Moster Adapter officially released the LA-FE2: a new generation Nikon F-mount lens (here on eBay) to Sony E-mount camera electronic adapter ring (mount adapter) with built-in focus motor and aperture motor. LA-FE2 is an evolved version of MonsterAdapter’s popular electronic adapter ring LA-FE1. On the basis of LA-FE1, a focus motor is added, which can drive lenses made since 1987.

It will be available soon on their Amazon store, BHphoto.

Preorders: Sony 300mm at BHphoto. Amazon US&EU. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. Calumet. WexUK.

German photographer Thomas Müller took the new Sony 300mm GM lens with the Sony A7IV, mounted it on the Sky Watcher and took this gorgeous shot of a Nebula:

You can now get the new Excire Foto 2024 (click here).

Press text:

The Excire/PRC team just launched a groundbreaking Lightroom Classic plugin, Excire Search 2024, which brings the company’s innovative AI image-management software directly into the Lightroom interface and is poised to change the game for Lightroom users everywhere.

You and I have communicated previously about Excire Foto 2024, which debuted back in the fall, and I’m pleased to report that the Excire team has successfully integrated the most powerful tools from the standalone program into the new Excire Search plugin. Highlights include:

• Search by Text Prompt: Instantly locate any photo in your Lightroom catalog with a simple text description.
• Intelligent aesthetics ratings: AI-powered ratings highlight your finest work for faster, easier culling.
• Enhanced auto-keywording: Excire’s intelligent, precise file tagging ensures effortless image categorization within Lightroom.
• Search for People: Find and manage photos of specific individuals using state-of-the-art facial recognition.
• Next-gen duplicate management: Streamline image culling and keep your Lightroom catalog organized by rapidly identifying duplicate files, near-duplicate files, and burst sequences.

The Excire Search 2024 plugin is an essential addition to any Lightroom user’s toolkit; with the aid of Excire’s cutting-edge image-management features, Lightroom Classic users can organize, cull, and search for images faster and more effectively than ever before.

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Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.
Samyang 100mm T2.3 V-AF review at SonyAlphaBlog.
Sony A7CII 4K Footage in LOW LIGHT (Move to Mirrorless).
Best Sony Lenses for Your APS-C Camera (Explora).
Best Lighting Kits for Indie Filmmaking (42West)
New A6700 leather case from Japan (DC.watch).

Borja:

Recently I published a short film called Trapped. Here’s the logline: “A blind woman witnesses a murder and fears for her life when the murderer comes into her house”.

Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND9EbcPwYoU

One of the things I think your readers might find interesting is how technically counterintuitive is the process of achieving extremely clean shadows: shooting below native ISO gives you more dynamic range stops in the shadows. But the catch: it takes away some DR stops in the highlights.

Anyway, before I shot this film I wouldn’t have believed how amazing is the Sony A7IV for making film. We all know how capable the FX3 or the A7SIII are, but not many people would believe you can achieve this amazing quality with this camera.

Here you can see two video breakdowns I did where you can notice two things: the shoot is actually a day-for-night shoot, but also some highlights are blown out, however, recoverable with basic vfx work. (First and second links).

By the way, if you watch the short on youtube, it survives youtube’s compression successfully, and I didn’t do any noise reduction at all.

I think it’s a great example of how you can achieve a great look with very little gear. I made this short by myself, literally. I didn’t have a crew. It was just the actress and myself. And I didn’t use any expensive gear. Just a Sony A7IV + Zeiss Batis 25mm, cheap manfrotto tripod, DIY dolly made out of pvc pipes and an Ikea table and a few Godox TL tubes.

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Yodobashi shared the best seller list for the compact camera segment based on their sales the last 2 weeks of December:

1. Ricoh GR IIIx
2. OM SYSTEM Tough TG-7
3. Canon PowerShot SX740 HS
4. Canon IXY 650
5. Sony ZV-1 II
6. Ricoh GR III
7. Leica Q3
8. Kodak PIXPRO WPZ2
9. Ricoh GR IIIx Urban Edition
10. Sony Cybershot RX100 VII

A couple of personal remarks

1. Ricoh is having quite a success with their compact model
2. Still surprised to see the nearly five year old Sony RX100VII selling well
3. Considering the price the Leica Q3 is selling hot! Sony needs to bring on a new RX1 model!

You can reorder it now on Amazon, BHphoto, Pergear. Review at SonyAlphaBlog.

Godox announce the new V1 PRO that you can buy now at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama (branded as “Flashpoint”). Full press text can be read at Explora.

• Output: 76Ws
• Auto Zoom Control, Zoom Range: 28-105mm
• 2.4 GHz X Wireless Radio System
• Built-In LED Modeling Lamp
• Tilts -7 to 120°, Rotates 330°
• Round Head, Optional Magnetic Modifiers
• 1.5 sec Recycle Time, HSS Support
• Includes Detachable Sub-Flash
• Includes Battery, USB-C Cable & Bag