There is still no reliable info about new A-mount stuff. All we know for sure is that Sony “promised” to keep developing A-mount products. So let’s hope we will soon see real new A-mount cameras and lenses. In the meantime these are two low ranked A99II rumors. Let’s see if there is some truth behind those:

AD: “I’ve seen the A99II at my work place database (large retail chain). It should be announced soon because it’s listed as being available summer 2016. The prilimanary info indicates that does 10fps, has 36mp sensor, 4K and is a SLT. The price tag seems steep. $2999.99 USD.”

O: “The news I’m getting about the new mystery camera is that it is a specialized version of the A99. Let’s call it A99SW: optimized for sports and wildlife shooters. No exact specs leaked but broad items are… No video, optimized for photography only! Fastest AF of any SLT, faster than A77ii! Fastest object tracking of any SLT! New BIONZ processor; BSI; wider dynamic range should result in better low light performance than A99. That’s it so far. Let’s see if your readers would jump on this bad boy!”

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The following review is a guest post from Doug Kaye. To write a guest post follow the instructions on that page. Thanks!

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This post is ostensibly a review of the TechArt Pro Leica M-mount to Sony E-mount lens adaptor, but I’ll start with a bit of the story as to how I came to be interested in such a device.

During the first year of All About the Gear I reviewed the Leica M 240 camera. I was particularly impressed with those expensive Leica lenses we’ve all heard so much about. I was less impressed with the $7,000+ camera body, which I swore I’d never buy. But those lenses! Sharp, contrasty, small, light…gorgeous.

I got this info via a Sony rep. He doesn’t want me to share the exact price info but he said we can expect the 70-200mm GM lens to cost slightly more than double the price of the current [shoplink 47257 ebay]70-200mm f/4.0 FE lens (at least for his country)[/shoplink]. Sony’s current plan is to unveil the pricing within the next few weeks.

And there is a small update on the 24-70mm GM lens. It will ship beginning of June according to BHphoto (Click here).

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Zeiss managers do not keep secrets their plans about the Loxia lens range. A SAR reader wrote me this:

I was chatting with a Zeiss customer representative about choosing the right portrait lens a few months ago (shortly after the Milvus line came out). First he recommended the Batis 85, and I indicated I really enjoy the Loxia 50 which I have since autofocus on my first gen A7’s stink. After going back and forth for a while he recommended [shoplink 46212 ebay]the 135 APO[/shoplink]. He also hinted that if I liked Loxia that much I’d have to wait until Phototinka 2016 for a portrait option. So, in regards to your recent rumor that Zeiss is releasing 3 new lenses around October, I would expect/hope one of them will be the Loxia telephoto Zeiss has hinted at before. No idea what specific focal length is being considered though.

I guess that next Loxia will be a telephoto lens…85, 105 or 135mm???

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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The last APS-C E-mount lens got announced on August 27 2013. It was the [shoplink 46941 ebay]Zeiss 16-70mm lens[/shoplink].

It’s nice Sony is still committed in making great APS-C E-mount cameras like the A6300. But they really need to focus back on making APS-C E-mount lenses too! I know we can use FE lenses on the A6300 but these are bigger and more expensive than “natively” designed APS-C E-mount lenses. I hope Sony will find some time and resources to make some of these new lenses. There is some hope as I just got this from a source:

I had the chance to talk with a street photographer in Japan who says he participated as a photographer in a Sony marketing research focus group. Those in the group used A6300 with all current APS-C and full-frame Sony lenses and were asked to complete questionnaries and answer interview questions about their experience and about their wishes for future lenses. The questionnarie and the interview asked about their preferences for prime vs zoom, focal lengths, max aperture, use of OSS stabilisation, low price vs high image quality, and whether they want and are prepared to pay more for depth-of-field scales and for pancake designs. They were also asked about their thoughts on specific hypothetical lenses, they were told these lenses don’t exist nor is Sony working on them but the marketing team wanted to know what they had to say assuming such lenses existed, these imaginary lenses were described in the questionnarie as an APS-C 23.5mm f/1.8 OSS and an APS-C 18.5mm f/1.8 OSS both with a price and image quality similar to the 35mm f/1.8 OSS.

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It’s quite impressive and unexpected to see that Meyer Optik raised over $600.000 !!!!!!!!! on Kickstarter to finance their latest 50mm f/2.9 Trioplan lens development. The campagn was that successfull that they updated their rewards list by adding a third new Trioplan lens:

Restoring the Trioplan lens line means that all good things come in threes. Our major 2017 lens announcement will be the third and final Trioplan in our line-up.

The lens is surely to come with native E-mount too.

via Mirrorlessrumors.

Yesterday many US stores suddenly changed the Sony A68 shipping date from May 19 to August 4 (See at Amazon and BHphoto). A source told me that this is due the Kumamoto sensor production stop. Because of that Sony had to postpone the A68 launch by two and a half months. He said the full camera release and shipment roadmap has been overhauled with some of the future new products that will be launched later than expected.

The past years Sony regularly announced new products in June. But at that stage I don’t know if the some or all of the announcements will be delayed….