With extremely expensive Sony-fit 85mm lenses in abundance and beyond my (economically sensible) reach, I’ve done good commercial work last year on the Canon 85mm f/1.8 USM and later the Sony 85mm f/2.8 SAM on A7RII. Some of my work relies on showing close-up details with strong differential focus, and hardly any lenses are free . . . → Read More: My new Sony 85mm…
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 Comments are closed  DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, Lenses - E mount, NEX System  85mm, A7RII, adaptor, Alpha, Camdiox, close-up, E-mount, f/2, FE, helical, Jupiter-9, lens, Russian, Sony 
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 Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Uncategorized A7, A7RII, Alpha, aspheric, aspherical, Cameracraft, design, element, f2 Cameracraft, G Master, GM, Leica, lenses, machining, magazine, moulding, observation, optical, optics, precision, Sigma, Sony, test, testing, Voigtländer, XA 
On Tuesday, February 2nd 2016, Sony UK held a press event to which I was invited. Well, I’m in a different country and about 400 miles from their Weybridge offices, so as usual my trusted English office editor at large (and son) Richard made the still substantial journey from Leicester. The result was a . . . → Read More: Sony’s Master plan – new 85, 24-70, 70-200 and more Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Lenses - E mount, News, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras 24-70mm, 70-200mm, 85mm f/1.4, A7, A7II, A7r, A7RII, A7S, Alpha, E-mount, f2.8, FE, GM G-Master, lens, lenses, mirrorless, OSS, Sony, SSM 
Sony camera sensor technology enables a closer look at some of Mother Nature’s rarest sights that could not previously have been photographed in this way Story: Sony Corporation UK PR release with high resolution images and full metadata – click to view. All images are copyright and may not be copied or reproduced. . . . → Read More: A7RII shoots in Iceland’s glacier caves Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) NEX System, Photo Techniques, Sony Digital Cameras A7RII, ABC, Amazing Blue, camera, cave, Extreme, glacial, glacier, ice, icecave, Iceland, images, low light, Mikael Buck, photography, Sony Upper: unprofiled (Standard) raw conversion. Lower: using a tunsgten-light generated custom camera profile, combined with a polarising filter, gives a more vivid impression. Most Alpha system users know that some – not all – cameras have a special JPEG mode for Autumn Colours. They’ll also know that if you shoot raw, with no JPEG . . . → Read More: Capturing Autumn colour better Share this: Comments are closed Accessories - 3rd party, DK's ramblings, Photo Techniques, Software Reviews A7RII, Adobe, autumn, camera, checker, color, colour, DNG, editor, fall, polariser, profile, Sony, X-Rite 
Sony’s A7R II has a unique position in the mirrorless ILC world, creating the largest image files at over 42 megapixels from an in-body five axis stabilised sensor with exceptional performance given by backside illuminated CMOS. My reviews in print of the Sony A7R II have now appeared, in the British Journal of Photography, . . . → Read More: Sony A7R II review by David Kilpatrick Share this: 9 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), Equipment Reviews, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras 16-35mm, 24-240mm, A7R II, adaptors, body, CSC, David KIlpatrick, FE, full frame, ILC, lenses, mirrorless, mount, performance, range, report, review, sensor, Sony, system, value Hasselblad HV from B&H I feel slightly sick… I’ve spent so much on buying and replacing successive Sony A7 series cameras and their lenses that I can’t just buy this outright, which I would love to do. I sold my A99 to get the A7R (subsequently replaced by A7II, and now by A7R II) . . . → Read More: B&H has Hasselblad HV offer again Share this: Comments are closed Accessories - 3rd party, DK's ramblings, Offers, Sony Digital Cameras A99, Alpha 99, bargain, camera, DSLT, full frame, Hasselblad, Hasselblad HV, Sony 
It’s been a while since my last review of Sony products here, and not because I have been inactive. The truth is that I’ve spent so much on Sony kit 24/7 working has been necessary, including a good few reviews and tests of the A7RII and lenses appearing elsewhere. It’s a real issue, I now . . . → Read More: Low-cost macro for the A7 series Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Accessories - 3rd party, Equipment Reviews, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Photo Techniques, Sony Digital Cameras 60mm, A7, A7R II, A7RII, Art, close-up, coverage, DN, E-mount, extension tubes, FE, full frame, lens, lenses, macro, Meike, mirrorless, Sigma, Sony At a workshop given by John Denton for The Flash Centre, with Elinchrom lighting and Pentax 645Z demonstration. model Laura posed for a comparison pair of shots using the Pentax with 90mm macro lens and the A7RII equipped I regret to say with a much inferior lens, the basic 28-70mm. To compare the quality bear . . . → Read More: A7RII versus Pentax 645Z Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) DK's ramblings, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras 645Z, A7R II, A7R2, A7RII, comparison, Elinchrom, John Denton, Pentax, Sony, The Flash Centre, workshop 
I’m under pressure to take endless pictures with the A7R II which arrived from WEX (Warehouse Express) on Thursday superbly packed. I am also finishing off f2 Freelance Photographer magazine to go to print over the weekend and have many hours of work to do – and despite having the camera, I won’t be removing . . . → Read More: A7R II – universal solution, lens challenge Share this: 6 comments - (Comments are closed) DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Sony Digital Cameras A7R II, A7R2, A7RII, camera, images, Sony, test |
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