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UPDATED: DicaHub (translated) clarified the rumors and said while they are sure there will be a fast 35mm lens they still don’t know if it’s an autofocus lens. The lens will be announced tomorrow morning (March 21). They will unveil a Canon mount version with a Nikon and Sony versions likely to follow later during the year. One more thing: I read on other rumor sites that this could be a f/1.2 fast 35mm lens!

There will be also a new Samyang 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS (manual focusing) lens and the picture can be seen here:

I still don’t know if the 35mm autofocus lens will come for both A and E-mounts!

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P.S.: Currently Samyang sells their lenses under different brands:
[shoplink 5759 ebay]Samyang[/shoplink]
[shoplink 5755 ebay]Walimex[/shoplink]
[shoplink 5756 ebay]Rokinon[/shoplink]
[shoplink 5757 ebay]Opteka[/shoplink]
[shoplink 5758 ebay]Falcon[/shoplink]
[shoplink 5760 ebay]Vivitar[/shoplink]
[shoplink 5761 ebay]Bower[/shoplink]

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SR1=probably fake rumor
SR2=rumor from unknown sources
SR3=50% chance it is correct
SR4=rumor from known sources
SR5=almost certainly correct!

I don’t know how much we should trust this but Sigma Bielorussia is the first Sigma site that unveils the pricing of the new 50mmf /1.4 ART lens. it should cost around $790. The lens will ship in May. $790 would be a super low price for a lens whos aim is to almost match the Zeiss Otus lens ($3999) performance!

Link found via Sigma-Rumors.

Samyang launched that teaser image on their Facebook page. A couple of weeks ago I told you that Samyang is ready to launch their first autofocus lenses. And this is likely what athey will announce now! It will be exciting news for Sony too because Samyang is currently the only third party lenses offering APS-C and Full Frame lenses for the A and E-mount cameras (including FE lenses for the new A7-A7r series).

P.S.: Currently Samyang sells their lenses under different brands:
[shoplink 5759 ebay]Samyang[/shoplink]
[shoplink 5755 ebay]Walimex[/shoplink]
[shoplink 5756 ebay]Rokinon[/shoplink]
[shoplink 5757 ebay]Opteka[/shoplink]
[shoplink 5758 ebay]Falcon[/shoplink]
[shoplink 5760 ebay]Vivitar[/shoplink]
[shoplink 5761 ebay]Bower[/shoplink]

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The Sony roadmap that hinted a new A-mount camera release. A camera positioned between the A77 and A99.

I don’t want you to get lost on rumors so here is a roundup of SR5 rumors only. This is what you can expect in 2014:

1) Sony A77 successor. The camera will be announced in early May and is supposed to have a terrific AF speed. It will hit the stores in June.
2) New FE lenses. Three new Sony FE lenses will come in 2014. If we are “lucky” two of them will be announced along the A77 announcement.
3) New Full Frame E-mount camera(s). Definitely to come right before Photokina. And they will not be a direct replacement of the A7-A7r cameras.
4) New 4k photocamera. There is definitely at least one 4K capable camera to come. No 100% reliable specs yet. Coming end of summer.
5) New RX cameras. One new Full Frame and probably new RX100 cameras to come too. No exact announcement date yet (but RX FF likely at Photokina).
6) New manual focusing Zeiss FE lenses. Definitely to be announced at Photokina. Likely “based” on the great [shoplink 25191 ebay]Zeiss ZM (here on eBay) series[/shoplink].

Still to be confirmed as SR5: A-mount Full Frame. I still didn’t manage to get 99% reliable info about it.

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a powerful smile from Mike Kobal on Vimeo.

Sony A7 for wedding photography at Hamburg-hochzeitsfotografen.
Sony Zeiss 16-70mm f4 review at ThePhoBlographer.
Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS Sample Images (Photogrpahyblog).
Zeiss 55mm FE lens test at Fotopolis.
Zeiss 24-70mm FE lens test at Fotopolis.
Funny A5000 bag at DC.watch.
A7 vs A99 at Ronmartblog.
Hypothesis: DxO doesn’t actually test every lens with every camera (Leicaboss).
Sigma 24-105 Comparison by Lensrentals.

Robert: “My name is Bob and I work at a photographic store in New York city. Everyday customers come into the store to try out cameras and most of the time they end up taking photos of me. I’ve started to assemble a collection of those photos and post them online. Recently a prototype of the Hasselblad H5D-50C was brought in for the medium format department to preview. A photo from that camera is the newest addition to my collection.
You can find it here: cameracounter.tumblr.com”

Lisa Shu: “I could not help informing you this great news for Camera360. The v5.0 has been finally released globally.
Please check the Android version by the link below:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vStudio.Android.Camera360&hl=en
Please check the iOS version by the link below:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/camera360-ultimate/id443354861?mt=8”

Graham: <“em>Like you, I’m a photographer and use Sony cameras. In fact, I bought the Sony A7R shortly after it was released, and just yesterday I finished a Sony A7R Review with Canon EF Lenses: http://www.A7Review.com YouTube video review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMOHrtFp2ko”

Massimo: “new impressions of the A7R with the 17TS: http://www.thevisualexperience.org/web/sony-a7r-canon-17-ts-e-iridient-developer/”

Alexandre: “Hello Andrea, My review of the Sony A7r / Zeiss 55mmF1.8 has already more then 13 000 views on Youtube. You can share it if you like. I included 12 photos samples (with Exif Data) and 5 video samples. I made as well a test of the famous shutter sound in 7 different environment with different levels of noise.
http://traveljournalist.com/sony-a7r-zeiss-fe55mmf18-review-unboxing/“

Anonymous: “Just came across this and thought it could be of some interest: “Sony digital SLR camera 2012 – Number of Parts 580”
http://intotheorchard.com/2013/06/11/whats-on-the-inside/“

Bruce: “Thank you, Andrea! BTW, I’ve been shooting Sony exclusively since dumping Canon gear almost two years ago. Here’s a video I shot with a NEX-7/Leica 90 f2 as well as an a99 with the Zeiss 135mm f1.8: https://vimeo.com/74488196“

The same source that told us the 4K camera would not come in April but much later this year also told us that Sony would give a ProRes update for the F5 & F55. Well, Sony just announced ProRes and DNxHD support for F5 & F55 camera. This means the source is likely also right on the 4K photocamera coming later this year :)

This is the official Press Text from Sony:

Sony has been at the forefront of, and has vast experience in developing advanced compression technologies that led to the visually lossless HDCAM SR, a standard in the production industry since 2001.
Based on our knowledge and experience in this area we then selected the highest Level and Profile of the H.264 standard as the core compression technology for the F5, and F55 cameras. Named XAVC, it offers exceptionally high quality, with the ability to scale from HD, 2K to 4K with very modest data rates, and with frame rates up to 180fps.
XAVC has proven robust, and is well accepted by “mission critical” genres such as Episodic Television, Documentary and feature film. The adoption of XAVC by commonly used platforms has been exceptionally fast, and as a result XAVC is supported by all major workflow applications in the fields of editing, grading, transcoding and media management.
Sony is firmly committed to the continued advancement of the XAVC codec with exciting developments planned for the future. Sony is also committed to our customers and with your feedback the need for diversity and flexibility to support codecs that have been used in our industry for some time.
Our mission is to continue developing the most feature rich cameras on the market. In so doing we are excited to announce support for ProRes and DNxHD codecs as a future hardware upgrade option for both the F5, and F55 cameras.

Stay tuned for more information!

I can confirm via multiple trusted sources that Sony will launch new Full Frame E-mount cameras within the next 5-6 months. I guess it means they will be launched right before the Photokina September show. NONE(!) of them will be a replacement of the current A7 and A7r models. All we know for sure about these new models is that they will have an advanced hybrid AF system similar to what we got inside the newly announced Sony A6000.

The surprises: I can already tell you that there will be many more cameras in the months to come (RX and Alpha and E-mount). I am working on those rumors right now….be patient ;)

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