New A7rIII review by Jared Polin and Marc Galer, Pixel Shift test by Northrup and a dropped A7rIII by Jason Vong

Sony a7R III Real World Review (vs Nikon D850) by Jared Polin We got three new A7rIII videos. And in one of those the A7rIII dropped :) Sony a7R III Pixel Shift Shooting & Processing Tips Dropped my Sony a7R III… Sony A7RIII (A7RM3) Camera Review Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet […] The post New A7rIII review by Jared Polin and Marc Galer, Pixel Shift test by Northrup and a dropped A7rIII by Jason Vong appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

Kevin Raber explains you the A7rIII menu settings in a short 85 minute video ;)

Kevin Raber from Luminous Landscape made the precise and difficult job to go through all the Sony A7rIII menu settings: With the latest firmware releases and the release of new cameras, the menu system has gotten somewhat better.

Sony 18-135mm Field Test at Imaging Resource: “pairs very well with the A6500”

18-135mm lens at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera and BestBuy. Imaging Resource first impression is positive: Overall, the new Sony E 18-135mm f/3. 5-5. 6 OSS is a fun, compact all-in-one zoom lens for APS-C shooters.

5 reasons why you might need new Sony RX0 (by Kai)

The new Sony RX0 is in Stock at BHphoto and Amazon. Can’t really get what’s so special on the new Sony RX0? Check out Kais’ video: The post 5 reasons why you might need new Sony RX0 (by Kai) appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

Extended A9 review by Mark Galer

Marc Galer posted this Sony A9 Extended One-Month Review. Useful to watch if you plan to buy the A9!

The post Extended A9 review by Mark Galer appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

24-105mm FE lens review by Photographyblog: “well-balanced and well-executed standard zoom lens that will satisfy a lot of people’s needs”

We havent’ seen many 24-150mm FE lens review so far. This one got just posted by Photographyblog: Despite only being a “G” designated lens, rather than a more expensive “GM”, the new Sony FE 24-105 f/4 G OSS is certainly one sharp optic, both through the focal and aperture range.

New tutorial videos by Miguel Quiles with A7rIII, A9 and Profoto lighting

MIguel Quiles shot this two tutorial videos to show how professional lighting works. The post New tutorial videos by Miguel Quiles with A7rIII, A9 and Profoto lighting appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

First hands-on with the new 18-135mm E-mount lens by CameraLabs

18-135mm lens at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera and BestBuy. At last we got someone who had the chance to play a bit with the new 18-135mm lens. Gordon Laing from CameraLabs writes: The zoom and focusing rings are fairly smooth and avoid the scratchy or loose feel of some lower priced lenses; it’s certainly a […] The post First hands-on with the new 18-135mm E-mount lens by CameraLabs appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

Sony a7Riii vs a7Rii Color by Dave Dugdale

Sony said the new A7rIII has improved color performance bu so far nobody really tested this. But thanks to Dave Dugdale we now know more about it: Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK.

Sony A7RIII pixel shift with a vintage lens and a Sony A7rII star eater workaround

Image from the Star Eater Petition which asks Sony to fix the issue David Kilpatrick from Photoclubalpha tested the Sony A7RIII pixel shift with a vintage Takumar lens. The conclusion: Multi-shot pixel shift images, though only 120MB uncompressed, are so detailed that some won’t compress much at all.

Sony A7rIII is camera of the year at RonMartBlog. And new test by Jim Kasson, Lok and Cinema5D.

RonMartBlog did select the A7rIII as camera of the year: I wish you’d buy my Canon gear so I could buy this camera – it really is that good. This is why I’m proud to give the Sony a7R III my highest recommendation by naming it my 2017 Camera of the Year! Also Jim Kasson prefers it over […] The post Sony A7rIII is camera of the year at RonMartBlog.

Panasonic announces the new GH5s. Sony, now it’s your call to answer with the A7sIII.

via Camerasize Panasonic just announced their new GH5s. This camera is made to challenge the Sony A7sII. It has some terrific specs (like dual native ISO and Cinema4K) and first tests show this is indeed a serious competitor.

Big Weather Sealing Test shows the A7rIII has flaws :(

Imaging Resource tested the weather sealing of multiple cameras including the new Sony A7rIII: Given that the A7R III has a significant number of environmental seals (see the screen capture to the right, taken from the Sony website), we were surprised that it had as hard a time with our test as it did – […] The post Big Weather Sealing Test shows the A7rIII has flaws :( appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

Laowa 15mm FE review by ePhotozine and interview with the lens designer at Phillip Reeve

ePhotozine tested the Laowa 15mm FE lens: A solid manual focus lens, perhaps without the refinement in operation of the top marques, the Laowa 15mm f/2 brings to the table close focusing, quality of results and a unique f/2 aperture.

A7rIII now in Stock via Amazon itself. And tested with the $5,700 Canon 200mm f/2.0 lens beast.

The Sony A7rIII is finally in Stock via Amazon itself (Click here). it is also in Stock at Focuscamera with additional free SF-G 64GB card. And Manny Oritz tested the $5,700 Canon 200mm f/2. 0 performance on the new A7rIII: Sony A7RIII eye autofocus with Canon L series lenses – Does it work? Check out here: The post A7rIII now in Stock via Amazon itself.

Tethered with the Sony a7RII, Microsoft Surface, & Profoto B1 lights

This is a nice story told by Evan. It has a sad end (as he didn’t get published) but there is a lesson in this for all of us. Keep up doing your great job Evan! The post Tethered with the Sony a7RII, Microsoft Surface, & Profoto B1 lights appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

Best tools for the post process of digital photos – an overview by Per Kylberg

This is a guest post from Per Kylberg Best tools for the post process of digital photos – an overview Per Kylberg Heavily debated and a frustration to many – here is a walk-through of the best alternatives.

Ken Rockwell says the Sony 24-105mm G “is the world’s best midrange zoom”

the fully extended 24-105mm lens (image via SLRclub) Ken Rockwell writes: This Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS is the world’s best midrange zoom. It offers spectacular optical performance as well as first-rate mechanical construction at half the price of similar lenses, and it’s smaller, lighter and has better ergonomics than the more expensive lenses.

New A7rIII tests: The Brotographer, Marc Galer, Jeff Remans, Gordon Laing, Hannah Saba and Dmitry Brodsky

We got plenty of new A7rIII video reviews: – Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK. Photo Porst Neuwied. Sony Netherland. Sony Australia. Sony Japan.

New A7rIII review from Max Yuryev and TheDigitalRev

Max Yuryev (video on top) tested the video features the Sony A7rIII. And below you can see TheDigitalRev’s take on the camera. – Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK.

Review by Opticallimits: “Sony 85mm f/1.8 FE is an epic lens”

Opticallimits (former Photozone) tested the Sony 85mm f/1. 8 FE lens: Moderately fast (as opposed to insanely fast) 85mm or 100mm lenses are generally an easy choice unless something went terribly wrong during the design phase.

TheCameraStoreTV Best & Worst Photo/Video Gear of 2017

The Best & Worst Photo/Video Gear of 2017. Note that the D850 did win only because of “romantic” reasons…because this might be the last top DSLR for the years to come. Jordan (who is the smarter of the two…joking) did choose the A7rIII as the camera of the year.

First video shot with the new Primoplan 75/1.9 II lens

Meyer Optik Goerlitz is developing the second generation of their Primoplan 75/1.9 lens. You can buy the lens Indiegogo. This video was shot on the Sony A7rII with this new lens: The post First video shot with the new Primoplan 75/1.9 II lens appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

Jim Kasson is testing the Sony A7rIII Pixel Shift Mode: “big improvement”

Jim Kasson posted two articles (link one and link two) about the new Sony A7rIII Pixel Shift Mode. This is his conclusion so far: Not only is the moire reduced by the stacking, the dynamic range is improved.

Dpreview tested the Rokinon 50mm FE and says “The AF motor is very noisy, not unlike a distant submarine distress call”

Dpreview is testing the Rokinon 50mm FE lens but doesn’t seem to like it. The lens has some issues like the noise AF: “The AF motor is very noisy, not unlike a distant submarine distress call”.

Laowa 15mm f/2.0 FE lens review by Lok

Get the lens at BHphoto, Adorama and Venuslens.net.  

The post Laowa 15mm f/2.0 FE lens review by Lok appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

Sony A7rII: Shooting very high ISO and get clean images with (almost) no noise (by Dierk Topp)

This is a guest posy from Dierk Topp: Shooting very high ISO and get clean images with (almost) no noise A few days ago I saw a great tutorial about achieving high ISO images with low or almost no noise.

Sony A7rIII + Nikon 400mm autofocus test

Bernd Smid from our A7rIII group tested the autofocus performance using the : And here is an autotofocus test with the Canon 85mm:   – Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK.

Kai: “Sony RX0 vs GoPro Hero 6 – The GoPro Killer?”

Kai: “Sony’s latest water-resistant, shock-resistant camera looks set to be tough competition for the GoPro Hero 6 with its bigger 1″ sensor and S-Log2 but can it outdo the most popular action camera around?”   And here is the RX0 presentation video from Sony Europe: The post Kai: “Sony RX0 vs GoPro Hero 6 – The GoPro Killer?” appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

First video showing INCREDIBLE tethering speeds of the a7RIII

Evan sent me his latest video showing INCREDIBLE tethering speeds of the a7RIII: Shooting tethered with the Sony a7RIII over USB-C to a Microsoft Surface Book 2, using Profoto B1 lights, I test the tether speed of single shot for the first part of the shoot and then burst speed in the second part.

Sony A7rIII video reviews and tests by Marc Galer, Hanna Saba, Manny Ortiz, Jason Vong, That1CameraGuy, Jeff Remas

New A7rIII video tests roundup: – Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK. Photo Porst Neuwied. Sony Netherland. Sony Australia. Sony Japan. Sony 24-105mm at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Amazon DE, Calumet DE, Wex UK.

Imaging Resource claims the A7rIII is the “best overall professional camera on the market today”

Imaging Resource really likes the new Sony A7rIII: Does the Sony A7R III deserve the hype and excitement it has been getting across the photo community? After several days shooting with it and numerous hours working with both photos and videos produced by it, I have to say yes, it absolutely does.

Opticallimits tests the Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 FE and is not fully convinced by it’s performance

Opticallimits (former known as Photozone) tested the . And the conclusion is a bit disappointing: It isn’t easy to come to a conclusion about the Zeiss Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1. 4 ZA. Technically it has some weaknesses but then we have seen these weaknesses in other representatives of this class (high-speed wide-angle primes).

CameraLabs reviews the A7rIII and says it has “far better-looking JPEGs out-of-camera”

One of the new A7rIII “features” that reviewers seem to not have talked a lot about is the new “color performance”. Gordon from CameraLabs just posted the full A7rIII review and wrote this: “The A7r Mark III may share the same 42 Megapixel full-frame sensor as its predecessor, but Sony’s processing is much improved with […] The post CameraLabs reviews the A7rIII and says it has “far better-looking JPEGs out-of-camera” appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

BastianK reviews the Laowa 15mm f/2.0 FE lens (and ends up buying it)

BastianK tested the Laowa 15mm f/2. 0 FE lens and liked it so much that ended up buying it: It is one of the very few lenses making actual use of the narrow flange distance of mirrorless cameras. When I first heard about this lens I thought it sounded almost too good to be true.

Sony A7R III Dissasembly and Teardown (by Ilija Melentijevic)

Ilija Melentijevic from Kolarivison disassembled the new Sony A7rIII. There are some interesting findings in his article that we are re-posting in full here: Sony A7R III Dissasembly and Teardown Our pre-ordered Sony A7R III finally arrived this morning, and we couldn’t wait to crack it open and see what’s inside.

Sony A7rIII test and hands-on videos by Lok, TheDigitalDigest, Jason Vong, That1CameraGuy, Philip Bloom.

Now that the A7rIII is shipping out everywhere more and more video tests are getting posted. This is the latest roundup: – Sony A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Calumet DE, Wex UK.

This is the kind of creative work you can realize with the RX0

The new Sony RX0 is in Stock at BHphoto and Amazon. The RX0 is quite a mysterious gadget. It’s not a Photo or Video camera and not an Action Camera. But this video realized by filmmaker Dan Marker Moore shows you what you can do when using a rig with 12 RX0 cameras: This is the […] The post This is the kind of creative work you can realize with the RX0 appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

The first Playmemories APP that Sony should bring back, and the potential of in-camera photo stacking

This is a guest post from “Y. ”: – The first Playmemories APP that Sony should bring back, and the potential of in-camera photo stacking Author: SonyAlphaComplain Most of Sony’s Playmemories APPs won’t be missed by me too much because I can easily find a workaround.

Non-serious Sony A7rIII first impression review from myself

Disclaimer: We have plenty of technical reviews out there and I am not going to bother posting my own review. I will simply write my first “emotional” impressions of the camera and the lenses I received yesterday: Sony A7rIII (): I confess my fear was that the new camera upgrades would not be interesting enough […] The post Non-serious Sony A7rIII first impression review from myself appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

Sony A7rIII tested at DxOmark: Gets on top of the ranking on par with the Nikon D850

DxOmark posted the full Sony A7rIII sensor test results. The camera matches the Nikon D850http://amzn. to/2ic8NSA score and leads the Full Frame camera ranking. DxO writes: It’s clear that the Sony A7R III has a high-performing sensor that’s capable of capturing images with a broad range of color and tone, while keeping noise well under control.

Digging into the A7rIII star eating issue: The new camera is actually eating fewer stars than the A7rII

Dpreview noticed that the new A7rIII is indeed “eating” fewer stars than the previous A7rII: The Mark III does show an improvement: there are stars that aren’t there in the Mark II shot, and there’s generally more ‘pop’ to the stars.

Review of the Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 G Master Lens by Dylan Giannakopoulos

This is a guest post from Dylan Giannakopoulos. Original article at dylangiannaphotography. com. au Review of the Sony FE 16-35mm f/2. 8 G Master Lens Reviewed by Dylan Giannakopoulos – 16th November 2017 Yick Fat Building – ISO 100 | f/8 | 30s | 24mm The Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS Lens is by far […] The post Review of the Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.

Is the new Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 FE lens as good as the Sony Zeiss? Here is the answer…

David Vogt and Hanna Saba both tried to answer this simple question in their video reviews: Rokinon/Samyang 35mm f/1. 4 at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Amazon DE, Amazon UK. The post Is the new Rokinon 35mm f/1.

Photons to Photos test: Sony A7rIII Dynamic Range increased by max 0,4 stops over the A7rII

Photons by Photos measured the Sony A7rIII Dynamic Range and the conclusion is: 1) At low ISO up to ISO 400 the new Sony A7rII has the edge over the A7rII. From ISO 800 there is virtually no difference between the two 2) The max measured difference is 0,4 stops We are far off Sony’s […] The post Photons to Photos test: Sony A7rIII Dynamic Range increased by max 0,4 stops over the A7rII appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

Dpreview published the full Sony A7rIII review: “easily Sony’s best camera yet, and one of the best cameras we’ve ever tested”

Dpreview published the full Sony A7rIII test and the camera earned a 90% score. The conclusion: The sheer capability of the Sony a7R III is hard to overstate. With the sports-oriented a9, Sony was aiming for outright speed; the a7R III has inherited much of that, but offers far more resolution and dynamic range.

Pixel Shift A7rIII tests by Hugh Brownstone, Kevin Raber and Eddy Hagen.

Kevin Raber from Luminous Landscape tested the new A7rIII Pixel Shift function: I did a lot of pixel peeping at 200% and 300%, doing side by sides in Photoshop. You can see differences when looking close.

Jim Kasson says the Sony a7RIII still eats stars

Jim Kasson analyzed the A7rIII spatial filtering and found out that is “behaves” the same way it does on the A7rII. So his conclusion is that the A7rIII also eat stars. This statement goes against the findings from Drew Geraci who said last week: “Very Excited to share this side by side comparison of the […] The post Jim Kasson says the Sony a7RIII still eats stars appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

New Sony A7rIII tests and videos

Albert Dros shared his “First Day” findings with the new Sony A7RIII: The camera feels good, lot of faster than its predecessor. Sound of the shutter is different. Sounds a bit ‘smoother’, like there is less vibration going on.

Sony 24-105mm review by Marc Alhadeff: “Sony has delivered a superb lens, much better than the 24-70mm Zeiss”

Sony 24-105mm at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama, BuyDig, FocusCamera, Amazon DE, Calumet DE, Wex UK. Marc Alhadeff posted the detailed review of the new 24-105mm lens. I did actually preorder this lens before to read any review and I was worried that once first reviewes would be released I might would be disappointed.