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Good news folks! I just learned from a trusted sources that unlike the other Loxia lenses the new 21mm Loxia is not going to be a modified version of the current [shoplink 9804 ebay]ZM T* 2,8/21 Biogon lens[/shoplink]. Zeiss decided to make a real new design of the lens specifically made for E-mount:

1. The lens has a Distagon and not a Biogon design. Just like the new Milvus 21mm lens.
2. The lens has a 11 elements and nine group design (Milvus has 16 elements and 13 group design).
3. The lens has high resolution on all the frame with low distortion and color fringing and appealing bokeh
4. The lens will ship in December

You can follow the live blogging of the announcement tomorrow here on SonyAlphaRumors (Monday October 12 at 11am Berlin time).

UPDATE:

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.

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Image on top shows a current [shoplink 41206 ebay]M-mount Skopar lens[/shoplink]. Something similar in size could be announced today.

UPDATE: It’s now official! Read about the new lenses here on SAR.

Today Voigtlander will announce a brand new line of native Full Frame E-mount lenses! Announcement is expected to happen at 14:00 London time (9am in New York). What I know so far is:

1. They will launch three Full Frame E-mount lenses
2. Those are manual focusing lenses
3. Those lenses are “compact” in terms of size compared to current FE lenses. Don’t know if they are as compact as the current [shoplink 41206 ebay]Skopar lens line (here on eBay)[/shoplink]. I certainly would like it if it would be so!

This is really exciting! At last some cheaper good quality FE lenses are coming! Stay tuned on SAR! I will live blog all the info about the announcement!

Reminder: On Monday Zeiss will announce the FE Loxia 21mm f/2.8 lens. And in two weeks Sony will unveil their new FE lenses and update FE lens roadmap!

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UPDATE: It’s now official! Read about the new lenses here on SAR.

Big surprise! Within the next few hours Voigtlander will officially launch a new line of E-mount lenses! I have been told these are compact manual focusing prime lenses. Stay tuned on SAR!!!

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MirrorlessRumors reports there will be a new Voigtlander announcement today. I don’t know yet what’s coming. But I certainly would LOVE to get native E-mount lenses from them just like their [shoplink 41181 ebay]Nokton MFT series (here on eBay)[/shoplink].

UPDATE: It’s now official! Read about the new lenses here on SAR.

Mirrorlessrumors reports the Leica SL with 24-90mm kit lens will cost over 10.000 Euro once it’s launched. The SL is a mirrorless Full Frame system camera with autofocus lens system. So while form a technical point of view this is indeed the first Sony A7 competitor the price will make it affordable for only a selected few.

One more thing: Canon will launch a sort of A5000 competitor within the next few days (Image and info again at Mirrolessrumors).

Zeiss will have two separate announcements next week!

1. On Monday Oct 12 at 11:00 (Berlin time) they will announce the 21mm f/2.8 Loxia FE lens
2. On Wednesday Oct 14 at 11:00 (Berlin time) they will announce the new 28mm f/1.4 Otus lens

For sure there will be no new Batis lens next week. They are still lagging behind with the current 25mm and 85mm Batis lens production.

Batis store links:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens in US at Adorama, Bhphoto. In Eu at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama, Bhphoto. In EU at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.

A photoshopped RX2 image …no big deal :)

A source just shared this:

The next generation of SONY RX1 or RX1R (not sure which name is correct) will have a pop up EVF same as RX100 IV. And it will use the same sensor as A7R II, the 42M BSI. Size and the shape is similar as the current one.

I guess there will be no more a “R” version as the A7rII sensor already has no anti aliasing filter. This could become a nice street camera for those who want the A7rII power in a more compact size. Just to display the difference here is the exact size comparison:

Source: Camerasize.

Yep I think that RX2 would make a lot of sense!

A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.

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