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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 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 
We are able to offer, now, the complete 28-issue digital archive in page-turn format for the final eleven years of Minolta Image and Photoworld (as it became) from 2002 to 2011. For only £10, a one-off payment, you unlock the complete collection of digital versions of the printed quarterly magazine. This collection forms a . . . → Read More: Photoworld and Image – complete digital 28 issue archive! Share this: Comments are closed Accessories - 3rd party, Accessories - Minolta/Sony, Bags, cases and trivia, Cameras (DSLR), Cameras (Film), Equipment Reviews, Flash units, Legacy Lenses, Lenses - Alpha Mount, Lenses - E mount, Magazines, Minolta History, NEX System, Scanners, Sony Digital Cameras club, collection, David KIlpatrick, digital, Dynax, film, group, image, independent, Konica Minolta, magazine, Maxxum, Minolta, Minolta Club, official, owner, photography, Photoworld, quarterly, Sony Sony today announced the expansion of its Imaging PRO Support programme to include the UK. The programme is scheduled to start in the UK in September 2016 and continues to gain momentum as an increasing amount of professional photographers are switching to Sony cameras. Imaging PRO Support offers advice and help to members including a . . . → Read More: Sony launch UK PRO support Share this: Comments are closed Lenses - Alpha Mount, Lenses - E mount, News, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras A-mount, A7, Alpha, backup, E-mount, free, NEX, pro, professional, scheme, service, Sony, support, UK 
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:No doubt everyone’s seen the article on Petapixel which can best be described as successful clickbait – by Sator, essentially claiming that the whole idea of mirrorless full frame is flawed. Well, the good news is that this article is more flawed than the flaws it’s claiming to point out. First of, let’s simply dismiss . . . → Read More: Bad science and dissing the Sony A7 FE concept Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed) DK's ramblings, Legacy Lenses, Lenses - Alpha Mount, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras article, dissing, mirrorless, negative, opinion, Petapixel, Sator, Sony, view 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 We’ve had news of the new Sigma Art HSM high speed wide angle full frame zoom – 24-35mm f/2. It will be available in Nikon, Canon and Sigma mounts only (release date not yet confirmed) according to Sigma in the UK. Note that this will be a bit of monster with its 82mm filter . . . → Read More: No FE or A mount for new Sigma 24-35mm f/2 Share this: Comments are closed Accessories - 3rd party, Lenses - Alpha Mount, Lenses - E mount, News 24-35mm, f/2, fast, full frame, lens, Sigma, zoom I’m using my RX10 to report. This camera is my big Sony dilemma. It’s actually all I really need for 95% of my daily work. Well, here we are reporting from photokina 2014, the major trade fair in Cologne. I’m only here for the day and a brief stop in tomorrow morning en route . . . → Read More: Sony’s BIG system future at photokina Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Events, Lenses - Alpha Mount, News, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras Alpha, FE, launches, lens, photokina, roadmap, Sony, system |
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