Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

New Meike AF 55mm f/1.8 Pro Coming Soon

Meike has a new autofocus lens the Meike AF 55mm f/1.8 Pro it is expected to be announced on October 17th for Sony E, Nikon Z, and Leica L mount. Meike lenses are also sold at Amazon and B&H Photo. Weight: 365g Minimum focusing distance: 0.55m Filter size: 58mm New Pro line of lenses

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Amazon Prime Big Deal Days

Amazon is having another Prime Day October 8-9th. You can find some of the best deals for photographers below: Various Sony Bodies SMALLRIG NP-FZ100 Battery 2400mAh 20% Off SmallRig NP-FZ100 Camera Battery Charger Set 20% Off SMALLRIG NP-FW50 Battery 1030mAh 20% Off VILTROX 20mm F2.8 FE 15% Off VILTROX 85mm F1.8 Mark II STM 20% Off […]

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Viltrox 27mm f/1.2 Firmware 1.1.8 and Viltrox AF 75mm f/1.2 Pro Firmware 1.0.6 Released

VILTROX 27mm f/1.2: B&H Photo / Amazon Viltrox 75mm f/1.2: B&H Photo / Adorama Viltrox’s firmware site remains a mess, but here are two new firmware updates for two of the best lenses Viltrox makes. VILTROX 27mm f/1.2 firmware v1.1.8 Main updates: Download Here 1. Fixed the abnormal problem of firmware V1.1.7. Viltrox 75mm f/1.2 v1.0.6 Main Updates: Download Here 1. […]

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PP: Sony a7RV, Canon R5 Mark II, and Nikon Z8 Compared

Sony a7RV:B&H Photo / Amazon / Moment / Adorama Canon EOS R5 Mark II: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Nikon Z8: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Petapixel published a video comparing the Sony a7RV, Canon R5 Mark II, and Nikon Z8 that you can watch above or check out a summary of it below: Sony a7RV $3,900, Nikon Z8 $4,000, Canon EOS R5 Mark II $4,300 Handling 1st Canon […]

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OL: Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG DN ART Review – Good Value

Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG DN Art: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Optical Limits posted its full Sigma 24mm F1.4 DG DN ART review which you can read in full here or check out the excerpt below: ..The center performance is generally excellent, but the borders/corners leave a bit to be desired at f/1.4 – and being advertised as a […]

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DIY: Sitina 1 Open Source Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera

Zhang created an open-source full-frame E-mount mirrorless camera that you can recreate yourself using the resources found here on github. The project started as a digital back for film cameras and grew from there. The camera is built around an AMD-Xilinx Zynq 7010 system-on-chip combined with a pair of Arm Cortex-A9 CPU cores running at […]

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