New J.B. Camera Designs Wood Grip-Base XL For Sony a7III, a7RIII, And a9

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 9, 2018


This is a J.B. personal favorite and a new finish we are debuting! Add the MUCH NEEDED height to the Sony A7III series camera bodies with our new XL grip handcrafted from super strong (and light) White Oak. We carefully perfected our grip design for the A7III, A7RIII, and A9 and made it TALLER to accommodate room for you to finally place your pinky finger and feel confident in your grip!

This new XL grip is made of strong White Oak and then painted with special black paint. We then distress the grip to give each one it’s own unique finish. This grip feels awesome on my A7RIII and I finally feel confident and comfortable holding large pro lenses while shooting.

The total weight of the grip and hardware piece is only 3.0 ounces! The Sony vertical grip makes the system too bulky IMO, but with this XL grip base, it just feels perfect.

Each A7III Series XL grip is uniquely handcrafted and finished in the USA! Coming Soon

via JBDesign

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Cactus RQ250 TTL Wireless Monolight Kickstarter

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 8, 2018

The  Cactus V6 II triggers their new Cactus RQ250 TTL Wireless Monolight on Kickstarter. There are still a lot of early bird specials left for this affordable lighting option and if you already own a Cactus V6 II, you might want to take advantage and pick up a few lights before other Sony sites copy this post later.

Press Release:

Cactus RQ250 is now on Kickstarter

The Cactus RQ250, a palm-sized, 250Ws, Li-ion battery-powered TTL wireless monolight, is now on Kickstarter!
Cactus, the award-winning manufacturer of the world’s first cross-brand wireless trigger, is proud to present its first project on Kickstarter: The RQ250 Li-ion battery-powered TTL wireless monolight.

With the freedom of going wireless using portable flashes, location shooting is much easier than before. “Over the years, Cactus started to think about making a flash with all the essentials of a studio strobe, powerful yet portable enough like a speedlight, a light that can pair up with various kinds of modifiers to shape the light photographers want. A light photographers can use on location, fast and smart,” says Henry Chan, the head of R&D at Cactus.

The Cactus RQ250 is small, versatile, fits all kinds of light modifiers in just a click, and addresses all location shooting needs. Read More »

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7artisans Photoelectric 12mm f/2.8 Lens for Sony E-mount

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 7, 2018


7artisans released their Photoelectric 12mm f/2.8 Lens for Sony E-mount. This lens is a very good value and the samples look pretty good too. You can find the Photoelectric 12mm f/2.8 Lens for Sony E-mount at B&H Photo.

Compatible camera mount: Sony E-mount;  Canon and Fuji cameras
Full frame: No, APS-C
Focus: manual
Focal length: 12mm
Aperture range: F2.8-F16
Angel of View: 102°
Closet Focus Distance: 0.2m
Blades Number: 7 diaphragm blades
Construction: 10 elements in 8 groups
Weight: 295g

Manufacturer’s preferred price ¥ 29,000 (excluding tax)

World’s smallest size 12 mm “APS-C” super wide-angle lens. It corresponds to 18 mm in terms of 35 mm format, the lens composition is 10 lenses in 8 groups, and the inner focus which does not change in focus adjustment is adopted. Keeping high resolving power from the center to the periphery, thoroughly suppressed distortion aberration can be widely used for scenes, buildings, shooting in narrow indoor spaces, etc. It uses an aluminum alloy for the exterior, and it has an appearance with a high-class feeling. The aperture ring is a stepless type with no click feeling, and you can enjoy movie shooting.

 

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Lensbaby Sol 45 f/3.5 Tilt-Shift Lenses Available For Sony E-Mount

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 7, 2018


Sony decided to focus on their telephoto line of lenses before turning to tilt-shift so, for now, you really have to rely on the third party options available to you. Until that time the Lensbaby Sol 45 f/3.5 Tilt-Shift is a good inexpensive option to practice with that is relitively compact. Lensbaby even released a step by step guide which you can read here about how to do tilt-shift photography.

Create unique-looking photos with the selective-focus SOL 45 f/3.5 Tilt-Shift Lens from Lensbaby for Sony E-mount cameras. With 8.5° of tilt, this lens lets you easily isolate a subject within the frame and surround it in blur and smooth bokeh. The lens also features a center-locking feature that will lock the lens into place for dead-center focus. Furthering its creative potential are two adjustable bokeh blades that can add slight lines or textures to bokeh. This manual-focus lens also has an all-metal construction and accepts 46mm filters.

photographyblog – Lensbaby Sol 45 Review

dpreview – samples

You can find the Lensbaby Sol 45 f/3.5 Tilt-Shift at B&H Photo.

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Nauticam NA-RX100VI For Sony RX100 MKVI

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 6, 2018


NA-RX100VI for Sony RX100 MKVI
Now with the N50 interchangeable port system supporting extreme macro and high quality wide angle accessory lens options from Nauticam!

With the sixth iteration of the RX100 series, Sony has continued to add features to this workhorse compact camera and Nauticam is also adapting with the new NA-RX100VI housing.  The NA-RX100VI housing provides the ergonomics, build quality, and innovative feature set our customers demand in a tiny, travel friendly package with the addition of an interchangeable port system to accommodate the longer zoom lens of the Mark VI. Nauticam designs are always improving, and new features integrated into each new release. The ergonomic experience has been tailored for a photographer’s right hand on the side of the housing, placing key controls literally at the users finger tips. Read More »

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Sony Savings Sunday

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 5, 2018


Sony currently has some across the board rebates and trade in deals that shouldn’t be missed if you’re looking for something particular. You can view many of the rebates here and the above trade in instant rebate+bonus can be found here. These deals end September 9th.

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