Cosina officially announced the new Voigtlander Nokton 75mm f/1.5 E-mount lens. It will be available for reorder in July. Price should be $899 like the existing M and RF mount versions.
You have two days left to save big on Wandrd bags sold by BHphoto and Wandrd online store.
Sony Camera rebates ending tonight:
A decade ago Sony launched the QX10, QX30, QX100 and QX1 E-mount cameras (see the image on top). The idea was that you could mount it on your smartphone and use E-mount lenses and a larger sensor to get better picture. The QX1 was the flagship model using a 1 inch sensor.
Now a Chinese company is reviving that very same idea and it has launched the SwitchLens project on Kickstarter (Click here). It allows MFT lenses to be used on a device directly connected to the smartphone. They may launch an E-mount version of this system in the near future. But I don’t know why it would work this time? What do you think?
I do own BOTH Voigtlander lenses tested by Chris in this Video:
I have a lot of experience with both lenses and can only HIGHLY recommend them! As a manual photographer for many years, I love these lenses because:
The 40 mm lens fits better in the bag, so I use it more often. And I generally like the 40mm focal length more than the 50mm focal length anyway. Still, the f/1.0 is addictive… it gives you an extra punch of closeness sometimes, which I really like. So I think you can really justify owning both!
Image on top shows the current HXR-NX70 model
Sony has officially registered the new PXW-Z200 and HXR-NX800 camcorders in China. No word yet on the specifications, but I guess most of you don’t care. Don’t worry if you only care about E-mount equipment: Sony has already registered two cameras in 2024: One is the ZV-E10II while the other could be the A7IV or another E-mount camera.
via E8M
On May 30 Tamron announced the update of TAMRON Lens Utility™ and TAMRON Lens Utility Mobile™ (press text here). I missed to report that at the same time they updates the firmware for many Tamron E-mount lenses: tamron.com/global/consumer/support/download/firmware/
Benefits of the new firmware:
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Thanks Mistral for the tip!
