Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Mitakon Speedmaster 135mm f/1.4 Lens Available For Sony A-Mount

The Mitakon Speedmaster 135mm f/1.4 lens is a huge lens that was originally released for Sony E-mount, I am curious how they dealt with the flange distance in their design. The price of the lens is ¥330,000 excluding tax (around $2,900). Specs and Samples:

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Sony a7RIII 32,000 ISO Video Full Frame/Crop and a7RIII Settings For Sports

The Sony a7RIII is a very well rounded camera as you can see from the above video test and below sports settings. It should satisfy almost any photographer or videographer. It will be interesting to see what the shortcomings of this camera are if any, beyond Sony menus, once it officially launches, but if it […]

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Samyang AF 35mm f/2.8 FE Firmware 0.2

Samyang/Rokinon AF 35mm f/2.8 FE firmware 0.2 is now available. Software: AF 35mm F2.8 FE Firmware Version 0.2 (Click to download) * The firmware update is for AF 35mm F2.8 FE lens with Firmware Version 0.1. * The firmware update is only for owners of below 6 camera models supporting ‘Fast Hybrid AF’  feature. – α5100, α6000, α6300,α6500, α7RII, α9 Improvement: It fixes an issue where ‘Fast Hybrid […]

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Sony a7RIII Star Eater Free According to First Report

The Sony a7RIII is star eater free! I can’t wait for astrophotography season because I try to shoot every new moon. You can download the RAW files to see for yourself from the post: Very Excited to share this side by side comparison of the A7RIII (full production model) shooting Astrophotography at 3.2″ and 10″ […]

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Imaging Resource: One More Lengthy Sony Interview Recap

Sony continues their lengthy interview tour with Image Resource. You can find the key points below or read the full interview here. Three executives from Sony took part in this interview Hiroyuki Matsushita, Yasuyuki Nagata and Hirokuni Miyai. Sony isn’t willing to say how long they have been working on the Sony a9. All Sony will reveal […]

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Last Chance To Save on Luminar 2018 and Receive The Pre-order Bonuses

Only 48 hours left to take advantage of the Luminar 2018 pre-order pricing and free bonuses deal. Pre-Order Pricing: Current users of Luminar may upgrade at a special pre-order price of $39($49 MSRP) New users can purchase Luminar 2018 at a special pre-order price of $59($69 MSRP) A collection of bonuses will also be included with every purchase. Beta […]

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