Monthly Archives: May 2017

Sony Camera’s Are No Longer Ideal For Astrophotography

image courtesy of the lonely speck Ian Norman of the Lonelyspeck.com wrote an open letter to Sony about their “Star Eater” noise reduction issue. You can read the full letter here. If TLDR firmware 3.30 on the a7RII and 2.10 on the a7SII change Sony’s noise reduction algorithm in a way that removes starts from 4 second […]

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Capture One 10.1 Adds Sony a9 Support

Capture One added support for the Sony a9. You can see the full what’s new here. There is also a what’s new summary available here along with a 10% discount code if you are interested in purchasing a copy. New Camera Support Sony A9 New Lenses Support Sony DT 55-200mm F4-5.6 (SAL55200) Sony DT 55-200mm F4-5.6 […]

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Sony a9 Q&A and First Look: High ISO Performance Similar to a7S

Kind of an interesting Q&A about the Sony a9 with a Sony rep that claims high ISO performance similar to the a7S mark II and adapted Canon glass performance as good or better than on Canon cameras. Bold claims for sure, but I wouldn’t doubt that the high ISO matches the a7S. Other details: Almost […]

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First Sony a9 Cameras Arrive, Buffer Issues, and More NAB Coverage

It looks like some Sony Photographers are receiving Sony a9 cameras from Sony already along with the new Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS. They even have retail packaging in the video above, but it is not in English and translation isn’t available at the moment. The brief tracking experiment they do is pretty impressive and […]

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Sony Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8 APO Update

The Sony Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8 is a good performing lense, but it probably should be a little faster for the price point. Dustin Abbott’s latest videos give a pretty indepth look at the new Batis and the Photography Blog gave the new Batis a 4.5 over all, with a 5.0 for image quality. imaging-resource – review/samples photographyblog – […]

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