We'll find out soon enough!
Just How Awful Is Sony’s 8-Bit XAVC?
Enough About Mount Diameter Already!
This fixation with mount diameter is nothing more than a distraction. There are so many other factors involved in lens design, and so much room for improvement - none of which have anything at all to do with the mount diameter. The following are just a few off the top of my head: Breathing - the change... Continue Reading →
Hole Fallacies
Canon and Nikon users continue to rejoice in the belief that their respective lens mounts are superior when compared to Sony, but the latter just fired off another shot during their a6400 presentation, asserting that even f/.63 is theoretically possible. Even setting aside the vast catalogue of native lenses, E mount enjoys a singular advantage... Continue Reading →
The Sony a7 III is a Phenomenal Video Camera
I've never enjoyed shooting video so much as I have with the Sony a7 III. It's been trouble-free from the get-go - and while it would be a treat if Sony offered a better codec in the a7s III, I like the fact that the 8-bit files take up so little space on my hard... Continue Reading →
Canon Takes One Step Backward
We learn from Dave Etchells’ exclusive interview with Canon’s product planning executive Yoshiyuki Mizoguchi that, contrary to the sanguine prognostications of online pundits and influencers, that the follow-up to the decidedly underwhelming EOS R will not be a high-end model with 75 megapixel sensor, dual card slots and IBIS aimed at pros, but — an entry-level... Continue Reading →
Bigger is Better
An article examining where the industry is headed written five years ago by Sareesh Sudhakaran is still pertinent in regards to a statement I made in my previous post where I insisted that hybrid cameras should be able to shoot great video as well as stills. He writes: After 2007, roughly from the time the Canon... Continue Reading →
Award for Worst YouTuber of the Week
We've decided to start handing out awards for the worst YouTuber of the week. It was a tough call, but this week's prize goes to JSFILMZ for his hilariously incompetent video comparing the skin tones of the Blackmagic Design Pocket 4K to Sony's a7 III. In his post in the Sony thread (I kid you not!) over... Continue Reading →
Sony a7s III to Feature RAW Video?
All pure speculation, but since Nikon announced at CES that they’re working on adding C-Fast support and ProRes RAW (when paired with the Atomos Ninja V) to their Z cameras, could this mean Sony’s also got something similar in store for their videocentric a7s III? This is big for several reasons, not least being it... Continue Reading →
Does Competition Really Benefit the Consumer?
“Competition benefits consumers, spurring manufacturers on to create better and better tech and keeping prices in check.” We hear this so often that I’ve come to doubt it. But I think each company’s idea of what exactly remaining competitive means is just encoded in their DNA. For example, Fuji hit one out of the ballpark... Continue Reading →
Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA Sample Footage
https://youtu.be/RSEZ3R7dXAk "Raag" by Vinod Prasanna, Okey Szoke, PompeyLicense
Sony 85mm f/1.8 Sample Footage
Shot with the Lishuai C-700RSV Bi-Color LED and Yongnuo YN216. Picture profile 1, Cine2. https://youtu.be/K11_mlwN3A4 Malibu Love Nest by LunaLicense
Sony a7 III: Model Thuỳ Dương
A screen grab from my latest shoot with a quick color correction in post. It was around a quarter to six in the evening, the sun had already set, and I wanted to accentuate the blue in the sky, so I set the Lishuai bi-color LED to 3200 Kelvin. In order to remain outside the... Continue Reading →
Lishuai C-700RSV 20-Inch Bi-Color LED
Sony a7 III, 85mm f/1.8, Lishuai C-700RSV
Sony a7 III YouTubers: cont’d.
Forum member techjedi over at DPReview, after reading my post about the garbage YouTube videos shot by a7 III users, was generous enough to write: With respect, there is plenty of footage. I think you may have just been using the wrong search keywords or were expecting vloggers studio videos to be a representation of... Continue Reading →
Six a7 III YouTubers Compared
I've said before that one of the chief reasons I deliberated so long and hard before purchasing the Sony a7 III was the prevailing idea that Sony's skin tones were dreadful; and little I'd seen on the Web persuaded me otherwise. And while Tony Northrup did a good job debunking the myth about poor Sony... Continue Reading →
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Screen shot, Sony a7 III, 85mm f/1.8, Saigon Life Cafe.
The Daejeon Chronicles 