Smiert Spionam

Yup -- at equivalent output size, they're essentially equivalent.  Keep in mind that for best results with either one, you should be shooting RAW and processing in Lightroom or something similar.

"Backup"?No, it's not really a backup -- that word, to me, suggests a camera that can easily be swapped in and used for the same work as the primary camera.  For that, a D600 or D700 would be...

It does indeed have some burned highlights -- though I think they're in the slide, not the dupe.  And since I did this test, I've gotten better at using Lightroom's improved highlight controls,...

I wanted something a little more powerful than the AAA-powered Sony flash, so I bought a Polaroid PL-108 for $50.  It's a relabeled Metz 24.Works great -- cheap, reliable, decent power, and still...

Interesting discussion.  I've done something similar, though I had a different approach to the problem of capturing a full frame slide.  Instead of using a shorter focal length lens, I used a...

Fake.

Apart from the coverage issues, you should assume that the sensor cost would be considerable. I haven't done the math on how many usable circles you could get from a typically manufacturing wafer,...

Hey, I like square format cameras as much as anyone -- and I've shot 6x6 medium format quite a bit. That doesn't change the fact that most existing 35mm-based SLR lenses wouldn't adequately cover...

A 6-month-old rumor, and one which doesn't square with reality (forgive the pun). As with some of their breathless speculation about a full frame NEX, this post suggests that the rumors host has a...

Probably decades away from any consumer photographic application.

This is a very interesting discovery. I just did a quick test with my NEX-7 sitting recording video on my desk. At ISO 3200, the temp. warning light came on at 20 minutes, but it continued to...

There have been plenty of improvements in consumer lenses in the past 30 years -- aspherics are common, APO glass, better coatings, etc. -- though the Sigma 30/2.8 is not a particularly esoteric...

I shoot a lot of live music, and the NEX-7 is also my hiking/travel camera. My basic kit is 16/converter, 30/2.8 Sigma, and 50/1.8 OSS. I also use a variety of other glass: a couple of 50/1.4s,...

You may not like what DtEW said, but he's correct.

That may be -- but it sure looked like your response to someone being generous was to be an assh@le. Classy.

100% crop from an NEX-7, btw.

Here's a quick crop -- had to find a shot with a little girl's eyelashes.;- )Sorry for not including the full pic -- it's of my niece dancing around covered in magic marker before a bath.It's at...

I don't generally post sample images here, since I don't like to put them in posts that can't be edited -- but I find the Sigma 30 to be as good as any lens at/near that focal length that I've ever...

It looks to me that this shot is focused on the center line of the girl's face -- ie, the tip of her nose. Neither eye is quite sharp, but the plane of focus is fine.I agree, though, that this...

That's nice.Just saying.