February 2018's News
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Canon: 1DX II 5DS/R 5D Mk IV 6D II 7D II 80D 77D SL2 T6 Lenses
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27 February 2018, Tuesday
Sony A7 III and 85mm f/1.8.
BREAKING NEWS: Sony A7 III hands-on review!!!
I totally lucked out. I'm at the WPPI convention and managed to get my hands on a production A7 III and have a real review complete with real sample image files.
I'll be updating and adding more samples throughout the week.
If the page doesn't load, just keep hitting your browser's Refresh button until it all comes in.
23 February 2018, Friday
"Please try again later" errors?
I'm having problems with my hosting company - and they can't figure out the problem.
If you get this error, just keep hitting your "Refresh" button and it will eventually come in.
If you can offer any light on what my hosting company needs to fix - or a suggestion of a great hosting company and what sort of plan I need - I'd love to know. Right now you guys read 200,000 pages and 600 GB of data each day - more when something cool comes out. I know nothing about servers; I use Dreamweaver and simply upload via its own FTP as I make changes. Of course if you work at a hosting company, let me know.
Thanks!
Ken
WPPI
WPPI is the big wedding & portrait photographers' show in Vegas.
I'll probably be there on Monday, so say HI! if you see me.
Sneak Peek: WPPI Specials at B&H
The link takes you to all their specials as a preview, but the prices don't go down until Saturday night.
Just a few of these specials are:
● Select Canon and Nikon cameras will include a free storage bundle
● Sony a7S II will include a free Rode mic bundle worth $229
● Sony a9 will include a 5TB HD and Shoulder bag
● Sony a7R II will include 4TB HD
● Fuji X-H1 will have a $150 discount on the body/lens kits
● Nice discount on the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
● The Pentax KP will come with a free lens
● Free battery grip with the Pentax K1 II
● Panasonic GH5 will come with a free Rode mic kit
● $2000 off the Pentax 645Z
● $2500 off the Hasselblad X1D- 50c 4116
● Some of the Sigma lenses will have special low prices not found anywhere else
● Great pricing on SanDisk memory cards
● Great Apple pricing
● Big savings on Datacolor Spyder 5PRO, 5ELITE, and 5STUDIO screen calibrators.
New from Tokina
Tokina FiRIN 20mm f/2 full-frame ultrawide for Sony E.
22 February 2018, Thursday
New from Sony
Sony HVL-F60RM Wireless Radio Flash, also a very much wired Sony FA-EB1 External Battery Pack.
Sony VMC-MM2 Release Cable for RX.
Sony FA-RG1 Multi Interface-Shoe Rain Guard.
New Full-Frame from Pentax
Pentax K-1 Mark II - $1,996.95 at B&H.
Pentax K-1 Mark II w/28-105mm - $2,396.95 at B&H.
New 70-210mm f/4 from Tamron
Comes for Nikon at B&H, and comes for Canon t B&H.
20 February 2018, Tuesday
Deal: Canon 6D w/12-month Adobe Creative Cloud subscription: $999.
Deal: Canon 5D Mk III w/12-month Adobe Creative Cloud subscription: $1,999.
19 February 2018, Monday
Lowest Price Ever: Canon 5D Mk III: $1,999.
Lowest Prices Ever: Canon 6D at B&H: $999.
Lowest Price Ever: Canon 6D w/24-105mm STM & free goodies: $1,399.
Lowest Price Ever: Canon 6D w/24-105 L: $1,599.
18 February 2018, Sunday
El Capitan in Last Light, Yosemite Valley, 5:52 P.M., 29 October 2017. Nikon D850, Nikon 28-300mm VR at 48mm at f/11 hand held at 1/25 at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear v3.5. bigger or full-resolution.
NEW: Photographs from Yosemite and California's Eastern Sierra.
See what I shot on my D850, along with ultra-high resolution fine-art sample image files.
Nikon Pancake-NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8 AI-s.
NEW: Nikon Pancake-NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8 AI-s Review.
Nikon's sharpest 50mm manual-focus lens.
16 February 2018, Friday
NEW: Fuji X-H1.
● All-new body mechanics (same X-mount).
● Fuji's first in-camera "5 axis" stabilization for 5.5 stops improvement.
● New Flicker synchronization to shoot-through flickering lighting.
● Works with the new cine lenses below.
● Ships March 1st, 2018.
X-H1 Body: $1,899.
X-H1 Vertical Power Booster Grip: $329.
X-H1 Body w/grip: $2,199
New FUJINON MKX Cine Lenses
These are the first fully manual cine lenses to be compatible with the X Series APS-C cameras. They should start shipping around Summer 2018.
MKX 18-55mm T2.9: $3,999.
MKX 50-135mm T2.9: $4,299.
NEW: Lensbaby Burnside.
15 February 2018, Thursday
Loving my Canon 5DSR
Ryan at his Valentine's Day Party. (Canon 5DSR, Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L II at 50mm at f/3.2 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 800, Perfectly Clear V3.) bigger or full resolution or camera-original © file.
It's more to carry than most, but my Canon 5DSR always nails snaps at school under whatever funny mixed fluorescent lighting there may be - and the bokeh from my Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L II always looks great, as well as being ultra-sharp. Goodness, just look at Ryan's eyes in the full resolution file. This is how we get 3-D images, not with stereoscopy, but by exploiting sharp and soft. (Stereoscopy is how we in Hollywood refer to what consumers call "3D;" 3D in Hollywood means something else.) That's why "3D" TV died before it went on sale; you get 3D images with lighting, color and texture; not with stereoscopy. Stereoscopy has always been a prank; done poorly all you get is what look like flat cut-outs moving around.
12 February 2018, Monday
beyerdynamic DT 1350.
NEW: beyerdynamic DT 1350 Review.
Best dynamic headphones I've heard at any price. MADE IN GERMANY.
beyerdynamic DT 240 Pro.
NEW: beyerdynamic DT 240 Pro Review.
Basic $99 headphones.
11 February 2018, Sunday
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G.
UPDATED: Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G Review.
No big deal; I just updated prices and made the page fit mobile better.
Nikon still sells this lens brand new for $600 less than the VR version. Both lenses are ultrasharp, this one weighs less and differs only in not having VR. Heck, get this lens used and save about $800 if you know How to Win at eBay, or save $1,400 off the price of the VR — and get the same pictures.
10 February 2018, Saturday
NEW: Sigma 14-24/2.8 for Nikon.
NEW: Sigma 14-24/2.8 for Canon.
NEW: Sigma 14-24/2.8 for Sigma.
08 February 2018, Thursday
Canon Rebel SL2 and Canon 18-55mm IS STM.
NEW: Canon SL2 Review.
Today's smallest and lightest DSLR.
IN-STOCK: Vello MB-D18 grip for D850 (VG-N19), just $99.95.
Nikon's $397 MB-D18 grip isn't in stock yet.
03 February 2018, Saturday
Sony Deals
Big Sony Sale.
Sony Trade-in Sale.
02 February 2018, Friday
Nikon 200mm f/4 AF-D Micro.
Radioactive Lens?
Someone wrote me, scared that the Internet said these lenses are horribly radioactive, especially at the back.
Well, I tested mine, and even holding it right up to my Geiger Counter there's no more radiation than my normal background.
You always have to check for yourself because no company will ever admit this if it is. I've tested some LEICA SUMMICRONs from the 1950s, and they are still radioactive — even though LEICA has denied this for over 50 years.
LAST DAYS: Photo Contest w/$10,000 First Prize
1X is running a new photo contest, and first prize is $10,000. There is also a special $1,000 prize for which I will pick the winner. The last day to enter was January 31st, but when I asked since I hadn't mentioned this contest in months, 1X agreed to extend entries for another day or two.
It's not my contest; it's 1X,' so see all the details and enter at their site.
Good luck!
01 February 2018, Thursday
Deals
The JBL LSR-308 pro audio monitors are on closeout at $150 each, since the newer Mark II model is out for $250 each and seems like 95% the same thing.
What Was New in:
Janaury 2018: Nikon 180-400mm, Canon 6D Mk II review, Canon 18-135mm USM review, Fuji X-A5, Sony 18-135mm.
December 2017: Canon 35mm f/2.8 Macro review, Sony A7R III review, Sony A7R III user's guide, Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS review, Sony FE 100mm STF G OSS review.
November 2017: Sony 50/2.8 Macro Review, Sony 90/2.8 Macro Review, LEICA CL, Sony 70-300mm G Review, Panasonic G9, iPhone X Review, How to Make Time Exposures with iPhone, 1X Photo Contest, Tamron 100-400mm.
October 2017: Nikon D850 review, Nikon D850 user's guide, Sony A7R III, Sony 24-105mm G, Sony 85/1.8 review, Canon G1X Mk III.
June, July, August and September 2017: Canon 6D Mk II, Canon SL-2, Canon 85/1.4L, Canon TS-E 50/2.8, 90/2.8 & 135/4, Nikon D850, Nikon 70-300 VR DX AF-P, Nikon 28/1.4E, Metabones Mk V Canon EF -> Sony E-mount adapter.
May 2017: Nikon 10-20mm DX VR, Nikon 8-15mm FX Fisheye, Canon 77D Review, Canon Rebel T7i Review, Canon 18-55mm IS STM Review, Springtime in Yosemite, Irix 15mm f/2.4 Review, Sony 16-35/2.8 GM, Sony 12-24/4 G, Fuji X100F Review, Laowa 12mm Review, Olympus TG-5.
March & April 2017: Nikon D7500, Nikon 19mm PC-E review, Nikon D3400 review, Sony A7 Mk II review, Nikon D5600 review.
February 2017: Canon 77D, Canon Rebel T7i, Canon EOS M6, Sony 24-70/2.8 GM, Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM , Sony 70-200mm f/4 G OSS, Sony FE 100mm f/2.8 STF GM OSS, Sony FE 85mm f/1.8.
January 2017: LEICA M10, Fujifilm GFX 50S, Fujifilm X100F, Nikon D5600.
November & December 2016: Fuji X-A10.
September & October 2016: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 FL, Nikon 19mm PC-E, Sony A6500, Sony RX100 Mk V, Sony Alpha 99 II, Canon EOS M5, Canon EF 70-300 IS II USM, Sony 50mm f/2.8 Macro.
July & August 2016: Canon 5D Mk IV, 16-35 IS II, 24-105 IS II, Nikon D3400, Nikon 105mm f/1.4, Fuji XT-2.
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