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Sony A7 camera owners will soon get an extraordinary lens (if they use it with a Canon EF to E-mount adapter). Tomorrow morning (October 16) Sigma will announce the world’s widest f/1.4 Full Frame lens you can get: The 20mm f/1.4 ART lens! And unlike the new Otus 28mm lens you will not have to get bankrupt to buy it. Current [shoplink 41514 ebay]Sigma ART f/1.4 lenses do sell for just under $1.000 (see list on eBay).

And those are the full lens specs (google translated from Japanese):
– Lens construction: 15 sheets group 11
– Large-diameter aspherical lens
– Two FLD lens, adopted five SLD lens. Correction of magnification chromatic aberration to the limit
– AF motor HSM. Adopted a new full-time manual mechanism
– Total length: 129.8mm
– Maximum diameter: 90.7mm
– Weight: 950g
– The diaphragm blades: 9 sheets and (circular aperture)
– Maximum magnification of 1: 7.1
– Thorough the flare and ghost measures
– Design distortion is very small
– The consideration of the sagittal coma flare
– Mounts for Canon, Nikon, for sigma
– Suggested retail price of ¥ 162,000 (over-the-counter price of around ¥ 120,000 in the lowest)

via Digicameinfo, via Mirrorlessrumors.

This is just a short thanks to the anonymous source who sent me the correct RX1m2 rumor back in early August. I posted the rumor in September (article here).

Hope to hear more from you soon ;)

Of you have plenty of money to spend and want the best of the best than watch the Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 announcement on SAR at around 11am Berlin time. That lens will be big, gorgeous and expensive! UPDATE: Now announced! Full details can be read here.

A couple of hours later I will cover the A7sII reviews and image samples that are being posted by reviewers today!

Tomorrow Sony will have a press conference in a few countries. The official invitation sent to bloggers says this is for a “Sony A7sII” touch and try event. And reviewers and bloggers will then be allowed to publish A7sII reviews and image samples. But I have been told major Japan managers will be present at the event and I don’t know if they make all the big fuzz to show the new A7sII only.

For sure Sony will announce new FE lenses before the PhotoPlus show. But I don’t know if that’s going to happen tomorrow or next week.

In summary: Tomorrow at 10:00 London time Zeiss will announce the new Otus 28mm f/1.4 lens. And we will see for sure first Sony A7sII reviews and image samples. But there is a small chance to get some FE lens news too.

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Zeiss just posted a set of new pictures and one of those pictures seems to have been taken with a new 85mm f/1.2 G SSM II lens. UPDATE: The mystery is solved! The [shoplink 41374 ebay]Metabones adapter[/shoplink] is “faking” the EXIF data of the [shoplink 41344 ebay]Canon 85mm f/1.2 lens[/shoplink] and makes it appear as an SSM II lens. That way Sony cameras can “handle” the lens information.

UPDATE: All I know from trusted sources is that indeed Sony’s plan is to launch a new 85mm lens. Don’t knwo if it’s A or E-mount yet.

A highly trusted source told me he just got an invitation for a Sony conference tomorrow (Wednesday Oct 14). He can’t unveil any details about it. So please don’t get too excited for now.

UPDATE: Not sure if Sony will show new lenses or just a press conference about the soon to ship new Sony A7sII.

UPDATE_2: Another good source said that’s a “major event”. And he “believes” new lenses will be announced!

UPDATE_3: Major Sony Japan managers are invited for the presnetation. Sounds a bit too “Big” for just an A7sII talk!

P.S.: Tomorrow at 11:00 Berlin time Zeiss will announce the new Otus 28mm f/1.4 lens.

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The new Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Distagon FE lens will be announced at 11:00 Berlin time! Follow the liveblogging here on SAR!

P.S.: There may be a new A-mount lens announcement next week too! More about it tomorrow on SAR…

UDPATE:

Preorder:
In USA at BHphoto.
In Europe at Fotomundus.
Price: USD 1,499 (excl. VAT) or EUR 1,259.66 (excl. VAT).* and shipment start in December.