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Though their website shows a very different way of using this theme park wristband repurposed – the LensBand anti zoom creep device – it just happens to fit many Sony zooms perfectly without stretching it into position to lock barrel to collar. By fitting the LensBand exactly over the joint between the zoom ring and . . . → Read More: Creep no more! The LensBand. Share this: 3 comments - (Comments are closed)  Accessories - 3rd party, DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews  Alpha, creep, LensBand, Photostore, prevention, rubber, silicone, zoom creep I’m about to offend myself. I own this lens, and I know how upset owners of brand new lenses get when someone says it’s not perfect. Well, the 16-50mm SSM is far from perfect and if you know how to check out lenses, you’ll agree should you be lucky enough to own one. It’s a . . . → Read More: Sony DT 16-50mm f/2.8 SSM Share this: 8 comments - (Comments are closed) Equipment Reviews, Lenses - Alpha Mount 16-50mm, 16-50mm f/2.8, A77, Alpha, Alpha 77, DT, f2.8, kit, lens, Sony, SSM, zoom 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 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 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 After a little over a week of using the the Alpha 77 in firmware version 1.02 (as delivered in UK in late September), our Alpha 77 body locked up during a concert gig shoot when using the SAM 28-75mm lens which had been fitted for the first time that day. It is not possible to . . . → Read More: Alpha 77/65 Firmware Update to 1.03 Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), Firmware Updates, Troubleshooting 1.03, 65, 77, Alpha, download, firmware, Sony 
When I had the Canon 60D and 600D cameras for the usual brief period of magazine review loan, one of the things I could have tested more thoroughly was the excellent implementation of sound input gain control. Since it worked, and worked really well, I had no need to. Any system with auto gain, in . . . → Read More: Sony – please add gain control to A77 sound Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, HD Video, NEX System Alpha, audio, control, framing, gain, HD, mic, NEX, Sony, video All the predicted new models from Sony were unveiled today – the Alpha 77, Alpha 65, NEX-7, NEX-5n and NEX-VG20. Full details are up on Sony’s websites. The A77/65 cameras will be on sale from October 2011 onwards. View Sony press information online. Those who grab the cameras will find the virtual 1.09X 100% field . . . → Read More: Sony launches new range Alpha, NEX Share this: Comments are closed Cameras (DSLR), HD Video, Lenses - Alpha Mount, News, NEX System A65, A77, Alpha, Alpha 65, Alpha 77, NEX, NEX-5n, NEX-7, NEX-VG20, Sony 
Before reading this article, which has attracted a lot of traffic and attention, please remember this is my personal speculation and could be entirely wrong (I’ll be very disappointed if it is miles off target and they omit GPS… or my reading-between-the-lines turns out to relate to a different product like a superzoom pocket camera . . . → Read More: Watch the birdie – will Sony’s GPS surprise? Share this: 7 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, News A77, Alpha, Alpha 77, GPS, Sony That is, the next slot in Sony’s programme of new product releases. Almost exactly five years after the Alpha 100 was launched to the world (also a Wednesday in the second week of June, back in 2006) Sony selected an auspicious date to announce the NEX-C3 and the Alpha A35. But these cameras, rather like . . . → Read More: Wait for the NEX SLT, folks… Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), HD Video, News, NEX System 30mm, A35, Alpha, firmware, HVL-F20S, macro, NEX, NEX-C3, Sony, update |
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