Category Archives: Sony a7R II

Lok Films the Disassembly of a Sony a7RII

Lok filmed some of the more interesting stuff at CES this year including this teardown of a Sony a7RII. I am very surprised by how much Sony allows the sensor to move around inside the body for internal 5-axis stabilization. It makes me question how their system affects image quality when in motion. Sony a7RII B&H […]

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Philip Bloom Video Auto-Focus Mega Test Part 2

This is part 2 of Philip Bloom’s  big video auto focus shoot out between 10 cameras. In Part one Bloom started off with some pretty typical tests, before trying an impossible test and giving up. The Sony’s all do very well, but so do the dual pixel focus Canon’s. Part 2 is a little more realistic […]

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The Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS Has Disappointing Initial Test Results

image courtesy of Lensrentals Lensrentals released their test results for the Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS and they are surprisingly disappointing. Up until now I have heard very good things about this lens, but Lensrentals testing is very reputable and they seemed shocked by the results too. “If you view the charts at 100%, you’ll […]

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New Review Round-Up

Lots of big reviews were published right before the beginning to the new year. Most by switchers, but a few were from new Sony a99 Mark II users. Image-Resource and The Photoblographer published their completed Sony a99 Mark II reviews just before the end of the new year. Sony a99 Mark II B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama Sony a7RII B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama

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Sony 90mm F2.8 Macro G Review Round-Up

Jason Lanier’s gear I use #7 covers the Sony 90mm F2.8 Macro G on the Sony a7RII, which is a great lens by almost all accounts for macro work, but people have a variety of opinions about this lens for portraiture. I wish he would have also demoed this lens on the Sony a6300 for good measure, […]

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Philip Bloom Video Auto-Focus Mega Test Part 1

Philip Bloom started a pretty big video auto focus shoot out between 10 cameras. In Part one Bloom starts off with some pretty typical tests, before trying an impossible test and giving up. The Sony’s all do very well, but so do the dual pixel focus Canon’s. In this video Philip Bloom tests the Sony a7RII […]

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