Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Phottix Ares II and Pixel Pawn TF-365 Wireless Triggers For Sony

Phottix Ares II Transmitter Only – Receiver Sold Seperately The Phottix Ares II Flash Trigger – 16 Channels of Awesomeness Welcome to the family Introducing Phottix’s newest budget-friendly flash trigger system – the Phottix Ares II. The transmitter and receiver system boasts the latest technology and is perfect for manual shooting with studio lights or hot […]

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Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS Tear Down

image courtesy of Lens rentals One of lens rental’s customers dropped a  Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS jamming the focus system, so they decided to do a tear down to fix the problem. The tear down took 6 hours to complete. The read is lengthy and is two parts long. Part one goes rear half […]

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Sony a7RII Compares Well to Fujifilm GFX 50S and Pentax 645Z

Image Resource updated their Comparometer to include the Fujifilm GFX 50S so I took the time to put together the comparison above to see how these 4 similar megapixel cameras compare at 100 ISO and 12,800 ISO for Fujiaddict. At base ISO they are all very similar, but by 12,800 ISO the Sony a7RII pulls ahead. If […]

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The Sony Excalibur

Bonsai of Rockville, MD created a camera rig for filming 360 6K video that utilizes 4 Sony a7SII cameras with Rokinon 8mm Fisheye lens that fits in-between consumer 360 cameras and $40,000 professional 360 cameras that creates great results. Their rig also corrects some common problems for 360 video footage “For instance, Excalibur comes with a single […]

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DPReview: Sigma CP+ 2017 Interview

DPReview has a brief interview with the CEO of Sigma Kazuto Yamaki that covers a variety of topics including native Sigma E-mount glass and the Sigma MC-11 adapter. Below are some key excerpts. Our plan is to develop full-frame lenses for Sony E mount, and in the future we will have more E mount lenses. But […]

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Prototype Fujinon MK 50-135mm T2.9 at BVE 2017

News Shooter has some close ups of the new Fujinon MK 50-135mm T2.9 prototype on their site in addition to the above video, which clearly shows that the Fujinon MK 50-135mm T2.9 is exactly the same size as a the Fujinon MK 18-55mm T2.9. The Fujinon MK 18-55mm T2.9 will be available in March and the Fujinon MK 50-135mm T2.9 […]

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