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Sometimes you find a chunk of glass which just works. One of the problems with lenses is that you can never have too many. They overlap, they duplicate each other, and yet they can be so different that you need every single one. The new Samyang 12mm f/2 for mirrorless APS-C systems is one . . . → Read More: Samyang 12mm f/2 NCS CS lens Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Accessories - 3rd party, Lenses - E mount, NEX System  12mm f/2, Bower, Canon EF-M, E-mount, Fujifilm, lens, mirrorless, NEX, Rokinon, Samsung, Samyang, Sony, superwide, ultrawide, wideangle 
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 A3000 is an E-mount camera which looks like an SLR but takes all your E-mount lenses and has a pretty good 20 megapixel sensor. It even has a metal lens mount. So what has been saved? You can now (2018) find these five-year old bodies for as little as £100. The saving . . . → Read More: Sony Alpha 3000 review by David Kilpatrick Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, NEX System, Sony Digital Csmeras 20 megapixels, A3000, Alpha 3000, body, camera, E-mount, E-system, EVF, ILC, ILCE-3000, mirrorless, mirrorless APS-C, NEX, SLR, Sony, Sony A3000, Sony ILCE-A3000, system How many outlets will use that original headline, I wonder, and what inspiration leads to it… Today, Nikon released the world’s first interchangeable lens digital camera – if you ignore the military version of the Nikonos RS underwater SLR produced with Kodak. Unlike that specialised system, the AW1 is intended for the . . . → Read More: Nikon 1 system makes a splash Share this: Comments are closed News 1 system, AW1, camera, dustproof, ILC, mirrorless, Nikon, one-inch, shockproof, subaqua, underwater, waterproof 
Side by side on my light table (which collapses with a ‘pop’ when sixteen tons of Nikon is placed on it), and the NEX-7 is given the foreground role to avoid any accusations of using perspective to make it look tiddly. I’m writing some reviews of the Nikon and other new professional DSLRs for . . . → Read More: David and Goliath? Nikon D4 dwarfs NEX-7! Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, NEX System big, camera, compact, comparison, DSLR, large, mirrorless, NEX-7, Nikon D4, professional, small, zoom 
With the latest Alpha 77, Sony has introduced SLT version II, the new upgraded ‘Translucent’ mirror. This is in an attempt to reduce the ghosting effects created by having an angled mirror between the lens and sensor, the image forming rays passing through a semi-silvered (pellicle) surface, through a thickness of polymer film, and then . . . → Read More: Smoke and Mirrors – an idea for Sony Share this: 27 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings camera, concept, design, digital, EVF, light path, mirrorless, SLR, SLT |
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