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Shoot it Like Stanley Kubrick

Filmmakers can now shoot their next film with Stanley Kubrick’s Super-Fast Zeiss Lenses. Kubrick used modified Carl Zeiss f0.7 lens developed for NASA to photograph the dark side of the moon to shoot the candlelit scenes in his 1975 film ‘Barry Lyndon’. The lenses were modified for Kubrick by Ed DiGiulio, of Cinema Products Corporation […]

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Serious Wood for Hasselblad Stellar tricked-out Sony RX100

Published: July 23, 2013 As photos leaked onto the web of the soon-to-be-released Hasselblad Stellar, I got serious wood for this tricked-out Sony RX100! Like the previously released Hasselblad Lunar, the Stellar is forged out of the Sony / Hasselblad partnership. Stellar is based on my favorite pocket camera, the Sony RX100 with a 28-100mm

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Re-Watch: Olivia Tech Talks Sony Cybershot on Amazon

In case you missed the Amazon Live-stream showcasing the features of latest Sony Cyber-shot RX1r and RX100 MII, here’s the re-watch. If you want to find out more about these cameras, sit back and listen to my favorite camera techie Olivia Speranza cyber-chat with my pal Mark Weir, Senior Technical Manager for Sony Digital Imaging;

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Inside Look: Making of Zeiss Touit Lenses

[booberry”_blank” style=”” class=”btn_red” link=”http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/0/Ntt/Zeiss+Touit+Lens/mnp/918/mxp/919/N/0+35/BI/6784/KBID/7355″ target=”_blank” rel=”external nofollow”>SPECIAL DEAL: SAVE $800 ON ZEISS TOUIT 32MM/F1.8 + 12MM/F2.8 LENS COMBO Here’s a fascinating look at the exacting manufacturing process by which Carl Zeiss’ new Touit lenses are made for Sony NEX and Fuji-X-series cameras. Now that’s what I call “white glove service”… Want to know more? Here’s

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Cool Gear: Zeiss 12mm & 32mm lenses for Sony NEX Cameras

Carl Zeiss has announced two very sweet lenses for Sony NEX: the Zeiss Touit 12mm f2.8 wide angle lens and 32mm f1.8 normal lens. Zeiss lenses are my favorite lenses both for Sony Alpha and medium format. They’re sharp, smooth and very well made. If you haven’t shot with a Zeiss glass you have no

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