Street Photography and Sony

The Challenge of Street Photography Street photography reminds me of wildlife photography, but instead of capturing wild animals in their natural state in the savanna you are capturing humans in their natural state in urban […]

Sony Landscape Essentials

  Sony A7riii and Sony 12-24g (click any image for larger) Essential Gears and Tips for Landscapes with Sony Cameras I’ve always enjoyed landscape photography.  You can shoot great landscapes with virtually any camera, ranging […]

Setting up Sony A7iii

After Unboxing your Sony A7iii For many new purchasers of the Sony A7iii, this may be their first Sony camera or their first full frame camera.   The $2000 price point makes the camera accessible to […]

Whether to use back button AF on Sony

The Sony A9, A7riii and A7iii have all seen the addition of an “AF-on” button.  While it is a fully customizable button, many would naturally consider using it for back button autofocus.  Back button autofocus […]

Sony Negatives and Complaints

Negatives, nitpicks and complaints about the Sony Alpha System UPDATED MAY 2019 At times this blog can sound a bit Sony fanboyish.   For the most part, I like the Sony system or else I wouldn’t […]

Sony enthusiast journey to full frame

My Long Road to Full-frame By Dave Pierce – PPTPhoto.com [Editor’s Note:  This is a guest post by long-time Sony enthusiast photographer Dave Pierce.   Dave is a travel and family enthusiast photographer who has a […]

Sony Eye AF explained

Sony Eye AF Sony Eye AF, or eye autofocus, is perhaps THE killer feature on modern Sony cameras, particularly for portrait photographers.  The newest generation of Sony cameras (A7riii, A9, A7iii) have seen advancements in […]

Recommended Sony A7iii kits

I suspect sales of the Sony A7iii will be very strong given the camera’s price  point and feature set.   With the camera body priced at $2,000, for a total investment of $3,000 to $5,000, the […]

Sony A7iii and Sony system thoughts

Sony A7iii A camera maker can’t survive on $3000+ cameras alone.   The Sony A7iii has the potential to be among the best cameras for many enthusiasts, for pros who realize they don’t need to spend […]