The four new FE  lenses will be announced on October 22! UPDATE: The lenses will be announced on October 22 and  the press conference is on October 24.

– 70-180mm f/2.8 (ships 2020)
– 20mm f/2.8 (ships 2020)
– 24mm f/2.8 (ships 2019)
– 35mm f/2.8 (ships 2019)

Reminder: Sony has their press event on October 23 but I don’t know if they will announce some new lenses…so far I heard nothing.

I have heard that Sigma is nearly  ready to launch two new FE zoom lenses:

24-70mm f/2.8
70-200mm f/2.8

And I heard also about one more lens which might be the 100-400mm FE.

I don’t know yet if some of these lenses will be announced  at the Photo Plus Show in October.

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The new Sigma FE lenses:
Sigma 35mm f/1.2 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.
Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.
Sigma 45mm f/2.8 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.

Time for a rumor recap:

Sony Cameras:
RUMOR: Sony 8k sensors and new codec specification (90% reliable – article here).
RUMOR: Quad Bayer FF sensors from Sony (90% reliable – article here).
RUMOR: FX6 camcorder will  be announced in early 2020. Basically an FX9 but with SDXC cards and XAVC-L only (90% reliable – article here).

Sony Lenses:
FACT: Sony said f/1.2 FE lenses are a possibility (article here).
PATENT: Sony patented new 100mm f/1.4 and 500mm f/4.0 lenses (article here and article here).

Third party lenses:
RUMOR: Tamron 70-180mm, 20mm, 24mm and 35mm f/2.8 to be announced in October (90% reliable – article here).
RUMOR: New Zeiss Loxia might be announced in October (70% reliable – article here).
RUMOR: Yongnuo will also announce new 35mm f/1.8, 35mm f/2.0 and one 24-70mm FE lens this year! (90% reliable – article here)
FACT: Rumiere APO 75mm f/0.95 FE lens coming (article here).
FACT: Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 E-mount lens to be announced soon (article here).

TWO more things:
FACT:  Sony’s GP-VPT2BT shooting grip with Bluetooth remote control function has been registered in Asia (article here).
PATENT: Sony patented a new drone camera (article here).

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Sony has just  registered a new product in Asia: It’s the Sony’s GP-VPT2BT shooting grip with Bluetooth remote control function. Such a grip is currently only made by third party manufacturers like this one from Meike.

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via Nokishita

This is the new Rumiere APO 75mm f/0.95 FE manual focusing lens. UPDATE: This lens is NOT made by Nisi

I find it interesting that their “Noct-master” logo clearly resembles that one of the Nikon 58mm f/0,95 lens that will be announced tomorrow:

Nikon might sue them if they really use that logo :)

Here are more images of the lens:

I have no info about the possible price and launch date yet…but surely it looks like an intriguing lens!

Image by Yusuf Kathawala.

I don’t think we will miss such a lens in our Sony Alpha Lens Lineup :)

More info here: https://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/the-z-58mm-f-0-95-s-noct-will-cost-7999/

Here is the size comparison with the Nocturnus lens (listed at BH):

The Sony A9II will be announced today around  16-17:00 Berlin time. This is a very hush hush announcement with no live stream available. I have been told the big press events will be hold towards the PhotoPLus show and it’s only by  than that most people will be able to try the camera.

No other product will be announced today along the A9II

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I got no reliable info about the camera specs yet. So I am only posting the last minute rumors I got that are completely unverified:

Source 1 (updated):

I heard this product is 100% for professional photographers who prioritize operability, network speed. and reliability.
It has almost same spec(24MP, 20FPS) as A9.

Source 2:

SONY a9ii will have a Q67 CFA, and thus in a sense always working on super sampling mode.
OC AF system can do 120AF/s, but due to the ISP the final spec might subject to change.