Hot on the heals of the announcement of the Sony Alpha A7S pricing comes what could easily become the star of the Sony show. Scheduled to ship in June, the new Sony pocket-sized RX100 III is the latest evolution in the venerable line of Sony pocket...
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Everybody loves a good autofocus shootout. But this autofocus shootout not to be missed! Once again, The Camera Store's Chris Niccolls steps in front of Jordan Drake's Sony FS700 to bring you the latest information and his opinion about the autofocus speed and accuracy in the current...
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I've been watching with keen interest the latest round of reviews on what is the best entry level camera for video. I've recently discovered the infinite joy in the editing suite of having multiple camera perspectives of the same subject, but also discovered how difficult...
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The Sony A7S price is $2,495 and will ship beginning the first week in July, so you could say this new low light "Cat" that can focus in the dark is almost out of the bag. You read that correctly, the Sony guy or gal in charge of...
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When we visit places and towns we (Bettina and I) want to have a very compact yet comprehensive gear set with us. Finding the right bag is always a challenge. Here are some criteria for us: We need to carry two sets of mirrorless cameras (video...
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3 Sensors are Better than One: The Sony Mirrorless Lineup for Doing Serious Video. from patrick murphy-racey on Vimeo. Another old still photographer making the transition to adding video and sound, our friend Patrick Murphy-Racey has been around for awhile doing his still photography thing. Patrick thinks...
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Sony hired Director of Photography Den Lennie several months ago to put a prototype Sony A7S through its paces in Mid March, and to make an amazing demonstration film of just what this incredible A7S Low Light new camera was capable of. Mr. Lennie was a...
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There have been a few times in history when Leica introduced products I was very interested in. To be honest, the introduction of the Leica T intrigued me, but just from reading about it didn't really ring my chimes. It looked nice, had nice specs,...
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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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Leica Summilux-C Prime Cine Lenses. Otto Nemenz, Leica, and Band Pro got together and said, "Let's make some cinema lenses, baby" [caption id="attachment_6884" align="aligncenter" width="950"] Leica Summilux-C 35mm[/caption] And so they did, which proved very interesting to cinematographers always looking for alternative looks. At nearly $200,000 per...
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NAB 2014: DJI from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. When I started writing this series for TheCameraForum.Com a year and a half or so ago, DJI was just ramping up. I never expected to have a special category of camera for DJI Quadcopters. But here we are only eighteen...
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Introduction Of The Sony A7S from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. The world premier of the Sony A7S introduced on Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the NAB 2014 Show In Las Vegas by Mr. Shigeki Ishizuka, Sony Executive Vice President. I had planned to attend the NAB convention in...
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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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A Man Ain't A Man from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. We are now setup and operational with the latest Mavericks OSX and the latest Final Cut Pro X. One of the exciting things Apple has evolved in Final Cut Pro X is multi camera editing. What is...
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Zoom Q4 from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. Zoom calls their Q4 a Handy Video Recorder. Sony refers to their HDR-MV1 as a portable Music Video Recorder. But what is in a name? In the end, what sold me was features. The Zoom Q4 is packed with them,...
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