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London Camera Exchange Colchester manager David Jenner has two of these hardback books, which showcase the Alpha lens range as it was in 2007-8 and feature photography from round the world plus technical data and diagrams for both Sony G and Carl Zeiss designs. He has agreed to give them away to two UK-based Photoclubalpha . . . → Read More: Win a Sony Alpha Lenses hardback book Share this:What we thought would be the ‘Alpha Pro’ project – display centres for the entire system sited at key retail outlets through Britain – turned out to be the ‘ACE’ project. That is, Sony Alpha Centres of Excellence. London Camera Exchange Colchester, one of the selected dealers, supplied these shots of the new showcase. . . . → Read More: Sony unveils ‘ACE’ dealers in UK Share this:If you use Sigma lenses on your Alpha, you can join the Sigma User Club UK and enter their prize competitions (anyone can join, worldwide, but you must be in the UK to enter the competitions as the prizes are given by the UK distribution company). . . . → Read More: Win a Sigma 20mm f/1.8 and fly the Alpha flag Share this:Alan Hess is the author of a new field guide to using the Sony Alpha 700, published by Wileys, with 281 pages and the usual contents covering basic photographic techniques as well as the camera’s operation. The cost of the guide is 16 Euros by mail order from Research & Markets of Dublin website; the . . . → Read More: Field Guide for Alpha 700 Share this:The parallel development of Carl Zeiss lenses for Sony (AF lenses in the Alpha mount) and independent manual focus lenses for other makes continues. The latest CZ design is a revision of the classic 18mm Distagon last seen in the Contax system, optimised for colour balance and reflection supression with digital SLRs. . . . → Read More: Zeiss announce 18mm f3.5 – not for Alpha Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Accessories - 3rd party, Lenses - Alpha Mount, News  18mm, Alpha, Canon, Carl Zeiss, Contax, CZ, Distagon, lens, Nikon, Pentax, Robert White, Sony, wide, wideangle Sony has announced the September introduction of the most powerful flash yet for the Alpha system, the Sony HVL-F58AM which incorporates a brand new body design allowing optimum bounce flash illumination regardless of how you hold the camera. . . . → Read More: A flash ‘revolution’ – the Sony HVL-F58AM Share this:The introduction of a £399 (street price, RRP £449) DSLR with 14.2 megapixels – with or without a useful type of Live View – should have been applauded by reviewers. It’s the single most important point about the camera. No other DSLR approaches this image size and resolution at such a low price. . . . → Read More: Sony Alpha 350 – a Creative Review Share this: 11 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews 350, A350, Alpha, DSLR, grain, ISO, Live View, LV, Quick Focus, report, review, screen, Sony USERS of the Nikon D3 downloading the latest firmware update have found information strings referring to the D3X and listing the file sizes the forthcoming camera will produce. The sizes match the pixel count of the Sony full-frame CMOS sensor due to be used in the ‘Alpha 900’ Sony full-frame body. . . . → Read More: Nikon D3X 24.4 megapixel sensor leak Share this: 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, News 24 megapixel, A900, Alpha, Alpha 900, camera, CMOS, D3X, DSLR, firmware, Flagship, full frame, Nikon, rumour, sensor, Sony The launch of the Alpha 350, with its small 0.74X viewfinder, makes a proper eyepiece magnifier attachment an essential addition to the Sony accessory range. Olympus, Nikon and Pentax all have such magnifiers, which permit a full view of the screen for most wearers and make all the difference to the manual focusing and general . . . → Read More: Eyepiece magnifiers for the Alpha DSLRs Share this: 7 comments - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings 1.2X, accessory, Alpha, anglefinder, eyepiece, focus, focusing, magnifier, magnify, manual, ME-1, ocular, Olympus, prism, right angle finder, screen, Seagull, SLR, Sony, telescope, view, viewfinder Daniel Oi – who provided our most popular external link in recent weeks with his Glasgow Merchant City surround-vision stitched VR panorama – has created a superb view of the Kibble Palace glasshouse at Glasgow’s Botanical Gardens: . . . → Read More: 360° panorama (QuickTime VR) from A700 Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Photo Techniques 700, Alpha, Hugin, image, pan, panorama, QuickTime VR, Sony, stitch, surround, virtual reality, VR |
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