New monster lens from Sigma: 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM weather sealed Sport zoom!

Sigma announced the new 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM weather sealed Sport zoom! For now it’s available for Canon/Nikon/Sigma only but Sony A-mount version is expected to be announced in six months. Price is yet unknown but you here are the specs:

Manufacturer Sigma
Model 150-600 mm f / 5-6.3 DG OS HSM
Lens Type Telephoto zoom
Focal 150 – 600 mm
Light intensity f / 5 – 6.3
Field of view 16.4 – 4.1 for
The focus of 260 m
Maximum magnification 1: 5
Minimum aperture 22
Number of diaphragm blades 9
Auto focus AF / MF
The design 24 elements / 16 groups
Filter Size 105 mm
Macro No
Stabilization Yes
Available mounts Canon EF
Nikon F
Sigma
Dimensions 290.2 x 121 mm
Weight 2860 g
Additional Information Release date: 05/09/2014

And this is the MTF chart:

More images of the lens and charts can be seen here (Click on them to enlarge):

Found via Optyczne.

 

First Speedmaster PRO “Dark Knight” FE lenses in Stock (and first unboxing video).

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If you are mad for speed there is nothing better than get the newly updated Speedmaster 50mm f/.095 “Dark Knight” edition that is for the first time in Stock via Hong Kong sellers on eBay:
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And it will ship soon at BHphoto (Click here) too.

As reported before these are the improvements of the new version:

1. Improved lens coating, which makes the lens have better performance
2. Filter thread changed to 67mm from 58mm
3. New bayonet lens hood to prevent light flare and improve “back light “s situation performance.

And here is the first unboxing video of the enw Speedmaster Dark Knight edition:

The day after: ILCE-QX1 actually scores high at Amazon sales ranking! New Playmemories APP released.

I am among those people who highly praises Sony effort to innovate but actually wonders of gadgets like the ILCE-QX1 actually will really drive $cash$ into Sony’s pocket. Well according to the latest Amazon US sales ranking (Click here to see them) Sony is actually taking many orders of those QX1 cameras! It scores third in the mirrorless ranking beating “hot” mirrorless cameras like the Fuji X-T1 and the Sony A7 series. P.S.: Note that the ranking counts both sales and preorder numbers and changes hourly.

UPDATE: Sony also updated the Playmemories app. You can get it here on iTunes or Google Play.

I am also surprised our readers actually like the camera. See the poll results here (if you didn’t vote…vote to see them):

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I expected much worse poll results :)

Preorders of the new QX cameras (Click on store name to open the exact product page in a new tab):
E-mount QX1 in USA at Amazon, SonyStore US, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera.
E-mount QX1 in Europe at Sony DE, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony ES, Sony IT, Sony NL, Sony NO, Sony BE, Sony PT, Sony SE, Sony FI.
E-mount QX1 in Asia at Digitalrev.
QX30 in USA at Amazon, SonyStore US, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera.
QX30 in Asia at Digitalrev (Click here).

This is how weird the QX1 looks with huge lenses :)

Image made by Usperedi.

Of course the ILCE-QX1 isn’t meant to be used with such huge lenses…or maybe yes? Anyway, this is how the new ILCE-QX1 looks on a big Alpha lenses. And watch the video below (in Spanish) to see how the QX1 works with the FE 70-200mm lens:

Preorders of the new QX cameras (Click on store name to open the exact product page in a new tab):
E-mount QX1 in USA at Amazon, SonyStore US, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera.
E-mount QX1 in Europe at Sony DE, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony ES, Sony IT, Sony NL, Sony NO, Sony BE, Sony PT, Sony SE, Sony FI.
E-mount QX1 in Asia at Digitalrev.
QX30 in USA at Amazon, SonyStore US, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera.
QX30 in Asia at Digitalrev (Click here).

Officially announced: QX1 E-mount module (and the QX30).

It’s finally here the new E-mount QX1! Here are all the things you need to know about it:

Preorders of all stuff announced today:
E-mount QX1 in USA at Amazon (Click here), SonyStore US (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), FocusCamera (Click here).
E-mount QX1 in Europe at Sony DE, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony ES, Sony IT, Sony NL, Sony NO, Sony BE, Sony PT, Sony SE, Sony FI.
E-mount QX1 in Asia at Digitalrev (Click here).
QX30 in USA at Amazon (Click here), SonyStore US (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), FocusCamera (Click here).
QX30 in Asia at Digitalrev (Click here).
HDR-AZ1 Action Cam at SonyStore US (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Sony HXR-MC2500 Shoulder Mount AVCHD Camcorder at BHphoto (Click here).

First previews, hands-on and tests:
Guided tour by Dpreview, QX30 hands.on at ThePhoBlographer, Hands-on pictures at Engadget. Image samples at Sony.net.

Videos:
QX30 ad by Sony, QX1 ad by Sony, QX1 presentation by Sony Europe, Interface test in Spanish,

Press text:
Dpreview, ThePhoBlographer, ePhotozine, Imaging Resource, DSLRmagazine (Spanish), Photoscala (German),

Poll:

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