Category Archives: Sony lenses

Current List of All Sony FE/E Mount Lenses as of December 18th

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 18, 2016

John sent us an updated his list of the E/FE lens natively available for Sony cameras. You can follow him at John Clark Photography. You can also access this list via Google Docs here now.

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

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 5, 2016

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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Dr. Michael Pollmann From ZEISS About Batis Lenses

By Louis Ferreira | Published: October 25, 2016

Zeiss has an informative interview with Dr. Michale Pollmann about the Sony Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8, 25mm f/2, and 18mm f/2.8. I have selected a few excerpt below, but the entire interview is worth a read. Dr. Pollmann discusses everything from the development of their AF system and OLED display to the difficulties involved in designing the […]

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What Makes a Great Picture With Sony Artisan Ira Block

By Louis Ferreira | Published: October 24, 2016

Ira Block, a National Geographic Photographer and Sony Artisan, provides some food for thought on what makes a picture great. He talks about a lot of Sony gear throughout the lecture, but if you’re curious about Ira’s preferences the Sony 24-70mm f/4 Vario-Tessar T FE OSS is his go too lens that’s always on his camera, but […]

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Sony FE 70-300mm F/4.5 5.6 G OSS DXO Mark Results

By Louis Ferreira | Published: October 2, 2016

DXO published their results for the Sony FE 70-300mm F/4.5 5.6 G OSS and it did well against it’s rivals, but it’s not as sharp as the Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS. “In terms of optical quality alone, the FE 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G OSS is on par with the best of its rivals. It has […]

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Zeiss Loxia 85mm Hands-on/Interview/Full Size Image Samples

By Louis Ferreira | Published: October 1, 2016

The Zeiss Loxia line is for a very particular photographers and it comes across in Cristophe Casenave’s interview with verybiglobo VBL: Loxia is very expensive lens. There are many legacy lenses in this focal length that are well praised by users and much cheaper. One of those coming to my mind is Zeiss Sonnar 90/2.8 in Contax […]

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