If you're a filmmaker using Sony gear then why not have a crack at the Catchlight Film Festival. This video will give you an idea of the type of films being made in Australia and New Zealand. You might be surprised by the camera models used by some of the winners. It's also a great event.

Hard to show on a phone but this is the Sydney Lightning Storm 1am Wed from Maroubra headland. The light show off the coast was amazing - strike after strike after strike.

Shot this with Sony a7s iii with Tamron 28-200 2.8-5.6 on some insane ISO. Best viewed on a big screen. That’s when you notice the silhouette of a person/s on the cliffs.

Also the last shot is a track of a plane. They would have had a great view ⚡️

In Sunday's segment on Sky News Australia (Weekend Edition with Tim Gilbert) I gave TV viewers their first look at Canon’s brand new EOS R - crop sensor cameras - EOS R7 and EOS R10. These are the affordable models we’ve been waiting for and I had them exclusively for our Weekend Edition audience.

When it comes to noise cancelling headphones - Sony’s 1000X series is King. I’ve got four of them and each one was a sensation at launch. Now the WH-1000XM5 version is coming our way, mid-June in Australia actually, for $549.95 AUD.

The WH-1000XM4s are already pretty amazing so it will be an interesting hands on review.

The WH-1000XM5s have a different look to the previous models but under the hood there’s more power to the shut the world out and improve audio reproduction. The M5’s use two processors controlling eight microphones that reduce noise especially in the mid-high frequency range. The Auto NC Optimiser automatically optimises noise cancellation, depending on the environment. Think of cafe, train or walking the city streets.

In Sunday's segment on Sky News Australia (Weekend Edition with Tim Gilbert) we looked at the camera technology that enabled Tom Cruise to produce the long awaited sequel to Top Gun, Top Gun Maverick. Almost three years after it was supposed to make its premiere, Top Gun Maverick will finally hit cinema screens later this month - May 26. Actors will be seen in real jets during action scenes. A US Navy pilot is flying the FA/18 Super Hornet but by cutting between the tandem-seater and single seater in the editing room - it looks like Tom Cruise and the others are actually flying. It’s been made possible because of this special Sony camera rig. These cameras are 6K and modular so all of the reactions are real in the cockpit.

As the world’s lightest F4 wide-angle power-zoom lens, the FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G weighs just 353 grams, approx. 30% less than the SEL1635Z and is just 80.5 mm x 88.1mm in size with a filter diameter of φ72mm. It’s ideal for gimbals and drones. The focus ring can be easily controlled with a finger while shooting movies, and the adjacent focus and zoom rings are stepped so they can be easily differentiated and operated by feel while viewing the monitor.

In Sunday's segment on Sky News Australia (Weekend Edition with Jaynie Seal) we looked at Sony’s strange-looking wireless earbuds - LinkBuds.

Sony’s unique ring design with audio transparency links online and offline worlds for a “Never Off” wearing experience. LinkBuds are also integrated with Microsoft Soundscape allowing the vision impaired to receive audio guidance - hands free.

LinkBuds will be available in Australia from April 2022 for $299.95.

In Sunday's segment on Sky News Australia (Weekend Edition with Tim Gilbert) we looked at new TV technology coming to market this year.

QD OLED (Quantum Dot OLED) is the next level of OLED TVs that produces brighter and better colours.

The power of the Sony Alpha 1 is absolutely insane but a couple of figures stood out in the spec sheet.