The Samyang AF 35mm f/2.8 FE is a great value receiving an almost perfect score from reviewers. It also seems to be particularly good for video too. It’s great that Sony now has several tiers of lenses available for every photographer, but lenses like these might help bring down the price of some of the […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KXz62fS8kE The Sony a9 is amazing at AF and it’s really hard to miss a shot once you adapt to it. Maarten Heilbron is the latest reviewer to get invited to a Sony preview event and he came away impressed. The latest Metabones firmware for the Sony a9 appears to be more accurate to me but looks […]
Fotodiox has announced an interesting new line of lens adapters that make otherwise dumb adapters more functional. In addition to adapting glass, they allow the use of magnetic filters in the adapter and the adjustment of the position of the lens in order to add macro functionality. The use of a magnet to hold a filter […]
Metabones added official Sony a9 support today with Firmware version 0.57 for the EF-E Smart Adapter Mark IV/V and EF-E Speed Booster Ultra. Hopefully, we will see some new reviews soon. This Firmware is For Metabones EF-E Speed Booster ULTRA 0.71x B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Metabones Canon EF/EF-S Lens to Sony E Mount […]
Micheals camera was one of the first to try long focal length fast Canon glass on the Sony a9 and Dan Watson won’t be the last, but there are a lot of varying opinions about how well adapted glass works on the Sony a9. Above Dan Watson says that the Sigma MC-11 and Metabones performed equally […]
The New Samyang 35mm f2.8 AF has an obvious direct competitor, the Sony Zeiss 35mm f2.8. Samyang lenses can be very hit or miss and most reviewers seem to think the new Samyang 35mm f2.8 will be a hit since the major difference is weather resistance and the Zeiss name. photographyblog – 4.5 Stars – “The […]