solution for precision or lifetime wear, Fotodiox’s TOUGH E-mount is a replacement body mount bayonet which you can fit to your existing A7R, A7, NEX-7, A6000 or any other metal-mount E-mount body in a few . . . → Read More: The Fotodiox Tough E-Mount Share this: 7 comments - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras, Troubleshooting A7, A7r, Alpha, bayonet, change, DIY, E-mount, exchange, fitting, Fotodiox, improvement, NEX, Sony, Tough, upgrade |
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