The Loxia lens series is designed for full-frame and APS-C Sony E-mount cameras and provides a fully mechanical operation that benefits both still photographers and filmmakers. Offering long focus throws and the ability to de-click the aperture, filmmakers especially can benefit from these compact optics. The 21mm, 35mm, and 50mm lenses included here offer a […]
Sigma introduced two ART lens kits that include the MC-11 adapter for Sony cameras. Kind of an interesting approach in comparison to making a native ART lens. I am curious if others will emulate the practice. From what I understand Sigma’s MC-11 adapter has a custom firmware for each of the supported lenses, that temporarily takes the […]
Grand Prize – interchangeable lens type digital single-lens camera “α7R II” (ILCE-7RM2) “Α7R II” is the world’s first ※ 1 35mm full-size back-illuminated Exmor R® (Aix More Earl) equipped with a CMOS image sensor. The back-illuminated structure, while achieving the α series best effective about 42.4 million pixel resolution, combines the high sensitivity and low noise performance and […]
DXO just released their Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 test results and it looks like a good balance between price/performance for portraiture. This isn’t the sharpest lens you can put on a Sony A7, but it’s close enough for 99% of shooting. The design of the Batis lenses have interested me since their announcement and I hope to pick […]
“2016 sees Sony celebrating its 70th birthday. We wanted to celebrate by doing something truly special. Armed with a7 series cameras, we enlisted the help of seven photographers and Instagrammers – otherwise known as the ASe7ens – to join us on a trip to Japan. Here we spent seven days exploring seven different themes that […]
There are a lot of options for adapting lenses to the Sony E mount, but the most trusted and well known is metabones. While doing research into their adapters found an excellent resource compiled by Brian Smith with the help of B&H Photo that is incredibly thorough and even includes generic alternatives. Brian has compiled a list of almost […]