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Miami photographer Brian Smith is the luckiest guy on the planet. He won a Pulitzer Prize at 25, he's told Bill Gates exactly what to do for an entire hour, appeared on The X Factor, exhibited at the Library of Congress, dined with the President and 3,000 of their closest friends, shared cupcakes with Anne Hathaway, gotten drunk with George Clooney and married the most beautiful woman he ever laid eyes on...

Voigtlander Announces Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Asperical Fullframe E-mount Lens

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Voigtlander has officially announced the manual focus Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Asperical FE Lens ($1,099). Like other Voigtlander E-mount lenses including the recently announced Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar, this manual focus lens transmits EXIF lens data to the camera allowing Auto IBIS image stabilization with Sony a9, a7 Series Mark II cameras and Sony a6500. […]

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Newsshooter Review of Sony PXW-Z90 4K XDCAM Includes First Footage

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Chuck Fadely of Newsshooter reviews the Sony PXW-Z90 4K HDR XDCAM ($2,799) including a breakdown of its hybrid phase-detection autofocus and other key features. “The autofocus is quite good and will hold on subjects even when shooting through things in the foreground. You can touch the screen to pick your focus point and rack focus

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Sony Announces Three New Camcorders with 273-Point Phase-Detection AF + 4K HDR

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Sony Announced Three New Camcorders Featuring 273-Point Phase-Detection AF and 4K HDR Recording at IBC 2017 Show in Amsterdam Just as with this week’s RX10 IV Announcement, Sony is clearly placing emphasis on adding Phase-Detection Auto Focus for video. • Sony FDR-AX700 4K Camcorder (Pre-Order for $1,899.99) •Â Sony HXR-NX80 Full HD XDCAM (Pre-Order for

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Sony RX10 IV with 24-600mm F2.4-4 Lens Available for Pre-Order Now!

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RX10 IV with 24-600mm F2.4-4 lens (Pre-order Now for $1698) with the world’s fastest 0.03 AF focus speed, continuous 24 fps shooting and AF/AE tracking with 315 PDAF points covering 65% of the frame! PRE-ORDER YOURS NOW! Highlights • 24-600mm (35mm Equivalent) Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* f/2.4-4 Zoom Lens • 20.1MP 1″ Exmor RS BSI CMOS

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