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Cool Gear: Sony CZ 135/1.8 Lens

My pal Chris Gampat just posted his great review of the Sony Zeiss 135mm f1.8 on thephoblographer.com It reminded me that though I’ve mentioned the lens many times, I’ve never written a full post about it. That’s a mistake on my part since this lens certainly deserves more attention. Sony’s Zeiss 135/1.8 lens (Amazon | […]

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Sony Alpha Firmware Updates

Sony Electronics has released Firmware Updates for the Sony a99, a77, a65 and a57 cameras. It takes a bit of digging to find the right link for every camera on the Sony website, so I’ve compiled them all here. If your camera is missing from this list: Search for Sony firmware updates here by searching

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Sony NEX Firmare Updates

Sony Electronics has released Firmware Updates for the Sony NEX-7, NEX-6,NEX-5R andNEX-F3 cameras. It takes a bit of digging to find the right link for every camera on the Sony website, so I’ve compiled them all here. If your camera is missing from this list – you can search for Sony firmware updates here by

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Sony Unveils Industry’s Fastest Memory Cards With New XQD S Series

Sony just rolled out their new smokin’ fast New XQD S CF Memory Cards with a blazing 167 MB/second interface. Just the other day I was raving about Sony’s wicked fast SDHC UHS cards and now these blow away the CF speed barrier. PRESS RELEASE: Sony Unveils Industry’s Fastest Memory Cards With New XQD S

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Sony SDHC UHS-1 Memory Card Shootout

I’ve been using SanDisk Extreme SDHC cards with Sony a77 and NEX-7 cameras since their introduction. Mike Kahn, director of Sony Alpha Camera Systems, sent me a couple of Sony’s new SDHC UHS-1 memory cards to try out, so I put them to the test against the SanDisk Extreme SDHC and Sony Memory Stick Pro-HG

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