This is a great news! Sony lowered the prices on the newest A7II camera by $200! And for the first time you can get the first generation Sony A7 for under $1,000 thanks to a big $300 off!

Sony Alpha a7II (Body Only) for $1,498 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
Sony Alpha a7II with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for $1,798 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.

Sony Alpha a7 (Body Only) for $998 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.
Sony Alpha a7 with FE 28-70mm OSS Lens for $1,298 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.

The A7r got a major price drop weeks ago ($1898 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto). In that case the reason for the price drop is that the new A7rII will be available in June!

UPDATE: There is also a $100 off on the A6000 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore.

Sony refurbished deals:
[shoplink 35456 ebay]Sony A7r for $1,399 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 35457 ebay]Zeiss 16-35mm for $1,199 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 35458 ebay]16mm for $149 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 35459 ebay]55-210mm for $164 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 35460 ebay]Sony A3000 for $199 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 35461 ebay]Zeiss 55mm for $1749 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 35383 ebay]A5000 double lens kit for $399 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 35382 ebay]A6000 double lens kit for $649 (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 35381 ebay]NEX-5T double lens kit for $399 (Click here)[/shoplink].

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Camerland is selling a couple of brand new (US warranty!) A5000 kit cameras with a nice $100 discount on [shoplink 35672 ebay]their eBay Page (Click here)[/shoplink].

More new deals:
New Rokinon A and E-mount 100mm lens is in Stock at BHphoto.
Lexar SD cards savings at Amazon US (Click here).
The Atomos Shogun 4K recorder for the A7s comes with a free 256 SSD card at Adorama (Click here).
Free $50 gift card with the Sony CLM-V55 at Adorama (Click here).
$300 off on the A58 with lens and Flash kit at BHphoto (Click here).
There is a long list of Mother’s Day deals on that special eBay page (Click here). Here is the direct link to the Sony stuff:
Sony Cameras (Click here).
All lenses (Click here).

And the new Lightroom 6 (or CC as cloud version) is now available for preorder:
Lightroom CC at Adobe (Click here).
Lightroom 6 at Adobe (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).

The four new Batis and A-mount lenses:
Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II at Amazon, BHphoto and at Adorama.
Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II at Amazon, BHphoto and at Adorama.
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens at Adorama, Bhphoto.
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama, Bhphoto.

The Sony A99 just got a $400 off and sells for $1,598 at Amazon (via Uniquephoto) and Uniquephoto (Click here). And the Open Box A77II sells as low as $797 at [shoplink 35866 ebay]Henrys (Click here)[/shoplink]. Quite some rebates on A-mount stuff!

Thanks SAR reader Adam for spotting this!

P.S.: There is yet no rumor about any new A-mount FF camera announcement in May-June.

First of all a short thanks to the Zeiss source that got the BATIS specs right back in January (SAR article here). I really hope he will send us more Zeiss info in future :)

And now back to the announcements: The last 24hours we got four new lenses:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II at BHphoto (Click here) and at Adorama (Click here).
Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II at BHphoto (Click here) and at Adorama (Click here).

And the new Rokinon A and E-mount 100mm lens is in Stock at BHphoto.

And as a reminder: New A7x, A6xxx and RX cameras are scheduled to be announced in May. I hope trusted sources will send us full specs soon.

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Both lenses are now available for preorder at BH and Adorama:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
Lens shade for 85mm at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
Lens shade for 25mm at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
I haven’t found EU or Asia preorder links yet.

POLL:
Now let’s see how many SAR readers will really buy those lenses:

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SAR admin opinions:
Unlike the other FE lenses I do not think these new lenses are heavily overpriced. They are weather sealed, build quality is top and I am sure they have top-notch image quality too, the 85mm has optical stabilization and the OLED display may turn out to be more than just a useful gimmick.

Reminder: New Zeiss Batis key features:
1) They are the first Full Frame Zeiss lenses with autofocus
2) Those are the first worldwide lenses with OLED display on lens to show aperture and depth of field info. And at startup it reminds you what you spent $$$ for with a “ZEISS” writing :)
3) The 85mm f/1.8 is the first Zeiss with optical stabilization.

There is a long list of Mother’s Day deals on that special eBay page (Click here). Here is the direct link to the Sony stuff:
Sony Cameras (Click here).
All lenses (Click here).

And the new Lightroom 6 (or CC as cloud version) is now available for preorder:
Lightroom CC at Adobe (Click here).
Lightroom 6 at Adobe (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).

The new Distagon FE lens is now back in Stock at BHphoto (Click here).

Henrys listed two Sony Open Box deals:
[shoplink 35620 ebay]Sony A7 with 28-70mm lens for $1177 (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 35621 ebay]Sony A6000 with kit lens for $1177 (Click here)[/shoplink]

More rebates or new camera links:
A7r for $1,898 only at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Free battery grip for free with the A7/A7II/A7r cameras sold at Sony Store (Click here).
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX90V for $428 at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX500 Digital Camera for $328 at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).