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Save $1000 on the a7r II with Trade-In Bonus

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Sony a7r II with $200 Gift Card Here's our chance to save $1000+ on the Sony a7r II . Here's the math. Sony a7r II = $3198 Instant Rebate = -$300 Gift Card = -$200 Trade in Bonus = -$480 Trade in Value = -$?.?? Grand Total = $2,218 - TIV The a7r II's MSRP is $3,198. A trade in of an old interchangeable lens would surely get us to the $1000 savings mark. The trade-in bonus ends on April 1st but the $200 gift card from Adorama will probably go extinct first. Receive $480 bonus from Sony if you buy the a7r II above and you trade in a camera or a lens. I would probably add the 16-35mm f/4 lens which comes with a $100 gift card, a $100 instant rebate, and a $202.50 bonus - a $400 savings off MSRP. The lens will come in at $945 before your trade in value. And the 55mm f/1.8 lens which comes with a $50 gift card, a $100 instant rebate, and a $150 bonus - a $300 savings off MSRP. The 55mm Zeiss will cost $698 before your trade in value.

Olympus Infinity Point and Shoot vs Sony A7

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Windham Graves shows us how to create a new lens for your Sony E-mount camera from a film point and shoot. He harvests the lens from an Olympus Infinity camera which has a relatively fast 35mm f/2.8 lens. A Russian m39 lens tube with a helicoid is used to Frankenstein the final lens for the e-mount. Olympus Infinity 35mm f2.8 Adapted to Sony E-mount

Low Light with the Speed Booster and Contax 50mm Planar

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Songstress. Here are some photos from a wedding we invited. All we were equipped with was our trusty Sony NEX-7, a Metabones Speed Booster, and the Contax 50mm Planar - a gem. The Speed booster gave us an effective 55mm lens at f/1.2, necessary for this low light event. Double trouble. The NEX was set to shoot jpeg only in black and white with contrast and sharpness at negative two. This made the post-processing much easier than usual with cropping as the only requirement. Tequila ice bar. Holding court.

Have RX1 will Travel.

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We have always been intrigued with the diminutive Sony RX1 . In our minds it's the perfect travel camera, well except for our propensity for the 50mm focal length. Here's a video in 4K resolution conjured up by Mr. Rozenman about his west coast trip with his wife. The video is composed of 16,500 pictures taken with the RX1 handheld. Yet Another USA Travel Video by Ofer Rozenman For those looking to go on the wide side, here's a Sony RX1R with the 0.75X Ultra Wide Converter which gives an effective FOV of 26mm. Sony RX1R with SEL075UWC Ultra Wide Converter

Sony Travel Kit of Bob Krist

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What's In Your Bag - Bob Krist Here is what Bob Krist carries with him on travel assignments. This kit allows Mr. Krist to shoot high resolution images and capture 4K video in a minimal package. Sony A7r II used in APS-C mode. This affords the use of smaller APS-C lenses. Sony 10-18mm f/4 Wide Angle Zoom Lens Zeiss 16-70mm f/4 Zoom Lens Sony 35mm f/1.8 Lens Sony RX10 II - I wonder if he's switched to the RX10 III with even more range, a 28-600mmm lens. Sony Action Cam on a selfie stick. Hot-shoe mounted Sony ECMXYST1M Stereo Microphone Sony ECMW1M Wireless Microphone Sony NP-FW50 Batteries for the A7r II and RX 10 II. Sony NP-BX1 Batteries for the RX100 Sony RX-100 IV (Not Shown) used to record the video below. Video by Bob Krist

How To Install OpenMemories AppStore

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OpenMemories App Shown on Camera's Application Tab DHI Enterprises shows us how to install a third party application for Sony Cameras which support the PlayMemories Camera Apps. The third party OpenMemories AppStore can now be installed using the same method shown. WARNING from the OpenMemories AppStore developer: Is it safe? This is an experiment in a very early stage. All information has been found through reverse engineering. Even though everything worked fine for our developers, it could cause harm to your hardware. If you break your camera, you get to keep both pieces. We won't take any responsibility. However, this seems to be safer than tampering with your camera firmware directly. We're just interacting with the isolated Android subsystem. Apps you install this way can be uninstalled in the applications manager. In the worst case, a factory reset of the camera clears all data on the Android partitions. How To Install OpenMemories AppStore on your Sony C

How Small is the Hasselblad X1D?

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Hasselblad X1D Compact Mirrorless Medium Format Camera vs Sony A6300 How small is the new Hasselblad X1D? Here it is next to the Sony a6300 with the Sony 50mm f/1.8 lens (75mm EFOV). The X1D has the XCD 45mm f/3.5 lens attached (35mm EFOV). The X1D sensor is 33 x 44 mm compared to the 15.6 x 23.5 mm sensor on the a6300's - 4X the sensor area. Hasselblad X1D with XCD 45mm f/3.5 Lens vs Sony A6300 with 50mm f/1.8 (Hasselblad 500 in the back) The new Hasselblad X1D is a mirrorless medium format camera. It uses the Sony 50 mp sensor from the Hasselblad H6D-50c shoehorned into a compact body with an electronic viewfinder. It is 2.5X less expensive than the H6D-50c - the X1D body will retail at $9000. Hasselblad X1D Interview from Three Blind Men and An Elephant Productions Hasselblad X1D with XCD 45mm f/3.5 Lens vs Sony A6300 with 50mm f/1.8