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Sigma’s system revolution
Sigma Imaging, already one of our favourite lens makers, has announced upgrades and new functions for their entire system which will transform the way it works with all the major camera systems. The...
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RX1 ‘NEX’ coming in October – 2 interchangeable lenses
Reporting from Perpignan, one of our good friends in the biz was enjoying the usual wine and sunshine with photojournalists from a French agency (or two). Turns out that right now there's an RX1 with...
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Free software and a cut-price lens
You have until November 3rd to grab a free download of a truly excellent utility for Mac OSX, created by DxO Optics Pro software team - DxO Perspective. It normally costs $19.95 (or local equivalent)...
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Using the 10-18mm OSS zoom on full frame
This is a pretty awful case of vignetting and distortion - as you would expect. It's from an APS-C format wide angle zoom, the 10-18mm f/4 SEL OSS lens for NEX, used on the Alpha 7R full frame...
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B&H double Zeiss Touit lens deal for NEX
I guess that Zeiss must be working right now on full frame Touit lenses, because this is unprecedented value for those able to buy in dollars without steep shipping charges, duties or taxes - however,...
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Sony’s BIG system future at photokina
I'm using my RX10 to report. This camera is my big Sony dilemma. It's actually all I really need for 95% of my daily work. Well, here we are reporting from photokina 2014, the major trade fair in...
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Samyang 12mm f/2 NCS CS lens
Sometimes you find a chunk of glass which just works. One of the problems with lenses is that you can never have too many. They overlap, they duplicate each other, and yet they can be so different...
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No FE or A mount for new Sigma 24-35mm f/2
We've had news of the new Sigma Art HSM high speed wide angle full frame zoom - 24-35mm f/2. It will be available in Nikon, Canon and Sigma mounts only (release date not yet confirmed) according to...
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Amazon UK price drop on 16-35m f/4 FE
Of interest to UK full frame owners - Amazon EU (and also at least one other vendor) has the 16-35mm f/4 FE on sale with a 37% discount at £799.99, on top of which Sony has a £100 cashback on this lens...
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Low-cost macro for the A7 series
It's been a while since my last review of Sony products here, and not because I have been inactive. The truth is that I've spent so much on Sony kit 24/7 working has been necessary, including a good...
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Sony’s Master plan – new 85, 24-70, 70-200 and more
On Tuesday, February 2nd 2016, Sony UK held a press event to which I was invited. Well, I'm in a different country and about 400 miles from their Weybridge offices, so as usual my trusted English...
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My new Sony 85mm…
With extremely expensive Sony-fit 85mm lenses in abundance and beyond my (economically sensible) reach, I've done good commercial work last year on the Canon 85mm f/1.8 USM and later the Sony 85mm...
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The best 50mm for A7RII
After testing the Sony Carl Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 FE in 2014, I was less than impressed. I may have had a decentred example (it happened to dPreview and at least one photographer I trust to know his lens...
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f2 Cameracraft latest issue out now
The latest edition of f2 Cameracraft contains our reviews of the Voigtländer 10mm and 15mm lenses, and also a review of the superb new Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 VC and 90mm f/2.8 SP Macro VC lenses, plus...
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Sony 28-75mm f/2.8 SAM on mirrorless FF
With the 24-70mm f/2.8 new Sony GM FE lens selling for £1799 (UK) and the A-mount version two 24-70mm f/2.8 for a full £100 more, the cost of a basic mid-range zoom to use with a camera like the A7RII...
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Tamron’s super value 70-300mm USD on the A7RII
If you want to get a 70-300mm which works on the Sony A7RII, the A7 series body with the best on-sensor phase detection/contrast detection mix, your first choice should be the new Sony FE 70-300mm...
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Sony UK cashbacks end Sept 4th
Some worthwhile Sony lens cashbacks – some applying to in-stock lenses which may not have suffered the August price-hike yet – can be found from UK dealers such as WEX Photographic. Amazon.co.uk has a...
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Sony FE Macro 50mm f/2.8 – only $500
Sony has just announced yet another 50mm, and this time it’s different – a truly affordable 50mm 1:1 macro, only $500 US. We reckon this will become the most popular standard 50mm lens by far, even...
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New 85mm f/1.8 FE and 100mm f/2.8 STF for E-mount
Sony has announced two new lenses for E-mount mirrorless cameras. The FE 100mm F2.8[i] STF GM OSS is the first Smooth Transition Focus prime since the acclaimed A-mount 135mm and is designed for the...
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Never say ‘zoom with your feet’…
There’s a dismissive and rather superior position some camera club buffs take – ‘why not zoom with your feet?’. It is well worth ignoring. The focal length of your lens, whether your use a zoom or a...
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