Sony Alpha NEX Cameras and E Mount Lenses

Wired Remote Cord on Sony A7 Sony A7r HDR Timelapse with Wired Remote Equipment required: Sony A7 Camera Generic Wired Timer Camera Shutter Controller Sony Multi Terminal Remote Cable Sony A7 Camera Settings: Aperture Priority (shutter speed will be varied) ISO 100 Remote Control: ON Drive Mode: Continuous Bracketing, 3 or 5 shots, EV Range? Manual Focus Remote Timer Settings: DELAY:  Set countdown timer to when 1st shot is taken. LONG:  Set to time longer than total time for all bracket shots. INTVL:  Time between bracket intervals. N: Set to number of bracket sets required.

Sony A7s with Zeiss 24-70mm FE ZA Camera Store TV Hand's On with Sony A7s Go to 3:05 to hear the Sony A7s shutter noise options, electronic first curtain shutter and fully electronic shutter. Sony A7s Product Specifications from Sony Software Operating System Compatibility : Image Data Converter 4.0: Microsoft Windows® Vista® SP2, Windows® 7 SP1, Windows® 8 (Pentium 4 or faster) Mac OS X (10.6-10.8) (Intel Core Solo/Core Duo/Core 2 Duo or faster) PlayMemories Home: Microsoft Windows® Vista® SP2, Windows® 7 SP1, Windows® 8 (Pentium III 800 MHz or faster; for playing/editing HD movies: Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz or faster/Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66 GHz or faster, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz or faster (AVC HD (FX/FH)) Mac OS X (10.6-10.8) (Intel Core Solo/Core Duo/Core 2 Duo or faster) Supplied Software : PlayMemories Home, Image Data Converter Version 4 Camera Camera Type : Full-frame Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera Lens Compatibility : Sony E-mount Full Frame, operation wi

Updated Lens Roadmap for E-mount Cameras Macro G Lens and High Speed Prime Zeiss Added to 2014 Release We just noticed that the E-mount lens roadmap has been updated to provide detail to the two upcoming lenses. The roadmap suggests that we will see three more lenses before years end. One will be a Sony G Macro lens - our guess? 100mm f/2.8 macro, similar to the Sony 100mm macro . The other lens will be a Zeiss high speed prime lens - our guess? 24mm f/1.4 maybe more of a wish. This lens could be based on the NEX's 24mm f/1.8 ZA Sonnar or the A-mount Zeiss 24mm f/2 Distagon .

We took the Sony A7r with the Minolta 35-70mm MD Macro lens to the New York Botanical Garden's The Orchid Show . The 35-70mm MD Macro makes for a nice walkabout zoom lens for the full frame A7r. It can cover wide angle to medium telephoto shots. The majority of pictures poster here were taken using macro mode, providing 1:4 magnification. The aperture was set at f/5.6 - f/8. The Sony A7r was set to shutter priority mode at 1/200 and auto ISO. This was in order to minimize camera shake indoors, since this was all hand held. We were pleased with the results and drawing style provided by the a7r and the Minolta 35-70mm. This would be a nice inexpensive travel lens.

Sony A7s with Zeiss 24-70mm FE ZA Luminous Landscapes gives us their first impressions with the new low-light king, the Sony A7s . Read their A7s first impression here . They provide samples between the Sony A7s and the A7r to test the A7s' low light capability. Video capability is also discussed. Here are some interesting quotes that we found. Sony is producing more new and interesting cameras, in more categories, and with more new technology than the two market leaders combined. a 12MP file from the A7s can be printed at a size of 16 X 24" when upressed to 360ppi. There is something to the look of A7s files that reminds me of medium format, At ISO 51,200 the A7s is quite usable with some moderate noise reduction My only complaint is that the interface team at Sony forgot to add this feature (Electronic Shutter) to the twelve position Function menu. Why not just keep Electronic Shutter as the default?

Rolling. Here are some shots of Brooklyn produced by the Sony A7r and the Voigtlander 12mm f/5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar. This is the 1st version of the 12mm lens in Leica M mount .  You can see the color shift but it's not intrusive for these snaps.  The Voigtlander 12mm is compact and looks great on the A7r. Wilted. School yard. To Manhattan. Couple. Boardwalk. Golden.

Sony A7 with Rhinocam (Ground glass removed) Here's a video showing how to mount the Sony A7 camera onto a Vizelex Rhinocam . The Rhinocam was designed for e-mount NEX cameras. Due to the viewfinder location of the A7, there is interference when the camera us rotated to portrait mode for 645 shots. This is resolved by removing the ground glass found on the Rhinocam. It provides a quick view for framing only and does not affect the final image. How To Mount the Sony A7 on the Rhinocam Here was our previous post on the Rhinocam with an introduction and walk-through video. Vizelex Rhinocam by Fotodiox