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$400 Off Sony A6000 Camera and 50mm 55-210mm Lenses

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Final Checkout Screen for Promotional Code Entry Here's how to save $100 off the Sony A6000 Camera, $100 off the Sony 50mm f/1.8 OSS lens, and $200 off the Sony 55-210mm OSS Telephoto Zoom Lens. This will cover 24mm to 315mm for around $1000. Try to a find an APS-C DSLR that can match this deal. Add the Sony A6000 to your Amazon shopping cart. Make sure it is sold by Amazon. Add the Sony 50mm f/1.8 OSS Lens to your cart.  Make sure it is sold by Amazon. Add the Sony 55-210mm OSS Telephoto Zoom Lens to your cart.  Make sure it is sold by Amazon. Go to check out, enter address, select shipping method, enter payment method, etc. At the Final Checkout screen, you should see the A6000, SEL50F18, and SEL55210 lens as shown below. At the Final Checkout screen, use Promotional Code NGWGUS3ZKG .   $100 off for the A6000, $100 off for the SEL50F18 Lens, and $200 off for the SEL55210 Tele-Zoom Lens will be shown.  See image above. Click place your order. Now you have 24mm

Sony A7r with Contax G 28mm Biogon Test Shots

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Manhattan from Brooklyn We are still learning which lenses play well with the Sony A7r and we found one that's not so friendly. The Contax G 28mm f/2.8 Biogon, shown in our previous post , is a non-retrofocus rangefinder lens which means that the rear of the lens is closer to the film plane or sensor. This causes the light at the edges to hit the Sony's A7r full frame sensor at oblique angles which results in color casts. This happens with the Leica M9 and M240 but is corrected with in-camera with software. The color cast can also be corrected with CornerFix or Light Room's Flat Field Plug-in, discussed by Tobinators here . We did not correct the images here for color cast. Apart from the color cast, the Contax G 28mm Biogon performed well. We love the sharpness, contrast, and color the lens and the Sony A7r sensor delivers. Most of the shots are at f/5.6 or f/8 as we tried for the sweet spot of the lens. The A7r was set to Aperture Priority as there was plenty

Cambo Actus Sony E-Mount View Camera

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Cambo ACTUS - a compact view camera made for the Sony A7 cameras. ACTUS is based on the X2 Pro View Camera System The Cambo ACTUS is a view camera system with E-mount compatibility. This allows us to have tilt and shift movement using the Sony A7, a6000, or NEX cameras. Cambo has the X2 Pro which is made for DSLRs, the ACTUS is half the weight and around 40% less in size than the X2 Pro. Pictures shown are not final. ACTUS provides Front Tilt and Swing and Rear Shift from Capture Integration: Cambo is proud to announce the new compact ACTUS View Camera. The Actus is a new technology camera system designed for mirrorless cameras, such as the Sony Alpha 7 series. Cambo is working on the final product developments before the official announcement in the upcoming weeks. Read below for the specs that we have today. The system is expected to ship in early July. Depending on the configuration, the core system will be available in the ballpark of 1,500€. The core syste

Another Sony A7s High ISO Test

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Sony A7s High ISO Test by ArtBenny ArtBenny tests the Sony A7s' high iso capability by shooting in a pitch black room. The Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 Sonnar FE lens was used for the test. He states that the A7s was still able to autofocus in such low light. The Sony A7s will be available on July 8th and is priced at $2500. Sony A7s with a Zeiss 24-70mm OSS Lens

Sony A7 Wired Intervalometer Hack

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Sony A7 with Sony RM-VPR1 Wired Remote Control with Multi-Terminal Cable Atte Henriksson posted a video of his wired intervalometer hack for the Sony A7 . He uses a Sony RM-VPR1 to activate the A7's shutter by wire. He then connects the RM-VPR1 to a generic intervalometer timer and deed is done. He can now control the A7 by wire to take timelapse photography. Unfortunately there is no wiring diagram but it should be simple to find out which contacts activates the shutter signal from the RM-VPR1 and which wires are the output of the intervalometer timer. Sony A7 Wired Intervalometer via Sony RM-VPR1 Click here to see the wired intervalometer on the Sony A7 video . Thanks Atte Henriksson Now if we can just figure out a generic multi-terminal USB. Here is another cable that we may work instead of the RM-VPR1. We haven't tried. Sony VMCAVM1 A/V R Adapter Cable