This is the latest Sony press text about the Kumamoto sensor production facility:

Status of Sony Group Manufacturing Operations Affected by the Earthquakes in the Kumamoto Region of Kumamoto Prefecture

(Tokyo, September 1, 2016) The impact of the earthquakes that occurred at 7:46 PM (local time) on August 31 and at 6:33 AM (local time) on September 1, 2016 in the Kumamoto region of Kumamoto Prefecture is as follows:
Operations at Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation’s Kumamoto Technology Center (located in Kikuchi Gun, Kumamoto Prefecture), which primarily manufactures image sensors for digital cameras and security cameras as well as micro-display devices, were halted in order to inspect the site’s building and manufacturing equipment. The site’s building and manufacturing equipment did not sustain any damage. Work is currently underway to sequentially restart the manufacturing equipment, and production is expected to resume during the morning of September 3, 2016.
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation’s Nagasaki Technology Center (located in Isahaya City, Nagasaki Prefecture), Oita Technology Center (located in Oita City, Oita Prefecture), and Kagoshima Technology Center (located in Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture) are unaffected by these earthquakes and have continued their production operations.No material impact from these earthquakes is anticipated on Sony Corporation’s consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017.

Laowa Water Repelling Frog Eye Coating (FEC)

180/200mm prime comparison on the Sony A7rII (Phillip Reeve).
new album shot in Hong Kong with our Laowa 12mm f/2.8 E-mount (Google Drive).
Venus Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Review (ePhotozine).
Sony a6300 + 70-200mm f4 G OSS : un couple redoutable ! (PCH)
8 Mistakes I Have Made In Photography and How You Can Avoid Them (Explora)
A7RII + Gmaster 85mm 1.4 (SonyAlphaForum).

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Scott: “I filmed this short in Golden Gate Park last weekend with the a7rII, Zeiss 135mm f/1.8 ZA, in PP7 at 120fps w/ Clear Zoom. It’s incredible how well this all works, even handheld! https://vimeo.com/179863600“

Igor Pavloff on SonyAlphaForum
sony A7s 55mm fe + 16-35mm + 85mm 1.8 batis

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Today Meike released two new ASP-C E-mount lenses:

1. The new 12mm f/2.8 (Chinese presentation page at MKgrip)
2. 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye

Meike already had four E-mount lenses in their portfolio before today’s announcement:
Meike 50mm f/0.95 at Amazon and [shoplink 48585 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
Meike 28mm f/2.8 at Amazon and [shoplink 48583 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
Meike 35mm f/1.7 at Amazon and [shoplink 48584 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
Meike 50mm f/2.0 at Amazon and [shoplink 48582 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].

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found via ePhotozine and Mirrorlessrumors.

Kipon announced plenty of new medium format focal length reducer E-mount adapters. They now offer a total of four adapters:

BAVEYES HASSELBLAD-SONY E 0.7x
BAVEYES PENTAX645-SONY E 0.7x
BAVEYES PENTAX67-SONY E 0.7x
BAVEYES MAMIYA645-SONY E 0.7x

Kipon did yet not unveil how much these will cost and when they will ship. All their current Baveyes adapter can be found on [shoplink 51057 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

1 SimpleTrick to Adapt any Lens on your Camera

Camera Releases and Cadence (Infographic at Senzo)
More flora via adapted lenses on A7II (SonyAlphaForum).
Review: Taking the ‘Zero Distortion’ Lowa 12mm f/2.8 for a Spin (PetaPixel).
Sennheiser Wireless Mics Operating in the A1 Frequency Band (Explora).
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Ivan: “I’ve shoot a small funny ad spot on Sony A7SII and Sony 24-70/2.8 ZA lens using available light of a night city.
Here it is https://vimeo.com/180015417 ”

Hans: “This week I got my Sony 70-200/2.8 G-Master and shot my first pics. Some with 1.4x and 2.0x tele converter. The results are in this album on Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHskCigy9s“

Evan: “https://youtu.be/m-NIk5jTxFs. I also put up a blog for the behind the scenes action and details: http://EvanWasHerePhotography.com/2016/08/09/bts-elliana-test-shoot/“

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdJp8a1TCX0

Sony will live stream the IBC press conference on Friday, September 9th at 9am CET (Berlin time). Sony writes:

Sony will be joined by its peers to unveil products, systems and solutions, and to discuss new technology standards underpinning new ways of working for media organisations.

This is not the kind of event where Sony is likely to introduce new consumer product. But it may be interesting to see what kind of new professional High-Tech products they will announce at the show.