Our reader Michael Nguyen Faber spotted the new Tamron 20-40mm f/2.8 FE lens prototype at the Berlin Photo Week (here is Michaels German youtube report). Michael told me this:

There were 2 copies of the lens there. One was in the case you can see in my video and one was mounted on a Sony a7siii on a gimbal. We were able to look at it but were not able to see any images from it yet. The rep told me it should be ready to launch towards the end of September. 

The lens is listed at BHphoto:

Me an Christian inside our giant self made camera

It’s big rumor time here on SAR. And like you I was very excited to see the next new cameras. But yesterday my best friend Christian died unexpectedly. He was my photographer buddy, we had a lot of ongoing projects together. Like our 14 year old Cube project. I now suddenly feel lost and void. Death took away all our dreams.

I am writing this because I feel a constant pain, it’s hard for me to work. Death ripped off a piece of my soul, a piece I will never get back.

The next days I will spend a lot of time with his family. I will try to give my best and still work on SAR. But I wanted to let you know that I might miss reading your emails, miss to report a rumor or news the upcoming days.

Life is precious folks, don’t waste it.
Big hug to all of you,
Andrea

Our collection on Opensea (all earnings go to Christians family):

Sigma is clearly playing with the idea to launch a a wide angle Full Frame lens with constant f/1.8 aperture. The patent shows the specs and design of three slightly different versions:

• 15-24mm f/1.8
• 16-28mm f/1.8
• 18-30mm f/1.8

If you wonder how BIG this lens would become, the specs say the length is about 16cm. That’s 4cm longer than the Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM lens.
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via Digicameinfo

I had the chance to see the the FX30 and surprise surprise it really is just the FX3 with APS-C sensor. It took me 5sec to make this render to show you hwo it will look :)

Sony FX30 specs:

• 26MP
• 4k120p
• Same FX3 body
• Almost the same FX3 video specs
• Announcement in late September

Venus Optics announced the new 58mm f/2.8 2X E-mount lens. It’s not listed yet on their official store.

The SIRUI 1.25x Anamorphic adapter turn spherical lenses into Anamorphic lenses

Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.
Positive surprise: In July Japanese companies shipped out more system cameras than in 2021 and 2020 (MirrorlessRumors).
9 Alternative Camera Supports (Explora).
How to Remove the Reflection in Glasses (42West).
Sony Park event in Japan.
Assembly Instructions and Files: 163mm f/2.5 Open-source Lens (PixelsandPrisms)
Meet the SIRUI Independent production from development, production, assembly, testing, to packaging

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We have our own Facebook camera groups you can join to discuss the upcoming new cameras in detail:
Sony Alpha group.
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Sony A9 series group.
Sony A7r series group.
Sony A7s series group.
Sony A7 series group.

Last week Samyang announced the World’s first CINE AF lens lineup (product page here). Lensvid now posted the world’s first video showing the real lenses: