One source heard a “whisper” about a possible Samyang 16-35mm FE announcement. This would be a sort of way more affordable alternative to the newly announced 16-35GMII. The source itself wasn’t 100% sure about this yet but he will let me know once he gets a  final confirmation…

Something else: My source confirmed the Nikon ZF is coming on Sept 20. And yesterday Black magic announced a new Full Frame L-mount cine camera that is super cool! More about that in my latest video:

As you know Viltrox has announced a new “LAB” series lens that will have ultimate image quality. There first lens will be the 135mm f/1.8 E-mount Full Frame autofocus lens. And this is the first time we actually see the lens!

First thing you will notice are the many switches and buttons on the lens. You also see the LAB logo. No info on filter thread and price yet. I guess it will cost less than half of the Sony 135mm GM and be very close or even match the optical performance.

We may be close to see the day when Chinese manufacturer can offer super quality lenses for a very low price…

On September 4th Sony registered a new camera model in China. This has 5.1G (MHz) compatibility which usually means this is a mid to high end level camera. The ZV-1II for example only had a 2.4G registration. If you wonder how long it takes until this camera will get announced just look at the recent history:

• Sony ZV-E1 was registered on December 12 and announced on March 29 (3,5 months)
• Sony ZV-1II was registered on February 2 and announced on May 23 (3,5 months)
• Sony A6700 was registered on February 16 and announced on July 12 (4 months)
• Sony A7cII and A7cR were registered on June 12 and announced on August 29 (2.5 months)

So as you see the chances are high the camera will be announced between end of November 2023 and early January 2024. This is EXACTLY the timeframe I told you MANY times for the A9III launch!

Reminder: Sony also has three “minor” camera registrations from June 12. One is surely for the just announced LR1…not sure if the other two are for Burano and something else…

Thanks Nya for this excellent work!

Two new sources shared the following info about the Burano E-mount Full Frame Cine Alta camera that Sony will announced on September 12.

Source 1:

CineAlta Burano’s readout speed is within 1ms (open gate), maintaining the excellent quantum efficiency and high signal-to-noise ratio characteristics of the BSI stacked sensor, and realizing an image view that approximates the global shutter, and in the vast majority of scenarios, it is not possible to notice the difference from the global shutter.

Source 2:

Trade show vendor leaked to me on Wed that she was told the Sony Burano will have a price of $24000.

Again, those are from new sources so I can’t be sure yet if the info is correct. But for sure that fast readout speed sounds exciting and maybe also hints at the capability of the future A9III?

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New source shared the following info about the upcoming Burano Cine Alta Camera:

• Full Frame
• 4.3K camera
• DCI 4K 120fps
• 90FPS(open gate?)
• CFe type-a slot

On the image you can see a PL mount but I guess the camera is native E-mount with optional PL adapter just like the current Venice camcorder.

Sony just posted this teaser for the launch of a new “Burano” named CineAlta camera on September 12. I wonder if this is an E-mount or PL-mount camera (seems like PL?)

CineD already has the new Burano in their hands and they do write:

CineD had early access to BURANO and we are encouraging you to join us on September 12th at the camera release time for an exclusive interview featuring the camera and its capabilities with my colleague Nino and a senior Sony representative. We can assure you that you won’t be disappointed!

A curiosity: Sony’s current high end E-mount Cinema Camera lineup is named Venice (see at BHphoto). Burano is the name of a small inhabited island near Venice. Less busy, more popular and super beautiful (you got to visit it!). So this new camera will be the successor of the Venice 2…likely with 8K recording?