My honest thoughts on the A6700…and why I am going to buy the A7cII instead

I had no chance to play with the camera, so my thoughts are really speculative at this point. But something tells me the A7cII might be the one to wait for.

Sony A6700 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, Calumet, Wex, Jessops.
Sony 70-200mm GII at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, Calumet, Wex, Jessops.
Sony ECM-M1 On-Camera Microphone at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, Calumet, Wex, Jessops.

Samyang 24-70mm f/2.8 FE test by Lenstip: “didn’t impress me with its performance”

Samyang  24-70mm f/2.8 FE: In USA  at BHphoto, Amazon US&EU, WexUK. FotoKoch DE. FotoErhardt DE.

Lenstip reviewed the Samyang 24-70mm f/2.8 FE and concluded:

I have to admit the Samyang AF 24–70 mm f/2.8 FE didn’t impress me with its performance. During our test we noticed too many slip-ups and medium results for a good contemporary lens with the journalistic 24-70 mm f/2.8 parameters. Mind you, its dimensions and weight are noticeably higher than those of the majority of its rivals.
As a kind of consolation, you get the price – currently the tested Samyang can be bought for about $800, noticeably less than its cheapest rival, the Sigma A 24-70 mm f/2.8 DG DN which is priced as high as over $1100. The prices of brand name lenses of this class start from $1600.

Sony FE 100-400mm review by Opticallimits: “it isn’t as superlative as the high price tag and the GM label may suggest”

Opticallimits reviewed the Sony FE 100-400mm GM and concluded:

The Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS is interesting for users who prefer a more compact size, lower weight and higher versatility compared to the current breed of 500mm/600mm zoom lenses. However, it isn’t as superlative as the high price tag and the GM label may suggest.

I also do think the 100-400mm GM is one of those lenses that are in need for an update!

TTArtisan 100mm F2.8 Macro 2:1 Tilt & Shift at SonyAlphaBlog

TTartisan new 100mm f/2.8 Tilt Shift 2xmacro lens you can preorder on their shop page at Pergear shop and Amazon worldwide store.

SonyAlphaBlog published the full TTartisan 100mm review and concluded:

The TTArtisan 100mm F2.8 Macro 2:1 Tilt shift (400$ / 499 euros) try to do it all in one lens. It is quite big and heavy and ergonomics are average with very hard focusing and aperture rings and a not enough dampened tilt shift mechanism
If you close down by one stop you can reach excellent sharpness performance in the centre. Closed to F5.6 and it will be very good to excellent on the entire frame
Macro , Tilt Shift results are very good but some specialised lens in macro do better (e.g. Laowa 90mm F2.8 macro 2:1 – 659 euros)
The bad resistance to flare and vintage colors outside make it no well suited outside of macro work for me
Although Tilt shift is interesting the Shift is mostly to be used on wide angle, so you should primarily look this lens as macro and a bit of Tilt