2014年4月14日月曜日
It finally did happen in Korea: Sony sells more system cameras than Canon :)
Sony shares climbing during the last three months (December-January-February). Image source: Blog Naver.
Sony’s dream to overturn Canon on the system camera market became truth in one country: South Korea! In February Sony beat Canon by a margin of 0.1% only and now owns 33,163% of the overall system camera market in Korea. The reason hwy this happens is easy: Asian countries are shifting towards mirrorless system cameras while Europe and North American stills tick to DSLR systems. In Q4 of 2013 the mirrorless sales iN Korea climbed up to 58% of the system camera market (DSLR drops to 42%).
Sony now has to focus on “Western countries” to repeat the success they have in Asia.
Source: Blog Naver. Thanks S. Park for sending this 
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今週の投稿は、αcafeのおか爺さんの写真からスタート！
http://bit.ly/1iCOhPn
春の景色の中、電車が気持ちよさそうに走ります。
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First image samples of the new Samyang 12mm lens on the Sony NEX-5n
Darkshape (Click here) posted the very first image samples taken with the new Samyang 12mm lens on the Sony NEX-5n. This are his findings about the new lens:
“The lens has a remarkable resolution. It is sharp at f/2.0, at f/8 it is razor sharp. It is sharper than my Tokina 12-24 I have been which is a pretty damn sharp lens. Like the Tokina (or even more than the Tokina) it has considerable colour aberration around the edges – however I didn’t have any trouble correcting it with a few clicks in the ACR.”
Here are newly announced Samyang lens specs and preorder option links at BHphoto:
8mm f/2.8 UMC Fish-Eye as Sony E mount (Click here).
10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS lens as Sony E mount (Click here) and as Sony A mount (Click here).
12mm f/2.0 NCS CS lens as Sony E mount (Click here).
8mm T3.1 Cine UMC Fish-Eye II lens as Sony E mount (Click here).
24mm f/1.4 ED AS IF UMC lens as Sony E-mount (Click here).
35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens as Sony E-mount (Click here)
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2014年4月13日日曜日
SAR readers great picture roundup!
Jvdas Berra
SLT-A55 + SAL5018 – México
Jvdas Berra Photographer, http://ift.tt/1gnch7n
These are some of this week most liked pictures on the SAR readers facebook wall (Click here). As usual feel free to share your pics and like those from others!
Jordy van Solm, Netherlands
Sony Alpha 850, Carl Zeiss 85mm f1.4
Model: Bridget Blonde, Los Angeles
Gift A. Tansawet
“Waterfall of God”
Sony A99 + Sony CZ 16-35mm f/2.8
Fototripper
Most recent shot with the A7R. This is Mystic Beach on Vancouver Island.
Sam Morse
This could be called HDR, overlaying three photos at different exposures. It was an accident, but came out surprisingly well. I used a straight photo of the road exposed for ambient light, and overlaid two more drastically underexposed photos of headlights in Photoshop using a “screen” blending mode. Equipment: Sony A7R, Zeiss FE 55mm, 15 sec, f/1.8 (background), f/11 (car lights), ISO 1600 (background), ISO 100 (car lights). Copyright 2014 Samuel Morse.
Paolo Morandi
Koh Tao view From the best resort on the island
This is the only time I actually did catch a lightning even I was not meaning too. I left my camera on a tripod bossed around by a remote (wanted to get the incoming clouds formation)
on the 300 pictures I found one with this super small lighting.. no lightings before, no lightings after, no rain!
it was my birthday so…
Sony A900, Sony 35mm G, f/1.4. 30 secs, f/2.5, ISO 200.
Pharadorn Inyasri
Open Barber, India
A7+FE 55/1.8
Tucker Spofford
Took this from the car on our way out to Umtanum Creek Falls, this Oak Tree was startlingly out of place.
曾昱民
SONY A900+ SONY SAL135F18Z
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