The new Leica M11 Monochrom camera uses exactly the same Sony A7rV sensor with stripped RGB filter (the sensor is listed on Sony’s sensor page ). PetaPixel tested the M11 and the result is quite clear: the M11 gives 1 stop advantage and visible increased sharpness compared to the classic Bayer sensor!
I do believe Sony should make a Sony A7rV monochrome version for those reasons:
Our reader Sylvain told me a about a FTP and Smartphone transfer issues with A7IV firmware 2.00
I’m a nobody enjoying my A7IV since it came out and I’ve been using ftp to transfer files from my camera to my NAS as part of my workflow. After upgrading to firmware 2.00 I did a FTP transfer to unload my card and most of my video files larger than 4 gb were corrupted. Being an embedded developer myself I further investigated and all pointed out
Spinn launched the brand new version of their famous Fully self-adhesive protective gear wrapper on Kickstarter (Click here) .
The 2022 campaign was super successful but now they have a new 2023 version:
Check out how this works:
Back on January Sony announced the 300mm f/2.8 GM development with a target launch date in early 2024. I now got a wild rumors about an anticipated launch of this lens. To me this sounds very unlikely but hey…I would be happy to be proven wrong!
An anonymous source is sharing this across the web:
Sony 300 2.8 GM will be announced end of May.
Lightest 300/2.8 with fastest AF and closest
Photokiatos interviewed me and if you are curious to learn more about my thoughts on photography be sure to check it out :)
Sony published the latest financial report. The camera business falls within the Enterntainment/Technology/Services segment. And about that Sony writes:
Results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 Sales increased 136.8 billion yen (6%) year-on-year to 2 trillion 476.0 billion yen (a 4% decrease on a constant currency basis). This increase in sales was primarily due to the impact of foreign exchange rates as well as an increase in
On May 11 Sony will announce the Xperia I V. I really don’t care much about smartphones but the ONE interesting new feature is the world’s first dual layer sensor camera. This tech might find it’s use on future Sony E-mount cameras too. In my video I will explain in simple terms what’s so special about this.
In short: Imaging having current (expensive) medium format quality on Full Frame cameras!
Sony just posted their new teaser for the new sensor that will be featured on the Sony Xperia 1 V. This could be a game changer and I will soon explain on a new youtube video why we Alpha photographers should be excitef about this!
There are once more new storage deals at Amazon DE , Amazon UK , Amazon FR , Amazon IT , FotoErhardt DE , FotoKoch DE .
