Birth of the ILC

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Just over a decade ago, Sony started disrupting the industry with the birth of the rangefinder mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (ILC) in three products Alpha NEX-5, Alpha NEX-6, and Alpha NEX-7. With the camera came the E-Mount lens standard that not only allowed a variety of Sony Alpha lens combinations, but with inexpensive adapters, nearly any lens from multiple manufacturers including Nikon, Canon, Sigma, or Panavision.

Over the ensuing years, Sony refined the ILC to the current product line of Alpha 7 series including the much anticipated Alpha 7S III. If not for the global pandemic, Sony would have had many in person experiences to try out the new line of camera, but the next best thing is a virtual event, many of which are coming up. Here is a summary:

Samy’s Open House

Band Pro One World Open House, 4 PM, 10 December 2020

Samy’s Holiday Education Event, 10 December to 16 December (hours vary)

NoHo West Project

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With geological earthquakes, community care facilities, and rainless days now North Hollywood 91605 faces its largest and most unsustainable planned retail behemoth called NoHo West Project. In a time of unprecedented drought, we again welcome new and interesting developments, but they cannot be built to 2015 standards, but at least 2050 standards akin the the Living Building Challenge. Our representative will be at Victory Elementary School from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM 6315 Radford Ave, North Hollywood, CA 91606 for the obligatory Open House Scoping Session on 16 April 2015.

CicLAvia North Hollywood Style

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Working on an advocacy project, to be announced soon. Interesting developments in the California Community Care Facilities laws. Some developer in the area wants to do an end-run around the rules. Our community will make sure he does the job correctly and with local labor. Before I can officially release this information, enjoy some select images from  CicLAvia North Hollywood using my Panasonic ILC with Novoflex lens adapter (Nikon Sigma 15mm rectilinear fisheye f/2.8 glass too).
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ILC Sony Alpha NEX-5T

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I’m typically late to the party or not invited at all. Over the last decade I’ve been waiting for video equipment to meet my budget and technical needs. In the 1980’s I used some great Panasonic S-VHS camcorders at University. Then came the 1990’s and DV, where I used a imported Sony DCR-VX700 which was so cutting edge at the time, did not include a IEEE-1394 port. In the late 2000’s I purchased the HDSLR Nikon D7000, which offered a glimpse of the possibilies with H.264 recording. For 2015, I’ve moved on to a Sony NEX-5T, just on the verge it’s discontinuation.

When the NEX-5T dropped in price by half to around $239 after incentives, I was ready to order. This ILC uses an E-Mount lens on a full APS-C which integrates into a whole family of E-Mount and A-Mount lens from Sony and Minolta. Sigma Corporation makes a compatible family of prime Art Lenses at a $200 each price range too (19mm f/2.8, 30mm f/2.8, and a 60mm f/2.8). A Zacuto Z-Finder and directional Sony ECM-SST1 stereo microphone complete the ILC rig. For somewhere shy of $600, you have a AVCHD 1080/24p or 1080p 60p camcorder, rivaling the broadcast worthy $2,850 NEXFS100. Video posts soon.

How to Use My Images and Videos

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The world has changed, and because information is ubiquitous, some think they can acquire hard work for their own purposes for both personal or commercial use. The music and movie industry looses billions to pirates, thiefs, and ignorant folk that think when they buy a blu-ray or CD that allows them to do whatever they want with the media. False! You get a license to view the product or listen to the music for non-commercial purposes only. If you can figure out a way to share the image, give an attribute to the creator too.

Any photograph or video I put online belong to me, or we can license the images for your own use and manipulation for a fee to be determined. The fines for infringement range from $750 to $30,000 per image or video by USA law.

I will use a simple Creative Commons license for images:

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This work by Ismael Rosales is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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I will use a simple creative commons license for video:

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This work by Ismael Rosales is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Creative Commons License
This work by Ismael Rosales is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.