Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

TCSTV: Sony DSC-R1 Unsung Cameras of Yesteryear

The Camera Store TV published a throwback episode of one of the first mirrorless cameras the Sony DSC-R1. This was a pretty exceptional camera, featuring an APS-C sensor and waste level style viewfinder LCD that many would love to have today. They are actually still available today used on Amazon for a very reasonable price if you […]

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Capture One 10.2.1 Adds RAW Support For Sony a7RIII, RX10 IV, and RX0

Capture One is moving quickly to add support for the latest and greatest Sony cameras since the latest Adobe debacle, which should be attractive to Sony shooters. You can download the latest copy here. New Cameras Sony a7RIII RX10 IV RX0 New Lens Profiles Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM) Download Here

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Luminar 2018 Takes on Adobe Lightroom

Press Release New Luminar 2018 delivers a breakthrough photo editing experience for photographers on Mac & Windows with new filters, tools, non-destructive editing, major speed boosts, and a digital asset management platform that will arrive in 2018. San Diego, CA – November 1, 2017 — Macphun (Skylum), the California-based software developer today announced Luminar 2018. […]

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DPReview: Sony a7RIII vs Nikon D850 Dynamic Range Comparison

Pixel Dynamic Range 8MP ‘Print’ Dynamic Range Nikon D850 (ISO 64) 13.78 15.03 Sony a7R III 13.63 14.84 Nikon D850 (ISO 100) 13.27 14.53 Sony a7R II 13.21 14.41 DPReview produced some of their own dynamic range results showing that the Sony a7RIII has a half stop dynamic range improvement over the a7RII. It seems […]

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Sony Fiscal Year 2017 Q2: Imaging Division Healthy and Profitable

Second quarter sales increased 16% year-on-year and operating income increased 4 billion yen to 18.9 billion yen. The increase in sales and operating income was primarily due to the impact of foreign exchange rates and the absence in the current quarter of the impact from the Kumamoto Earthquakes in the same quarter of the previous […]

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Sony a7R III vs D850 With Raw Files and More

Tony & Chelsea Northrup made some RAW files from the Sony a7R III available here and conquer with Photons to Photos findings that the a7RIII doesn’t enjoy a dynamic range advantage over the a7RII. They also did not notice an improvement in image quality, but they performance improvements are substantial. Compared to the D850 there isn’t a […]

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