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  • Alpha A-mount System • Re: Back to SLR thoughts and ramblings July 31, 2022
    I can understand you keeping a couple 5D's and a few Minolta lenses, its almost like burning your bridges of nostalgia if you outed them, The A580 wasn't bad and probably made better use of the sensor than SLT. I now have zero Sony items. The thing with your D850s is it will give you […]
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  • Alpha A-mount System • Re: Back to SLR thoughts and ramblings July 31, 2022
    I think the post and the previous one is along the lines of "flamebait"There is no discussion, just posting links. Gets a bit boring really. This isn't news, come back when there is real news...This gave me the best chuckle of the day. Thank you! You are the poster boy for making lengthy wild speculations, […]
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  • Alpha A-mount System • Re: Back to SLR thoughts and ramblings July 31, 2022
    I think the post and the previous one is along the lines of "flamebait"There is no discussion, just posting links. Gets a bit boring really. This isn't news, come back when there is real news...This gave me the best chuckle of the day. Thank you! You are the poster boy for making lengthy wild speculations, […]
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  • Alpha A-mount System • Re: Back to SLR thoughts and ramblings July 30, 2022
    Trouble with retro is many younger photographers have not lived through those days and cameras like the DF don't mean much to them, all being brought up on the currant DSLR shape. I heard one young photographer say he did not like of look of the Fuji cameras preferring his Canon DSLR. I guess the […]
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  • Alpha A-mount System • Re: Back to SLR thoughts and ramblings July 30, 2022
    Former Nikon GM says the DSLR era has ‘already ended’Tetsuro Goto feels Nikon would be wise to focus solely on mirrorless moving forward. But he does regret not making the D900.//www.popphoto.com/news/nikon-gm- ... -era-over/Former Nikon general manager and product designer, Tetsuro Goto is weighing in on the brand’s future. In response to last week’s report that […]
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Sony A7RIII review in Cameracraft

By David Kilpatrick, on April 7th, 2018

Read David Kilpatrick’s review of the Sony A7RIII

Cameracraft January/February started the A7RIII test report, and March/April 2018 continued it. Both are free to read now on ISSUU. In the second issue you’ll also find the review of the 24-105mm f/4 FE G OSS lens. In the first issue, Gary Friedman looks at the RX10 . . . → Read More: Sony A7RIII review in Cameracraft

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Never say ‘zoom with your feet’…

By David Kilpatrick, on April 16th, 2017

There’s a dismissive and rather superior position some camera club buffs take – ‘why not zoom with your feet?’. It is well worth ignoring. The focal length of your lens, whether your use a zoom or a range of fixed focal length lenses, decides the exact relationship of elements in the picture including one component . . . → Read More: Never say ‘zoom with your feet’…

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Free! July-August f2 Cameracraft magazine

By David Kilpatrick, on July 13th, 2016

It’s still current (published in June, but it’s our July/August edition) and it’s free to read now! Includes Sony EL-Skyport Plus HS, Samyang 135mm f/2, Sigma MC-11 EF-E, Cullmann Titan 935 tripod, Nikon D500, Canon 1DX MkII, Fujifilm X70, brilliant steampunk book project story, NYC Dance Project portfolio, five top photographers on Industrial Photography and . . . → Read More: Free! July-August f2 Cameracraft magazine

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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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Friedman’s Alpha 99 e-book released

By David Kilpatrick, on March 30th, 2013

Well, we knew it would take some time – Gary Friedman has been working on his Alpha 99 e-book since the camera was pre-released to the press, and six months later, he’s got a huge volume as a result.

“This is my largest and most comprehensive work to date – 625 pages!”, Gary says.

It . . . → Read More: Friedman’s Alpha 99 e-book released

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Cameracraft – a new quality photo quarterly

By David Kilpatrick, on September 5th, 2012

STOP PRESS update: Cameracraft issue 1, Q4 2012, will mail out on Tuesday September 11th. Subscriptions placed by the end of Sunday 9th will be included in the mailout. Subscriptions placed after this date may be mailed before September 14th if possible, but the week after that is photokina – and we will be unable . . . → Read More: Cameracraft – a new quality photo quarterly

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