Sony’s current generation of cameras work very well with adapted glass in 2018. The Sony a7RIII, a7III, and a9 all are able to adapt Canon glass with close to native performance using the Metabones Smart Adapter or Sigma MC-11. Adapted Nikon glass is still about one generation behind the Canon adapters, but it is very usable […]
Patrick Murphy-Racey shoots the Sigma 500mm f/4 DG OS HSM + Sigma MC11 at a football game on the Sony a9 and reports that it performs solidly. The combination doesn’t need to be reset unlike the metabones adapters and will also work very well with the Sony a7RIII. The only downside is that the Sigma 1.4x […]
The Sony a9 is maturing nicely with 3rd parties and Sony stepping up to ensure action photographers are covered. The Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5–5.6 GM OSS is the gold standard for photographers looking for tracking speed but adapted Sigma and Canon glass both perform very well today. Sigma has a slight advantage because the Sony a9 sees the lens […]
We would like to announce that a firmware update for the SIGMA 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary for CANON and SIGMA MOUNT CONVERTER MC-11 EF-E is now available. This firmware update corrects the phenomenon that the OS mechanism does not operate properly when attached to the SIGMA MOUNT CONVERTER MC-11 EF-E. For customers […]
That1cameraguy posted the first two videos about the new Sigma MC-11 firmware and it did a great job with adapted glass keeping up with action. In his estimation, you get 85% of the performance of native Sony glass, which is still very good. The above video is a comparison between the previous firmware and the […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmlAOwT4TFA A lot of reviews were released over the US holiday break and they universally praise the Sony a9 as a great camera for professionals. Sony is definitely onto something with the Sony a9 and it will be interesting to see hot the technology from it filters down into the a6xxx and a7 lineup. Hopefully, we […]
