Good and Bad news: RX1R soon in Stock. Sigma 18-35mm shipment delay (to late November).

First the good news:
The Sony RX1R will finall ship at Amazon (Click here) on September 15.

And now the bad news:
Our reader Jim just received the following bad news from Sigma when asking about the 18-35mm f/1.8 A-mount lens release:

“Unfortunately, our parent company has needed to delay the release of this lens in all mounts but Canon.  We are still waiting for the Nikon version, which should be next.  As of right now, we are expecting the Sony and Pentax versions of this lens to be released in mid-late November.  This could always change, but that is the expected release as of now.
M….S….
Sales Operations Supervisor
Sigma Corp of America”

Damn it :(

Reminder:
A300 is now in Stock and Shipping at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). And so the new NEX-5T again at  Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).

Zeiss 16-70mm image samples. NEX-5T and A3000 now shipping in US.

The first Sony DSLR shaped E-mount camera is now in Stock and Shipping at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). And so the new NEX-5T again at  Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).

The Zeiss 16-70mm f/4.0 will ship a week later than expected (Sept 22) acocrding to Amazon (Click here), and BHphoto (Click here). And you can see some full size image samples taken with the lens at DCfever (Click here).

 

Also in Europe the two new cameras are in Stock:
ILC-3000 at Sony DE, Sony UK, Sony ES, Sony SE, Sony AT, Sony IT, Sony NL, Sony BE, Sony FI, Sony CH.
NEX-5T + 16-50mm at Sony DE, Sony UK, Sony ES, Sony SE, Sony AT, Sony IT, Sony NL, Sony BE, Sony FI, Sony CH.
NEX-5T double lens kit at Sony DE, Sony UK, Sony ES, Sony SE, Sony AT, Sony IT, Sony NL, Sony BE, Sony FI, Sony CH.

Sony A to E-mount Lens Turbo shipping.

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The Metabones A to E-mount Speed Booster should come any time soon. But the Chinese company that makes the Lens Turbo was faster and is now already shipping their adapter internationally via [shoplink 21020 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. The Lens Turbo basically does the same job as the Speed Booster but it’s cheaper and also doesn’t deliver the same kind of image quality.

I guess you all already know what you gain by using these adapters along an A-mount Full Frame lens. You keep the Full Frame focal length and gain one stop aperture.

QX cameras are the most Popular Digital Cameras at Amazon US! And a High Demand warning.

The just announced QX cameras are already bestsellers at Amazon Overall Digital Camera Ranking (Click here). The ranking includes orders and preorders and the ranking changes hourly. Amazon also issued a High Demand Warning you can read on the QX homepage (Click here):

Note on Availability: Due to high demand we anticipate being unable to fulfill all customer orders with our first allocation. Product supply from Sony is very limited. Your place in line will be maintained, and we will not charge your credit card until we ship the product.

So will this kind of cameras soon replace the compact camera market?

Here are all direct links to preorders in USA/Canada:
QX100: Amazon (Click here), SonyUS (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), SonyCA (Click here).
Soft Carrying Case for DSC-QX100 at Amazon (Click here).
Black QX10: Amazon (Click here), SonyUS (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), SonyCA (Click here).
White QX10: Amazon (Click here), SonyUS (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Soft Carrying Case for DSC-QX10 Amazon (Click here).
Xperia Z case with QX mount on Amazon (Click here).
Sony AX1 4K camcorder Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
AS30V action camera: Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
HDR-MV1 Music Camcorder at Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).

Here are all direct links to preorders in Europe:
Black QX100 at SonyDE, Amazon.de (via DealsRunner), Amazon France (via DL), SonyUK, SonyES, SonyIT, SonyNL, SonyBE, SonyAT, SonyCH, SonySE, SonyFI, SonyNo.
Black QX10 at SonyDE, Amazon.de (via DealsRunner), Amazon France (via DL), SonyUK, SonyES, SonyIT, SonyNL, SonyBE, SonyAT, SonyCH, SonySE, SonyFI, SonyNo.
White QX10 at SonyDE, Amazon.de (via DealsRunner), Amazon France (via DL), SonyUK, SonyES, SonyIT, SonyNL, SonyBE, SonyAT, SonyCH, SonySE, SonyFI, SonyNo.
Xperia Z1 at SonyDE, SonyUK, SonyES, SonyIT, SonyNL, SonyBE, SonyAT, SonyCH, SonySE, SonyFI, SonyNo.
AS30V camera: SonyDE.
X9 4K Ultra HD-Fernseher at SonyDE, SonyUK, SonyES, SonyIT, SonyNL, SonyBE, SonyAT, SonyCH, SonySE, SonyFI, SonyNo.
4K FDR-AX1 camcorder at SonyDE, SonyUK, SonyES, SonyIT, SonyNL, SonyBE, SonyAT, SonyCH, SonySE, SonyFI, SonyNo.

First Hasselblad Lunar (NEX-7 clone) on eBay :)

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Today is FF rumor day, but before that I post some “gossip” news :)

As you know the Hasselblad Lunar is nowhere in Stock in larger online store. But today a SAR reader spotted that [shoplink 20943 ebay]one Lunar auction on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. If you really want it …here it is :)

And now stay tuned for FF rumors. Not much to report but it’s SR5 :)

Sony QX100 and QX10 already available for preorder on Amazon US!!!

The New QX cameras are already available for preorder at Amazon US (Click here to see them)! Here are all direct links to the two different cameras and colors and accessories:

Black QX100 (Click here).
Soft Carrying Case for DSC-QX100 (Click here).
Black QX10 (Click here).
White QX10 (Click here).
Soft Carrying Case for DSC-QX10 (Click here).

As you can see the QX cameras will ship on September 27!

UPDATE: More new Sony stuff for preorder:
Sony AX1 4K camcorder (Click here).
The AS30V action camera (Click here).