Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Affordable E-Mount Lenses: Zonlai 22mm F1.8 and Kamlan 50mm/F1.1

Zonlai 22mm F1.8 Large Aperture Ultra Wide Angle Lens for Sony E-mount APS-C: Amazon Zonlai 22mm F1.8 for APS-C Mirrorless Camera Focal Length: 22mm Aperture: F1.8~F16, 10-Blade Aperture, Click-step Aperture Ring Filter Diameter: 46mm Minimum Object Distance: 0.15m Focus Mode: Manual Lens Structure: 7 Groups 8 Elements Weight: 224g/7.92oz Size: 45*55mm Compatibility: Sony-E, Fuji-X, M4/3, […]

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Sony a7III: New Low Light King, Nothing Comes Close, GH5 Compared, and More

The Sony a7III continues to get the typical praise of magically good low light performance, while still continuing to have menu issues. I’m curious how good exactly low light performance needs to get, because I was very happy with the last generation of cameras performance, from APS-C on up, but Sony continues to push the […]

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Iridient Developer 3.2.2: Sony a7III/RX0 Support, Better Pixel Shift, and Faster ARW

Iridient Developer 3.2.2 now supports the Sony a7III and RX0 Sony pixel shift support is also improved and there is faster ARW processing now too. New Features: Support added for RAW images from the Canon Rebel T7 (2000D/Kiss X90) and 4000D (Rebel T100/3000D). Support added for RAW images from the Sony ILCE-7M3 (A7 III) and DSC-RX0 […]

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Sigma Kazuto Yamaki Interview: Native vs Translator, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 ART, Faster Than 2.8 Zooms, And More

Kazuto Yamaki, CEO of Sigma, pictured at the 2018 CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan. - DPReview

DPReview Interviewed Mr. Yamaki CEO of Sigma at CP+ 2018 and I have summarized the key points below. The MC-11 is a translator so it’s like translating Japanese to English things are lost Sigma’s new lenses speak English so they communicate better Might release a new USB dock for Sony lenses in the future Wide zooms can […]

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Tamron 28-75mm Di III RXD FE vs Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM

image courtesy of Photosku Photosku published the specs of the Tamron 28-75mm Di III RXD FE compared to the Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM, which Tamron says it’s designed to compete against. For the first time in a long time, I am very interested in picking up a Tamron lens, but it will have to live up to the […]

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Sony Sunday Savings

B&H Photo has 94 lenses on sale for Sony E-Mount right now Sony a7 Bodies Sony a7rII (Save $500): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama Sony a7sII (Save $300): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama Sony a7 (Save $200): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama Trade-in/Trade-up savings Sony 300MB/s UHS-II Cards Discounted FE Lenses Sony FE 28mm f/2 (Save $25): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA (Save $100): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama Sony Sonnar […]

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