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Image on tops shows the [shoplink 44061 ebay]A-mount Zeiss 135mm f/1.8 lens[/shoplink].

I have been told Zeiss will ship a new Batis telephoto prime lens the second half of the year. I have no exact specs although it’s rumored to be a 135mm lens. But that focal length info is yet SR3 only.

I would certainly be happy to get an E-mount version of the [shoplink 44061 ebay]current 135mm f/1.8 Zeiss A-mount lens[/shoplink]! And you? But I guess they may make it f/2.8 to keep it more compact. Anyway, let me know what you would prefer to get:

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Links to all Batis and Loxia lenses:
Batis 18mm at [shopcountry 47045].
Batis 25mm at [shopcountry 45790].
Batis 85mm at [shopcountry 45791].
Loxia 21mm at [shopcountry 46456].
Loxia 35mm at [shopcountry 47046].
Loxia 50mm at [shopcountry 47047].

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Image above shows the [shoplink 50150 ebay]Sony 135mm f/2.8 STF A-mount lens[/shoplink] (Image from Jörg Haag on SystemKameraForum).

Kakaku reports about a meeting on July 16 with Sony lens designer Mr. Motoyuki Otake. He said a new FE mount STF lens is under development. He also said Sony started to develop this lens from 2011, but because STF apodization filter is very expensive to produce it took a lot of time before Sony were ready to launch this kind of lens.

According to a “source” that lens should be announced within the end of this year already!!!

Sony currently has an A-mount STF lens in their lineup. It’s the [shoplink 50150 ebay]Sony 135mm f/2.8 STF (here on eBay)[/shoplink]. I expect the new f/2.8 E-mount version to be a tele prime lens too!

For those who don’t know what “STF” stands for. This is the description copied from BHphoto:

Sony’s Smooth Trans Focus (STF) technology has a very unique effect on defocused light sources, changing the way defocused areas appear depending on how it is adjusted. Smooth Trans Focus (STF) employs a special “apodization” element that controls the parts of the image that are not in focus. This does not affect the focused part of the image, only what is out of focus, and is set independently from the camera’s focus and aperture via the STF ring.  

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Note: The Laowa 12mm f/2.8 lens is now on Kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/laowa/ultra-wide-angle-lens-with-zero-distortion-laowa-1

Experiences with the LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D prototype (by Dierk Topp)

I am a wide angle junky, bought my first 17mm fish eye Takumar in 1970 :-)

Last year I got the Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide-Angled 1:1 Macro Lens  and posted my impressions at Steve Huff:
http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2015/11/06/laowa-15mm-f4-wide-angled-11-macro-lens-on-the-sony-a7rii-by-dierk-topp/
and in June 2016 I posted my first images made with the new Voigtlander Heliar-Hyper Wide 10mm f/5.6 Aspherical here at SAR:
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/first-images-with-the-new-voigtlander-heliar-hyper-wide-10mm-f5-6-aspherical/

A few weeks ago Venus Optics contacted me and asked, if I would be interested in comparing their new LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D to the new 10mm f/5.6 Voigtlander. Of course I was interested! Last Saturday the packet from Hong Kong arrived, customs and everything payed by Venus Optics.

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Back in Spring the [shoplink 50041 ebay]Sony A5100[/shoplink] successor was rumored to be announced in June. But after the Kumamoto sensor facility stop Sony had to completely rework their camera release roadmap. This is what I got from two different sources:

Source 1: At least one of the new / planned cameras have been scraped. The already made and delivered aluminum body parts will have to be shipped back from the assembly factory to a scrap metal junkyard.

Source 2: Sony canceled a lower end super compact APS Camera that was supposed to follow the a5100. The reason is that all the sensors will be needed to fulfill the demand for the a6300

I guess Sony will launch the A5100 successor sometimes next year when all the sensor production issues are over. Trusted sources already told us that Sony expects to have a “Normal” sensor stock situation from September.

I finally got some new info about the Sony A99 successor. The following specs are not confirmed by highly trusted sources yet. But there is a fair chance these could be correct:

42 Megapixel sensor
499 AF points
Dual AF
4K video recording
Same A7rII IBIS
Dual card slot
improved flash system+battery
will ship together with new 24-105 f/4.0

Announcement “veeryyy soonn” said the source :)

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The new Nikon 105mm f/1.4 versus the [shoplink 48572]Zeiss 135mm f/1.8 A-mount lens[/shoplink]

Nikon will soon announce one of those new kind of products Sony should really “clone” as soon as it gets! On August 26 they will announce a new 105mm f/1.4 lens that will be priced around $2,200. This is one of those lenses that unleashes a highly “I want it” gear acquisition syndrome. I guess Sony is currently developing an E-mount version of their equally exciting [shoplink 48572]Zeiss 135mm f/1.8 A-mount lens[/shoplink]. But let’s see if a faster 105mm lens would be welcomed by our community:

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Image from Digicameinfo. Via Mirrorlessrumors.

The current Zeiss 135mm store links: [shopcountry 48572].

The new Laowa 12mm f/2.8 E-mount lens on the Sony A7s

As I reported yesterday on July 30 Venus Optics will Kickstart a new Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Full Frame lens that will be available for both Sony mounts (A and E). We now got confirmations that there is now an additional special additional product for the E-mount folk:

It will be a E-mount Magic Shift Converter to convert the lens from 12mm f/2.8 (DSLR) into 17mm f/4 with +/- 10mm SHIFT & 360 rotation (Full Frame E-mount). The glass elements inside the converter ENLARGE the image circle of the lens in order to fulfil the shifting! See attached photo:

This is a very NEW thing in the market!