Here are the leaked images of the new Cine lenses that will be announced soon (24mm 35mm, 50mm and 85mm T1.5):

Courtesy of Nokishita

rendering of a possible A5 camera (Yukai)

I just got this from a new source. Which means take it with a HUGE grain of salt. He shared those possible A5 (or A6) specs:

• new body design similar to a5xxx/a6xxx mixed metal and plastic.
• The grip is pretty large to accommodate the battery.
• 5 fps
• ibis
• no pop-up flash
• there is a pop-up evf with 770.000 pixels (2.3m points) 0.6x mag.
• Also touch screen like the a7sIII
• records 4k 24p 10bit 100mbps, 4k 30p 10bit 100mbps and it even has 50/60p 4k but is really crippled they told me no audio, cropped and works only in s&q mode

You can chat with me live on Discord about all the wild rumors I got on this camera. Also join the brand new Sony A5 Facebook group.

FULL RECAP

Sony A5 (or A6) reliable rumors summary:

• In mid September Sony will announce a new entry level Full Frame camera (could be named Sony A5 or Sony A6)
• Battery is NP-FZ100,
• USB is Type-C.
• it has a single SD card slot
• It has both a mic-in and a headphone jack
• Wi-Fi (11a/b/g/n/ac) and Bluetooth

Unconfirmed rumors (60% chance they are correct):

• new body design similar to a5xxx/a6xxx mixed metal and plastic.
• The grip is pretty large to accommodate the battery.
• 5 fps
• ibis
• no pop-up flash
• there is a pop-up evf with 770.000 pixels (2.3m points) 0.6x mag.
• Also touch screen like the a7sIII
• records 4k 24p 10bit 100mbps, 4k 30p 10bit 100mbps and it even has 50/60p 4k but is really crippled they told me no audio, cropped and works only in s&q mode
• price around $1,000 (which makes it the cheapest “new” camera in the lineup). Of course the first generation A7 and A7II are priced below $,1000 but they weren’t that cheap when first announced.

Image on top shows the front of the current Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 Canon EF lens

The same sources whom shared all the correct info about Sigma lenses confirmed that Sigma has decided to postpone the 70-200mm f/2.8 FE lens launch to autumn 2020. One of the sources says the reason has to do with Sigma trying to improve the autofocus algorithm. This works very good on prime lenses but is said to not be flawless on zoom lenses. They need time to improve it.

This is Sony’s plan for their Camera Remote SDK. I got this from an anonymous source. If you have some more info about the exact new features drop me a message.

Preorders:
85mm f/1.4 FE preorder at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera.

Today at 14:00 CEST time Sigma will announce the new 85mm f/1.4 FE lens.This is how it looks mounted on the Sony:

Here are all last minute leaked images:

Specs:

• Name: 85mm F1.4 DG DN
• 15 elements in 11 groups (including 5 SLD lenses and 1 aspherical lens),
• shortest focus distance is 0.85m,
• maximum shooting magnification 1:8.4
• 11 diaphragm blades (circular diaphragm)
• filter Diameter 77mm
• size φ82.8 x 94.1mm
• weight 630g
• stepping motor
• dustproof and drop proof,
• iris ring lock switch
• $1199 dollars

It has the same price of the current 85mm f/1.4 lens (there is currently an additional $100 discount)

via Nokishita

Tomorrow Sony will have a livestream to announce new audio gear. We will also get the much anticipated new Sony WH1000XM4 headset which is now officially listed at Amazon France.

I will embed the live stream tomorrow on SAR.

Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FE specs (announcement on August 6 at 14:00 Berlin time)

• Name: 85mm F1.4 DG DN
• 15 elements in 11 groups (including 5 SLD lenses and 1 aspherical lens),
• shortest focus distance is 0.85m,
• maximum shooting magnification 1:8.4
• 11 diaphragm blades (circular diaphragm)
• filter Diameter 77mm
• size φ82.8 x 94.1mm
• weight 630g
• stepping motor
• dustproof and drop proof,
• iris ring lock switch
• $1199 dollars

It has the same price of the current 85mm f/1.4 lens (there is currently an additional $100 discount)

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via Nokishita