After getting my hands on a new 42mp Sony a7R II camera ($3,198 – Order Here), I put it through its paces on the streets of New York! I’ve already covered the key new features of the camera in my Sony a7R II Field Test Review – Part 1 in June, so it was a …
Prior to last week’s announcement of the much-anticipated Sony a7R II ($3,198 – Order Here), I was given the chance to put Sony’s latest mirrorless fullframe camera through the paces for 48 hours in New York. Upon their arrival in New York, Sony’s product team handed me a pre-production a7R II camera with black gaffer …
As World Cup Fever sweeps across the soccer world, I jumped at the chance to head down to Brazil, to put the new Sony A7S (Amazon | B&H) through the paces for a week. Sony wisely positioned the 12.2mp Sony A7S to meet the demands of photographers who want low noise at extremely high ISOs …
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When the Sony A7S was announced at NAB, it garnered lots of attention because it’s ability to shoot native 4K video without line-skipping, pixel binning or interpolation. But it was the A7S’s ability to shoot up to ISO 409,600 that had many still photographers wondering if the A7S might just be the perfect low-light still …
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High Dynamic Range Sony A7S‘s high dynamic range doesn’t mean images shot on it appear flat – it just means you have lots shadow and highlight detail that can be recovered if you need it. Straight capture (left) and with Lightroom 5.5 shadow and clarity adjustments (right). (Click to Enlarge) Sony A7S | SAL 70-400mm …
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