Today European Amazon stores launched many new Sony deals:

Amazon Germany:
– 24 hours savings on 15 lenses
– 31% off on the 16-70mm Zeiss E-mount lens.
– 24% off on the 70-300mm G lens.
– 28% off on the 35mm f/1.8 E-mount lens.
– 14% off on the Samyang 35mm f/1.4 AF FE
– 27% off on the Wallimex 8mm f/2.8 E-mount lens.
– 54% off on the Tamron 24-70mm A-mount lens.

Amazon Spain:
– Zeiss 55mm FE for 688 Euro only.
– Sony A6300 for 674 Euro only.

Amazon UK:
– Sony RX10m3 for £1,059.00.

Sigma China sent this invitation for an E-mount event on March 30. Don’t know if that’s just to present the new FE lenses shown at CP+ or if hey will finally announce the new 50mm f/1.4 APS-C E-mout lens.

This is the Sigma roadmap for 2018:

via Weibo

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Sigma FE lens preorder links:
All lenses listed on one page at BHphoto (Click here). In detail:
Sigma 14mm f/1.8 for $1,599 at BHphoto and Adorama.
Sigma 20mm f/1.4 for $899 at BHphoto and Adorama.
Sigma 24mm f/1.4 for $849 at BHphoto and Adorama.
Sigma 35mm f/1.4 for $899 at BHphoto and Adorama.
Sigma 50mm f/1.4 for $949 at BHphoto and Adorama.
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 for $1,199 at BHphoto and Adorama.
Sigma 135mm f/1.8 for $1,399 at BHphoto and Adorama.

The only real high quality professional alternative to Adobe is Capture One. That’s why two months ago we contacted them to be able to offer a 10% discount on Capture One 11 (Click here) and Capture One 11 for Sony (Click here). Just use the coupon code “AMBSAR“.

I know doing a switch is always a bit of a pain in the ass do the time-consuming learning curve. But Alexander Svet made a superb job to easily introduce you to Capture One. Just check out this page: http://alexonraw.com/capture-one-free-guide-1/

Here is one of his many videos:

Taobab officially unveiled the price of the new 28-75mm f/2.8 FE lens. It’s ¥5300.00. A rough conversion (with tax included) leads to an extimated converted price of $850. The lens is listed at BHphoto with preorder opening soon.

The new Laowa 9mm f/2.8 APS-C E-mount lens is now available for preorder at VenusLens Store.

Here is a new 9mm review from Christopher Frost:

Kamlan released the new 55mm f/1.2 Full Frame E-mount lens. You can already buy it at Amazon US and Amazon DE. This lens has not to be confused with the Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 lens which is an E-mount lens made for APS-C sensor cameras.

This is an image sample shot at full aperture. Click on it to enlarge:

Looks good to me! More image samples can be found here: .sainsonic.com/collections/manual-prime-lens/products/kamlan-55mm-f1-2-prime-lens

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Press text:

Product Features

Amazing Aperture – The 55mm F1.2 Lens from Kamlan offers a standard 55mm focal length in the full-frame format and an amazing f/1.2 maximum aperture for effective low light capture, fast shutter speed shooting and shallow depth of field control. The lens can creates fascinating bokeh effect at and good sharpness at F1.2, which allows you to shoot more confidently and enjoy the charm of the large aperture lens.

Premium Optical Design – The optical design of the lens consists of 8 elements in 6 groups. Also, lens elements are utilized the NMC (Nano Multi-Coating) technology to improve light transmission and reduce flare and ghosting. 12 aperture blades creates a circular aperture for more attractive bokeh effect.

Excellent Image Quality – Not like another large aperture lens, Kamlan 55mm F1.2 features a great optical resolution performance, when compatible with the Sony A7RⅡ, this lens present a great sharpness via 42 Mega-Pixel sensor. As a standard lens, 55mm focal length provides a very natural viewing angle, perfectly for portrait, night scene, indoor scene, landscape.

Compatibility

Full-Frame/APS-C Digital Cameras, Such as SONY A9/A7/A7Ⅱ/A7S/A7R/A7, A5000, A5100, A6000, A6100 and A6300. The focus ring and aperture ring (Clickless) turns very smoothly and precisely, after a short term learning, you can get a great focusing efficiency with the assist of peak-focusing function.

Specifications

Prior to Use

• Do not leave the lens pointed at the sun or another sight source for an extended period. Intense light may cause the image sensor to deteriorate or produce a white blur effect in photographs
• Do the best you can to try to avoid using the camera on high humidity days and during wet weather. Stay out of the rain
• If your camera does become wet, you’re expected to dry it immediately.

Package Includes

1x Lens
1x Front lens cap
1x Rear lens cap
1x Microfiber Cleaning Cloth

via Sainsonic.com

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Thanks Mistral!

Iridient Developer 3.2.2 update released with new RAW processing support for the Sony A7 III and RX0. This update also features greatly improved Sony pixel shift processing:

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Canon Rebel T7 (2000D/Kiss X90) and 4000D (Rebel T100/3000D).
  • Support added for RAW images from the Sony ILCE-7M3 (A7 III) and DSC-RX0 (RX0).
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X-H1, X-A5 and X-A20.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Olympus E-PL9.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Panasonic DC-GX9, DC-ZS200 (DC-TZ200) and DC-GF10 (DC-GF90).
  • Support added for RAW images from the Phase One 100MP Trichromatic.
  • Support added for 3:2 aspect ratio mode RAF images from the Fujifilm GFX 50S which were added in the latest 3.0 firmware update.
• Improvements:
  • Improved Sony and Pentax pixel shift processing.
  • Improved error message when Sony pixel shift frames are not found for pixel shift processing.
  • Faster Sony ARW format loading.
  • JPEG export libraries updated to new version (libjpeg-turbo 1.5.3).

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Thanks Brian!