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  • Give it Your Best Shot • Re: Minolta (Sony) 500F8 Reflex October 26, 2020
    Sig,Very nice shots. I guess it helps to have a bright day to get some sharp images.SuryStatistics: Posted by sury — Mon Oct 26, 2020 7:23 am
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  • Give it Your Best Shot • Re: Minolta (Sony) 500F8 Reflex October 26, 2020
    smulnik wrote:Thanks Valery! I think that sports fans would go nuts for this lens too. Usually you have to have a "press pass" in order to get into a stadium with a big lens, but no one at the gates gives this small lens a second look. I get the usual "come on in and […]
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  • Give it Your Best Shot • Re: Minolta (Sony) 500F8 Reflex October 26, 2020
    Thanks Valery! I think that sports fans would go nuts for this lens too. Usually you have to have a "press pass" in order to get into a stadium with a big lens, but no one at the gates gives this small lens a second look. I get the usual "come on in and have […]
    smulnik
  • Give it Your Best Shot • Re: Minolta (Sony) 500F8 Reflex October 24, 2020
    Good shots! Thank you!smulnik wrote:Thanks for starting the thread, Valery. I like those landscapes. Is there a name for that type of rock art?......Sig...it's Inuksuk - landmark or directions. Probably this article has better explanation ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InuksukStatistics: Posted by ValeryD — Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:53 pm
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  • Give it Your Best Shot • Re: Minolta (Sony) 500F8 Reflex October 24, 2020
    Thanks for starting the thread, Valery. I like those landscapes. Is there a name for that type of rock art?I think that it’s a shame that this lens was discontinued now that we finally have cameras with the technology (high ISO and high shutter speeds) that can enable it to be used effectively while being […]
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Sony E 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3 G OSS

By David Kilpatrick, on July 28th, 2020

Review at Cameracraft.online – read it now

All of the Photoclubalpha archives have now been duplicated to join the f2 and Cameracraft posts at Cameracraft.online, which is where future news and reviews will be published. We’ll always post a notice like this with the link to read at Cameracraft.

Sony E 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3 G . . . → Read More: Sony E 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3 G OSS

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Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 G OSS Macro lens review

By David Kilpatrick, on March 18th, 2019

In the last few weeks I’ve found myself replying to Facebook Sony user group posts where new owners building their systems have asked about the Sony 90mm f/2.8 G OSS Macro FE lens. Over the months before this, I’d seen so many comments saying this was the best ever Sony and perhaps the second . . . → Read More: Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 G OSS Macro lens review

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The best 50mm for A7RII

By David Kilpatrick, on March 28th, 2016

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

4 comments - (Comments are closed)   DK's ramblings, Lenses - Alpha Mount, Uncategorized   , , , , , ,  

Sony’s precision aspherics

By David Kilpatrick, on February 5th, 2016

In interviews about the new micron-accurate aspheric lens element moulding process used to increase the resolution of the latest Sony G Master lenses, a visual has appeared which shows the ‘onion ring’ effect that coarser mould machining causes in lens elements.

Working independently, I’ve been aware of this for years – and I have used . . . → Read More: Sony’s precision aspherics

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NEX-7 close cousin reaches astronomical value

By David Kilpatrick, on March 24th, 2014

A crowd at a charity auction in Florida couldn’t believe their eyes as two brand new Hasselblad Lunar cameras with a joint retail value of around $14,000 suddenly rocketed in value to $54,500 (from Hasselblad press release this afternoon).

Two photo enthusiasts at the world-famous three day-long annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance exotic car festival . . . → Read More: NEX-7 close cousin reaches astronomical value

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Using the 10-18mm OSS zoom on full frame

By David Kilpatrick, on December 3rd, 2013

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

3 comments - (Comments are closed)   DK's ramblings, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Photo Techniques, Sony Digital Cameras, Sony Digital Csmeras, Uncategorized   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

ACR 7.2 and Lightroom 4.2 RC – RX100 compatible

By David Kilpatrick, on August 30th, 2012

The good news is that you can now download, free, the Release Candidate versions (expire October 31st) of Adobe’s Lightroom 4.2 and Camera Raw 7.2, as well as DNG Converter 7.2, which will give you raw conversions for the Sony Cyber-shot DSC RX-100.

The bad news is that no camera lens profile is included, and . . . → Read More: ACR 7.2 and Lightroom 4.2 RC – RX100 compatible

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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   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Summer Photoworld – our final quarterly

By David Kilpatrick, on August 19th, 2011

The Summer edition of Photoworld magazine is now available on-line in two forms – through our YUDU subscription, and through the Photoclubalpha website membership subscription. This will be our last quarterly, as over the last few years the website had taken over as a more practical vehicle for news and comment.

In place of the . . . → Read More: Summer Photoworld – our final quarterly

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Four new Alphas – and two ‘translucent’

By David Kilpatrick, on August 24th, 2010

It’s a funny word to use, because the mirrors involved are transparent and not translucent (which implies passing light but not in an image-forming manner). Translucent means semi-opaque, letting light through in the way that an opal perspex sheet or Kodatrace foil does. Transparent means something you can see through.

But now, thanks to the . . . → Read More: Four new Alphas – and two ‘translucent’

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