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DxOmark (Click here) tested the Sony A58 sensor results. It earned 74 points which puts it right in the middle between the Canon 650D (62 points) and the NIkon D5200 (84 points).

As I told you yesterday this may be the last Sony APS-C camera using a translucent mirror. Now we are all curious to se how the next APS-C A-mount camera will be!

Image courtesy: Photozone

Quick note for US readers: $100 savings on the NEX-6 with kit lens that now sells for $799 at CameraLand (Click here).

Our friends at Photozone (Click here) tested the Sony E 10-18mm f/4 OSS lens. And they actually like the lens: “Upon first contact, you are positively surprised about the high build quality. All-metal lens body are fairly rare these days. The lens is capable of delivering sharp results at medium aperture settings.” But they also shared their thoughts about one quality issue: “while the build quality of the lens is very fine, we continue to be concerned about the centering quality of Sony products. Ever since we started the NEX tests, we are either terribly unlucky or the centering is as bad as it is”

I hope Sony is reading this…and improves the mentioned issue.

10-18mm price check at Amazon, B&H, Adorama, J&R, eBay.

The chinese blog Xitek posted the first image samples taken with the “Lens Turbo” adpater. You can see them here: Xitek-1, Xitek_2, Xitek_3. These have been taken with the Pentax 40mm f/2.8 lens (here on eBay). The “Lens Turbo” is the chinese clone of the popular and twice as expensive “Speed Booster”. The Lens Turbo will be sold on eBay from May and I will let you know when the first sales will be online. Or if you use Slidoo save this search to get notified when there will be Lens Turbo eBay auctions (Click here and if required change country in settings). The price will be $249.

One more news: First Speed Boosters are for sale via UK store on eBay (Click here).

Cardinalphoto and Photozone tested the new Sigma 35mm f/1.4 lens. This is really an excelllent lens. And the Sony A-mount version should ship end of this month according to BHphoto (Click here). Youc an also save this search on Slidoo to get notified when there will be acutions on eBay.

P.S.: Mike Kobal compared the new Sigma 35mm lens wiht the Rokinon 35mm lens.

You have to see this to undertsand how revolutionary that new Speed Booster adpater is! As you know you can get those adapters on the Metabones website. The latest released adapter works with Contax Yashica lenses (Click here to see the lenses on eBay).

Nice video really!