Having written this piece tonight, I find myself deciding to put it on Photoclubalpha although it’s not Sony or Minolta related. The websites I run for professionals are seen by very few people, this is seen by 40,000 in a decent month. Therefore, you have a truly diverted article (with pictures taken on Sony and . . . → Read More: The end of Kodak? Shades of Minolta…
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The Sony Zeiss 24mm f/2 SSM Distagon ZA T* is probably the best, or equal to the best, in its class. It may perhaps be the best ever 84° angle fast lens ever made for the general SLR system market, and I would happy to pitch it against any of the current equivalent offerings for . . . → Read More: Sony’s Zeiss 24mm f/2 Distagon ZA SSM T* reviewed Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed)  DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, Lenses - Alpha Mount  24mm, 24mm f/2, Alpha, Carl Zeiss, David KIlpatrick, Distagon, f/2, fast, lens, photoclubalpha, report, review, Sony, test, wideangle, Zeiss Sony has released updated firmware for NEX E-mount cameras, FW v5.0 which updates the bodies to accept the new LA-EA2 Alpha Phase Detect AF lens adaptor. The update works for NEX-3, NEX-5, NEX-C3, NEX-VG10 and the professional video Sony NEX-FS100U. Prior to this firmware update, the LA-EA2 only worked with the NEX-5N , NEX-7 and . . . → Read More: Firmware update for NEX-5, 3, and 3C Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Firmware Updates, NEX System download, firmware, NEX, update, v5.0 Tamron’s has announced a high-power zoom for Sony’s NEX-series – the 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III VC (Model B011). The image-stabilised lens has exactly the same nominal specifications as Sony’s own zoom. The angle of view is 27-300mm when converted to 35mm format. It weighs 460g, uses 62mm filters, and has VC (Vibration Compensation). The . . . → Read More: Tamron 18-200mm VC for NEX Share this:Wednesday 07 December, the World Photography Organisation, issues a last call for entries for the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards, the world’s most comprehensive photography competition. The deadline for entries is Wednesday 04 January 2012 giving photographers from across the world just four weeks left to enter. The Sony World Photography Awards is free to . . . → Read More: Last call for Sony Awards entries Share this:The download is approximately 65MB of data in a Mac .dmg mountable disk image, or some other stuff for Windows. The process will take about seven to ten minutes overall including downloading, opening and completing the procedure. You need a battery for the camera with at least three bars showing – preferably fully charged . . . → Read More: Sony Alpha 77 & 65 Firmware v1.04 download Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), Firmware Updates, News 1.04, A65, A77, Alpha, download, firmware, Sony You can open or download an excellent (slightly dated, unrevised since ACR 6.1 but finally translated into English from the original Italian by Francesco Marzoli) guide to all the deeper functions and tricks of efficient workflow using Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw, Lightroom and Photoshop from X-Rite: http://www.xritephoto.com/Documents/Literature/EN/GuidaCameraRaw_en.pdf This PDF instruction book obviously mentions the . . . → Read More: Free download PDF guide to Adobe Camera Raw Share this: Comments are closed Photo Techniques, Software Reviews ACR, Adobe, camera raw, guide, manual, PDF, X-Rite Canon has launched, out of the blue as far as we were concerned, a complete fully featured Cinema HD production system including full-frame digital video camcorder and EF-fit lenses designed to compete head-on with the top offerings from Zeiss/Arri and Red. The Cinema EOS system also competes with Sony right in the heart of Sony . . . → Read More: Canon kyboshes the competition – full cinema system Share this: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 Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), News, NEX System, Software Reviews, Uncategorized Alpha, browser, conversion, download, IDC v4, Image Data Converter, Mac, NEX, PC, processor, raw, software, Sony, v4 
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? Share this: |
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