Posts Tagged ‘mirrorless camera’

Feb
26
2015

Sony: Who Doesn’t Love a Turnaround Story?

Sony is dominating mirrorless sales in Japan. If you want to assume that they are going to focus on their mirrorless E- and FE-mount product lines (and you don’t want to simply take them at their word), their market share numbers in Japan represent another set of data…
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Nov
29
2014

Sony A7II Available for Pre-Order Now

Is the Sony A7II the camera that pushes you over the edge into Sony orbit? It just might be. Thinking about giving up your big honking DSLR and cutting over to mirrorless, but worry about protecting your investment in glass? Yeah, yeah: Metabones. But the…
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Nov
24
2014

Sony Surprises with 5-Axis In-Body Image Stabilization, XAVC-S & S-Log2 Though Not 4K, Yet

Well I didn’t quite see this one coming, though I was aware of the rumour that new Sony Alphas are to appear early 2015. Yesterday, in Japan, Sony announced the A7II, a brand new midrange full-frame mirrorless with some seductive features for moviemakers bar one, 4K.[adrotate group="6"] Actually, make…
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Nov
10
2014

Sony’s Next Magical Trick: 8K Mirrorless Full Frame Body in 2016

Yeah, OK, I JUST wrote another post saying that artistry trumps specifications, but holy smokes: Sony is rumored to be working on an 8K mirrorless DSLR-style body for 2016.[adrotate group="6"] So what? I recently dug up a post Ken Rockwell wrote back in 2008 that…
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Oct
3
2014

Chinese Lens Maker Mitakon Enters the High Speed Manual Mirrorless Lens Market

At present it feels like all my Christmases have came at once. First was news of SLR Magic’s 10mm T2.1 Hyperprime Cine lens then hot on its heels came the announcement of Voigtlaender’s 10.5mm f/0.95 Nokton lens. [adrotate group="6"] Two great new lenses on the…
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Sep
16
2014

A Super 35mm, 4K Mirrorless Camera with Advanced Codecs for $1,499? Samsung NX1! Holy Competition, Batman!

Samsung is everywhere – and not to be underestimated. This is the company that is giving Apple a run for its money in the smartphone world – and essentially forced Apple to come out with the iPhone 6 Plus.[adrotate group="6"] Now, less than a year…
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Jun
23
2014

Tony Northrup Blows Up the Big Sensor/Small Sensor Debate – and With it, Implications for Their Lenses

I really like this guy. He knows math; he knows images; and he knows gear. With this one video, I believe he is going to fundamentally change people’s buying decision process when it comes to crop sensor vs. full frame sensor cameras and their lenses.[adrotate…
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