Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Save Up To $220 With Rokinon And Samyang Instant Rebates

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 30, 2017

Adorama currently has rebates for six Sony E-mount Rokinon lenses available. The Rokinon 8mm and 12mm are particularly good values and a lot of fun for astrophotography.

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Nauticam NA-A9 Housing For Sony a9 Announcement

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 29, 2017

NA-A9 for Sony Alpha 9 Blazing Fast Professional Mirrorless Aimed squarely at professional image makers, the Sony Alpha 9 provides 20 frame per second continuous shooting with full autofocus and UHD 4K Video. The A9 features a new 24 megapixel full frame Stacked CMOS sensor with excellent image quality, even at high ISO, and ultra-fast […]

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DXO: Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS Sharpest Zoom Scored, But 5th Highest DXOMark Score

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 29, 2017

The Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS is an impressive performer and I can’t wait to see more real world results, but until then we will have to rely on sources like DXO that have scored the lens very high in sharpness, but not overall. The shortcomings DXO list is some vignetting wide-open. Telephoto zoom lenses like this tend to […]

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7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 M-Mount on Sony FE Cameras

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 29, 2017

The 7Artisans lenses from China that launched recently have been pretty well received for their price and they seem to be an acceptable option for photographers looking to round out their bag. These lenses are far from perfect, but it’s easy to look past their flaws for the price. The 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 has a lot of […]

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Sony E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS Firmware Update

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 28, 2017

You can download firmware 04 for the Sony E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS here This utility updates the SELP18105G lens system software to version 04 to provide improvements to the focus tracking accuracy and stability.

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Sony α7S II: First Commercial Camera Mounted Outside International Space Station Shoots Astonishing 4K Videos From Outer Space

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 27, 2017

Tokyo, Japan – Sony today released a variety of immersive 4K (QFHD 3840×2160) footage from outer space recorded by the acclaimed α7S II full-frame mirrorless camera. This is the world’s first*1 commercial camera to be mounted outside of the International Space Station (ISS) used to capture video in 4K. The videos showcase the Japanese islands from […]

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