Canon and Sony News for Apr 2024
The EOS R8 and R8 kit were just added to the refurbished camera inventory, with a sale price of only $1,099.00 and $1,199.00.
Hot deals: The RF 100-500 and RF 24-70mm Lenses were just added to the Canon refurbished lens and binocular inventory. These two lenses are among my most-used and are both outstanding deals at their sale prices!
Hot deals: The Canon RF 28-70 F2 and 70-200 F2.8 L Lenses were just added to the Canon refurbished lens and binocular inventory. These two lenses are extremely useful and are both outstanding deals at their sale prices!
Just posted: Sony E 16-55mm F2.8 G Lens Review.
This lens is a great choice for APS-C general-purpose use.
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Sigma's Mother's Day 2024 sale is now live. Here are the deals availed:
The Refurbished Canon EOS R50 with RF-S 18-45mm Lens is in stock and on sale for only $449.00 at Canon USA.
Check out today's B&H Deal Zone for big savings on:
- Panasonic CC17 Charger with 8 Eneloop Pro Batteries – only $44.95 after $20.00 instant savings (Eneloop is my preferred AA battery brand)
- Lowepro GearUp Memory Card Wallet 20 (Dark Gray) – only $10.88 after 22.00$ instant savings
- Sirui SH15 Aluminum Video Tripod with Fluid Head (31 to 61" – only $69.00 after $80.00 instant savings and $20.00 MIR
- Revo Camera Track Slider V2 with Adjustable Feet (23") – only $49.95 after $50.00 instant savings
- CamBee Professional RGB 600 Panel 2-Light Kit – only $219.99 after $180.00 instant savings
- Lensbaby OMNI Deluxe B&H Crystal Collection – only $89.95 after $90.00 instant savings
See today's full list of B&H Deal Zone Deals.
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The Refurbished Canon RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM Lens is in stock and on sale for only $799.00 at Canon USA.
A small number of hot deals were just restocked: browse the refurbished camera and refurbished lens and binocular inventory at Canon USA.
I had to go back for a second attempt.
Just outside of Badlands National Park is the small town of Wall, SD. Wall is best known as the home of the massive roadside attraction Wall Drug Store.
Describing the Wall Drug Store is beyond the scope of this post but calling it unique is a vast understatement.
Inside, the narrow Wall Drug traveler's chapel seemed inviting to the Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM Lens's ultra-wide-angle view, and I spent a few minutes capturing it.
I had this image queued to share, and as I was preparing the post, I realized that the room was not squared in the frame. I had carefully leveled and centered the camera during the capture and didn't otherwise pay much attention to that aspect of the image while processing it.
With that realization, I was no longer satisfied with the image. Considering the age of the building, I even wondered if the problem was caused by the structure itself. A quick search of other Wall Chapel photos shows similar crookedness.
Still, I was bothered. So, a second attempt was made a year later.
This time, I was acutely aware of the first attempt's shortcomings, and while the second attempt's results were better, I still wouldn't call them perfect. Photoshop to the rescue.
This image required HDR compositing due to the bright lights and stained glass windows. Layer opacity adjustments handled that task for this image.
A larger version of this image is available here.
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Tamron as shared the 1st Quarter 2024 Financial Results.
"In the interchangeable lens camera market, although DSLR cameras were weak, mirrorless cameras performed well, resulting in an overall double-digit increase on a volume and value basis."
"Interchangeable lenses market showed double-digit growth on both volume and value basis, reflecting the strong performance of the camera market."
"Sales of Own-Brand products increased by double digits, even excluding favorable foreign exchange effects, due to the impact of the launch of a new models last year and continued strong performance in the domestic and Chinese markets."
"Sales of OEM products more than doubled due to strong performance from the second half of the previous fiscal year."
Tamron now plans to introduce 7 new lens models in 2024, up from 6 in the original plan, and up from 5 in 2022 and 2023.
Skylum has released a new Luminar Neo logo, a version 1.19.0 update, and a sale. Hit that link to learn more.
Always check to see if the site's coupon code, THEDIGITALPICTURE, provides additional discounts.
The sale has decimated inventory, but there are still great refurbished camera and refurbished lens and binocular deals available at Canon USA, and small-scale replenishment occurs periodically (keep checking).
One of the great deals currently available is the refurbished EOS R3, featuring a just-reduced $3,499.00 price!
From Sony Electronics:
Now Available: Sony Electronics’ Custom Grid Line License
Gives Alpha Users Creative Consistency
SAN DIEGO – Apr. 18, 2024 – Sony Electronics is addressing one of the most common challenges for professional content creators – maintaining consistency and quality when capturing multiple images – with its new Custom Grid Line license. It is now available in the United States and Canada for Alpha 1, Alpha 7S III, Alpha 7 IV, Alpha 9 III, and other mirrorless camera bodies.
The license upgrade, built for volume photography and video production professionals, lets creators import up to four customized original grid lines. These can be displayed on the camera’s electronic viewfinder (EVF) and rear LCD monitor, or on an external monitor using an HDMI® output, to ensure consistent results during long shooting sessions.
Custom grid lines alleviate the burden of volume photographers working at schools, photo studios, theme parks, cruise ships or malls who often need to take similar shots repeatedly, sometimes thousands in one day. The ability to clearly see pre-set customized grid lines, especially when working quickly or in challenging lighting conditions, provides unprecedented peace of mind knowing that each shot will be framed perfectly.
Additionally, sports photographers can apply one set of gridlines for full team photos and another for individual player shots, enabling uniformity. They can also create gridlines customized for specific sports to follow the action and player movements more precisely. ?
Additionally, videographers can benefit from Sony’s Custom Grid Line license. It lets creatives capture videos looking at the aspect ratio they need, allowing users to frame content that can easily be repurposed for social media or other specific uses.
The combination of Custom Grid Lines with Alpha camera features, such as Face AF and Eye AF, make it easy to line up standard family and couple photos, as well as capture dynamic activity shots.
Users can create the grid lines as PNG files – which can also contain characters, logos, and other graphic elements – and replace them as needed. They can also choose grid line colors, for example, to avoid blending with subjects’ clothing color or backgrounds.
Information about the license and how to purchase it can be found on Sony’s camera upgrade website: https://pro.sony/digital-imaging/ or at https://youtu.be/gH3X_vn2DNw. It is available for $149 USD/$202 CAD, per permanent camera license, through Sony’s Upgrade and License Management Suite at https://ulms.sony.net. Learn how to set up the license at https://youtu.be/J4pkJ8pjRsk.
While currently supported cameras include the A1, A7S III, A7 IV, and A9 III, the Custom Grid Line license will be available for other Alpha camera bodies with future compatible models announced through the web site: https://pro.sony/digital-imaging/.
Sony Alpha 9 III firmware update version 2.00 is available for download (Canon USA).
Firmware Version 2.00 incorporates the following fixes and enhancements:
Shooting & playback functions:
- Allows you to turn the camera on/off remotely from a computer using a wired connection to the internet (LAN) (Note: Remote Camera Tool Ver. 4.1.00 is required to activate this function.)
- Adds a function that automatically creates still images with Shot Marks from movie frames after recordings (Note: You can add a Shot Mark while shooting or playing a movie and use it as a mark for selecting, transferring, or editing the movie.)
- Allows the use of shutter speeds up to a maximum of 1/80000 seconds in all drive modes and the NR Shooting setting (long-exposure noise reduction) when the aperture value is F1.8 or higher
- Adds support for the Relay Playback function
- Adds the Sync Release function that releases the shutters of multiple sub-cameras in conjunction with the main camera's shutter timing (Note: Remote Camera Tool Ver. 4.1.00 is required to activate this function.)
- Adds a function that displays the focus frame on the Remote Camera Tool app screen when the monitor and viewfinder are turned off (Note: Remote Camera Tool Ver. 4.1.00 is required to activate this function.)
- The maximum number of images that can be recorded in one folder has been increased to 9,999
- Enables display of the Wi-Fi signal strength
- Adds support for C2PA format (The license availability date is undecided) (C2PA = Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity)
- Adds support for Custom Grid Line (Note: Custom Grid Line is available as a paid license. Availability depends on the country and region.)
FTP transfer & network functions:
- Allows you to upload camera images directly to the Creators' Cloud app (Note: Creators’ App Ver. 2.3.1 or later is necessary. Settings must be made in the Creators' App in advance. For more information, please visit the Creators' App support website. Service may not be available in some countries or regions. Please refer to this support page.)
- You can now automatically schedule FTP transfer of protected movies and still images
- Movies/still images transferred via FTP transfer can now be automatically protected
- Adds a function to prioritize specific images via FTP transfer
- Adds support for SFTP (SFTP = Secure File Transfer Protocol)
Others:
- Fixes an issue where the camera would occasionally become unstable during continuous shooting
- Fixes an issue where the color of a JPEG image may change when cropped in the camera
- Fixes an issue where images may not be transferred properly during FTP transfer
- Fixes an issue where the folder name setting for still images may switch from the set value to the default value (MSDCF) when the battery is removed
- Fixes an issue where the camera may not be able to connect to the network
- Fixes an issue where the timecode wasn’t always retained after a power restart
- Improves the functionality and operational stability of the camera
Get the Sony Alpha 9 III at B&H.
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