Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Sony Fiscal Year FY2016/3 Financial Report

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 3, 2017

Sales decreased and currency exchange rates negatively impacted earnings. Beyond that Sony continues to cut costs and improve their product mix. Via Sony

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Tokina FíRIN 20mm F2 FE MF Shipping and Review

By Louis Ferreira | Published: February 1, 2017

image courtesy of DC.Watch The Tokina FíRIN 20mm F2 FE MF is now shipping from Adorama and DC.Watch did a pretty thorough review of the lens saying that it has “Almost no extra wide-angle lens distortion with high depiction power up to the periphery of the screen.” The translated review isn’t very hard to read thankfully […]

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Sony a99II vs Nikon D5 and Sony a7R II

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 30, 2017

The Sony a99 Mark II caught a lot of flack when it was announced, but photographers are loving it and the cheapish high quality lens selection that’s available for it. Lenses like the Minolta 80-200mm (I have seen these listed as low as $450) can go head to head with significantly more expensive lenses like the Sony SAL70200G2 70-200mm […]

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Sony Deals Sunday

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 29, 2017

Sony Bodies Sony a7rII (Save $300): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama (+$200 GiftCard) Sony a7sII (Save $300): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama (+$200 GiftCard) Sony a7II (Save $200): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama Sony a7 (Save $200): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama FE-mount lenses: Sony 28mm FE (Save $25): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama (+$25 GiftCard) Sony Zeiss Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 (Save $100): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama (+$50 GiftCard) Sony Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 (Save $100): B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama (+$50 […]

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New Xenon FF-Prime Cine-Tilt Lenses from Schneider-Kreuznach

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 28, 2017

New Xenon FF-Prime Cine-Tilt Lenses from Schneider-Kreuznach World’s first Full Frame Cine Primes to offer dynamic Tilt functionality To enhance today’s dynamic cinematography, Schneider-Kreuznach introduces Xenon FF-Prime Cine-Tilt lenses. This groundbreaking new version combines similar form-factor and capabilities of the company’s popular Full-Frame Primes with added tilt function up to ±4°. By sustaining the field […]

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The Sony a99II and Sony RX100V vs Panasonic LX10/15

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 27, 2017

Kai seems to really love the Sony a99II for shooting action. Saying “This is immense…This is insane… There is virtually no viewfinder black out… (laughter)…”, but he isn’t overly impressed with low light or video performance. The Sony a99II is great DSLR for photographers, but videographers might want to get a a7RII instead. Sony a99 […]

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