Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Sony Alpha & Minolta Camera History

By Louis Ferreira | Published: March 23, 2017

Tony & Chelsea Northrup created another excellent camera history video. Their Fujifilm history was spot on and in some ways the Sony/Minolata story is even better.

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Metabones PL to Sony E-mount T CINE Speed Booster ULTRA 0.71x

By Louis Ferreira | Published: March 22, 2017

Speed Booster ULTRA  for E-Mount and X-mount cameras Sharper corners, less distortion, reduced vignetting New optical design:  advanced 5-element/4-group optical design incorporating ultra-high index tantalum-based optical glass to achieve extraordinary optical performance with improved corner sharpness, distortion and reduced vignetting. Like the revolutionary original Metabones Speed Booster announced in January 2013, the Speed Booster ULTRA has […]

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TheCameraStoreTV: Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 Thailand

By Louis Ferreira | Published: March 21, 2017

Sony invited all the celebrity photography bloggers to Thailand for a tour of the alpha factory and to demo the new Sony FE 85mm f/1.8, which is an amazing value. Hopefully they were also shown the a7III while there. Normally Sony plans these trips before product launches, not after. Chris jokes about the rumored a9, but not […]

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Sigma MC-11 EF-E Adapter Firmware Update

By Louis Ferreira | Published: March 21, 2017

Press Release: We would like to announce the firmware update for the SIGMA MOUNT CONVERTER MC-11 EF-E. This firmware update allows it to be compatible with the SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art (Release: April), SIGMA 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary (TBD), Cine Lens 50mm T1.5 FF EF mount from FF High […]

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Irix ILA-FE2EF Canon AF Adapter For Sony E-Mount

By Louis Ferreira | Published: March 20, 2017

ePhotozine spotted the Irix ILA-FE2EF at The Photography Show in Birmingham. The ILA-FE2EF is designed to let you used Canon EF mount lens on E-mount, but no pricing data is available yet and it is coming soon. via ePhotozine  

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TheCameraStoreTV: Facebook Live Sony Portrait Lenses Thailand

By Louis Ferreira | Published: March 19, 2017

The Camera Store TV did a factory tour for the new Sony FE 85mm F1.8 which might sound boring, but they found it very interesting. Sony had people trained to know the feel and sound of the lenses in operation, which they found surprising. They also asked Sony to produce more APS-C lenses in the future. Beyond that […]

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