Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8: 5 Reasons to Own Over Sony GM 70-200mm f/2.8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq6-og9km3w Matt Granger gives his top 5 reasons you should pick up the Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 over the Sony GM 70-200mm f/2.8. Size & Weight makes it better balanced and suited for mirrorless cameras Price is an absolute steal Fast AF Great Image Quality Price again since it is less than half the price of […]

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Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f1.2 ASPH Review

Lenstips reviewed the new Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f1.2 ASPH and as usually Voigtlander’s build quality is great, but the image is a little soft at f/1.2 and f/1.4 which limits the lenses ability to resolve. You can read the full review here or see the pros/cons below: Pros: solid, moderately big casing made of metal, […]

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TCSTV: Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 vs Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM

TCSTV compared the Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 vs Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM and the Tamron came out on top. You can read a summary of the video below: The Tamron is affordable It is great for nature and a little action photography if it can keep up The Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM is full-featured and great, […]

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Sony WW119533 Registered

Nokishita spotted the WW119533 registered after the WW271448 and that it is in a new category of camera DC instead of DCS. The previous registration might be for the Sony a7SIII or Sony a7IV, along with an RX Cyber-shot type camera above but we probably won’t know for sure for a few more weeks. Sony […]

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5 Year Old Sony Leaf Shutter Patent Nothing New

There has been some noise about a very old leaf shutter patent that Sony filed in 2015. While a mirrorless leaf shutter medium format cameras at an affordable price is extremely desirable to fans of leaf shutters it is unlikely we will see anything soon. Leaf shutters are great if you want to be able […]

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Sony Polarization Image Sensor Technology

Sony released information about its Polarization Image Sensor Technology as part of its Sony Technology Day Report. While this isn’t a photography camera sensor many technologies like this from smaller sensors like camera phones make it to Sony photography sensors at some point so we might see this technology in the future. Image sensors and […]

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