I can now confirm via multiple sources (Thank you all!) that:

1. The Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 USA preorders will open on May 14. Looks like preorders in Japan will open earlier.
2. USA price will be $1199

This means the price of the Tamron is 46% of what you pay for the Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM lens :) And we know from the first review (read here) that the Tamron has super optical quality. So yes, I am pretty sure this is a Killer lens!

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UPDATE: The preorders in Japan might start next week according to Nokishita:

タムロンの「70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD」は国内でも来週中には予約開始されるらしい。#噂

— 軒下デジカメ情報局 (@nokishita_c) April 3, 2020

A newly published Tamron patent describes the design of two exciting zooms made for Full Frame mirrorless system cameras:

• 70-130mm f/2.0 FE
  This lens would be the fastest zoom in the FE system
• 200-400mm f/4.0 FE
  This lens would compete with the Sony 100-400mm GM lens. Yes the Sony lens has 100mm wider end but the Tamron would be faster and more compact in size.

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via Hi Lows Note

Image on top shows my very own Voigtlander 40mm f/1.2 FE lens

I got this rumors from one of my best sources: The same source shared these correct 135mm GM (rumor here), 35mm f/1.8 FE (rumor here) and 20mm f/1.8 FE (rumor here) info. As you see he has a very good track on lenses. Well, he now told me that:

Sony will launch the first f/1.2 fast GM lens in 2020

Note that this is scheduled to happen this year only if the Covid19 outbreak doesn’t get much worse. That said this isn’t a surprise. Sony manager Kenji Tanaka said f/1.2 FE lenses are a possibility (article here). The question now is:

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Venus Optics is developing a total of SIX new f/0,95 FE lenses. Sounds exciting but hold on guys. Our sources told us the first lens will be on market by early 2021 only :(

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If you need a f/0,95 FE lens now your best option is this Mitakon Speedmaster 50mm f/0,95 III (available at Adorama and BHphoto).

Nokishita “leaked” those official Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 FE product photos. Now you would think that we already know how the lens looks and what this “leaks” actually means. Well it means the lens will be available for preorder very soon!

Last year I reported about this new Sony sensor having 102 Megapixels and 6k recording. The specs are stunning:

2.91um pixel architecture, 100MP @ 10fps, 6K video using 12bit ADC with on-chip binning/line-skipping. 4K RGB 4:4:4 video with on-chip colour-aware binning.

This 12288 x 8192 100MP sensor employs a unique, CFA-based column-parallel ADC design:

The sensor is said to perform better than A7III in terms of dynamic range, sensitivity (QE) and readout speed. Here is the 4K RGB 4:4:4 readout mode:

This sensor will be available for third party manufacturers too. The question now is:

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Image on top shows the current Sigma 14-24mm FE

The same source whom correctly shared our first exclusive 20mm f/1.8 FE lens rumor also shared new details on the future Sony 12-24 f/2.8 GM lens:

1224GM announcement delayed by the Coronavirus outbreak.
the price could be around 4000$ !
lens can be equipped rear filter, maybe like 400/2.8.

The 12-24mm GM lens was previously rumored to be announced in Q2. I guess it’s no surprise the Covid19 outbreak will delay the launch of this lens.

What’s impressive is the high price tag! $4,000 for a wide angle lens is a lot. But from what I heard this is a superb quality lens and surely the fact that it might have the same 400mm GM rear filter system makes it clear this lens is made for landscape PRO photographers.

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