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Sony News, Latest Rumors, Rebates and a Few Deals Worth Checking Out!
Posted May 24, 2013 by Jay
It’s been a busy past few weeks for Sony, as they made some significant news announcements, and a few rumors have leaked. Sony is finally making money again as a company whole, and the focus seems to be streamlined in a much more realistic fashion. Basically what Sony is trying to do, which is smart in [...]
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Disney Vacation Video, Nex-6 and GoPro HD Hero Cameras
Posted May 22, 2013 by Jay
I took several video clips using the my Sony Nex-6 and my GoPro Hero2 that I’ve had for some time now. The Nex-6 did a great job with the video in my opinion and the GoPro Camera, which is similar to the Sony Action Cam, offered a new perspective on the pool and more. I [...]
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Recommended Camera Bags for Travel and More..
Posted May 20, 2013 by Jay
I have gotten a lot of questions lately on recommendations for lenses, camera bags, and other gear for travel purposes, so I figured it was time to write an article on the matter. I had to do some re-search as new bags and gear are constantly coming out or are being updated, so prepare yourself [...]
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Samsung NX Camera System, Worth Considering??
Posted May 20, 2013 by Jay
The recently announced Samsung NX300, I just read up on, got me seriously looking into the Samsung NX Camera System as a whole. Very impressive first impression I must say. Huge APS-C sized sensors, just like the Sony Nex camera system, Hybrid AF, and several quality lenses available. Samsung is on the move just like [...]
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Disney Vacation, Nex-6, 55-210mm lens – The Animal Kingdom
Posted May 17, 2013 by Jay
For this series of Photos from out Disney Family Vacation, I used my Nex-6 and the 55-210mm E-Mount Lens. The extra focal length of the SEL55210 was definitely needed for the Animal Kingdom as most animals were pretty far away, and the 18-55mm standard kit lens is not enough zoom. I really wanted to get [...]
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Sony Nex Camera System can use almost any lens with a simple and inexpensive lens adapter!
Posted January 14, 2012 by Jay
ichele got me the Fotodiox Pro Lens Mount Adapter with Built-in Aperture iris for Christmas, and what that relatively inexpensive adapter allows me use all my Canon EF Lenses on the Sony Nex Camera Systems. I haven’t actually taken any photos using the Canon lenses yet, but I did take a couple of photos with [...]
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Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 UMC Lens – Sample Photos and First Impressions!!
Posted April 10, 2013 by Jay
In this first impressions article on the Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 UMC Aspherical Lens, I will go over several sample photos and more. I’ve actually been holding onto these lenses for about two weeks now as I needed to finish the DSC-HX300 Review (Click Here), before I dove into the three Rokinon lenses I have to [...]
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Sony Nex-F3 and the Yasuhara Nanoha Macro Lens 5:1 – High Res Sample Photos and Guess the Macro!!
Posted July 25, 2012 by Jay
I’ve been using the Sony Nex-F3 for about a week now and took a bunch of sample photos using the Yasuhara Nanoha Macro Lens with 4:1, and 5:1 Magnification. This lens is incredible powerful and I can honestly say it’s pretty hard to use due to the super high magnification levels, shallow depth of field, [...]
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New Gear on the Way!! New Sony Rebates and a Deals!!
Posted March 19, 2013 by Jay
Oh yeah, got some killer Rokinon lenses on the way courtesy of BHPhotoVideo.com!! Specifically the Rokinon A-Mount 85mm f/1.4 Aspherical Lens, 35mm f/1.4 Wide-Angle US UMC Aspherical Lens, 14mm Ultra Wide-Angle f/2.8 IF ED UMC Lens, and the Sony LA-EA1 lens adapter!! I will be reviewing all these lenses using my personal Sony Nex-6, hence [...]
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Improve Your Landscape and Travel Photography
Posted January 3, 2013 by Monico
Today I want to talk about landscape and travel photography and share some tips and tricks to help improve your landscape and travel photography. Even though I make my living as an assignment, event and a portrait photographer I love to photograph landscapes. For me shooting landscapes allows me to relax and just enjoy photography. There’s no deadlines [...]
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New Sony Gear on the Way to the Lab!!
Posted May 30, 2012 by Jay
I just got off the phone with my friends at BHPhotovideo.com and we have a bunch of new gear on the way to the Lab!! With the Polls from the other day in mind we have some budget friendly prime lenses coming and the simple amazing LA-EA2 E-Mount adapter which I will test out on [...]
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Newborn Portraits – On Location Studio Photography Tutorial!!
Posted January 28, 2013 by Jay
I often get the question?? How do I take better Newborn Portraits On Location at the family’s house?? What is the best way to do it? Portable Studio Options?? In this article I will go over all of this, as Michele and I just did a newborn portrait session for our very good friends, and [...]
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Sony 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 Carl Zeiss DT Lens – Hands on Review
Posted December 22, 2011 by Jay
In this Hands on Review I had the pleasure to test the Carl Zeiss 16-80mm DT lens using the Sony Alpha 35. This lens has an incredible attractive 35mm equivalent focal range of 24-120mm on a APS-C sized sensor camera. That is pretty much all you need focal range wise to do almost everything!! The [...]
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Question & Answer with Jay – Episode #1
Posted February 17, 2013 by Jay
In this very first Episode of Question and Answer with Jay, I’m going to answer a few very good, yet common Sony questions I get on a regular basis. I decided to go for the video format (YouTube), for this new series as it feels more personal to me. Kinda like I’m actually talking to [...]
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Sony Nex-6 High ISO Testing – Raw VS Jpeg – ISO 100 – 25600 – Sample Photos, 100% Crops
Posted November 19, 2012 by Jay
I had some time today with the Sony Nex-6 to test out the High ISO capabilities of the New 16.1MP Exmor APS-C Size CMOS Sensor. I covered from ISO 100 all the way till ISO 25600 in both Jpeg and Raw!! I’ll let you be the judge and hold my comments about the high ISO [...]
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Sony Nex-C3 – Hands on Review
Posted August 16, 2011 by Jay
I received the Sony Nex-C3 about 2 weeks ago and in this Hands on Review we will cover everything you need to know. The Sony Alpha NEX-C3 camera is a very capable camera. Adjust the tiltable 3.0 LCD screen to review your pics or use it to frame-up your next shot with the camera really [...]
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Sony Nex-6 – Raw Image Quality Testing with Canon 135mm L Glass and Fotodiox Lens Adapter!!
Posted November 20, 2012 by Jay
Today I took my Sony Nex-6, Canon 135mm f/2 L Lens, and the Fotodiox Lens adapter out for some Raw Image Quality Testing. The Sony Nex-6 has a New 16mp sensor and it’s capable of pumping out incredible image quality, but the optics in front of the sensor is what focuses the light for the [...]
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Sony 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens Review – SEL1855
Posted October 12, 2011 by Jay
Sony offers several lenses for the Nex camera system, and in this Sony lens review I’m going to cover the Sony 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Autofocus Lens using both the Nex-C3 and Nex-5N. The Sony 18-55mm E-Mount Lens comes as an optional kit lens with all the Nex Cameras. The Sony SEL1855 is has 11 total elements [...]
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Sony RX1 – New Full Frame Cyber-Shot Compact Camera!! DSC-RX1, Sample Photos
Posted September 11, 2012 by Jay
The Sony RX100 Full Frame Compact Cyber-Shot Camera is incredible powerful, innovative, and guess what?? I want a Sony DSC-RX1!! The Sony RX1 is basically a Full Frame Sensor version of the RX100, except it has a fixed 35mm f/2.0 Zeiss lens. I know, it’s sounds insane, but it’s true!! It also has an ISO [...]
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- "Great points Flavio ;) Thanks for sharing your perspective and experience. Makes perfect sense to me ab..." - Jay
- "Great point Mat! My first bag was hiking backpack that became my camera bag ;) Jay" - Jay
- "I think that is a great solution Karim :) Individualized makes searching through a bag a non issue. Som..." - Jay
- "Great webite and great review. I bought the 1018 partly because of this review and I must say you are corre..." - bertram
- "I didn't do anything special Precious, it just fired. The On camera flash was not needed to trigger anythin..." - Jay
- "Hello John, I use the AlienBee Trigger which works perfectly on my Nex-6 and the receiver plugs into th..." - Jay
- "I'm not sure why the Poll isn't working Lou. Seems fine on my end with firefox. Nex-9 full frame is def..." - Jay
- "Thanks for the comments Cyber Dactyl. You would be surprised that a lot of folks think you can just point a..." - Jay
- "Thanks for the info Jonas and your very welcome. I just got the Nex-3n and AEL W/ Shutter is on by default,..." - Jay
- "I think these tiny belt bags is more for people who are carrying a ton of stuff in a backpack and need quic..." - FlavioRoss
- "Hi, I'm wondering... did you really just set both the camera and flash to manual modes? Turned on fill flas..." - Precious
- "Unless you really need to carry big telephotos lenses or big accessories (like a tripod), the shoulder bag ..." - FlavioRoss
- "I'm also looking around for an 400 pound mirrorless (with a KIT). Between this and something like an used N..." - Eid
- "In my opinion if you want a backpack style might as well go with something for hiking like an osprey daypac..." - Mat
- "Thanks for the article. Another way for handling Camera gears is to have few tiny bags that get attached to..." - Karim
- ""Failed To Verify Referrer" is all I get from the poll, on voting and on verify results. ????? Doesn't work..." - Lou
- "Excellent review. But I had to chuckle when you put holding the camera still at extreme zoom as a con." - Cyber Dactyl
- "Jay, thank you very much for the info. It turned out to be a setting, namely "AEL with shutter". I turned i..." - Jonas
- "Thanks Peter! That bag does indeed look very nice and I added above :) Jay" - Jay
- "Excellent Christian and thanks for the info! I will add those bags you mentioned asap, but int he meantime..." - Jay
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