RAV Power has a pretty useful USB battery charging system for Sony photographers on the go that allows them to use lithium-ion battery packs to charge their NP-FW50 batteries. The RAV system looks very useful for travel and the ability to use any battery power pack you want with the charger will let you increase your power storage density over time.
Release Notes:
– Support Sony A9.
– Add the new functions that move or duplicate the selected brush area in “Partial correction tool” sub-control.
– Other small fixes.
SILKYPIX Developer Studio Pro8 (Windows / macOS) Ver.8.0.9.0 has been released.
SILKYPIX Developer Studio 8 (Windows / macOS) Ver.8.1.9.0 has been released.
SILKYPIX Developer Studio Pro7 (Win/Mac) Ver.7.0.17.0 has been released.
SILKYPIX Developer Studio 7 (Win/Mac) Ver.7.1.17.0 has been released.
Mounts
SA-E
Ver.
1.06
Update Date
2017.07.20
● It corrects the phenomenon that AF does not operate properly when some lenses that are not compatible with the MC-11 are attached.
※ Before updating the MC-11 firmware, please ensure SIGMA Optimization Pro has been updated to ver. 1.4.1 or later for Windows, and ver. 1.4.0 or later for Macintosh.
Mounts
EF-E
Ver.
1.08
Update Date
2017.07.20
Via Sigma
Adobe Camera RAW (9.12) and Lightroom CC 2015.12 (6.11 standalone) is available today. It adds profiles for several Sony E and A Mount lenses.
New Lens Profiles
E-Mount:
Sony FE 12-24mm F4 G
Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM
Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f2.8 Zero-D
A-Mount:
TAMRON SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD A012S
TAMRON SP 35mm F/1.8 Di VC USD F012S
TAMRON SP 45mm F/1.8 Di VC USD F013S
TAMRON SP 90mm F/2.8 Di MACRO 1:1 VC USD F017S
Photorumors is reporting another German lens being brought back to life on Kickstarter the Emil Busch Glaukar 3.1 portrait lens. If you are into classic glass this might be a good investment for you since there are still early bird spots available.
In 1910, Emil Busch introduced the Glaukar, a fully corrected photographic lens, which besides solving spherical aberration, corrected coma and astigmatism was a “usable” lens. Unlike Rudolph’s Protar, which did not work properly at the time of invention because its construction required glass coatings not available at the time, the Emil Busch Glaukar lens was the first anastigmatic lens for daily portrait photography. By creating his anastigmatic lenses, Busch corrected the above mentioned faults by careful combination of the lens elements. Sharpness and artistic images were possible for the first time.
The modern Glaukar will come in the following mounts:
Lens technical specifications: