SAR reader Derek created that chart of the possible future Sony cameras (Click on it to enlarge). Would you like it if it becomes true? :)

Tamron 150-600mm
DicaHub shared the MTF charts of the new Tamron 150-600mm lens that will also be available as A-mount. That looks very decent for such an Überzoom lens!

P.S.: The A-mount lens is now listed at BHphoto (Click here).

Zeiss 55mm FE:
You remember that Sony Korea teaser? Well it was for the first 200 Zeiss 55mm FE lenses that would be sold online on Dec 4. A source wrote that the 200 lenses were sold out within 2 minutes.

Zeiss preorder links: Zeiss 55mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. And in US at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.

This is the Sigma 24-105mm A-mount lens

Along with the new A-mount Full Frame camera Sony will also launch the 24-105 f/4.0 Full Frame A-mount lens! It will be sold also as kit lens with the new camera. It will have a hard time to beat the performance of the new Sigma 24-105mm lens. This one is available in A-mount too at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).

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One of my sources told me that Sony developed a new 54 Megapixel Full Frame sensor. It has 2460 focusing points (no joke!) and the focusing area covers 78% of the entire sensor. The sensor is still very expensive to manufacture. But if Sony will manage to lower the production costs that sensor could find his way in 2015-2016 A and E-mount cameras.

Reminder: Plenty of new cameras and lenses will be announced in January-February. There will be A and E-mount cameras, both Full Frame and APS-C. Stay tuned on SAR ;)

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A couple of weeks ago Zeiss announced on their Facebook page that they are already working “on manual focus lenses for these new full-frame CSCs. They will have an interface to provide EXIF data to the camera. They are expected to be in stores by the end of 2014. However, we cannot provide any additional infos right now.”

One of our sources told us that they plan to launch five(!) FE prime lenses at Photokina 2014. They will be expensive but also top quality lenses. This is my wishlist: 15mm f/4.0, 21mm f/2.0, 35mm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.4, 85mm f/1.4. Thanks in advance Zeiss for following my wish list suggestions ;)

These are the Zeiss “Full Frame” ZM analog cameras:
[shoplink 10875 ebay]Distagon T* 2,8/15 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9803 ebay]Distagon T* 4/18 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9804 ebay]Biogon T* 2,8/21 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9804 ebay]C Biogon T* 4,5/21 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9805 ebay]Biogon T* 2,8/25 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9806 ebay]Biogon T* 2,8/28 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9808 ebay]Biogon T* 2/35 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9808 ebay]C Biogon T* 2,8/35 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9809 ebay]C Sonnar T* 1,5/50 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9809 ebay]Planar T* 2/50 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9810 ebay]Sonnar T* 2/85 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9810 ebay]Tele-Tessar T* 4/85 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].

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Dicahub spotted that Sony Korea teaser! It says: “2013.12.04.  What is visible, experience more. Coming Soon“. UPDATE: This is definitely an event related to some new Lens. The question is: Is it for a new lens or is this just a teaser for the official first shipment of the Zeiss 55mm FE lens?

At that point I need all the help I can get from my sources. Tell me, what is that teaser for? :)

The last couple of months I got three mails from three different anonymous sources sharing the same info. The Hasselbad-Sony collaboration is going beyond the simple “luxuruzation” fo Sony products…read [shoplink 22672 ebay]Hasselblad Lunar (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 22691 ebay]Hasselblad Stellar (Click here)[/shoplink].

According to these sources Hasselblad and Sony developed a brand new sensor and they will show this sensor sometimes in early 2014. I can give you one important info about it:

Every single pixel can have a different shutter time! This means the sensor allows a dramatic increase of the dynamic range. What sources didn’t tell me is how exactly this works and if the sensor is going to be first used by Hasselblads new medium format camera or by a new generation of FF sensors. Anyhow, its great news to see that Hasselblad is working on some exciting new tech with Sony!

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