As disclosed by patent JP2016/003349 Sony is working on a sensor with built-in lens structure array. This would allow Sony to make very thin cameras ideal for mobile devices and the automotive industry. But in the future this could become an interesting application for larger sensor fixed lens cameras too.
Image on top shows the current 20mm f/2.8 A-mount lens
The following info is from a source whom shared a few correct info in the past.
He told me that Sony will launch a new 20mm f/2.8 Full Frame E-mount later this year. This will be part of the affordable FE lens series from Sony like the 50mm f/1.8 FE and 28mm f/2.0 FE. It will become a relatively compact lens like the 20mm A-mount version.
Quick FEreminder: 135mm and 400mm FE lenses are on Sony’s announcement roadmap too.
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Among the new Samyang 35mm f/1.4 FE autofocus lens (leaked images here) Samyang will also announce this new Lens Station. It is a device to customize lens performance and update firmware of Samyang autofocus lens series.
Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 and the Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 via Camerasize
The very same source whom shared the 100% correct ART prime lens rumor roadmap (read here) and leaked to us images too (read here) shared some new info about the future Sigma FE lens line. The bad news is that the launch of the first lens got delayed from end 2017 to very early 2018:
I got some sigma news this morning. The line up should arrive in February next year. The lenses should be the same focal length as the actual line up. 14mm, 24mm, 35mm, 85mm and 135mm. A new 70-200 is arriving in October… but no Sony mount
This is a very solid source so I am 99% certain he is right on this. The good news is that Sigma plans to release al very long list of new primes. I am loving this! The first one will be the 35mm f/1.4 as we “rumored” many months ago.
P.S.: Another Bad news: The new 70-200mm lens will not be available for A-mount :(
Jared Polin (For Knows Photo) just posted this message on facebook. UPDATE: There is no Sony product announcement. Thanks Jared for clarifying this!
Thanks Chris for this!
You surely remember the let down the day of the Sony RX10mV announcement. We had big expectation also because one of our trusted sources said there would be “something surprising”. Well, it seems he was wrong on the timing but he may be still right on the vague “content” of this rumor.
First that source said his info is 100% confirmed and there is a surprising and yet “non rumored” Sony camera. He assumed it would be announced along the RX10mIV because he got details about this camera…so he expected to see it announced soon.
And now a second trusted source that is actually close to a direct competitor told me this: The competition got wind of this new kind of camera and he confirmed to me that indeed this seems to be ready for an announcement.
I hope both sources can share some insights soon as we really have no clue what kind of camera we should expect (if those rumors are correct).
While I think both sources are trustworthy I still invite SAR to fly low on this. What may be surprising for them may not be really exciting (or too expensive) for us. So let’s keep expectations low for now until we hopefully get some real details.
To sum up: There seems to be some camera coming that is not part of the usual range (A7x or A6xxx and so on). And it may be the first of a new line?
This info is coming via a trusted source:
Sony will soon launch major firmware update with the fix for “star eater” issue. Unfortunately there is a risk that first a7 series will not receive it at first (maybe never?). That’s second hand rumor.
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