Sigma announced the development of a new firmware for the SIGMA 150-600mm FE lens

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SIGMA Corporation announces the development of new firmware for the SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports with improved image stabilization performance.

By updating the image stabilization algorithm to the newly developed OS2, the image stabilization performance will be improved from approximately 4 stops to approximately 6.5 stops at the wide end and 5.5 stops at the telephoto end. *1
In addition, for Sony E-mount lenses, the AF-C tracking performance has been improved. The firmware is currently in the final development stage and will be released in the near future.
*1 Based on CIPA standard (measured with a 35mm full-frame camera at focal lengths of 150mm and 600mm)

Applicable products・Firmware Version
SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports for L-Mount Ver. 1.1
SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports for Sony E-mount Ver. 03

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Sony 50mm f/1.4 G-Master a Month Later (vs.Sigma 50/1.4 DG DN Art & a PILE of Other Options)

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Hot: Super affordable Angelbird Type A card finally available for preorder at Amazon and BHphoto!

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You can finally preorder the 1TB Angelbird Type A card at Amazon US and BHphoto.

Til Angelbirds announcement Type A cards had all the negatives and no positives for us Sony camera owners: They were terribly expensive, and still slower than CFexpress Type B cards.

Now we can finally benefit of more reasonable pricing. The merit goes to my Austrian neighbor that launched a 1TB card for $499. In this video I will walk you through why I am going to buy two of those cards and why I still believe Sony has to jump on the Type B cards wagon on future bigger and faster High End camera models:

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Last day to save $40 on Topaz Photo Ai

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Til April 21st you save $50 on Topaz Photo Ai (Click here). The new version brings following updates:

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Former Sony digital camera developer Mr. Shigeki Ishizuka shares the secrets of Sony’s success!

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Nikkei interviewed Shigeki Ishizuka. Here are a couple of interesting points:

  • Hew knew that smartphones would eat into the digital camera market shares (starting in 2012). That’s why he thought Sony had to go with a new E-mount system. As you can’t change lenses on your smartphone, you can differentiate yourself with that.
  • When we saw how successful the RX1 became in November 2012 we knew that we now have to go Full Frame E-mount
  • In 2013 the goal was set to become number one in the interchangeable camera system. It was named “A1 Project” (becoming number one with Alpha).
  • The first generation A7 was a success but it didn’t last long. The image quality was fine but autofocus was bad.
  • But we knew back than that Full Frame mirrorless would take the world by storm.
  • They also had the advantage that Sony knew how to make video while classic camera manufacturers had much less expertise
  • We were the underdogs, and we played “weak” so that the big players wouldn’t notice our coming

The plan worked out…but what about now? I shared my thoughts on the Sony’s past and on what Sony should do in the future in this video:

 

 

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