Yongnuo confirmed they will have an E-mount lens announcement soon. No info about possible specs yet but I expect this to be an autofocus FE lens. Yongnuo currently has a bunch of autofocus lenses for Canon and Nikon on sale here on Amazon US and BHphoto.
UPDATE: The company said the lens will be exhibited between 12-15th this month on the p&e show
Some time I had received this image. Not sure this is the Yongnuo FE lens:
A mockup (almost final) of 17-28 mm f / 2.8 Di III RXD (Phototrend)
The French website Phototrend interviewed Kenji Nakagawa and Koji Satoh from Tamron. Kenji Nakagawa said this:
Regarding our strategy for the hybrid, today we already have a 28-75mm f / 2.8 and we announced the development of 17-28mm f / 2.8. We should also propose later another zoom lens that will cover the telephoto zoom range. Once available, this lens will cover the 17mm focal range at the telephoto. This is the first step to reach.
Oh yes, sounds like we are getting a new 70-200mm f/2.8 FE soon too ;)
But Kenji also talked about possible prime FE lenses:
We can also think of more advanced products, such as optics with stabilization or other functions, and we may have fixed focal lengths inspired by the SP range. There is a lot to do right now, the hybrid market is growing and we do not have enough products yet.
Our strategy is therefore to offer higher-level optics, the market moves very fast and we must accelerate to follow this market.
Samyang published this new teaser for the launch of four new lenses. My uess is that the last lens might be a new E-mount lens. Maybe something within the 35-50mm range…
Links to all current Samyang/Rokinon FF E-mount AF lenses:
14mm f/2.8 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
24mm f/2.8 at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
35mm f/2.8 at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
35mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama. Amazon. Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
50mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.
85mm f/1.4 at BHphoto and Adorama.
Androidlad leaked those specs of the new Sony 100 meapixel IMX55CQR sensor. I have no info yet if this is accurate or not. 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 A7 III 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. Sony itself may used an improved version of this sensor in their future A9r or A7rIV cameras…
Some European Stores listed the price of the new 17-28mm FE lens. It’s the same price as the 28-75mm FE!
The lens is listed at BHphoto with no pricing info yet.
On April 7 Sony will have a product launch event at the NABshow. Reliable sources confirmed that we should get new camcorder info only. No new E-mount camera is expected to be announced on that day.
Those reliable sources also confirmed once more that the Sony A7sIII announcement is scheduled for this fall and that this will be a revolutionary camera and not a simple evolution of the current A7sII. We have no specs yet but we have been told the sensor is the key of the revolution. My guess is that this will be the first system camera using a global shutter sensor.
Rumor recap:
Sony Cameras:
FACT: Sony confirms professional APS-C cameras are on their roadmap and said an enthusiast model is on the way (article here and article here).
FACT: Sony confirms new APS-C E-mount gear will be announced in 2019 and “exceed” expecations (article here).
RUMOR: One more E-mount camera will be announced in Q2 (90% reliable – article here)
RUMOR: Sony A7sIII is going to be announced this fall and feature a completely new kind of sensor (70% reliable – article here)
RUMOR: Sony 8k sensors and new codec specification (90% reliable – article here).
Sony Lenses:
PATENT: Sony patented new 100mm f/1.4, 500mm f/4.0 and 600mm f/4.0 FE lenses (article here and article here).
RUMOR: New APS-C lens to be announced within Q1-Q2 (70% reliable)
RUMOR: New 35mm f/1.8 FE lens is on the roadmap (70% reliable – article here)
RUMOR: New 200-600mm FE lens is on the roadmap (50% reliable)
Third party lenses:
FACT: Sigma said first lens designed for Sony FF mirrorless will be announced whitin 2019 (article here).
RUMOR: Sigma will soon be ready to launch their first FE zoom lenses (70% reliable)
RUMOR: Yongnou is working on the first FE autofocus lenses and some info might be spilled out in March (90% reliable – article here)
RUMOR: New 50mm f/1.0 FE lens being developed by a chinese manufacturer (90% reliable – article here)
One more thing:
PATENT: Sony patented a new drone camera (article here).
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MirrorlessRumors leaked this image of the new Zeiss Ventum 21mm f/2.8 E-mount Lens. UPDATE: We just learned the Ventum line of lenses is made for Security-Drone use. Below you can see the Ventum version of the Loxia 21mm lens:
