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Sony A7r and NEX APS-C Lenses

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Carl Zeiss 32mm Touit Lens on Sony A7r Here are a bevy of autofocus lenses made for the Sony NEX system mounted on the new Sony A7r . The red boxes show a 1:1 or square aspect ratio and a 16:9 aspect ratio. The lenses have rear baffles which were not removed. Most of the prime lenses can provide a square image with a little bit of vignetting. 16:9 images show heavy vignetting, maybe we can extract a 2.35:1 Cinemascope / Panavision image with the A7r's 36 megapixels to play with. Carl Zeiss 12mm Touit Lens on Sony A7r Sony 16mm Pancake with Ultra Wide Adapter on Sony A7r Sony 16mm Pancake Lens on Sony A7r Sigma 19mm Lens on Sony A7r Sigma 30mm Lens on Sony A7r Sony 55-210mm OSS Lens @55mm on Sony A7r Sony 55-210mm OSS Lens @98mmLens on Sony A7r Sony 55-210mm OSS Lens @210mm Lens on Sony A7r

First Snaps with the Sony A7r

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Here are our first snaps from the Sony A7r . The 90mm f/2.8 lens from the Contax G was perfect for our trip to the nursery. The camera was set to shoot raw. These images were sent to the smartphone via the Sony A7r's WiFi and NFC feature. SnapSpeed from Google was then used to tweak the files and here are the results. The wireless transfer of files are so easy that we are thinking of getting the EyeFi memory card for the NEX-7. More on the A7r in the days to come.

HBO's True Detective Featuring the NEX-5

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Woody Harrelson as Detective Martin Eric "Marty" Hart and the NEX-5 First let me say that I have not finished True Detective yet so please do not say anything about the story. We saw the camera on a tripod instantly featured during the interrogation scenes. The NEX-5 was used to record the interviews of Detective Hart and Detective Rustin Spencer "Rust" Cohle played by Matthew McConaughey. True Detective ended the 1st season with 8 episodes - will the NEX make it to the next season?

How Good is the Sony 28-70mm FE OSS Lens?

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Sony A7 Kit with 28-70mm Lens iso.light wanted to see how good the Sony 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 FE OSS Lens was. In order to test this he compared the lens against the Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm F4 ZA OSS Lens from iso.light: So the question arose: should I get the Zeiss 24-70mm zoom lens? What improvements would it bring over the kit lens? Is that really worth 1200$? Well, you tell me! Here are some comparisons pictures, all shot with a tripod and the OSS turned off. The same focal length and other settings were selected on each lens (at least that’s what the EXIF says) and I tried to change the lenses as fast as possible between the shots. There are 5 pairs labelled A & B, in no particular order. I’m interested to see which picture you prefer? They all have been edited inLightRoom with exactly the same settings for each pair (note that no lens correction was applied as LR5.3 has no profile for the Zeiss yet). There are no right or wrong answers, you can either try to

Save $460 on Sony A7 Cameras at B&H Photo

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Sony and B&H Photo are giving a $460 credit when you buy a Sony A7 and also trade in an old camera. Click on this link http://goo.gl/OjiOOp and add an A7 or A7r to your cart and see the $460 discount. You can also add FE lenses for further discounts. The Sony 55mm f/1.8 Sonnar FE, aka mini-Otus, will be $200 less.