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I guess it’s time to publish another field test review of the Alpha 7R despite rarely having used the camera in anger, or in any state other than anger. It arrived in late November and caught me at a time when I was not going anywhere or doing anything, nothing was happening and the weather . . . → Read More: Sony Alpha 7R – the Swiss Army Knife camera Share this: 9 comments - (Comments are closed)  DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, NEX System  A7r, Alpha, camera, field test, full frame, mirrorless, report, review, Sony 
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 
Although some of my information back in September was off-mark (writes David Kilpatrick), the post which I put up here was definitely right about the new A7 or rumoured ‘full frame NEX’ being based on the RX body design. I gather it was not the Alpha division, or the NEX division, which handed the prototype . . . → Read More: Sony A7 merges NEX and RX lines, RX10 revives classics Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) DK's ramblings, News, NEX System, Rumours, Sony Digital Csmeras 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6, 35mm f/2.8, 55mm f/1.8, A7, A7r, Alpha, Cyber-shot, FE, FE-mount, full-frame-E-mount, NEX, RX1, RX10, Sony The long-rumoured Alpha 3000 was announced earlier in August but placed under a n embargo until August 27th. At the same time, the Press was given an insight into new smartphone related products (also widely rumoured) but again, not allowed to print anything officially. (via Sonyalpharumors.com) The A3000 is a DSLR-like body with . . . → Read More: Alpha 3000 has NEX mount, 20 megapixel, APS-C Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), HD Video, News, NEX System, Sony Digital Csmeras 5T, A3000, Alpha, Alpha 3000, camera, E-mount, launch, NEX, Sony With new firmware for the Alpha 77 and 99 and most current models now up for download, the promised rush of new firmware is probably complete. The Alpha 77 firmware has errors in the web page for Europe, referring to the Alpha 57 and showing pictures of the 57. This is probably because the page . . . → Read More: Sony firmware updates roll out Share this: Comments are closed Cameras (DSLR), Firmware Updates, NEX System, Sony Digital Csmeras Alpha, firmware, lenses, NEX, Sony, update, updates We have decided to make a Lulu print-on-demand digitally produced paperback edition covering the last three years of Photoworld magazine, covering the period from the launch of Alpha 900 and photokina 2008, through to the final edition of our quarterly magazine in Summer 2011, when the Alpha 77 was about to hit the streets. This . . . → Read More: Paperback edition of Photoworld 2008-11 Share this:
Much of my NEX-7 critique was written while also using a NEX-5n outfit. I was lucky enough to find an opened NEX-5n 18-55mm kit missing its mini flash at a very low price, as new. By the time I had finished completing my NEX-5n system with bells and whistles, the total would almost have . . . → Read More: NEX-5n – sweet sixteen and expandable at a cost Share this: Comments are closed DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, NEX System 5n, Alpha, camera, critique, NEX, NEX-5n, review, Sony As Gary says, his e-books do not replace the camera manual and also don’t replace Camera Controls 101 – he writes for the user who already knows which end of the lens fits a screw filter and which end goes on the camera body. His new NEX-7 book fast-tracks into many key features of the . . . → Read More: Gary Friedman publishes NEX-7 ‘beyond the guide’ book Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, DK's ramblings, NEX System Alpha, book, e-book, Gary Friedman, guide, Kindle, manual, NEX-7, PDF, Reader, Sony A new firmware update further boosts operability of the α77 and α65 Translucent Mirror cameras from Sony. Available for free download from 29 March 2012, firmware version 1.05 adds several enhancements to both cameras. Alongside heightened responsiveness, it improves operability of both cameras with a wider choice of A-mount optics by Carl Zeiss and Sony. . . . → Read More: Alpha 77 and 65 Firmware 1.05 released Share this:At photokina 2010, Paul Genge from Sony pretty much told me that Sony’s future lay in the EVF (translucent mirror or otherwise, Electronic View Finder) models. He was not able to say anything firm. Since then, I’ve spoken to him on several occasions and he has repeated that Sony left all options open but the . . . → Read More: The EVF future Share this: 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, NEX System A900, A99, Alpha, DSLT, EVF, future, OVF, SLT, Sony, viewfinder |
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