Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Sony a6300 Overheating Solved

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 7, 2016

There are now two reports that firmware 1.10 has addressed the Sony a6300‘s overheating issue. So shooting 4k for up to 30 minutes should be problem free under normal conditions.  

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Sony a6300 Firmware Update to Address Temperature Issues

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 5, 2016

Sony isn’t making any extraordinary claims of entirely fixing the a6300’s overheating issues, but it might make the camera work better under normal shooting conditions. We will have to wait and see. You can download the update here.

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Video Bitrate Explained

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 5, 2016

Many photographers are venturing into videography, but don’t fully understand how/why bitrate relates to video quality. This is a strait forward introductory video I found to help explain how video compression works from 200KB through 32,000KB a second while touching on inter frame compression. Some modern cameras can record well above these rates, but internet transmission will remain […]

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Kipon Medium Format Lens Adapter for Sony E-mount

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 3, 2016

Kipon Baveyes announced the world’s first lens adapter for using Hasselblad V mount glass on your Sony E mount camera. The Baveyes HB-Sony E 0.7x should be available on Amazon soon.

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Voigtländer Heliar Ultra Wide-Angle 12mm F5.6 III FE Coming September 7

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 3, 2016

It’s good to see that Voigtländer making more mechanical lenses with chips in them for Sony FE mount. I wonder if this one will make similar claims of optical optimization in the marketing materials to the 10mm. The Voigtländer Heliar Ultra Wide-Angle 12mm F5.6 III FE will be released on September 7th. “The main features of […]

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Rokinon/Samyang 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS Discounted

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 2, 2016

The Rokinon/Samyang 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS B&H Photo’s deal zone deal of the day. I almost purchased this lens for astrophotography when looking for a good lens to shoot the sky with, but instead went for the Samyang 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye II lens.

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