Sony Launch Event – Sony a7RIV

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 16, 2019


Sony isn’t allowing the stream to be embedded so if you can watch it you will have to look here. If you’re at work and can’t watch there will be a summary below.

Sony a7RIV: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Medium format like performance
61MP
1 Mount for all
First new sensor since Sony a7RII
Low Noise
15-stops of dynamic range
Resolution to spare
249MP Photo from an almost gigapixel shot with sensor-shift
Lots of talking about cropping to APS-C
567 AF Points
325 AF points for APS-C
10 FPS AF-C and exposure while tracking at 61MP
AI tracking like a9
6k oversample for 4k
Real-time eye AF for video
New mic with a digital signal all the way into the recording stage of the camera for the first time
Dual UHS-II
5.76Milion EVF
New Grip
Coming Sept for $3,500

 

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Sony Announcement Event Coming Tomorrow at 10AM EST

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 15, 2019


Sony is going to have a live announcement event tomorrow at 10am. So far the stream is locked to the alpha universe page, but I will try to find a stream tomorrow. The stream will also be covered fully here if you are unable to watch so stay tuned.

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Prime Day 2019 Has Started: Updated

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 15, 2019


Amazon will have deals throughout the next two days and if you shop through our links it will help support the site. I will update this post through the next two days with any photography deals I come across, but many of the deals are timed exclusives to check back frequently.

Nanuk 920 Waterproof Hard Case with Foam Insert
Pelican Storm iM2750 Case With Padded Divider Set
Pelican Storm iM3075 Case No Foam (Black)
Pelican 1520 Case With Foam
Pelican 1610 Case with Foam

Rokinon 8mm F2.8 UMC Fisheye II (Black)
Rokinon AF 35mm f/1.4 Auto Focus

Almost all adapters on sale
Fotodiox Pro Lens Mount Adapter Compatible to Sony E-Mount Cameras
Fotodiox Pro Fusion Plus Adapter Compatible with Canon EOS Lenses to Select Sony E-Mount Cameras Autofocus Smart Adapter

Storage: Almost all sizes and configs on sale too
Drobo 8D
Drobo B810n: Network Attached Storage (NAS) 8-Drive Hybrid Storage Array – Gigabit Ethernet x 2 ports

WD Blue 3D NAND 4TB Internal PC SSD – SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5″/7mm

PNY CS900 960GB 2.5” Sata III Internal Solid State Drive
HyperX Fury RGB SSD 960GB SATA 3 2.5″ Solid State Drive Black Case with Multi-Color RGB

WD Red 6TB NAS Internal Hard Drive – 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 GB/S, 256MB Cache, 3.5″
Seagate Barracuda Pro Performance Internal Hard Drive SATA HDD 14TB 6GB/s 256MB Cache 3.5-Inch

Samsung Duo Plus 256GB – 300MB/s USB 3.1 Flash Drive
Samsung T5 Portable SSD – 1TB – USB 3.1 External SSD
Lexar Professional SL100 Pro Portable Solid-State Drive 1TB
G-Technology 1TB G-DRIVE mobile SSD Durable Portable External Storage – USB-C

PNY P-SDX128U395-GE Elite Performance 128 GB High Speed SDXC Class 10 UHS-I, U3 Up to 95 MB/Sec
Lexar Professional 633x 128GB SDXC UHS-I
Lexar Professional 633x 1TB SDXC UHS-I/U3 Card
Lexar Professional 2000x 64GB SDHC UHS-II – SAVE ALMOST 50%
Lexar Professional 1000x 128GB SDXC UHS-II – SAVE OVER 50%

Note: The savings are not always shown until check out, but you should see the following in the text if you look closely


This is from the above Lexar 2000x savings

 

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Outstanding Sony Saving Are Here: Sony a7RIII Only $2,498 and a7II for $898

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 14, 2019


B&H Photo and Adorama have some big savings on Sony equipment.

Sony a9 (Save $1,000):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a7RIII (Save $500):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a7II (Save $500):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a7sII (Save $400):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a7rII (Save $300):
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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Viltrox EF-NEX IV Firmware 1.9 Update Released

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 13, 2019


Firmware 1.9 for the Viltrox EF-NEX smart adapter was released the other day. It adds supports for the following lenses.

EF-NEX-IV_version-1.9：
Fixed compatibility of multiple Third-party  lenses

Increased compatible lens:
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 Di VC USD
Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 USD
YongNuo EF 50mm f/1.4 ii
Tamron EF 28-105mm f/2.8
SIGMA  35mm f/1.4  DC
SIGMA  17-70mm f/2.8  DC
SIGMA  50mm f/1.4  DG
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM
SIGMA  70-200mm f/2.8 APO DG HSM
YongNuo EF 14mm f/2.8
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS  USM
YongNuo EF 50mm f/1.4 ii 
SIGMA  85mm f/1.4  DG
Canon EF 35 F2
Tamron EF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di OSD
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM

EF-NEX-IV Test-v041：
Test version reform CDAF mode, The CDAF now simulates the hybrid focus of the original lens, improving focus performance.

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Viltrox EF-NEX: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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Sony Registers New Camera WW642826

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 12, 2019


Sony now has 4 cameras registered and ready to launch. We should see something soon and hopefully one of the unannounced cameras will be the Sony a7SIII.

Sony’s WW642826 has been registered as an overseas certification body. Wi-Fi 2.4GHz and Bluetooth. Sony’s unreleased models are the fourth models registered in this.

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