Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Sony CP+ 2022

Sony and many other companies will be attending the CP+ 2022 hybrid event this year in Yokohama Japan. Below you can see statements from relevant companies about what they intend to present. It’s interesting to note that Sony decided to go with a similar size booth to Fujifilm and Nikon while Canon has a significantly […]

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DPRTV: Medium Format vs Full Frame vs APS-C

DPRTV posted a video about Medium Format vs Full Frame vs APS-C, but it seems they conflated a lot of medium format secret sauce arguments into a pretty good equivalent FOV/DOF comparison. Arguing about the look of medium format is much like arguing about the Leica look, you either see it or you don’t, but […]

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Leica M11 Has Similar PDR to Sony a7RIV: Could Leica Be Using A Sony Sensor?

It’s interesting to me that the new Leica M11 very closely matches the performance of the Sony a7RIV, because Leica has always been full of pride that their cameras are built primarily in Germany using European technology, but it looks to me like Leica may have convinced Sony to share a tweaked 60MP sensor with […]

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Tamron 100mm f/2.8 Di III 1: 1 Macro Patent Found

Asobinet found a patent for a Tamron 100mm f/2.8 Di III 1: 1 Macro mirrorless lens that should come to E-Mount Overview [Publication Number] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2022-14947 (P2022-14947A) [Publication date] January 21, 2022.1 (2022.1.21) Description: Optical system and image pickup apparatus [Application date] July 8, 2nd year of Reiwa (2020.7.8) [Applicant] [Identification number] […]

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Tokina SZ Super Tele 500mm f/8 Reflex MF Announced

Tokina SZ Super Tele 500mm f/8: B&H Photo / Amazon Tokina SZ SUPER TELE 500mm F8 Reflex MF worldwide sales date announcement Jan 21, 2022 Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce the sales release of the Tokina SZ SUPER TELE 500mm F8 Reflex MF lens. With the debut of the SZX SUPER TELE 400mm F8 […]

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Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 V2 Firmware 1.2.4 Update Released

Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 V2 Firmware 1.2.4 released and can be downloaded here. Firmware update instructions: 1. Optimize the stability of video tracking at small aperture. VILTROX 85mm f/1.8 II: B&H Photo / Amazon VILTROX 56mm f/1.4: B&H Photo / Amazon VILTROX 33mm f/1.4: B&H Photo / Amazon VILTROX 23mm f/1.4: B&H Photo / Amazon

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