It’s Thursday, so
its news day (for now... keep reading)!
Because I missed
last week’s news post I’ve gone back a bit further in order to bring you the
news of interest.
Nikon SnapBridge News
First up, from the
distant past (30th November), Nikon announced the release of
SnapBridge 2.0 (Does that mean Warren gets hit twice, Lok?). Nikon’s
proprietary app that connects Nikon cameras to smart phones and tablets via
Bluetooth has received a fairly comprehensive upgrade. The new version comes
with a new interface, step-by-step instructions on how to connect cameras to
phones to make the process easier, lower power consumption and a more stable
connection platform.
New Samyang Auto-Focus Lens
Samyang Optics
announced the new 35mm F/1.4 FE prime lens for the Sony E-mount mirrorless
camera system. This new lens has 11 elements in 9 groups and uses 2 aspherical
elements, 2 high-refractive elements and Samyang’s Ultra Multi Coating
(whatever that is – seriously, I can’t find a description anywhere!) to
minimise lens aberrations and “deliver outstanding resolution”. We won’t know
for sure whether this claim proves true or not until we get a hands-on review.
This is the latest
in Samyang’s line of auto-focusing lenses, using the companies Linear Supersonic
Motor (LSM) to provide, according to Samyang, precise and silent auto-focus.
Again, we need a test to know just how quiet it will prove to be.
At f/1.4, this is an
impressively fast lens. The demonstration photo on the Samyang website (AF 35mm press
release) shows how the 9 round aperture blades provide lovely round bokeh
balls, but a slightly closer look will show you a little bit of ‘onion ring’
effect. It’s up to you to decide if it’s a problem; for me it wasn’t
immediately noticeable.
The lens weighs in
at 705 grams, is 115mm long and takes 67mm filters.
I’d love it if
Samyang would send me a unit for review so I could give you my own opinion on
this potentially-exciting glass. What do you say, Mr. Hwang – can I borrow a
lens?
Canon Quickie
Canon has put out
some firmware updates for their pro video range:
·
EOS C300 update with an upgrade to Auto-focus
performance
·
EOS C300 mk II
·
EOS C100 update also get the AF upgrade; and finally-
·
ME200S-SH
·
ME20F-SH
If anyone reading
this is into video and has these cameras, check out your Canon support page
(Canon Australia Support is here).
Editorial (i.e. RANT)
This isn’t going to
be a big rant, really. Just something that annoyed me on today’s news hunt. And
it’s just my personal honest opinion, so take it as you will.
You see, I went to
my usual news sources and didn’t find anything that really grabbed me so I
decided to check out some of the rumour sites. Gee, ain’t I glad I did that!
I’m sorry, but any
site that believes “A guy from a place next to a joint that has a tenuous
connection with something to do with cameras says get ready for a new Sony” is
solid and publishable information is a waste of bandwidth!
It reminded me of
the shite I used to hear during lunch in high school. You know, things like “Mary
heard from Tommy who heard from Jane who heard from Chen who heard from the dog
across the road that Gordon was pregnant!” I mean, you couldn’t believe that
shite in high school, so why would you believe the same kind of shite from a
website. I honestly think that adding ‘rumour’ (properly-spelled or not) to the
name of your site is the same as saying ‘don’t believe me’.
Final Thoughts
I’m going to make a
couple of adjustments to my approach to my blog. I’m always thinking about how
I can make this better for my readers (there’s not a lot of you so I want to
look after ya!) and this is what I’ve come up with. First, I’m going to move my
personal blog posts from Wednesdays to Mondays. This will allow me to put my
weekly news blog in on Wednesdays because I have a new idea for Fridays. You’ll
find out about my Friday idea tomorrow cos’, you know, Friday. And finally, I
will spend Wednesdays doing the usual weekly news trawl but I’ve decided that,
if I get news in my inbox, I’m going to do a ‘news-in-brief’ piece to get the
story out there. I mean, if I finish and publish this post now, and while I’m
having a celebratory coffee and a sandwich I get an email from Nikon announcing
the new D760 with a 200 megabyte chip, I don’t want to wait a week to get it
out there, do I?
I get that this
might make it a bit tricky to keep up to date with my blog, but there is that
little ‘Follow’ button. Over there on the right. And there’s a ‘Follow by email’
window thingy, too. Make use of them and problem solved!
Yay for us!
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