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Sigma has released a new firmware update for Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art Lens for Sony E-mount.
The US Price of the lens is $1,368. Check availability at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon)
From Sigma : Continue reading “Firmware Update for Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 Art E-Mount Lens”
Tokina announced a new 25-75mm T2.9 cinema lens for Canon PL, EF, Sony E, MFT, and Nikon F mounts.
Tokina Cinema introduces the 25-75mm T2.9 cinema lens. The new lens is a small size ground-up true cinema design featuring a compact 174mm overall length, industry standard 0.8 MOD cinema gears, T2.9 iris, 86mm filter thread, and 95mm front diameter for common cinema accessories.
The new 25-75mm T2.9 is designed to cover super35+ type sensors up to 36mm image circle size. The larger 36mm image circle enables native coverage of RED Helium 8K, RED Dragon 6K, RED Monstro 6K, Alexa LF in 4K UHD, as well as popular cinema and mirrorless cameras from Canon, Blackmagic Design, and Panasonic in 4K DCI or 4K UHD.
When paired with the Tokina Cinema 1.6x Expander for PL or EF mount versions, the lens becomes a compact size 40-120mm T4.2 that covers Full Frame and Vista Vision 6K and 8K size sensors.
The All New Tokina 25-75mm T2.9 Cinema Lens
The 25-75mm is designed to match the mechanical and optical properties of the popular Tokina Cinema 50-135mm T2.9 MKII and 11- 20mm T2.9 zoom lenses. The 25-75mm retains optical design features similar to the 11-20mm T2.9 and 50-135mm T2.9 MKII including parfocal design to retain focus while zooming, limited focus breathing, and low distortion. The addition of the 25-75mm completes a 3-lens set of cinema zooms covering 11mm super wide angle to 135mm telephoto at a price of less than $12,000 USD for all three lenses. Suggested retail price for the 25-75mm T2.9 is $5799 USD and will ship in Spring 2021. All lenses in the series feature an interchangeable mount between PL, EF, Sony E, MFT, and Nikon F mounts.
Here are the top recommended travel lenses for Sony a7 III ? In this article we’ve tested several travel lenses and pic out the best ones for a7III. Check it out !
The Sony A7 III is an excellent all-around full frame mirrorless camera and so the lenses you will find in this guide are perfect for travel, landscape type of photography. With a 24MP sensor, 10 frames per second, 4K video and built-in image stabilization, it doesn’t matter what you’re doing; the camera is great for any scenario. If I had to pick only one lens to travel with my A7III, the Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 G Master would be it. But anyways below are the top recommended ones:
Standard Zoom Lenses | Wide-angle Prime & Zoom Lenses | Telephone Zoom Lenses | All-in-one Lenses Continue reading “Best Travel Lenses for Sony a7 III”
Full Sony ZV1 specs, images and press text have been leaked on the web ahead of the official announcement.
Sony ZV-1 is made for vloggers and will be officially announced on May 26, 2020.
Sony ZV1 will have a bigger grip and the fully articulating screen on the side. The design generally looks like the company’s RX100 VII model. Check out the full Sony ZV1 press text below.
The Sony ZV-1 is a 20.1MP digital camera specifically designed for vloggers and content creators. It features a 1.0-type stacked CMOS sensor and super-fast AF for high quality images and 4K video. The 24-70mm zoom lens is perfect for both portraits and wide-angle shooting. The Image stabilisation helps to keep your photos and videos blur free. It has an ergonomic, comfortable grip plus a 3-inch vari-angle LCD screen with recording lamp, which makes selfie-shooting very easy.
The ZV-1 is designed around the needs of vloggers and content creators, and focusses on intuitive controls for vlog & video creation. The vari-angle screen ensures selfie-shooting is easy enabling you to check your framing while shooting. The grip provides a comfortable and secure way of holding the camera.
A directional 3-capsule Microphone utilises technology from Sony’s advanced video camera systems to deliver high quality sound capturing performance and noise reduction in full-stereo. In addition, a wind screen that greatly reduces wind noise in outdoor conditions is supplied. A 3.5mm input jack is also onboard in case additional mics need to be added.
Get leading-edge movie AF for vlogging. Developed for the interchangeable-lens camera Alpha series, Real-time Eye AF locks on and tracks subjects with high accuracy and speed. It uses AI-based subject recognition technology to detect eye information in real-time, allowing people’s eyes to be recognised and tracked, even when shooting 4K movies.
Soft Skin Effect enables you to reduce skin wrinkles and marks while ensuring you preserve skin-tones and the sharpness of eyes and mouths. Skin tones are optimised for both movies and stills to deliver ideal subject emphasis when using your vlogging camera for YouTube, Instagram, and other platforms. Finally, an original face priority AE algorithm – detects the face and adjusts the exposure to ensure it is depicted at optimal brightness, even during selfie-shooting scenes with large light-dark changes.
By simply pressing the Bokeh Switch (C1), even without a deep knowledge of cameras and video, you can obtain the blurred background effect. Another simple operation – Product Showcase Setting – enables the focus to shift rapidly from your face to a product or object being held up to the lens without having to hide your face. Easy to use this can be abled by the press of a single button (C2). Perfect for product review videos.
In addition, Sony will have a major product announcement in June 2020 and Sony is going to announce a new full frame E-mount mirrorless camera (probably Sony a7S III) and several new E-mount lenses on that event in June.
Read more: Best Lenses for Sony a7R IV.
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Read more Sony Camera Rumors here. See also Sony A7 Mark IV and A7s Mark IV Rumored Specs
Here are the Best Lenses for Sony a7R IV published by DxOMark. They have tested a total of 25 Sony E-mount lenses on the Sony a7R IV to find out which lenses work best on this full frame mirrorless camera.
This may help you find the right model for your specific style of photography or project. For a complete list please refer to our article of Best Lenses for Sony a7R IV: Continue reading “Best Lenses for Sony a7R IV – DxOMark Listings”
According to recent reports, Sony will allegedly announce the Sony a7S III camera and FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM lens in June 2020.
The Sony a7S III has been anticipated for a long time. The company didn’t introduce a new model for the A7s-series and this time there are multiple sources confirming that the Sony A7s III is on the way and be announced in June 2020. With this major announcement Sony plans to respond to cameras like the Panasonic S1H and the Canon EOS R5. We hope that Sony has a solid camera with 10bit 4:2:2 internal.
See below for the combined specs of Sony A7s III full frame mirrorless camera. Continue reading “Sony a7S III & FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM Coming in June 2020”
The Camera Grand Prix 2020 Executive Committee announced the awards of the “Camera Grand Prix 2020”.
Sony was the best winner, winning two big prize: the best camera: Sony a7R IV full frame mirrorless camera and the best lens: Sony FE 200-600 F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens. Read the details below: Continue reading “Best Camera of the Year : Sony a7R IV”
Here are the released dates for Voigtlander SE lenses for Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras: NOKTON 35mm f/1.2 Aspherical SE Lens, NOKTON 40mm f/1.2 Aspherical SE Lens, NOKTON 50mm f/1.2 Aspherical SE Lens.
See all Voigtlander SE lenses for Sony E-Mount at Adorama and B&H.
Sony is rumored to announce a new compact camera soon. The product in question is the Sony ZV1 and it is made for vloggers and will be officially announced on May 26, 2020.
Sony ZV1 will have a bigger grip and the fully articulating screen on the side. The design generally looks like the company’s RX100 VII model. Check out the first Sony ZV1 Specs below. Continue reading “Sony ZV1 Rumored Specs, to be Announced on May 26th”
Sony will have a major product announcement in June 2020. It is expected that the company is going to announce a new full frame E-mount mirrorless camera and several new E-mount lenses on this event.
What exactly will it be, though? Many people are hoping for a video camera: the Sony a7S III. On the other hand, the Sony a7 III is already two years old.
According to rumor mill what we know so far, this camera will NOT be the Sony a7 IV. In addition, the previously rumored the Sony a7S III mirrorless camera will be announced in June 2020 and it is expected to be an 8K 60P 10bit 422 low light powerhouse. Continue reading “New Sony Full Frame Mirrorless Camera Coming in June, Sony a7S III or a7 IV?”
