Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Sony a9 Firmware Version 5.0 Released

Sony a9 Gains Powerful New Autofocus Capabilities and More Through Software Version 5.0 Update Sony’s industry-leading a9 camera has received a significant software update that brings AI-driven autofocus capabilities to its award-winning autofocus (AF) system, improves image quality, and introduces a range of customer-requested workflow improvements.

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Sony Savings Sunday: Now With Samyang Savings

B&H Photo is running their trade-in event where you can receive up to a $500 trade-in bonus towards select cameras & lenses. Amazon still has some very good discounts on leather Vi Vante goods. You can find a list of all their products here. Just make sure you click the coupon button when orders to get the […]

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Sony a7SIII Coming This Year Before October Reported on Weibo

A Weibo user that has gotten many leaks right in the past posted the text below a little over a week ago: “[Sony A7S III will be released before October this year] Just got the latest news (higher credibility), the long-awaited Sony A7S III is expected to be released this summer (before October), the camera […]

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IR: Sony CP+ 2019 Interview about AI AF, Computational Photography, APS-C, Canon, and More

IR interviewed Sony at CP+2019 and below are excerpts from the interview: While the overall ICL market was down 8% later year Sony was not Sony does not believe the market will be half in two year they believe it will be 80% of what it is today Sony believes that Full Frame mirrorless will […]

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7Artisans 60mm f/2.8 Macro With Large Extension Tube at CP+ 2019

7Artisans showed their 60mm f/2.8 Macro with a giant extension tube at CP+ this year mounted to a Sony a6000 that does 5:1 magnification. We knew the 7Artisans 60mm f/2.8 Macro was coming, but this is certainly an interesting way to show the lens. Fengniao captured it at CP+ in a video. Be sure to […]

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Sony a6400 Real-Time Tracking vs Canon 6D Mark II Dual Pixel Autofocus

Sony’s new real-time tracking is so sticky compared to other AF on the market at this time that even Canon’s dual pixel AF can’t come close to matching the a6400’s AF performance. It’s interesting that Sony keeps leapfrogging over the competition when it decides to focus on a feature and we can only hope that […]

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