Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

First Sony a9 Cameras Arrive, Buffer Issues, and More NAB Coverage

It looks like some Sony Photographers are receiving Sony a9 cameras from Sony already along with the new Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS. They even have retail packaging in the video above, but it is not in English and translation isn’t available at the moment. The brief tracking experiment they do is pretty impressive and […]

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Sony Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8 APO Update

The Sony Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8 is a good performing lense, but it probably should be a little faster for the price point. Dustin Abbott’s latest videos give a pretty indepth look at the new Batis and the Photography Blog gave the new Batis a 4.5 over all, with a 5.0 for image quality. imaging-resource – review/samples photographyblog – […]

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Sony Savings Expanded

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 a6300 Deals Sony Alpha a6300 With 16-50mm With 16-70mm With 16-50mm and 55-210mm Sony Alpha a6000 Deals Sony Alpha a6000 With 16-50mm With 16-50mm and 55-210mm Sony Alpha a5100 Deals With 16-50mm […]

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Photons to Photos Estimates Sony a9 Dynamic Range Compared to Nikon D5 and Canon 1DX Mark II, Plus Daily a9 Coverage

Photons to Photos has quickly become the go-to place for technical camera information first since first being featured on FujiAddict. Their estimated dynamic range of the Sony a9 puts it in a neck and neck battle with the Nikon D5 and Canon 1DX Mark II. I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if their estimates are […]

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Sony a99II Reviews and Sony 135mm f1.8 Discontinued?

Lots of Canon/Nikon photographers are taking a second look at Sony cameras after the announcement of the Sony a9 and now there might be one more additional detail to take into consideration. A user on the DPReview forums has reported that the Sony Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8 ZA is being discontinued. Currently, this lens is in […]

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Sony a9 Kai, RAW and More

Most of the really big Sony a9 details dropped yesterday, but The Last Word pointing out how the a9 drops to 12-bit in continuous mode and Gordon Laing’s hour long video review were probably the biggest. I’m curious if the drop to 12-bit is only at the most extreme settings, but I guess we will […]

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