Monthly Archives: August 2016

Video Bitrate Explained

Many photographers are venturing into videography, but don’t fully understand how/why bitrate relates to video quality. This is a strait forward introductory video I found to help explain how video compression works from 200KB through 32,000KB a second while touching on inter frame compression. Some modern cameras can record well above these rates, but internet transmission will remain […]

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Kipon Medium Format Lens Adapter for Sony E-mount

Kipon Baveyes announced the world’s first lens adapter for using Hasselblad V mount glass on your Sony E mount camera. The Baveyes HB-Sony E 0.7x should be available on Amazon soon.

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Voigtländer Heliar Ultra Wide-Angle 12mm F5.6 III FE Coming September 7

It’s good to see that Voigtländer making more mechanical lenses with chips in them for Sony FE mount. I wonder if this one will make similar claims of optical optimization in the marketing materials to the 10mm. The Voigtländer Heliar Ultra Wide-Angle 12mm F5.6 III FE will be released on September 7th. “The main features of […]

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Rokinon/Samyang 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS Discounted

The Rokinon/Samyang 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS B&H Photo’s deal zone deal of the day. I almost purchased this lens for astrophotography when looking for a good lens to shoot the sky with, but instead went for the Samyang 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye II lens.

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New Samyang APS-C Lenses For Sony E-Mount

Samyang released two new lenses for APS-C E-Mount today, the Samyang 35mm T1.3 ED AS UMC CS and Samyang 35mm F1.2 ED AS UMC CS. They are both mechanical lenses of a similar design and they will ship in September for €450.

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