Milano – Piazza Gae Aulenti from the Cinephotographer on Vimeo.
A5100 review at DSLRmagazine.
Sony RX100 III vs Canon G7X vs Panasonic LX100: Which is the best compact camera for enthusiasts? (Imaging Resource).
Are mirrorless systems becoming too big for their own good? (BestMirrorlessCameraReviews).
Sony PXW-FS7: primeras impresiones (Quesabesde).
Sony A7S : galerie d’images et test terrain (Focus Numerique).
Kagzai: “a member of the Chinese Xitek forum made an amazing fireflies video with the A7S. have a look! http://forum.xitek.com/thread-1372827-1-1-1.html”
Long time SAR reader Jorge started a new online shop site and I want to help him to promote the site. So here is the official press text. All the best Jorge for your new project!
“We are pleased to announce the launching of CameraPeddler.com. An online market designed for the photographer.
CameraPeddler.com was designed to help bring photographers together in a common online market place. Unlike the big auction sites or other online selling places, CameraPeddler.com offers the ability to focus strictly on photographic equipment from individuals and trustworthy reliable dealers. Furthermore, it is 100% free to post ads. This means you could post your entire inventory without incurring any fees. You only pay for what you sell.
CameraPeddler.com was developed by a well known figure in the photographic industry, his past and current ventures include popular sites such as ZeissImages.com, LeicaImages.com and other photo related sites. He has years of experience with online buying and selling of photographic gear. The intent was to develop a site where buyers and sellers can trust each other and feel comfortable with the transactions they engage in while utilizing the features of the site.
The site is full of features and additional features are currently being worked on.
For starters, the site features an incredibly simple to use search engine which lets you get extremely granular with your search results by letting you build complex queries by simply clicking on links. You can read more about them here: http://www.camerapeddler.com/answers/24
You can establish Buy and Sell friends and stay up to date on their listings.
Leave feedback as buyer or seller for your transactions.
Control your reputation by removing questionable feedback immediately while the moderators review the reported feedback and decide on its validity.
As a dealer, you can bulk upload ads by uploading a special delimited file. This save you time and gets your inventory online soon. Find out more about bulk uploading here: http://www.camerapeddler.com/answers/14
Commit to buying an item and holding it for up to 24 hours while you arrange funding if not available immediately. This is called a Pending state of a purchase process. Find out more about Pending here: http://www.camerapeddler.com/answers/28
Upload images for your ads. Additionally, you can embed images via links in the body of your ad.
Use keyword searches and see the ads matching your keywords while highlighting them in the body.
In addition to the above features, a new member knowledge base will be implemented shortly. This will allow members to build up the online encyclopedia of photographic gear with valuable information for the community to research.
If you are looking to buy or sell photographic equipment, please visit CameraPeddler.com and give us a try you wont be disappointed.
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The firefly video is worth seeing!
If you are the one producing http://3d-kraft.com, I’m impressed. Great website.
Thanks!
The weight comparison site shows two things that are factual but people seem to ignore and constantly whine about when it comes to new lenses for E mount:
1) FF lenses still have to cover the same area whether there is a mirror or not.
2) When performance is placed first, especially combined with fast aperture, the lens size will have to be the factor that “gives in” and therefore you end up with larger lenses.
I just wanted to say that even with the larger lenses, the body weight and size saving are still significant enough. 500g or 1kg is still 500g and 1kg and when you travel, trek or shoot for long days, every effing gram counts. You DONT have to have the 1.4 if you want to have small lenses, but if you do want 1.4 and you want that 1.4 to be “the summilux/art blah blah” in performance…then accept the size and weight.
Performance is first for me and I hope it is for the upcoming 35mm 1.4 Sony/Zeiss lens as well, even if it ends up being the same size it is now and weights 750-800g. I’m pretty sure I am not the only one on that line. See the people that adapt the Contax 35mm or the Rollei 35mm 1.4 lenses. Not small, but excellent lenses.
I truly hope they come up with yet another legendary 35mm.
The proposed FE 35/1.4 is an SLR lens with an extension. An opportunity lost for Sony. 🙁
What about ZM version then? Saw good examples but not convinved yet.
Lost to…?
There is no evidence of that whatsoever.
I think some A-mount guys saw that there was no 35/1.4 G replacement so, when they saw the FE 35/1.4, they put two and two together and made five.
Cue the “go to the gym” replies. Totally agree though.
3% fees for selling an item? No thanks. On Fred Miranda I can sell unlimited items without any transaction fees and the cost of the annual membership is less than what the 3% fee would be for a single item on that new site.
There are free (absolutely free!) sites out there. However, if one has to “peddle” cameras they have to pay! 🙂
I have sold on FM before and paid the 25.00 annual fee. Not a bad deal if your camera sells. However, I am limited to 1 posting per day and the ad is limited to viewers of FM. Considering this new site allows unlimited postings and if your ad does not sell it does not cost you anything, I would say that is not too shabby and worth a try. Like most sites, I am sure things will change and maybe how they handle transactions..
Shot a Canon 7D Mark II today. It must have been the worst experience of my life. The A77II absolutely destroys it. How does Canon keep getting away with highway robbery IDK.
My feeling too.
In what respect? Without giving details it sounds like typical fanboy talk.
It is kind of obvious. The 7DII is heavier, has a lesser sensor, no stabilization, no swivel screen, no wi-fi and it costs 50% more (even more with the current instant savings on the a77II).
It’s not. When the 6D came out I was emphatic about it. They had a few Canon reps at my local store today with the prototype to try out. The first thing they said was it doesn’t have a tilt screen because it’s meant for pro work and you can hammer nails with it. Are…you ……f’in kidding me? The plastic exterior was underwhelming compared to any camera I’ve had the pleasure of shooting with this past year….and I’ve shot a lot. The A77II’s exterior build IMO is vastly superior in feel and choice of type of plastic- this felt like a Tonka toy truck. The AF was modest, but I didn’t find it all that fast. In all fairness it was quiet and I did like the oversized dial in the back for scrolling through the menu- that’s it though. I couldn’t believe the asking price and 1080P at this stage of the game is a joke. You know how long Canon shooters have been waiting for that camera to come out? Don’t believe me- try it yourself. I’m convinced Canon wants to be irrelevant as fast as possible.
This size/weight review confirms the obvious – FE system is only “compact” when used with small primes.
If you use f/4 zooms, the difference becomes much smaller, and if you use f/2.8 zooms – like the classic reportage 16-35, 24-70, 70-200 – there’s very little weight/size difference using Nikon Df or Sony A7 (not even counting in the weight of adapter).
And it’s not like this small weight gain comes for free – mirror serves a purpose, you can’t just take it out. No mirror – no PDAF. Battery size, ergonomics suffer as well.
I’m getting increasingly convinced that FE system must be great for still subject / posed photography, where you can afford to use primes anyway and don’t need much AF (if any).
People who only do this type of photography usually talk about FE as “replacement for DSLR” (because for them it is) and say that on E-Mount “you can use any lenses” (because they can make do with MF).
For reportage, where you mostly use f/2.8 zooms and need fast AF, FE system is not very useful now.
I agree mostly. Nevertheless, in a few years AF of mirrorless FF cameras could be on par.
So far, I won’t let go of DSLRs because of this. If I were shooting landscapes only, the Sony’s would be high on my list.
Point is, even after AF is on par, and if they release fast zooms and big bodies and such, mirrorless will just be ‘as good’ for reportage as DSLR was.
There will be no gain or advantage from going mirrorless.
For most things, absolutely. There are some aspects, however, I like very much. Peaking, instant zoom or live histogram in VF. If done right, it could result in cheaper bodies, too. But so far I don’t see my D810 to be obsolete for me within the next three years. But mirrorless will supplement it nicely. Sony has the best sonsors, but for an APS-C body I would like to have faster AF-lenses (like Fujis 1.2 or 1.4 primes).
>Peaking, instant zoom or live histogram in VF.
Sony DSLR has all of that.
True, but I’m not sure about the support of Sony in that respect. Maybe I’m influenced by the discussion here at SAR.
You still don’t get it. Mirrorless allows flexibility in terms of size/weight.
An A99 with a 35/2.8 would be nowhere near as small as an A7 with the same lens.
Of course an A7 with a large f2.8 zoom is not going to be much smaller/lighter, but you can’t defy physics.
A mirrorless camera gives you the flexibility to be lighter when you need it. You are also hardly penalized by not having a mirror. The FE series AF is plenty fast for most uses and MF is significantly more useful than what you are describing. I’d argue that it is actually PDAF that is needed on more specific occasions (and there’s the SLT adaptor for FE). Ergonomics suffering is also an entirely subjective view here, weight is a part of ergonomics and big cameras are not for everyone.
I’d agree that the FE system is not great for reportage right now, but I am not sure what is to be expected a year after its release.