Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

New Meike Lenses Coming Soon

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 5, 2018

Meike will release 3 new lenses soon according to their website for APS-C. Meike 50mm f/1.7 Meike 25mm f/2 Meike Cine 25mm t2.2 These lenses will all likely be manual focus and reasonably priced. Look for them on Amazon soon. via Meike

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Sony Savings Sunday Returns

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 4, 2018

Sony brought back their savings and trade-in/trade-up program after a short downtime. Surprisingly they decided to include the new Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G, which is an excellent lens for fans of wide-angle photography. As of right now B&H Photo has the best savings, but be sure to check all the links as B&H Photo and […]

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Sony a9 and Sony a7RIII Performance Shooting an NFL Game

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 4, 2018

Two Twenty Studios sent me the above video showing how the Sony a9 with FE 100-400mm and Sony a7RIII with FE 70-200mm performed shooting an NFL game and it’s a good look at the kind of performance you can expect from the combo. I am loving the Sony a7RIII AF-C performance and it’s more than […]

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Meike Pro Battery Grip With Built-in 2.4GHz Remote Controller and Intervalometer Back in Stock and First Look

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 3, 2018

The first time the Meike Pro Battery Grip for Sony a9 and Sony a7RIII was in stock it sold out very quickly from Amazon. Now that a few photographers are getting the grip in hand we are getting some feedback on the quality of this unit. Michael Schmidt seems impressed with the quality of the grip but […]

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Sony Q3 FY2017 Report: Confirms Sony Image Sensor Business Slowdown

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 2, 2018

Sony released their 2017 Q3 results today and they verify what we reported a few days ago, the Sony image sensor business will experiance a due to iPhone. The annalist was spot on, but it wasn’t a difficult prediction to make with all of the reports about iPhone X sales slowing. The overall forecast for the imaging […]

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Kaz Hirai Steps Down as CEO of Sony, Kenichiro Yoshida Named as Replacement

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 2, 2018

Sony Announces New Management Structure Kenichiro Yoshida named as President and CEO effective April 1, 2018; Kazuo Hirai to become Chairman Tokyo, February 2, 2018 — Sony Corporation (“Sony”) today announced that Kenichiro Yoshida, currently Director, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed as Director, Representative Corporate Executive […]

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