One of Our Favorite Black Friday Deals So Far: Sony a6000 Body Under $400!

The a6000 was my camera of the year in 2014 – I liked it so much that I bought one, and it hastened my exit from Canon. But these prices from Amazon and B&H are the best I’ve ever seen, even less than the asking price when I bought mine.

 

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the Sony a6000 [B&H|Amazon] is the best stills/video hybrid for the price anywhere – and it actually punches nose-bleed high above its fighting weight, better in most ways for this purpose than a Canon 5D Mk III  [B&H|Amazon] ...

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“Failure is Not an Option?” Bulls**t: Failure is Part of the Process

Even when it's NASA saying "failure is not an option," the reality is failure is part of the process.  Always has been, always will be. Whether it's sending people into space or just getting through a script, the overarching point is the same: it's going to happen, so learn from it and move on.


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Sony Acknowledges "Black Sun" Problem; Blackmagic, Leica and Others Can Relate

Sony is the latest highly regarded brand to find a problem with a high-end product (in this instance their a7s II  [B&H|Amazon] ) only after it's out in the marketplace. Leica's SL and Blackmagic's Production 4K cameras are just two others that immediately come to mind.  The good news is that Sony has already fixed the problem, barely a week after finding it; Blackmagic has sorted their problem with fine pattern noise and black sun with their newest 4.6K sensor; and Leica is working on a fix for their L-Log problem when shooting internally in 8 bits...

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Science-Shmience: How Important is Color Science in Choosing a Camera?

You know what? You CAN tell the difference in color rendering between a Sony a6000 [B&H|Amazon] and a Canon Rebel SL1 [B&H|Amazon] -- which is to say there really are differences between Sony and Canon sensors.  Here's one possible explanation... 

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The Death of Samsung’s NX1 May Not be Greatly Exaggerated?

When the 4K-recording Samsung NX1  [B&H|Amazon] came out earlier this year, it impressed reviewers.  And yet the question immediately became: "Even with Samsung's resources, how the heck can they go up against not only Canon and Nikon, but Sony?"  Looks like maybe they can't.

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