Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Kai Reviews The Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 4, 2017

If you’re a wide angle fan the Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G is a great option and it’s almost half the weight of the competing Canon/Nikon lenses. Kai seems to really enjoy the 12-24mm, but he is having trouble with his Sony a9 over heating, which is unfortunate. The low distortion of the 12-24mm makes […]

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Kamlan/SainSonic 50mm f/1.1 For E-mount

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 4, 2017

The Kamlan/SainSonic 50mm f/1.1 is an inexpensive APS-C Chinese lens for E-mount cameras that is now available. It is also available for Canon EOS-M mount and will be coming to Fuji-X mount soon. Additional information below:

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PackRAW

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 4, 2017

The Sony a9 fills SD cards unbelievably fast and if you are running low on storage PackRAW might be a good way to reduce your storage needs. Storage has become unbelievably affordable in recent years, but the ability to fill several gigs of SD cards in one shoot has become a reality if you regularly over […]

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FIRST LOK: Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM and Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 3, 2017

Lok goes hands-on with the new Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM and Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G and shows off their extreme close-up capabilities in addition to vlogs with them. These aren’t really great lenses for Lok, but you can see how they compare size wise and surprisingly they aren’t much heavier than the f/4 variety. […]

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Sony a9: Sony SF-G Series vs Lexar 2000x

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 3, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MNcnni7om0 If you’re using a Sony a9 it’s crucial that you get the fastest memory cards available, but you can save a little money with the Lexar 2000X series of UHS-II cards. The almost imperceivable difference between the Sony SF-G and Lexar 2000X cards in the Sony a9 is quite impressive. It’s unfortunate that Micro […]

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Samyang AF 35mm f/2.8 FE Roundup

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 2, 2017

The Samyang AF 35mm f/2.8 FE is a great value receiving an almost perfect score from reviewers. It also seems to be particularly good for video too. It’s great that Sony now has several tiers of lenses available for every photographer, but lenses like these might help bring down the price of some of the […]

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