Using Sony Wi-Fi with PlayMemories, PicTapGo, & Instagram - How to Use Wi-FI on your Sony Mirrorless camera in conjunction with the Sony PlayMemories app, PicTapGo and Instagram on the iPhone by Paul F. Gero | paulfgero.com Member, Sony Artisans of Imagery Program One of the great things about Sony...
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Perspective correction, or "tilt–shift" as it is often called, encompasses two different types of movements: rotation of the lens plane relative to the image plane, called tilt, and movement of the lens parallel to the image plane, called shift. Tilt is used to control the orientation of the plane of focus...
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The gentleman who will be making the final decision on what comes next from Sony in the Alpha series of interchangeable lens cameras is Sony Product Manager for Interchangeable Lens Cameras, Mr. Kenta Honjo. Mr. Honjo was interviewed for this Creative Live video segment published on...
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Duo Flammenspuk - Kobold Streit & Schabernack from Hacky on Vimeo. Kathy & Caro from Hamburg, Germany bring us enchanting fire-artistry with "Duo Flammenspuk." Flammenspuk is a word creation composed of the German words for flames and haunting. This medieval show is called "Kobold-Streit" (goblin hassle)...
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Pass That Bottle To Me from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. I know, at first it might seem a bit far fetched to do a head to head comparison between three such widely different cameras, the A7R vs 5D Mark III vs Zoom Q4, all at opposite ends of the...
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Other People's Money from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. One of my clients is the LA band "Cats With Class." You could say I live with this band, since my wife Suzanne is the Bass player. Suzanne wrote and sings this original work "Other People's Money" in a...
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Standin' on a Corner from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. The footage isn't pretty, it needs better stabilization or a more steady hand than mine at the time. Stabilization is something the A7R doesn't come with and neither does the 55mm f/1.8 lens. Software stabilization for long clips...
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When you're always on the lookout for good photojournalism styled documentary stories as I am, you never know when or where a story is liable to happen. The best you can do is be ready, and jump when you see the scene setting into place. Never leave...
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There are few things I've found in my life as a photographer of any real lasting value: My older pre-ASPH Leica lenses, an old Domke bag I've had forever, my hat, and a small library of books - SONY A7/A7R:FROM SNAPSHOTS TO GREAT SHOTS now being...
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Editors Note: Today we introduce a gentleman who needs little introduction, the Master of Brevity, the Don Juan of Optical Benches, Master researcher of a7r light leak, the Master Myth Buster of Camera Porn himself, President of LensRentals.Com, Mr. Roger Cicala! BAD-A-BOOM! Roger has agreed to...
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I had never been to WPPI, the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International show in Las Vegas, so when Paul Gero told me he was going I made an on the spot decision to join him. The Sunday afternoon drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas...
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There are some problems reported using a Sony A7R with a Leica 28mm f/2 Summicron ASPH. Smudged "blurry sides and edges" and serious "color smearing" repeated in discussion forums and on the major social networks. Some go so far as to report the 28mm 'Cron...
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="582"] The SD Deck of Cards. What A Confusing Mess![/caption] Christmas is past but the Grinch left me one more New Years present. I discovered a new 32GB SDXC card bit the dust, and took my whole Happy New Year along with it....
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AeroDrome from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. Some may think me a dinosaur when I express a preference for working with a manually focused lens. When I started in photography there weren't any autofocus cameras, so everybody either learned to use manual focus or learned to live with...
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A7R Shutter Vibration May Be Too Great For Some Uses [caption id="attachment_5665" align="aligncenter" width="518"] Mike's Bronze Weight.A prototype for testing a 24-ounce deadweight attached to camera via the tripod screw thread.[/caption] Unfortunately, Sony has a problem with the A7R which is serious for a significant segment of...
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Once in a great while, there’s a revolutionary product that changes the conventional expectations for an entire class of cameras. After twenty days of use, I've decided that among all of the mirrorless cameras I've tried, the Sony A7R is one of those rare...
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