Today Tokina issued a press release to inform about the development of five new lenses for the E-mount system

1. 35mm f/1.8 Full Frame E-mount
2. 50mm f/1.8 Full Frame E-mount
3. 23mm f/1.4 APS-C lens for Sony E
4. 33mm f/1.4 APS-C lens for Sony E
5. 56mm f/1.4 APS-C lens for Sony E

The APS-C lenses aren’t coming as a big surprise. These exact same lenses have been announced a couple of months ago by Viltrox :) And we know Tokina 85mm f/1.8 FE  and Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 FE share the same optical design (article here).

All lenses are expected to have autofocus. The APS-C lenses will be released in Summer and the Full Frame lenses in autumn.

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Dpreview reports that the new Sirui 50mm f/1.8 anamorphic E-mount lens will ship for $700 in April:

The lens, which enables 2.4:1 aspect ratio shooting, is available in mounts for Sony-E, Fujifilm X and Micro Four Thirds, and will retail for around $700 / £660. Designed to cover APS-C sized sensors the lens offers a field of view that equates to a 37.5mm lens, according to Sirui, as the optics increase the horizontal angle of coverage by 33%.

Apparently the only way to preorder the lens is on this website: sirui.com/index/optical/anamorphiclens.html

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Sony 20mm f/1.8 FE G in USA at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. FocusCamera.
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I don’t recall Sony having ever had such a “slow” product announcement start in years. At that time last years we already had two cameras announced (A6400 and RX0II) and the 135mm GM. I also made a comparison with other companies to show how Sony had an unusual slow pace:

Nikon (6 products announced):
Nikon Coolpix P950
Nikon D780
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 120-300mm F2.8E FL ED SR VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200 F2.8 VR S
Nikon Nikkor Z 24-200mm F4-6.3 VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 20mm F1.8 S

Fuji (5 products announced):
Fujifilm X-T200
Fujifilm X100V
Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XC 35mm F2
Fujifilm GF 45-100mm F4 R LM OIS WR

Canon (4 products announced):
Canon EOS-1D X Mark III
Canon EOS R5 (granted just development announcement)
Canon EOS Rebel T8i
Canon RF 24-105mm F4.0-7.1 IS STM

Olympus (2 products announced):
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-45mm F4 Pro

Ricoh-Pentax: (2 products announced):
Ricoh WG-70
HD Pentax-D FA 70-210mm F4 ED SDM WR

Sony (1 product announced):
Sony 20mm F1.8G

Leica (1 product announced):
Leica M10 Monochrom

Panasonic (0 products announced):
no product announced (a part of a new L-mount lens roadmap).

So what’s up?
My guess is that Sony’s plan is to launch most of it’s new products from Photokina towards. We will likely get the A7IV and As7II successor during the second half of 2020. The new 12-24mm f/2.8 GM in summer and also a fixed lens camera and new telephoto lenses. Still, would love to see Sony surprise us with other new products too. I may publish my wishlist soon on SAR :)

On the official Sony Xperia 1II product page you will find continuous references to the Alpha mirrorless system. Sony advertises the new Xperia 1II⁠ as the Sony A9 in the smartphone market because of it’s unmatched speed.⁠

There is also this image showing the new smartphone used as a remote display on the Sony A7III: