Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

CameraLabs: Sony E 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 Review

Cameralabs reviewed the Sony E 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 and seemed fairly impressed with Sony’s new APS-C lens. Maybe Sony will come through with their promises to not abandon APS-C after all. The new 18-135mm is pretty good for a kit lens, but I hope Sony develops a lens like excellent Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS for a future […]

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Sony a7RIII Weather Sealing vs Nikon D850

Image Resource devised a torture test for the Sony a7RIII, Nikon D850, Canon 5D Mark IV and Olympus OM-D EM1 that simulates a moderate downpour and while all the cameras survived the a7RIII didn’t perform optimally. The a7RIII had water in the battery compartment after the rain test and it started randomly firing in the off […]

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Nauticam NA-A7RIII for Sony a7R III

NA-A7RIII for Sony a7R III 42.4MP Full-Frame, 10 fps, 4K with 5-Axis IS in a Mirrorless! The Sony a7R III is the company’s latest high-resolution full-frame mirrorless camera. Following hot on the heels of Nikon’s recent D850 release, Sony’s newest full-frame camera also combines resolution with high speed shooting and fast autofocus capabilities to a degree we’ve not […]

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Sony a7RIII Sigma MC-11 + Sigma ART Performance and Video Performance Roundup

If you took advantage of the Sigma ART sale and own a Sony a7RIII with Sigma MC-11 you are probably pretty happy with your purchases. It looks like the combination works very well together. I don’t personally adapt glass beside Leica M-mount, but I know a lot of photographers do that shoot two systems or […]

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Godox X1T-S Firmware V16 and X1R-S Firmware V05 Now Available

Godox X1T-S Firmware V16 for Sony was released with a few updates included: 1. To make a compensation to the TTL output value at large aperture setting. 2. To add Fn-10 in custom function settings. When setting as 01, the AF-assist function can be used on Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera (some cameras e.g. A9, A7, […]

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Sony a9 Firmware 2.00

Firmware 2.00 for the Sony a9 brings: Enhancements for Continuous AF performance: Enhanced performance of continuous auto focus on moving subjects Enhanced stability of the AF-C when zooming Added functions for professionals engaged in sports/news media: Adds the function to assign Protecting images to custom Key Adds the function to transfer (FTP) protected files at […]

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