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Heather Broster

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Heather Broster co-founded Mirrorless Comparison and has produced several reviews and comparisons for the website as well as our YouTube channel. A passionate photographer since her 14th birthday, she loves macro, butterflies, instant cameras and taking pictures of people at events.

The 10 Main Differences Between the Sony A9 and A7s mark II

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Whatever your photographic or video-related needs – be they high resolution, excellent low-light performance, or speed and precision – you can be sure that as of 2017, there is a Sony full-frame E-mount camera to meet them.

Two of the most important models today are the flagship A9, which was announced in April 2017, and the 1 ½ year old A7s II. The former promises to be a game-changer for sports, action and wildlife thanks to its very quick continuous shooting speeds and advanced hybrid autofocus system, while the latter is what reviewers have called the ultimate “low-light beast” for stills and video recording.

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The 10 Main Differences Between the Sony a9 and a6500

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The full-frame Sony a9 was only announced yesterday, but with its vast number of autofocus points and impressive continuous shooting speeds, it is already being labelled a potential “game-changer” for the sports and action photography niche.

So, where does this leave Sony’s other action-oriented camera, the a6500? Given that the two models have a number of features in common including 24.2MP of resolution on the sensor, built-in 5-axis image stabilisation with 5 steps of compensation, and 4K movie recording with full pixel readout, it is natural to wonder where the differences lie.

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Lensbaby Trio 28 for Micro Four Thirds – Sweet vs. Velvet vs. Twist

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Hearing the words ‘special effects’ in reference to a lens will either make you rejoice or sob into your microfibre cloth. Whichever category you fall into, it is impossible to ignore their appeal in a world where people obsess over razor-like sharpness and creamy bokehs.

One of the most popular creative effects brands is Lensbaby, whose lenses for DSLRs and more recently mirrorless cameras, transform your images into abstract works of art through creative distortion, vignetting and selective focus.

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Panasonic Lumix GX850 vs GX85 (GX800 vs GX80) – The complete comparison

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In an effort to simplify its line-up of mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras, Panasonic recently assigned the “GX” prefix to all its flat-topped models. While it was once possible to decipher the target audience from the prefix itself, we now have to look at how many digits follow the prefix: one is used for the flagship (GX?), two for the mid-range model (GX??) and three for the entry-level model (GX???).

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