Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

New Fotodiox PRONTO Leica M AF Adapter in Stock at Amazon

Fotodiox now has a Leica M AF adapter that is very much like the Techart Pro, which I reviewed here. These are great adapters and M lenses are significantly more compact than FE lenses while being as sharp or sharper. You can get a Fotodiox PRONTO AF adapter of your own at Amazon now. Features: Add […]

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VROX VR Robot System

The VROX 360 Robot was built to allow for high-quality remote VR capture anywhere in the world. It has 24 LEDs on it to provide lighting in any environment with an array of 15mm Voigtlander lenses mounted on Sony UMC-S3C cameras (Which are like the Sony a7S). Unfortunately, this robot can only be rented at this […]

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Lensbaby Composer Pro II With Sweet 80 Optic Lens Announced Today

Lensbaby Composer Pro II With Sweet 80 Optic Lens for E mount and A mount was announced today. You can see some samples here and you can pre-order E-mount here and A-mount here.  More details can be found below.

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Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 ASPH Announced

Press Release A compact size yet full size 40 mm lens realizes the world’s first * large aperture. Two double-sided aspherical lenses are adopted as an optical system optimized for the image sensor of mirrorless camera made by Sony. It has a performance that you can use with confidence from opening the aperture, you can […]

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Sony a9: For Sports

The Sony a9 is maturing nicely with 3rd parties and Sony stepping up to ensure action photographers are covered. The Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5–5.6 GM OSS is the gold standard for photographers looking for tracking speed but adapted Sigma and Canon glass both perform very well today. Sigma has a slight advantage because the Sony a9 sees the lens […]

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DPReview: Inside Sony Kumamoto Summary

Image courtesy of DPReview A few organizations were invited to Sony’s Kumamoto factory for a tour and interview after it was back up and running and Image Resource was the first to publish their articles, which you can read here and here. Now DPReview has published their account and while similar it is worth covering for […]

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