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I had the chance to talk with my trusted sources about the next Sony and Zeiss announcements:
Sony:
There was some chatter about a possible Sony announcement by late March. Our trusted sources now informed us that a new Sony announcement is very likely to happen in April (and not by end of March). But they have yet no info about a specific date. They confirm the 16-34mm f/2.8 GM should be announced on that event. Sony is very hush-hush on spilling out info about the next Sony camera but trusted sources said Sony told them to expect something “BIG” :)
Zeiss:
A trusted source got some info about the next Zeiss Batis tele portrait prime lens. It will be available for preorder in late March. The exact announcement day is unclear yet but it sounds like we may have to wait 2-3 weeks before we get full details about the lens (which is rumored to be a 135mm f/2.8).
I am also working on the next Sigma FE lens details and I hope to be able to share some more info soon.
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Our reader YC just spotted a new teaser for a Fisheye MFT lens made by a chinese manufacturer:
Some info from a Chinese mirrorless forum:
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5004916064?pid=104825892670&cid=104826339998#104826339998
This guy claimed that his little team from Shenzhen, China is designing a super compact fisheye macro lens for E/X/M43 mount. The length is only 6mm. On APS-C it’s a 180 diagonal fisheye. The aperture is F8 and you cannot stop down. The minimum working distance is only 1 cm. It contains 1 AA glass. The corner sharpness wouldn’t be worse than the other fisheye lenses on the market (at least he said so).
They have finished the first prototype. Several samples are included in the thread. The price is 299 CNY = 43.44 USD. They’ll start a fund raising program from March on the Chinese website JD.com (kind of like Amazon). The early bird price is 249 CNY = 36.18 USD. The product is planned to be shipped from June. But I guess they don’t have any plan for oversea market yet.
Dpreview interviewed Mr. Kazuto Yamaki from Sigma. And he once again confirmed they are developing FE lenses:
Yes, that’s our plan. Our plan is to develop full-frame lenses for Sony E mount, and in the future we will have more E mount lenses. But it takes time. Normally it takes about two years to develop one lens, sometimes three. So even if I start the process now, the lens might come out in two years time.
So the catch here is that “it takes time“. This means we shouldn’t expect to get Sigma FE lenses within the next couple of months. But there is a “hidden” good news in that. The fact that he said it needs at least 2 years to develop these lenses certainly means that those are from ground up newly designed specifically for E-mount. And not just “mount-adapted” versions of current existing DSLR lenses. And that’s exciting news!
One more thing: With our ART prime rumor we proved we have now a good insights in Sigma’s plans. Expect SAR to give you some Sigma FE lens details some time ahead of the announcement ;)
Zeiss Photographer Greg Watermann is now teasing the launch of the new Batis tele portrait prime lens. He just published a new image shot with the lens that he says will be “available this spring“. It’s still unclear when the lens will be announced but for sure it’s a matter of days…
And this is a small image of the new lens:
Tomorrow I’ll be taking over the @ZEISSLenses Instagram account, posting a story of photos with the new #Batis tele portrait lens! pic.twitter.com/hQTq9hDaXu
— Greg Watermann (@gregwatermann) February 27, 2017
Soon Greg Watermann will show us a set of new image samples shot on the Batis tele portrait prime lens. It’s important to know that the lens specs will NOT be unveiled today!
Zeiss posted this image shot by Greg Watermann with the new Batis tele portrait lens that will be announced within the next days. Zeiss also added a teaser text in the note:
“By the way, he has something new in his camera bag. Our new Batis portrait telelens. Stay tuned for more info.”
If you recall end of last year we got word about a new Batis 135mm tele lens. The lens should be the one you see on that Instagram picture (yeah I know not a lot to see there).
Current Batis lenses at [shopcountry 55846].
Help needed: Watch out for copycat sites! Zeiss posted this on Feb 22. I posted this today and you can bet copycat rumor sites will repost this today after reading it on SAR without crediting SAR for finding the image. If you find those sites please ask them to credit SAR. Thanks!
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