Camera manufacturers (Canon/Nikon/Sony/Pentax/Fuji/Olympus/Panasonic) ignored the potential of the iPhone & other smartphones for too long, and now they’ve lost the consumer camera mark. The industry is devastated. If they don’t act fast, they’ll lose the enthusiast market, too.
Capture One 9.3 (Click here) got released. It has new features and also added support for the following lenses:
• Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35 mm F2.8 ZA SSM II
• Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 24–70 mm F2.8 ZA SSM II
• Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS
• Sony 1.4x Teleconverter
• Sony 2x Teleconverter
• Zeiss Planar T* FE 50mm F1.4 ZA
And Apple Camera Raw 9.7 (Click here) added new lens profiles:
Sony A Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 UMC Fish-Eye CS
Sony A Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 UMC Fish-Eye CS II
Sony A Samyang 8mm f/3.5 UMC Fish-Eye CS
Sony A Samyang 8mm f/3.5 UMC Fish-Eye CS II
Sony E Rokinon 12mm f/7.4 RMC Fisheye
Sony FE Rokinon 50mm AF F1.4 FE
Sony FE Samyang 50mm AF F1.4 FE
Sony FE Sony FE 50mm F1.4 ZA
Sony FE Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro
Sony FE Venus Optics Laowa 105mm f2 (T3.2) Smooth Trans Focus
Sony FE Voigtlander HELIAR-HYPER WIDE 10mm F5.6
Sony FE ZY Optics Mitakon SpeedMaster 85mm f/1.2
INTERVIEW: Jimmy from Sony shows us the product line up!
Sony Introduces Ziptronix DBI Technology in Samsung Galaxy S7 (Electroiq).
External Battery Rig for DSLR and Mirrorless with NP-F970 by Chung Dha
Sony Lenses I use for Wedding Photos/Films (Jason Vong).
Hands-On With the ZEISS LWZ.3 21-100mm T2.9 – T3.9 (Cinema5D)
Samyang AF 50mm F1.4 FE – Initial thoughts and test images (Nictaylorphoto).
Understanding Crop Factor (Explora).
85mm GM test at LeMondeDeLaPhoto.
These Zunow Wide Angle Converters Increase Your FOV on 4K Zooms (Cinema5D).
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Panasonic GH5 mount, Sony A99II mount and the new Fuji GFX mount (not the perfect size comparison)
There were quite some cool announcements at Photokina. But it’s time to cool down our minds and to answer the following question:
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Sony A99II preorder links:
In USA at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
In Europe at Calumet Germany and WexUK.
Sony Japan issued an official statement. Due the high demand of the 70-200mm GM lens f you preorder the lens now you have to expect to get your lens in three months only.
70-200mm GM preorder links: [shopcountry 48791]
The president of Sigma Mr. Kazuto Yamaki just openly said that they will make Sony FE lenses in the future! In an interview with Focus Numerique (translation here) he stated:
“The future of EF mount is beaming. So yes we will come out of FE mount objectives in the future.”
Sigma recently launched new Cine lenses with E-mount. But what Mr. Kazuto Yamaki is referring in the interview are special FE designed “normal photography” lenses.
1) (Image above) Irix announced the development of a new Irix ILA-FE2EF FE adapter (Optyczne).
2) Handevision Iberit lenses hands-on by Matt Granger
3) Tokina Cine lenses hands-on by Matt Granger. Tokina FíRIN 20mm f/2 FE MF – Toma de contacto (DSLRmagazine).
4) Laowa 24mm f/14 Replay 2x Macro Lens With Unusual Shape Announced (ePhotozine).
5) Loxia 85mm first impressions by ThePhoBlographer. Hands-on photos at Photographyblog.
6) Sony Alpha A99-II Hands-On Preview (ePhotozine).
7) Sony interview at Fotosidan.se (video in english)
8) Meyer-Optik Trioplan 100 Prototoype Hands-on Photos (Photographyblog).
Sony A99II preorder links:
In USA at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
In Europe at Calumet Germany and WexUK.
