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It’s been a while since my last review of Sony products here, and not because I have been inactive. The truth is that I’ve spent so much on Sony kit 24/7 working has been necessary, including a good few reviews and tests of the A7RII and lenses appearing elsewhere. It’s a real issue, I now . . . → Read More: Low-cost macro for the A7 series Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed)  Accessories - 3rd party, Equipment Reviews, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Photo Techniques, Sony Digital Cameras  60mm, A7, A7R II, A7RII, Art, close-up, coverage, DN, E-mount, extension tubes, FE, full frame, lens, lenses, macro, Meike, mirrorless, Sigma, Sony 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 Of interest to UK full frame owners – Amazon EU (and also at least one other vendor) has the 16-35mm f/4 FE on sale with a 37% discount at £799.99, on top of which Sony has a £100 cashback on this lens – and I can confirm that these cashbacks work 100% reliably. This makes . . . → Read More: Amazon UK price drop on 16-35m f/4 FE Share this: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 
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 
Sometimes you find a chunk of glass which just works. One of the problems with lenses is that you can never have too many. They overlap, they duplicate each other, and yet they can be so different that you need every single one. The new Samyang 12mm f/2 for mirrorless APS-C systems is one . . . → Read More: Samyang 12mm f/2 NCS CS lens Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, Lenses - E mount, NEX System 12mm f/2, Bower, Canon EF-M, E-mount, Fujifilm, lens, mirrorless, NEX, Rokinon, Samsung, Samyang, Sony, superwide, ultrawide, wideangle 
The Sony E-mount (not FE) 10-18mm f/5 OSS lens can be used effectively on full frame for creative work and within limits for technically more demanding shots. Below, an uncropped A7R shot of the concourse at Abu Dhabi Airport, taken at 13mm setting, f/6.3 with my lens profile as provided below. Check the straight lines . . . → Read More: Using the 10-18mm OSS zoom on full frame Share this: 3 comments - (Comments are closed) DK's ramblings, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Photo Techniques, Sony Digital Cameras, Sony Digital Csmeras, Uncategorized .lcp, 10-18mm, A7r, ACR, Alpha, correction, coverage, lens, profile, SEL, Sony, zoom |
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