New Sony Europe rebates (and a warning on a bogus deal)
The new April Sony deals are now up and running at FotoErhardt, Calumet, WexUK.
And now a warning: A couple of SAR readers spotted this “deal” where you get the excellent Sony 20mm f/1.8 G for 400 Euro only at Amazon Germany. This is a third party seller but I seriously doubt you should take the risk here! Be aware of possible scam sellers!
Sigma 50mm f/1.2 FE now available for preorder at Amazon too
You can now reorder the new Sigma lens at Amazon US&CA&EU too (Click here). Shipment starts on April 18.
And here is a new review from Dustin Abbott:
Preorders:
In USA: BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
In Europe: FotoErhardt, Fotokoch, Calumet, WexUK.
New Viltrox 27mm f/1.2 Pro lens reviews
The lens is available at Amazon and BHphoto.
SonyAlphaBlog concluded:
The Viltrox 27mm F1.2 (600 euros) is another gem from Viltrox. Its unusual focal length (40mm equivalent) is a bit narrower than a 23mm (=35mm equivalent). It offers Excellent sharpness, bokeh balls , soft background blur , very good color rendition and very good AF. Note with the F1.2 aperture you will need sometimes to have a ND filter with the limitation of 1/4000 sec on A6xxx
Compared to the Sigma 23mm F1.4 DC DN, it is better balanced as the Sigma although a bit more sharper has more nervous background blur and more Chromatic aberrations
The Sony FX3 just got it’s first price drop: -$200 at Amazon and BH
On Feb 23 2021 Sony announced the FX3. And after three years this is the first time the camera got a price drop in the US! It has a $200 discount at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
Now, I do not have any info at all about a FX3II coming any time soon. Usually Sony does update their product after a 4 year cycle so we can expect a new successor to be announced in early 2025 if Sony holds this kind of pattern. But we can also speculate that there might be soon a new model that will merge the FX3 and A7s lineup into one single camera…but this is just speculation for now.
Note: Also the FX30 got a $200 discount at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama. While the FX9 got a $1000 discount at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
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More deals:
Save big on storage and SD cards sold by Amazon (Click here).
Current hot Kickstarter projects:
- The German company Spinn now has over 1,000 backers for the new magnetic Swift-lock on Kickstarter (Click here).
- The Lancer 300 is a Camera Backpack with Exoskeleton design and integrated battery! You can read all the details and preorder it on Kickstarter (Click here).
- The new Yashica Micro Mirrorless camera is now available for reorder on Kickstarter (Click here).
- Ultra Plates from 3 legged things now on Kickstarter (Click here).
List of upcoming 20+ E-mount autofocus lenses from Sony, Viltrox, Meike and others
Here is the list of rumored autofocus lenses coming for the Sony E-mount starting from this month
Sony (with click bait “Easter eggs” in the link):
Sony FE 16-25mm F2.8 G (coming on April 16/17)
Sony FE 24-70mm F2.0 GM (likely coming before Summer)
Sony FE 85mm F1.4 GM II (coming in June)
one more Sony lens (specs unclear, coming before Summer).
Viltrox:
Viltrox AF135mm F1.8 LAB E full frame (mid April at the NAB show -> images here)
Viltrox AF35mm F1.2 LAB E full frame (no release date)
Viltrox AF50mm F1.2 LAB E full frame (no release date)
Viltrox AF85mm F1.2 LAB E full frame (no release date)
Viltrox AF56mm F1.7 E APS-C (Spring -> images here)
Viltrox AF40mm F2.5 E full frame (Spring -> images here)
Viltrox AF35mm F1.4 Pro E full frame (no release date)
Viltrox AF50mm F1.4 Pro E full frame (no release date)
Viltrox AF85mm F1.4 Pro E full frame (no release date)
Viltrox’s new Pro F1.2 APS-C fixed focus (the focal length is between 27mm and 75mm, no release date)
Sirui:
Sirui Optical AF16mm F1.2 (no release date)
Sirui Oprical AF75mm F1.2 E APS-C (no release date)
Meike:
Meike AF24mm F1.4 MIX E full frame (no release date)
Meike AF35mm F1.4 MIX E full frame (no release date)
Meike AF50mm F1.4 MIX E full frame (no release date)
Meike’s new APS-C autofocus large aperture fixed focus (focal length unclear, no release date)
Sigma and Tamron:
There might be something coming before summer ;)
That’s about 20+ autofocus lenses we know are coming!