Japan Hobby Tool released the camera cover “For easy cover SONY α 7 III / α 7 R III” on March 29. The suggested retail price is 4,740 yen by tax. Two kinds of black and camouflage are prepared.
Camera cover corresponding to Sony’s α 7 III, α 7 R III, α 9. Protect the camera from dirt and impact. It corresponds to tilt operation of LCD monitor.
A liquid crystal protective film and a cloth are attached.
They should be listed on Amazon soon.
via DC.Watch
A reader contacted me about an APS-C survey he recently revived from Sony as an a6xxx series camera owner and it might be an indication of Sony starting to fulfill their promise to continue the development of their develop APS-C system. The survey wanted to know details like what would you want on an a6xxx successor, how important is video to you, and what lenses do you currently own.
Sony was also interested in how users became aware of their APS-C cameras and what cameras they might have been compared too. So basic marketing stuff from that point on, but Sony definitely seems to be making an effort.
Maybe the a6700 will be more of the same with a future a7000 or some other model bringing us something completely new. A lot of users like larger more professional bodies and the success of the rather large Fujifilm X-H1 proves that not everyone buying mirrorless APS-C wants a small body. If Sony gets serious about APS-C Fujifilm should be worried.
Nocturnus III 50mm f0.95
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The third edition of the Meyer-Optik-Görlitz Nocturnus 50 mm f0.95, which is known for its exceptional light intensity comes in a new design and features now mounts for Sony-E, Fuji-X and Leica-M. The lens is currently available through a pre-sale campaign on the manufacturer’s website.
Koblenz, 3-28-2018
Meyer-Optik has just announced the launch of the Nocturnus III 50 f0.95. The super-fast manual-focus lens is optimized for use with full-frame sensors, but also works with APS-C cameras. The third edition comes in a new design and now features mounts for Sony-E, Fuji-X and Leica M. Within the next 14 days, the lens is offered in a pre-order sale, where it is available for less than 60% of its future MSRP.
Like its predecessor, the new Nocturnus comes with a focal length of 50 mm and an aperture range from f0.95 to f11. Thus, the lens features a lot of versatility both when shooting in available light conditions and in terms of depth-of-field. Its 15 aperture blades with anti-reflective coating, make the new Nocturnus III 50 f0.95 a unique tool to create a pleasant bokeh with circular highlights whilst creating great sharpness in the focused areas.
The new Nocturnus has a minimum focus distance of 50 cm and weighs 790 grams.
The new mechanical design of the Nocturnus III makes this lens also an interesting option for videography: Manual focus control and the step less aperture ring operate almost silently.
Technical Specifications:
Follow this link to see Meyer-Optik’s pre-sale campaign:
http://info.meyer-optik-
Please follow this link to download sample and product shots:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/
FastrawViewer released Monochrome2DNG 0.8 for processing RAW files from monochrome converted cameras like the ones made by monochromeimaging.com they currently convert a variety of Sony full frame and APS-C cameras. This software creates a true monochrome RAW file from the color raw file.
You can download Monochrome2DNG 0.8 here.
DPReview Interviewed Tameron at CP+ 2018 and I have summarized the key points below.
via DPReview
The Laowa 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D can now be pre-ordered from VenusOptics / B&H Photo / Adorama and soon at Amazon.
Extreme ultra-wide lenses are never perfect. Keeping this in mind the Laowa is pretty good indeed. It’s super-sharp in the image center and if you avoid f/2.8, the borders/corners are decent. Lateral CAs are generally not an issue. Image distortions are extremely low for a lens of this focal length – and that’s without image auto-correction. The primary weakness is vignetting which is rather extreme at max aperture. However, at medium aperture settings, it’s a lesser issue outside of lab conditions. Flare in strong contra-light can produce quite a bit of glare – a generally weaker aspect in Laowa lenses it seems.
The Laowa 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D may have some shortcomings but that being said we really enjoyed using the lens out there. In real life, the fully manual character wasn’t really an issue. Given the depth-of-field of a 9mm lens you can pretty much guess the focus distance and if needed for close-ups, you can just use magnified focus view in your camera. For most of us, a 9mm lens is quite exotic already thus it shouldn’t be a burden when carrying it. The form and size factor is pretty perfect if these are your constraints as well. We heard that the Laowa 7.5mm f/2 MFT is pretty popular among the drone folks. The 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D has the potential to do the job (and more) on APS-C mirrorless cameras.
Pros
- Decent image quality
- Sharp
- Keeps the distortion down a whole lot
- With a lens like this you’re either focusing up close and personal or far away. There is no in between.
Cons
- The colors are just adequate. There’s no spark!
- Distortion around the corners is a bit annoying.