Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Sony Savings Sunday

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 18, 2017

Sony a7 Bodies Sony a7rII (Save $300): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama Sony a7sII (Save $200): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama Sony a7II (Save $150): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama Sony a7 (Save $150): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama Sony Alpha a6500 Deals With 16-70mm With 16-50mm and 55-210mm Sony Alpha a6500 Deals With 16-70mm With 16-50mm and 55-210mm Sony Alpha a6300 Deals Sony Alpha a6300 With 16-50mm With 16-70mm With 16-50mm and 55-210mm Sony Alpha a6000 Deals Sony Alpha a6000 […]

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Sony a9: With Canon and Sigma Glass

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 17, 2017

For those looking for a larger lens selection at the long end at least the Sony a9 handles Canon glass fairly well using single point AF. Almost all reports seem to agree that the Sigma MC-11 is the most capable AF adapter for use on the Sony a9 at this time, but the Metabones could […]

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DXO: Sony a9 Sensor Review: Game changer?

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 16, 2017

It looks like DPReview’s hit piece on the a9 has now been disproved by a second testing site DXO and it validates Photonstophotos results, which further proves what a great resource they are for early in-depth measurements. The Sony a9 is a very unique camera in my experience and there really is nothing like it […]

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Samyang 35mm f2.8 AF

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 15, 2017

Samyang is launching another AF lens to be sold under the Rokinon name in America as the Rokinon AF 35mm f/2.8 FE with the catch phrase tiny but mighty. Early image samples are impressive. You can find some on their website here in addition to the video above, which compares the lens with the more expensive Sony Zeiss […]

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Apertus AXIOM Beta Interview by Cinema5D

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 14, 2017

Cinima5D recorded a lengthy interview with AXIOM project leader Sebastian Pichelhofer. AXIOM is an open source camera project that lets you assemble your own camera. You can build an APS-C, 2/3, and 4/3 camera from their kit, but they are only beginning to deliver some of the promised stuff from their crowdfunding now, so it might take a […]

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DPReview: Sony a9 Takes Home The GOLD and More Thoughts on The a9

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 14, 2017

The Sony a9 took home a gold award just like the GFX, even though DPReview had a critical opinion piece about the camera that stirred up a lot of controversies, which was also similar to the GFX. DPReview is developing a bit of a pattern here. There is also no mention of the overheating issues, which […]

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