Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Fotodiox Fusion Smart AF Adapter For Nikon Lenses

If you have any Nikkor glass laying around the new Fotodiox Fusion Smart AF adapter will let you use Nikon AF-I/AF-S lens on your Sony E-mount mirrorless camera with full autofocus, aperture control, image stabilization, and EXIF data. It is now shipping from B&H Photo. Warning there are some reports of this adapter killing cameras 1, […]

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TheCameraStoreTV: JPEG Shootout Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji, iPhone, Pentax, Olympus, Panasonic

Surprising results from the Camera Store TV JPEG shoot out between Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji, iPhone, Pentax, Olympus, and Panasonic. Let the debate begin.

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Save $1,300 on The Handevision 40mm f/0.85

There aren’t many f/0.85 lenses around, but the Handevision 40mm f/0.85 is currently discounted from $1,899 to $599. It’s not a very sharp lens from the few samples I have found, but if you like shooting in low light this lens might be for you at B&H Photo.

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RAW For Impatient Sony a99II Lightroom Users

If you absolutely must open your Sony a99 Mark II files in Lightroom today then you can use exiftool to trick Lightroom into thinking your camera is a Sony a7RII with the below command. exiftool -SonyModelID=”ILCE-7RM2″ *.arw I am not going to link you to the tool, because it is a command line tool and could be […]

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DPReview Does a RX100 Roundup

image courtesy of DPReview DPReview did a roundup post of the 5 RX100 models to choose from at the moment. I have always preferred the original RX100 because I like the look of it’s original CMOS over the BSI-CMOS that followed in addition to the 28-100mm F1.8-4.9 lens that I find more useful than the newer 24-70mm F1.8-2.8. The […]

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Photo Gear News: Samyang at Photokina

Photogearnews interviewed Samyang at Photokina and disclosed some details about future products. Samyang will have one or two wide angle auto focus lenses coming next year in addition to the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 FE and Rokinon AF 50mm f/1.4 FE. They also have a usb docking station (lens station) for updating and tuning lenses that’s […]

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