Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

TECHART PRO Rolling Review

Last weekend, I was invited to shoot another burlesque show organized by Cupcake Burlesque, and it was a good test of what the TECHART Pro adapter can do. The adapter is surprisingly fast when autofocusing M glass like my 50mm Sumilux in low light and super sharp. The one issue I experienced was my camera […]

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Cactus V6 II & IIS

Cactus released two new wireless HSS flash transceivers. The Cactus V6 IIS is built specifically for Sony cameras and provides cross system flash compatibility with HSS speeds up to 1/8000. The wireless flash is designed for the proprietary Sony Alpha hot shoe, but there will be an adapter available to support the standard Sony hot shoe on […]

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Kenko Mount Adapters coming June 25th

Kenko Co., Ltd., to add it possible to mount the Old lens to the latest mirror-less camera to the lineup of “Kenko mount adapter”, for Contax / Yashica mount lens and the Canon FD mount lens, 2016 we started from the sale June 25. via Kenko

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Sony Announced Delays/Shortages Due to The Earthquake

Sony announced potential shortages/delays today, of specific camera bodies, due to the impacted of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. The following camera models were mentioned. Sony α7 Sony α7R Sony α7S Sony α5100 Sony α77 II Sony α99

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Apple Digital Camera RAW Update 6.20 Now Available

Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 6.20 This update adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to OS X El Capitan: • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 III Via Apple

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DPReview Explains Metabones New Firmware

Dpreview: “We’ve tried out the new firmware on a Smart Adapter IV paired with a few lenses (Canon 35mm F1.4L II, 70-200 F2.8L II IS, Sigma 24mm, 35mm, and 50mm F1.4 Art) on the Sony a7R II. Phase-detect functionality appears to be limited to a very small central regions, which means lots of hunting if […]

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