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2024-04-14 100 Megapixels coming to a Sony A7R VI ?

2024-04-12 Fujifilm GFX100 II: Upgrading Soon

2024-04-07 SHOOTOUT: Leica SL3 + Leica 50/2 APO-Summicron-SL vs Sony A7R V + Voigtlander 50/2 APO-Lanthar: Deck and Roof

2024-04-03 SHOOTOUT: Leica SL3 + Leica 35/2 APO-Summicron-SL vs Sony A7R V + Voigtlander 35/2 APO-Lanthar: Mossy Bridge

2024-03-16 Camera System Value Proposition: Sony A7R V vs Leica SL3 vs Fujifilm GFX100 II vs Hasselblad X2D

2024-03-16 Which is Better, Sony A7R V vs Leica SL3?

2024-03-11 Sony A7R V Also has a “Symmetric” Mode for Focus Bracketing.

2024-02-29 Screencasts: Sony A7R V, ETTR, Zebra Display, etc 📹

2024-02-27 Sony A1, Sony A7R V: Fix Picture Profile Problem for Still Images with "Different Set Still/Mv"

2024-02-26 Sony A1, Sony A7R V, Sony Mirrorless: Video 'Picture Profile' a Bad Idea for Still Images

2024-02-25 Sony A7R V: Perfect ETTR at ISO 50/100 using Zebra Display

2024-02-24 ETTR, Camera Histograms vs RAW Histograms, ISO 100 vs ISO "Lo"

2024-02-23 Case Study: Sony A7R V: Metering, Dynamic Range, ETTR/ESTR, Camera Histograms, ETTR (Color Card)

2024-02-23 Reader Comment: ETTR Technique Results in Too-Bright Images for Review

2024-02-21 Rear LCD on my Sony A7R V Does not Display any Live View Image — SOLVED

2024-02-21 Case Study: Sony A7R V: Metering, Dynamic Range, ETTR/ESTR, Camera Histograms, ETTR (Birch Trees)

2024-02-21 Sony Please Fix: Metering Throws Away as Much as 2.33 Stops of Dynamic Range

2024-02-21 Sony A7R V: Strictly Avoid The Lossless Comp (M) and Lossless Comp (S) Formats

2024-02-20 Adobe Camera Raw Enhance Details no longer working with Sony A7R V — OOPS it’s the file format

2024-02-20 Mash the Colors with ETTR or Stay True with ESTR? RawDigger Isn’t Making It Obvious

2024-02-20 “Baseline Exposure” Boost in RAW Converters can Whack Color

2024-02-13 Please fix this Nikon/Sony/Fujifilm: Pixel Shift Assembly Should Generate Finished Images, not Make-Work for Us

2024-02-11 First Look, 16-shot Pixel Shift: Nikon Z8 vs Nikon Df vs Sony A7R V

2024-02-06 Sony A7R V: ISO 100 to 25600 with Adobe AI Denoise 10,50

2024-02-06 Beware HEIC/HIF/HEIF/HIC format on Cameras — Stick to JPEG + How to Open HIF files in Photoshop

2024-01-30 Sony Finally Fixes “Unable to Magnify” bug in Sony A7R V

2024-01-30 Sony A7R V RAW Files: Picture Profile *does* Change the RAW File  — Unprecedented

2024-01-19 Sony A7R V: “Unable to Magnify” Image — does Sony fix any bugs?

2024-01-17 Sony A7R V: Mitigating Noise, Optimizing Exposure at Base ISO

2024-01-16 SHOOTOUT: Sony FE 14/1.8G vs Sony FE 12-24/2.8GM: Bristlecone Sculptures, View to White Mountain Peak

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2023-12-20 2023 MacBook Pro M3 Max: Adobe Camera Raw: RAW to JPEG for Sony A7R IV, Fujifilm GFX100S, PhaseOne IQ4 150, Nikon D850

2023-07-19 2023 Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Convert RAW Files to JPEG With Adobe Camera Raw (Sony A7R IV)

2023-05-01 2022 MacBook Pro M2 Max: Convert RAW Files to JPEG With Adobe Camera Raw (Sony A7R IV)

2022-06-22 2022 Mac Studio M1 Ultra: Convert RAW Files to JPEG With Adobe Camera Raw (Sony A7R IV)

2022-06-20 TESTED: Apple Mac Studio M1 Ultra: RAW File Conversion, Sony A7R IV

2022-01-26 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max: Convert RAW Files to JPEG With Adobe Camera Raw (Sony A7R IV)

2022-01-10 2020 iMac 5K: Convert RAW Files to JPEG With Adobe Camera Raw (Sony A7R IV)

Nikon Z8

Setup, IBIS performance, focusing..

1. SHOOTOUT, Pixel Shift: Nikon Z8 vs Sony A7R V (Res Chart, Siemens Star)
2. SHOOTOUT @ 50mm: Nikon Z8 vs Sony A7R V: View from Hilton Creek Area to Nevahbe Ridge

Sony A7R V

5th Generation standard-setting camera..

1. Sony A7R V: ISO 100 to 25600 with Adobe AI Denoise 10,50
2. Sony A7R V ETTR: Metering vs Camera Histograms & Zebra vs RawDigger (Birch Trees) 📹
3. Sony A7R V: Metering vs Camera Histograms & Zebra vs RawDigger (Color Card) 📹
4. Sony A7R V: Configuring Zebra Display for ETTR Captures 📹
5. Sony A7R V: Perfect ETTR at ISO 50/100 using Zebra Display
6. Sony A7R V: ISO 100 vs ISO 50 Histograms and JPEGs for ETTR 📹
7. Sony A7R V: Video 'Picture Profile' a Bad Idea for Still Images
8. White Balance and Tint for Sony A7R V, Winter Cloudy, Adobe Camera Raw
9. Sony A7R V: Sony Camera Profiles Suck in Adobe Camera Raw 📹
10. Sony A7R V: Mitigating Noise, Optimizing Exposure at Base ISO 📹
11. Focus Bracketing: Multiple Bugs and Failures
12. Focus Bracketing Example @ 12mm: Failure to Reach INF, Chocolate Brown Alpine Creek
13. Pixel Shift: Diffraction Effects, Pixel Shift vs Single Shot
14. Pixel Shift: 16-Shot vs 4-Shot vs Single-Shot: Dolls
15. Pixel Shift: Example, Various
16. Pixel Shift Performance Proofs: Alpine Creek
17. Pixel Shift: Capture and Workflow
18. Pixel Shift Gotchas, but Foolproof Ways to Optimize
19. Pixel Shift with Motion: People in Nature
20. Pixel Shift for Panoramas, Examples: Alpine Creek
21. Pixel Shift vs Single Shot: Moots MootoX RSL 29er
22. Pixel Shift Artifacts: Sony vs PixelShift2DNG
23. Sony A7R V: Pixel Shift vs Single Shot (Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek)
24. Voigtlander FE 35mm f/2 APO Aperture Series: Alpine Creek Bottom (A7R V, Pixel Shift)
25. Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM Aperture Series @ 21mm: Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek (A7R V, Pixel Shift)

Sony A1

Technological tour de force..

1. Sony A1 vs Sony A7R IV: Siemens Star
2. Sony A1 ISO Series vs Sony A7R IV: Fruit Platter
3. Choosing Between Sony A1 and Sony A7R IV

Sony Alpha A7R IV

4th Generation standard-setting camera..

1. Introduction to Sony A7R IV
2. Sony A7R IV PressRelease
3. Downloadable Settings File for Sony A7R IV
4. Diffraction Considerations for Sony A7R IV
5. Multiple Exposure Frame Averaging for Ultra Low Noise, Improved Tonality
6. Using Pixel Shift to Capture 4 Frames for Frame Averaging
7. Examples: Dynamic Range, Practical Examples
8. Resolution for Sony A7R IV vs Sony A7R III: Overview
9. Shootout of Sony A7R IV vs Sony A7R III: Siemens Chart
10. Shootout of Sony A7R IV vs Sony A7R III: View Past Greenstone Lake to North Peak
11. Shootout of Sony A7R IV vs Sony A7R III: Pine Creek Mining Buildings
12. Sony A7R IV: Monochrome Conversions, Perspective

Sony Alpha A7R IV Design Issues

Bad behaviors, anti-design, issues ..

1. Tips for using the Aperture Drive setting for Aperture Control

Sony FE 35mm f/1.8

Compact moderate wide angle..

1. Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

Sigma FE 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art

Native-mount ultra wide angle high performance zoom for mirrorless..

1. Examples: Twenty Lakes Basin (Sony A7R IV)
2. Examples: White Mountains (Sony A7R IV)
3. Examples: Pine Creek (Sony A7R IV)
4. Shootout @ 14mm: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)
5. 3-Way Shootout @ 18mm: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)
6. 3-Way Shootout @ 24mm: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)
7. Shootout: Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art vs Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8: Twenty Lakes Basin, View Towards Mt Conness Drainage (Sony A7R IV)

Sigma FE 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art

Ultra high speed native-mount moderate wide angle..

1. Examples: Eastern Sierra, Pine Creek (Sony A7R IV)
2. Examples: Eastern Sierra, Yosemite and Twenty Lakes Basin (Sony A7R IV)
3. Aperture Series: Teak Bench (Sony A7R IV)
4. Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)
5. Aperture Series: Rocky Creekbed at Dusk (Sony A7R IV)
6. Shootout: Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art vs Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2: Twenty Lakes Basin, View Towards Mt Conness Drainage (Sony A7R IV)
7. Aperture Series: Patriarch Grove from Above At Dusk, View Southwest (Sony A7R IV)

Sigma FE 45mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary

Compact native-mount normal lens..

1. Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

Sigma FE 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro Art

Macro lens also excellent for all-around shooting..

1. Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

Voigtlander FE 21mm f/1.4 Aspherical

Fast high performance manual focus wide angle..

1. Examples: Eastern Sierra (Sony A7R IV)
2. Shootout: Voigtlander FE Nokton 21mm f/1.4 Aspherical vs Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

Voigtlander FE 35mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical

High-grade manual focus wide-normal lens..

1. Voigtlander FE 35mm f/2 APO Aperture Series: Alpine Creek Bottom (A7R V, Pixel Shift)
2. SHOOTOUT @ 35mm: Sony FE 16-35/2.8 GM II vs Voigtlander FE 35/2 APO — Rare Pond, White Mountains
3. SHOOTOUT: Leica SL3 + Leica 35/2 APO-SL vs Sony A7R V + Voigtlander 35/2 APO

Voigtlander FE 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical

High-grade manual focus normal lens..

1. Shootout: Leica 50/2 APO-Summicron-SL vs Voigtlander 50/2 APO: Backyard (Leica SL2)

Voigtlander FE 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Aspherical

Ultra high grade macro all-arounder..

1. Aperture Series: Tower in Rosy Dusk Glow (Sony A7R IV)
2. Aperture Series: Rodin Burghers (Sony A7R IV)
3. Aperture Series: Rodin Courtyard (Sony A7R IV)
4. Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)
5. Stitching and Panorama Examples (Sony A7R IV)
6. Examples: Pine Creek (Sony A7R IV)
7. Focus Stacking with Pixel Shift: Twisted, Burned, Broken Downed Tree High in Pine Creek Canyon (Sony A7R IV)
8. Aperture Series: View to Mt Conness Past Granite Dome, Late Dusk (Sony A7R IV)
9. Aperture Series: View to Mt Conness from Tuolumne Meadows Area, Early Night (Sony A7R IV)
10. Aperture Series: Riparian Creek (A7R V)

Voigtlander FE MACRO APO-LANTHAR 110mm f/2.5

High grade macro all-arounder at a modest price..

1. Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)
2. Shootout: Voigtlander 110/2.5 vs Sony 70-200/2.8 GM: View over Saddlebag Lake to Southern Spur of Mt Conness (Sony A7R IV)

Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM

Fast extreme wide angle zoom..

1. Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM Aperture Series @ 21mm: Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek (A7R V, Pixel Shift)
2. Focus Bracketing Example @ 12mm: Failure to Reach INF, Chocolate Brown Alpine Creek
3. Focus Bracketing Example @ 16mm: Failure to Reach INF, Aspen
4. SHOOTOUT @ 16mm: Sony FE 16-35/2.8 GM II vs Sony FE 12-24/2.8 GM — End of the Road, White Mountains

Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G

Extreme wide angle zoom..

1. Aperture Series @ 12mm: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)
2. Examples: Twenty Lakes Basin (Sony A7R IV)
3. 3-Way Shootout @ 18mm: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)
4. 3-Way Shootout @ 24mm: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM II

Pro-grade f/2.8 wide angle zoom, updated..

1. SHOOTOUT @ 16mm: Sony FE 16-35/2.8 GM II vs Sony FE 12-24/2.8 GM — End of the Road, White Mountains
2. SHOOTOUT @ 35mm: Sony FE 16-35/2.8 GM II vs Voigtlander FE 35/2 APO — Rare Pond, White Mountains

Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM

Pro-grade f/2.8 wide angle zoom..

1. Aperture Series @ 35mm: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)
2. 3-Way Shootout @ 18mm: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)
3. 3-Way Shootout @ 24mm: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Distagon

Outstanding ultra wide angle performer..

1. Shootout: Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 vs Voigtlander FE Nokton 21mm f/1.4 Aspherical Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)
2. Shootout: Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 vs Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art: Twenty Lakes Basin, View Towards Mt Conness Drainage (Sony A7R IV)

Zeiss Loxia 25mm f/2.4 Distagon

Outstanding wide angle, superb performer..

1. Examples: White Mountains Bristlecones (Sony A7R IV)
2. Aperture Series: Bristlecone Logs View to Bristlecone Graveyard, Dusk Purple Sky (Sony A7R IV)
3. Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon

Manual focus moderate wide angle for full-frame mirrorless..

1. Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)
2. Shootout: Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 vs Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art: Twenty Lakes Basin, View Towards Mt Conness Drainage (Sony A7R IV)

Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Sonnar

Manual focus telephoto lens for full-frame mirrorless..

1. Aperture Series: Massive Ancient Bristlecone (Sony A7R IV)
2. Examples: Eastern Sierra (Sony A7R IV)

Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 Distagon

Autofocus wide angle for Sony full-frame mirrorless..

1. Examples, Eastern Sierra (Sony A7R IV)

Monochrome Overview

Overview..

1. Examples of Monochrome Imagery

Examples and How They Were Made

Examples of how images were made...

1. Making of “View Over Alabama Hills to Wind Driven Snow on Whitney Range” (Sony A7R IV)

Leica SL3

60 megapixel 3rd generation..

1. Leica SL3: Value Proposition vs Sony A7R V, Fujifilm GFX100 II, Hasselblad X2D
2. Leica SL3: Feature Comparison vs vs Sony A7R V
3. SHOOTOUT: Leica SL3 + Leica 35/2 APO-SL vs Sony A7R V + Voigtlander 35/2 APO
4. Shootout: Leica 50/2 APO-Summicron-SL vs Voigtlander 50/2 APO: Backyard (Leica SL3)

Leica 35mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL ASPH

Fast apochromatic prime/wide lens for L-Mount cameras..

1. SHOOTOUT: Leica SL3 + Leica 35/2 APO-SL vs Sony A7R V + Voigtlander 35/2 APO

Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL ASPH

Fast short normal lens for L-Mount cameras..

1. Shootout: Leica 50/2 APO-Summicron-SL vs Voigtlander 50/2 APO: Backyard (SL3)

Workflow, Other

Make it your best shot..

1. ETTR: Overcome Noise with Optimal Exposure, plus AI Denoise (Sony A7R V) 📹

Expose To The Right (ETTR)

Maximizing image quality, dynamic range, minimizing digital noise. .

1. ETTR: Overcome Noise with Optimal Exposure, plus AI Denoise (Sony A7R V) 📹

Fujifilm GFX100S/100 Comparisons

Is 100 better than 45/50/60 megapixels?.

1. SHOOTOUT @ 43mm/35mm: Fujifilm GFX100S vs Sony A7R V Pixel Shift: Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek
2. SHOOTOUT @ 43mm/35mm: Fujifilm GFX100S vs Sony A7R V 16-shot Pixel Shift: Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek
3. SHOOTOUT @ 26/21mm: Fujifilm GFX100S vs Sony A7R V Pixel Shift: Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek
4. SHOOTOUT @ 63/50mm: Fujifilm GFX100S vs Sony A7R V Pixel Shift: Creek Bottom at Huge Laurel
5. SHOOTOUT: Fujifilm GFX100S vs Sony A7R V @ 62/50mm: View from Hilton Creek Area to Nevahbe Ridge

Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 R WR

Compact wide angle.

1. SHOOTOUT @ 20mm/16mm: Fujifilm GFX100S vs Sony A7R V Pixel Shift: Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek
2. SHOOTOUT @ 26/21mm: Fujifilm GFX100S vs Sony A7R V Pixel Shift: Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek

Fujifilm GF 35-70mm f/4.5-5.6

Compact wide angle.

1. SHOOTOUT @ 43/35mm: Fujifilm GFX100S vs Sony A7R V Pixel Shift: Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek

Leica M11 Monochrom

Leica M 60-megapixel monochrome sensor..

1. ISO Series SHOOTOUT: Leica M11 Monochrom vs Sony A7R V, 1600 to 25000
2. SHOOTOUT in Monochrome: M11M vs Sony A7R V vs Fujifilm GFX100S

Blog posts, reverse chronological

2024

2024-04-14 100 Megapixels coming to a Sony A7R VI ?

2024-04-12 Fujifilm GFX100 II: Upgrading Soon

2024-04-07 SHOOTOUT: Leica SL3 + Leica 50/2 APO-Summicron-SL vs Sony A7R V + Voigtlander 50/2 APO-Lanthar: Deck and Roof

2024-04-03 SHOOTOUT: Leica SL3 + Leica 35/2 APO-Summicron-SL vs Sony A7R V + Voigtlander 35/2 APO-Lanthar: Mossy Bridge

2024-03-16 Camera System Value Proposition: Sony A7R V vs Leica SL3 vs Fujifilm GFX100 II vs Hasselblad X2D

2024-03-16 Which is Better, Sony A7R V vs Leica SL3?

2024-03-11 Sony A7R V Also has a “Symmetric” Mode for Focus Bracketing.

2024-02-29 Screencasts: Sony A7R V, ETTR, Zebra Display, etc 📹

2024-02-27 Sony A1, Sony A7R V: Fix Picture Profile Problem for Still Images with "Different Set Still/Mv"

2024-02-26 Sony A1, Sony A7R V, Sony Mirrorless: Video 'Picture Profile' a Bad Idea for Still Images

2024-02-25 Sony A7R V: Perfect ETTR at ISO 50/100 using Zebra Display

2024-02-24 ETTR, Camera Histograms vs RAW Histograms, ISO 100 vs ISO "Lo"

2024-02-23 Case Study: Sony A7R V: Metering, Dynamic Range, ETTR/ESTR, Camera Histograms, ETTR (Color Card)

2024-02-23 Reader Comment: ETTR Technique Results in Too-Bright Images for Review

2024-02-21 Rear LCD on my Sony A7R V Does not Display any Live View Image — SOLVED

2024-02-21 Case Study: Sony A7R V: Metering, Dynamic Range, ETTR/ESTR, Camera Histograms, ETTR (Birch Trees)

2024-02-21 Sony Please Fix: Metering Throws Away as Much as 2.33 Stops of Dynamic Range

2024-02-21 Sony A7R V: Strictly Avoid The Lossless Comp (M) and Lossless Comp (S) Formats

2024-02-20 Adobe Camera Raw Enhance Details no longer working with Sony A7R V — OOPS it’s the file format

2024-02-20 Mash the Colors with ETTR or Stay True with ESTR? RawDigger Isn’t Making It Obvious

2024-02-20 “Baseline Exposure” Boost in RAW Converters can Whack Color

2024-02-13 Please fix this Nikon/Sony/Fujifilm: Pixel Shift Assembly Should Generate Finished Images, not Make-Work for Us

2024-02-11 First Look, 16-shot Pixel Shift: Nikon Z8 vs Nikon Df vs Sony A7R V

2024-02-06 Sony A7R V: ISO 100 to 25600 with Adobe AI Denoise 10,50

2024-02-06 Beware HEIC/HIF/HEIF/HIC format on Cameras — Stick to JPEG + How to Open HIF files in Photoshop

2024-01-30 Sony Finally Fixes “Unable to Magnify” bug in Sony A7R V

2024-01-30 Sony A7R V RAW Files: Picture Profile *does* Change the RAW File  — Unprecedented

2024-01-19 Sony A7R V: “Unable to Magnify” Image — does Sony fix any bugs?

2024-01-17 Sony A7R V: Mitigating Noise, Optimizing Exposure at Base ISO

2024-01-16 SHOOTOUT: Sony FE 14/1.8G vs Sony FE 12-24/2.8GM: Bristlecone Sculptures, View to White Mountain Peak

2024-01-14 Fujifilm GFX100 II: Sensor Pixel Quality vs Sony A7R V... Less Noisy?

2024-01-13 Screencast: Sony A7R V Sensor Excessively Noisy at ISO 64/100 📹

2024-01-01 Botched Sony A7R V, Reader Comment: “unprofessional to sell a pro camera for $3800 that can’t magnify a recorded image”

2023

2023-11-30 Voigtlander FE 65mm f/2 APO-Lanthar at just $899 — Reference Grade Lens on the Cheap

2023-11-30 Incredible Value in 100-megapixel Fujifilm GFX100S at just $4399

2023-09-30 Fujifilm GFX100 II vs Fujifilm GFX100S vs Sony A7R V — the Choice is Clear

2023-08-25 3-Way SHOOTOUT: Sigma FE 14mm f/1.4 DG DN Art vs Sony FE 14/1.8 vs Sony FE 12-24/2.8 GM: Expansive View to White Mountain Peak

2023-08-22 Sigma FE 14mm f/1.4 DG DN Art Aperture Series: Bristlecone View to White Mountain Peak

2023-07-31 Sony A7R V Focus Bracketing is an Unreliable Engineering Dumpster Fire

2023-07-12 Focus Stepping for Focus Stacking (FOCUS BKT, “focus shift”): Engineering Dumpster Fire from Sony and Fujifilm

2023-07-03 SHOOTOUT for Landscape Photographers @ 50mm: Nikon Z8 vs Sony A7R V: View from Hilton Creek Area to Nevahbe Ridge

2023-07-03 SHOOTOUT for Landscape Photographers @ 62/50mm: Fujifilm GFX100S vs Sony A7R V: View from Hilton Creek Area to Nevahbe Ridge

2023-07-02 Zeiss Loxia 25mm f/2.4 Aperture Series: Slender Aspen along Trail

2023-05-29 Reader Comment: “Given up on Sony A7R V automatic focus shift shooting/focus bracketing”

2023-05-14 ISO Series SHOOTOUT: Leica M11 Monochrom vs Sony A7R V, 1600 to 25000

2023-05-11 Reader Comments: Nikon Z8 vs Sony A7R V

2023-05-05 Leica M11 Monochrome vs Sony A7R V vs Fujifilm GFX100 for Monochrome Imaging... do we have a winner?

2023-05-03 Does the Leica M11 Monochrome Offer a Superior Image vs Sony A7R V with Pixel Shift?

2023-04-23 'Game Over' for the Already Marginal Medium Format Advantage?

2023-04-19 Leica M11 Monochrom vs Sony A7R V Pixel Shift, Fujifilm GFX100S

2023-04-13 Reader Comment: Nikon Mirrorless, Nikon NIKKOR Z Lenses, Voigtlander Lenses for Nikon Mirrorless

2023-04-12 Where do We Go From Here? Fujifilm Medium Format vs 35mm vs Blind Spots for Both

2023-03-31 Sony A7R V: Firmware Update 2.0 Adds Creators App, Fixes High Pitched Whine, What Else?

2023-03-27 Sony A7R V: Intolerable High-Pitched Whine when Pixel Shift is Enabled — Update — Camera Replaced

2023-03-19 Sony A7R V: “Unable to Magnify” Image

2023-03-19 Sony A7R V: Intolerable High-Pitched Whine when Pixel Shift is Enabled

2023-02-25 Sony A7R V 16-Shot Sony Pixel Shift vs Fujifilm GFX100S: Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek

2023-02-11 Why Does Sony Pixel Shift Operate at Only 2 Frames Per Second?

2023-01-31 Sony 16-shot Pixel Shift Works in the Field, Trounces the Fujifilm GFX100S, Might Match the PhaseOne IQ4 150

2023-01-30 Sony Pixel Shift: Why Sony 16-shot pixel shift is a Can’t-Lose Proposition

2023-01-30 Reader Comment on 16-Shot Sony Pixel Shift: “360 MP images looks terrific... but does this matter?”

2023-01-29 Extreme Resolution, Ultra Low Noise: Sony A7R V Pixel Shift: 16-Shot vs 4-Shot vs Single-Shot: Dolls

2023-01-28 Sony A7R V Pixel Shift: Diffraction Effects, Pixel Shift vs Single Shot, Enhance Details

2023-01-28 Sony Pixel Shift on Sony A7R V: Notched “Pac Man” Bites on Edges of Objects

2023-01-27 Sony A7R V: Sony Pixel Shift Exposure Bug

2023-01-21 Sony A7R V: Sony Pixel Shift Gotchas, but Foolproof Ways to Optimize

2023-01-19 Sony A7R V: Pixel Shift Capture and Workflow and Post Processing Steps

2023-01-17 Voigtlander FE 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Riparian Creek (Sony A7R V)

2023-01-12 Sony Pixel Shift on Sony A7R V: Performance Proofs of Difficult Scenes with Pixel Shift + Focus Stacking

2023-01-11 Sony Pixel Shift on Sony A7R V: Pixel Shift In Combination With Panoramic Stitching

2023-01-11 Sony Pixel Shift: 16-Shot Mode has No Value that I can See, Inferior to 4-Shot

2023-01-10 Sony Viewer.app: Like the Sony A7R V, Undermining Confidence in Sony Engineering

2023-01-09 Sony Pixel Shift with Motion Correction on Sony A7R V even deals with Moving People

2023-01-08 Sony A7R V Pixel Shift on Complex Outdoor Scenes: a Stunning Advance in Image Quality

2023-01-06 Sony A7R V Focus Bracketing Example @ 12mm: Failure to Reach INF so Badly Blurred, (“Chocolate Brown Alpine Creek”)

2023-01-05 Sony A7R V: Issues with Focus Bracketing for Focus Stacking — Yet Another Bug

2023-01-02 Sony A7R V: a Close Look at Just How Good Pixel Shift Is vs Single-Shot Capture

2023-01-02 Sony A7R V: Issues with Focus Bracketing for Focus Stacking

2023-01-01 Does Medium Format Have a Reason to Exist here in 2023? Sony A7R V says not

2022

2022-12-31 Sony Pixel Shift: Outstanding Results, but Botched Design for Motion Correction Ignores Benefits of Frame Averaging, Increases Noise

2022-12-30 SHOOTOUT @ 63/50mm: Fujifilm GFX100S vs Sony A7R V Pixel Shift: Creek Bottom at Huge Laurel

2022-12-29 Sony Pixel Shift: Outstanding Results, but Botched Design for Motion Correction Ignores Benefits of Frame Averaging, Increases Noise —  OOPS

2022-12-26 Reader Comment: Sony A7R V Pixel Shift vs Demosaicing, Motion Correction, etc

2022-12-23 SHOOTOUT: Sony A7R V Pixel Shift vs Fujifilm GFX100S @ 20/16mm: the Medium Format Killer Keeps Delivering

2022-12-23 Confusticating Choice: Sony A7R V with Pixel Shift vs Fujifilm GFX100S

2022-12-22 Sony A7R V Pixel Shift + Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM @ 21mm: Comparing Pixel Shift to Single Shot (Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek)

2022-12-21 SHOOTOUT: Sony A7R V Pixel Shift vs Fujifilm GFX100S @ 26/21mm: the Medium Format Killer Keeps Delivering

2022-12-20 Sony A7R V Pixel Shift + Voigtlander FE 35mm f/2 APO Dual Aperture Series: Alpine Creek Bottom

2022-12-20 Sony Pixel Shift: Sony A7R V vs Sony A7R IV a Major Advance in Capture Detail

2022-12-19 Sony A7R V Pixel Shift + Voigtlander FE 35mm f/2 APO: Comparing Pixel Shift to Single Shot (Huge Laurel at Bend in Alpine Creek)

2022-12-19 SHOOTOUT: Sony A7R V Pixel Shift vs Fujifilm GFX100S @ 42mm/35mm: the Medium Format Killer Debuts

2022-12-18 Sony A7R V Pixel Shift with Motion Correction: Moving Water

2022-12-15 Sony A7R V: Sony Botches Focus Stacking inMultiple Ways  — Precludes Pixel Shift, Frame Averaging, etc

2022-12-15 Sony A7R V Pixel Shift with Motion Correction a Medium Format Killer?

2022-12-15 How much is Sony Botched Camera and Software Design $Costing You? Is Adobe DNG Converter Viable? The Sony Workflow TAX

2022-12-14 Adobe Camera Raw now Supports Sony A7R V Raw Files ARW and ARQ — But Has a Problem with Smeared Edges

2022-12-13 Sony A7R V: Focus Bracketing Feature Cannot be Relied Upon

2022-12-13 Sony A7R V: File Numbering — Resets to 0001 with each Focus Bracketing Series

2022-12-13 Sony A7R V: Competitive Using Pixel Shift + Motion Correction vs Fujifilm GFX100S?

2022-12-11 Sony A7R V: Pixel Shift Artifacts: Sony vs PixelShift2DNG

2022-12-08 Sony A7R V: In Stock, Why?

2022-12-08 Sony A7R V: Sony Remote Commander RMT-P1BT Fails to Work After Pairing

2022-12-08 Sony A7R V: the ARW Raw File Format Has Changed, Incompatible for the Moment with Adobe Camera Raw and PixelShift2DNG

2022-12-07 Sony A7R V: Initial Impressions

2022-12-05 Sony A7R V: Focus Bracketing for Focus Stacking

2022-12-05 Sony A7R V Poor Design: Pixel Shift Disallows Lossless Compressed RAW, Lacks 8-Shot and 32-shot modes

2022-12-05 Sony A7R V Tomorrow

2022-10-27 Reader Comments on Sony A7R V

2022-10-26 Sony Debuts AI Technology in Sony A7R V

2022-06-07 Sony A1 vs Sony A7R IVa

2021

2021-07-15 What Does the Future Hold for a Sony A7R V?

2021-05-23 Traveling Shooting the Fujifilm GFX100S and Various Sony and Voigtlander Lenses

2021-04-16 Sony A1 vs Sony A7R IV: Summary and Conclusions on How the Two Compare

2021-04-04 Shootout: Sony A1 vs Sony A7R IV from ISO 100 to ISO 102400, Noise, Hot Pixels, Sharpness, Color

2021-04-03 Shutter Modes for Sony A1, Sony A7R IV Could be Better Done (Less Confusing)

2021-04-01 Sony A1 vs Sony A7R IV: Looking at Resolving Power with Siemens Star

2021-03-14 Sony A1 or Sony A7R IV? If you Need the A1 Features, It’s Easy, otherwise it’s gear lust?

2021-03-10 Really Right Stuff L-Bracket for Sony A1 — Brackets from Sony A7R IV fit, but with limitations

2021-03-09 How will the Fujifilm GFX100S Fare as to PDAF Banding

2021-03-09 Sony A1 vs Sony A7R IV: Noise, Pattern Noise and Just How Poor the Analysis Tends to Be

2021-03-01 3rd-Party Lenses for Nikon Z, Canon RF, Sony E, Fujifilm GF Mirrorless Cameras

2021-02-12 SHOOTOUT: Voigtlander FE 110mm f/2.5 vs Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM: View over Saddlebag Lake to Southern Spur of Mt Conness (Sony A7R IV)

2021-02-12 Reader Comment: Black and White Photography “samples you have are some of the best I have seen” + How to Process

2021-02-07 How Good is the Sony A7R IV for Monochrome vs the Leica M10 Monochrom and/or Nikon D850 Monochrome?

2021-02-02 Fujifilm GFX100S or Sony A1 or Sony A7R IV for Landscape, Studio, etc?

2021-02-01 Reader Comment: Adapting Nikon F-Mount and Zeiss DSLR Lenses to Sony Mirrorless

2020

2020-12-07 Reader Comment: Mirrorless Camera Perhaps Nikon Z7 II to go with Nikon D850, Tempted by Sony A7R IV

2020-10-20 Sony’s Shading Compensation (Vignetting Correction) Whacks Raw Files Hard—Turn it Off When Shooting RAW

2020-10-18 Analyzing Swing and Tilt of Sony A7R IV with Two Samples of Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM

2020-10-16 Update on Sony A7R IV Lens Mount / Sensor Parallelism, Lens Skew of Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM, Coming Field Shooting

2020-10-12 $500 Off Sony A7R IV at B&H Photo

2020-10-08 Is It Even POSSIBLE to get a properly aligned Sony A7R IV?

2020-10-07 Sony A7R IV in for Repair of Lens Mount / Sensor Parallelism Problem

2020-05-17 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Wind Driven Snow on Whitney Range (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-12 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Mixed Lighting over Western Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-08 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: View Over Alabama Hills to Wind Driven Snow on Whitney Range (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-07 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Granite Monolith, Sunrise (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-06 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Wide Aperture Examples: Flora at Sunrise (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-06 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Wide Aperture Examples: Deer At Dawn (Sony A7R IV)

2020-05-05 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Aperture Series: View Towards Big Pine and Eastern Sierra, Dusk (Sony A7R IV)

2020-04-16 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art Aperture Series @ 70mm: View Past Lone Pine Campground to White Mountains (Sony A7R IV)

2020-04-02 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-04-01 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-31 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Aperture Series: View Over Dry Wash to Early Sun on Mt Whitney Range (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-25 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-25 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Stars Over Mt Whitney, Pre-Dawn Deep Blue Sky (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-23 Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Aperture Series:Backlit Sagebrush View to Peaks (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-22 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Alabama Hills Plain View to Mt Whitney Range, Pre-Dawn (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-21 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Painting of Idyllic Ocean on Burned-Out Van Door (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-21 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-16 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Alabama Hills (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-09 Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art Aperture Series @ 35mm: Mining Cylinder View to Playa, Dusk (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-05 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Aspen Amid Willow Brush at Dusk (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-05 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: Aspen-Lined Road at Dusk (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-05 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Examples: Lee Vining Canyon (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-05 Sigma FE 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Aperture Series: White Aspen Trunks (Sony A7R IV)

2020-03-04 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: White Aspen Trunks (Sony A7R IV)

2020-02-28 Sony A7R IV In For Repair: With Praise and Mild Criticism for Sony (and why does a new New Camera Needs Parts?)

2020-02-20 Reader Comment: Sony A7R IV Focus Tracking vs Nikon D850

2020-02-19 Why I am Dragging my Feet with the Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar: Possible Issue with Sony A7R IV Lens Mount Flange/Sensor Planarity

2020-02-16 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Night Lights Along Bike Path (Sony A7R IV)

2020-02-16 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Rodin Burghers, Dusk (Sony A7R IV)

2020-02-16 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Countertop Reflections in Color (Sony A7R IV)

2020-02-08 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Countertop Reflections (Sony A7R IV)

2020-02-08 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Olives, Still Life Flora (Sony A7R IV)

2020-02-07 Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Blue Bike (Sony A7R IV)

2019

2019-11-03 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 APO Macro-Lanthar Aperture Series: 'View to Mt Conness from Tuolumne Meadows Area, Early Night' — also evaluates long exposure noise on Sony A7R IV

2019-10-31 Sometimes, Grossly Misleading Errors in Sony RGB Histogram

2019-10-31 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 APO Macro-Lanthar Aperture Series: View to Mt Conness Past Granite Dome, Late Dusk

2019-10-28 Sony A7R IV: Horrible Sensor Dust Problems (updated 2019-11-17)

2019-10-27 Zeiss Loxia 25mm f/2.4 Examples: White Mountains Bristlecones (Sony A7R IV)

2019-10-27 Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Examples: Massive Ancient Bristlecone Trunk (Sony A7R IV)

2019-10-27 Zeiss Loxia 25mm f/2.4 Aperture Series: Bristlecone Logs View to Bristlecone Graveyard, Dusk Purple Sky (Sony A7R IV)

2019-10-26 A Real World Example of How Sony 11+7 Bit Lossy Compression Creates Ugly Block Artifacts

2019-10-24 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art Aperture Series: Patriarch Grove from Above At Dusk, View Southwest (Sony A7R IV)

2019-10-21 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art: Pine Creek Examples

2019-10-20 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 APO Macro-Lanthar Examples: Pine Creek Panoramas

2019-10-20 Reader Comments: Downloadable Settings for Sony A7R IV

2019-10-14 Sony A7R IV: Confusing Stop-Down Behavior, Camera Chooses Arbitrary/Unspecified Aperture for Viewing/Focusing

2019-10-13 Sony A7R IV: Using Pixel Shift to Capture 4 Frames for Frame Averaging

2019-10-09 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Old Mining Structures

2019-10-08 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Music Box in Miner’s Cabin

2019-09-28 Shootout: Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art vs Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2 Distagon: Twenty Lakes Basin, View Towards Mt Conness Drainage (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-27 Shootout: Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art vs Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon: Twenty Lakes Basin, View Towards Mt Conness Drainage (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-27 Conclusions and Recommendations for Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art

2019-09-27 Jaw-Dropping Image Quality: Sony A7R IV with Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art Examples: Eastern Sierra

2019-09-25 Autumn Color Season Starting in Eastern Sierra

2019-09-23 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art Aperture Series: Rocky Creekbed at Dusk (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-22 3-Way Shootout: Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM vs Sony 12-24mm f/4 G vs Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art @ 24mm: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-21 Exploring Frame Averaging for Sony A7R IV (Updated with reader comments)

2019-09-20 Sigma 70mm f/2.8 Macro Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-20 Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM Aperture Series @ 35mm: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-20 Sony A7R IV Burst Mode for Frame Averaging Drops to 12-Bit Files if Using Compressed RAW

2019-09-19 Sony A7R IV vs Lens Quality Control (all brands), Actual Increase in Resolution over the Sony A7R III

2019-09-19 Voigtlander MACRO APO-Lanthar 110mm f/2.5 Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-19 Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-19 Shootout: Sony 12-24mm f/4 G vs Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art @ 14mm: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-19 3-Way Shootout: Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM vs Sony 12-24mm f/4 G vs Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN Art @ 18mm: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-18 Sony FE 12-24mm f/4 G Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-18 Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-18 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Rodin Courtyard (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-18 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Rodin Burghers (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-18 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Tower at Dusk in Rosy Glow (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-18 Shootout: Voigtlander FE Nokton 21mm f/1.4 Aspherical vs Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-18 Lens Quality Control as Revealed by Demanding Sony A7R IV 60MP Sensor

2019-09-17 Nikon D850 Monochrome: Initial Example, and Frame Averaging for Ultra Low Noise (updated with comments, Sony A7R IV Potential)

2019-09-16 Sony A7R IV: Diffraction with High Grade Lenses

2019-09-16 Sony A7R IV 'Cooks' Its RAW Files, Just Like Its Predecessors

2019-09-16 Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-16 Sony A7R IV Image Quality: Crosshatching Pattern Noise with Adobe Camera Raw Enhance Details

2019-09-16 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art Aperture Series: Effects of Distortion Correction

2019-09-16 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-16 Sigma 45mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-15 Zeiss Loxia 25mm f/2.4 Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-15 Demands on Lens Performance with the Sony A7R IV are More Pronounced than I had Anticipated

2019-09-15 Sony A7R IV Raw File Support in Adobe Camera Raw is Preliminary, Problematic

2019-09-15 Sony A7R IV Quick Thoughts

2019-09-14 LibRaw Updates PixelShift2DNG for Sony A7R IV, Supports 4-frame and 16-frame Pixel Shift Files

2019-09-14 Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art Aperture Series: Teak Bench (Sony A7R IV)

2019-09-12 Lucky to get one: Sony A7R IV Arriving Friday

2019-09-09 Voigtlander Macro APO-Lanthar 110m f/2.5

2019-08-30 Landscape Photographers Looking for Superior Results and Lowest Effort and Fewest Problems Go with Fujifilm GFX100, not Sony A7R IV

2019-08-25 Sony A7R IV Looks Flawed for My Purposes: Appear to Lack Focus Stacking Support and Lossless Compressed RAW

2019-08-18 Some Fujifilm GFX100 Behaviors also Apply to the coming Sony 7R IV

2019-07-19 Sony A7R IV: Which High-Speed and High-Capacity SDXC Cards Are Best?

2019-07-19 Sony A7R IV: Serious Doubts About Viability of Sony 16-Shot High-Res Mode for Field Use

2019-07-17 Sony A7R IV Takes the Floor

2015

2015-07-06 Sony A7R II, Sony A7R III, Sony A7R IV with Zeiss Otus and other Lenses

2013

2013-12-21 Sony A7R vs Sony A7

2013-12-11 Sony A7R vs A7: Shutter Vibration at 280mm

2013-12-09 Shootout: Sony A7R vs Sony A7 (Red Barn)