Monthly Archives: June 2016

Sony Announced Delays/Shortages Due to The Earthquake

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 27, 2016

Sony announced potential shortages/delays today, of specific camera bodies, due to the impacted of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. The following camera models were mentioned. Sony α7 Sony α7R Sony α7S Sony α5100 Sony α77 II Sony α99

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Apple Digital Camera RAW Update 6.20 Now Available

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 25, 2016

Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 6.20 This update adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to OS X El Capitan: • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 III Via Apple

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DPReview Explains Metabones New Firmware

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 24, 2016

Dpreview: “We’ve tried out the new firmware on a Smart Adapter IV paired with a few lenses (Canon 35mm F1.4L II, 70-200 F2.8L II IS, Sigma 24mm, 35mm, and 50mm F1.4 Art) on the Sony a7R II. Phase-detect functionality appears to be limited to a very small central regions, which means lots of hunting if […]

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Metabones Firmware Adds Native AF

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 24, 2016

Press Release: Metabones® Adds “Native” AF and Smooth Iris to EF Mount Speed Boosters® and Smart Adapters™ by Firmware Upgrade Vancouver, Canada, June 23, 2016: Metabones® releases Metabones App 2.3, a major firmware update with the following additional features. Eye-AF (A6300/A7series). Fast contrast detect AF for all E-Mount cameras. DMF (direct manual focus) for E-Mount cameras, where the camera switches […]

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Current List of All Sony FE/E Mount Lenses as of June 15th

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 24, 2016

I came across this list of E/FE lens when looking to see what is available natively for Sony cameras. John over at DPReview created the original list and was kind enough to grant us permission to share it on SonyAddict. I hope that he will keep us up to date in the future and that this […]

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One Camera to Rule Them All

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 23, 2016

Sony has been producing dominant sensors for some time now so the results aren’t surprising, but the a6300 currently is the best APS-C sensor on the market by DXO’s measure, which can only be beat by the Nikon D7200 at base ISO. The only other sensor that might rival or beat it is the one […]

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