Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5–5.6 GM OSS Firmware Update v02 (Download Here) Improves continuous autofocus (AF-C) performance while zooming in when attached to ILCE-9 *1 *1: Latest system software update required. Sony F2.8 70-200mm Zoom GM Firmware Update v03 (Download Here) Improves continuous autofocus (AF-C) performance while zooming in when attached to ILCE-9 *1 *1: Latest […]
It looks like the SEL50F14Z Planar T * FE 50mm F1.4 ZA has a fogging issue that Sony is going to fix regardless of warranty status. You can see the translated release below. Translated Release: Thank you for your interest in Sony products for a long time. We found that in the SEL50F14Z Planar T […]
Recently Sony has been releasing some great glass and the Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM is no exception. GM lenses have been almost universally praised except for maybe the 70-200GM and nothing from Canon or Nikon is coming close to Sony’s best modern glass. Working photographers know that glass is king and it’s why so many love Leica lenses, but even Sony’s low end 16-35mm Vario-Tessar T FE […]
A surprising deal on the on the Sony 50mm f/2.8 1:1 Macro at Amazon. If you don’t currently own a Macro lens for E-mount this one is worth picking up. This is my third 50mm E-mount lens and I rarely do Macro work, but I greatly prefer 1:1 Macro lenses over 1:2 lenses. Grab one before […]
image courtesy of Lensrentals Sony’s lineup of wide angle lenses expanded rapidly this year and according to Lensrentals the new Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM is the best of them all by far. I hope I have the opportunity to try one soon, but you really can’t go wrong with any of Sony’s wide lenses. […]
The Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS is an impressive performer and I can’t wait to see more real world results, but until then we will have to rely on sources like DXO that have scored the lens very high in sharpness, but not overall. The shortcomings DXO list is some vignetting wide-open. Telephoto zoom lenses like this tend to […]