Photons to Photos: Sony RX10M4

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 16, 2017


The Sony RX10 Mark IV has a solid reputation by now from its amazing 24-600mm Zeiss zoom to its 4k video capabilities, but it’s dynamic range hasn’t really been tested until now. Photons to Photos has the hard numbers and it looks like the Mark 4 might actually have slightly worse dynamic range than previous iterations of the RX10, but it also looks like Sony is continuing to use the same design for it’s 1″ sensor across generations and camera models with the RX100 having very similar results, which you can see and manipulate here. I have always liked Sony’s 1″ sensor and still own the original RX100 today, because I enjoy the color it produces the most out of all 1″ sensor cameras.

Sony RX10 Mark IV: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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Imaging Edge (Remote/Viewer/Edit) 1.0.01 Released

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 15, 2017


Imaging Edge (Remote/Viewer/Edit) 1.0.01 has been released.

  • Fixed the phenomenon where a black spot may appear at the center of an image when developing a RAW file.
  • Fixed the phenomenon where the shooting date and time does not get included in a JPEG file when a JPEG is output from a RAW file captured with ILCE-9 or ILCE-7RM3.
  • Fixed the phenomenon where a vertical line would appear in images output according to certain conditions when developing a RAW file.
  • Fixed other issues.

* The settings of [Color Management (Monitor profile)] and [Save Folder destination and associated external program in “Remote”] which were set in Ver.1.0.00 will be reset by the update. After the update, set these settings again. [Windows only]

Download Here

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RAYQUAL M42 Screw Mount Adapter

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 14, 2017


Miyamoto Seisakusho releases “M42 lens mount adapter adaptation function (ADJ type)” on December 15 as a new product of the RAYQUAL brand.

M42 Mount adapter for attaching the lens to various bodies. Loose the 5 screws of the lens side mount part and have the adjustment function that can adjust the stop position by rotating the mount part. As a result, it is possible to adjust to a free position, such as allowing the lens index of a screw-in lens whose position is not fixed by individuals to be directly overhead. ” Leica L mount (L39 screw) lens mount adapter ” released in April has the same mechanism.

Two lineups are “M42-SαE.ADJ” (NEX, α7 series, etc.) for Sony E mount, “M42-FX.ADJ” for Fujifilm X mount. The suggested retail price is 16,380 yen including tax.

It comes with a precision screwdriver for adjustment.

via DC.Watch

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Sony a7RIII in The Studio

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 13, 2017

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Last night we were working very late in the studio making a huge mess to test how the Sony a7RIII performs as a studio camera vs the Fujifilm GFX 50S and I have to admit I am very impressed. I enjoyed the experience quite a bit, but we could have used a slightly bigger setup for this project because it took several hours to clean up. While I didn’t find myself frustrated with the Sony a7RIII I did experience 2 additional errors where the camera would focus, but not fire. I know photographers that would find this incredibly maddening, but the problem went away after power cycling the camera.


You can check out some high-resolution files form the shoot on 500px as I post them because Instagram isn’t really appropriate for these files. I have been posting behind the scenes stuff to Instagram lately while working with cameras so that people can reach out to me if they have any questions. Last night I tried to hand off the Sony a7RIII again a few times with no takers and the Fujifilm GFX was once again popular. I have photos from both cameras to compare now and the GFX does have a noticeable amount of additional detail when shot correctly, but it’s not something you will notice online.


Pretty much anyone can pick up a Sony a7RIII and get good results due to how much the camera will do for you, but shooting a Fujifilm GFX takes skill and it slows you down. I very much shot the Sony a7RIII like the GFX throughout the night, but there were a few times when it wasn’t my turn to shoot that I let the camera rip at 10fps just to see what it would capture and the results were interesting, but not up to my standards for sharing online, because we were using t times.

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Luminar 2018 and Aurora HDR 2018 Savings

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 12, 2017


Luminar 2018 is making a big push this year against Adobe if you haven’t noticed and the software is definitely worth the asking price so if you are in the least bit fed up with Adobe give them a try. I greatly prefer the final images I am getting out of Luminar more often than not now that I am getting more used to doing less work, but it is a different editor.

Pricing:

  • Current users of Luminar may upgrade at a Black Friday price of $49 ($39 with FUJIADDICT Here)

  • New users can purchase Luminar 2018 for $69 ($59 with FUJIADDICT Here)

  • A collection of bonuses will also be included with every purchase.

Bonuses:

  • The Shootkit ebook

  • Preset pack: 20 Festive Texture Presets

  • 500+ Sky overlays for Sky replacement

  • Video tutorial “How to replace Sky in Luminar”

EXTRA Bonus:

  • “Capture: Adventures in Photography” ebook by Simon & Lisa Thomas, the world’s foremost adventure motorcyclists


HDR isn’t necessarily the most popular tool in a photographers toolkit, but sometimes you need it to produce something incredible. When I was assembling my eclipse photos I tried a lot of HDR programs, but Aurora HDR was the only one that did a good job piecing everything together so you could see the moon and eclipse together. I still need to spend time learning to tweak this program, but every other application was confused by the data I through at it from the GFX. Luminar 2018 and Aurora HDR 2018 together are tools I think every photographer should have access too.

Pricing:

  • Current users of Aurora HDR may upgrade at a Special price of $39 ($29 with FUJIADDICT Here)

  • New users can purchase Aurora HDR 2018 for $79 ($69with FUJIADDICT Here)

  • A collection of bonuses will also be included with every purchase.

Bonuses:

  • Deep Dive video tutorial from Trey Ratcliff

  • “How to create realistic HDR images” Ebook

  • 2 Preset Packs – 40 presets! Preset Pack 1 – Winter Vibes. Preset Pack 2 – Wonderland.

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First LOK: Laowa 15mm Zero-D

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 12, 2017

There are a lot of excellent Chinese lenses out there today, but Laowa’s line up is extremely impressive and a great value. I plan on adding a few of their lenses to my collection in the near future once they release their magic format converter, but until then lenses like the Laowa 15mm Zero-D are on my short list for shooting Astrophotography.

Laowa Zero-D 15mm: Venus Optic / B&H Photo/ Amazon / Adorama

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