The yet not updated Sony lens roadmap

A source (Thanks a lot!) told us that Sony will announced six new FE lenses within 2016. But this doesn’t mean all of those lenses will ship within 2016. As usual with Sony some of the announced lenses will ship much later (probably by Spring 2017). I should get first details about those new lenses soon!

Do you have any special wishlist? :)

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Animalsbarry sent me this:

“Talked to Sigma tech rep: Sigma will not be making a NIKON version of the mc-11 ever. The reason for this is that there are differrences in how the Nikon lenses work that would be problematic, so Sigma decided to only make Sigma and Canon versions because they are easier.”

Sigma’s new MC-11 adapter cost $249 and will ship in April according to BHphoto (preorder here).

A SAR readers sent me that image of the first Irix 15mm f/2.4 manual focusing Full Frame lens. It will be available in different mounts. The lens is designed by a Swiss company and rumor has it is manufactured by Samyang.

UPDATE: The lens got announced (Info at irixlens.com). No Sony E-mount version is coming yet. It will probably be announced later by end of this year!

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So far Sony focused their Full Frame E-mount resources on the Sony A7 line development. But there is room for both a lower end A6 model and a higher end A9 model. Today let’s check how the A6 could be:

• More compact due the integrated EVF in the corner (no hump in the middle) or no EVF at all.
• Cheaper price tag: First FF camera under $999?
• RX1 or NEX-7 alike controls
• no on sensor stabilization, no high-resolution sensor to keep costs down and size small.

To me the Sony A6 makes sense for one reason: Sony clearly is focusing on the FF market (just look at the lens developed the last 2 years…all FF!). But the current A7 series is still too expensive for many enthusiast. A cheap FF camera would help those group of people to get an easier access to the FE system. And Sony would have to bother less on developing specific APS-C only E-mount lenses.

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There is a new kid on the block. A company namend “Irix Lens” will announce E-mount lenses on March 19 at the NEC show in Birmingham. No details are given about the lens specs.

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found via MirrorlessRumors.

The Batis 25mm lens recently got tested by DxOmark who defined this to be a “champion wide lens”. Well according to my Zeiss sources the Batis 18mm will be launched soon and be sharper(!) than the Batis 25mm lens!  The lens should be announced within the next 4-6 weeks. Just let’s hope Zeiss will also catch up with the production for the current Batis lenses:
Batis 85mm in Stock status at [shopcountry 45791].
Batis 25mm in Stock status at [shopcountry 45790].

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Voigtlander Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical III Lens with Sony a7 cameras

Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/90 T* reviewd for Sony (Phillip Reeve).
Loxia 21/2.8 test images by Bob on SonyAlphaForum.
Sony UWP-D11, K2M-XLR, SMAD-P3 comparison test with A7S2 (Paul Zetter on Youtube).
Video REVIEW of the Sigma 19mm DN Art lens (Loloho.Photo)

Javier: “I wanted to share with you some of the photos i´ve been doing for the last year with the Sony a6000.
I think it´s an amazing camera at a very affordable price ( even more now that the a6300 is out ). I use it principally for astrophotography with a Samyang 12 mm f2.0 and I think it´s a great combo, you cant find anything better for the money. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmartinez76/albums/72157663703654559”

Said: “I’ve started a petition to ask Sony to add these features on the original A7 cameras since Sony seems to have stopped after doing so with the A7ii. Here’s the link : https://www.change.org/p/kazuo-hirai-sony-a7-14-bit-uncompressed-pdaf-with-third-party-adapters”

Donald: “This is a short 4k time-lapse of clouds I shot with the RX100 III in various locations around the world. Hope you find it interesting! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUpV6kYvcHc“